Recommendations based on "The Bet: A Dark Bully Romance (North Woods University)"

They say that life is a beautiful lie and death a painful truth. They're right. No one has ever made me feel more alive than the guy who serves as a constant reminder that my clock is ticking. He is my forbidden, shiny apple. The striking fallacy to my blunt, raw, truth. He is also my sister's ex-boyfriend. One thing you should know before you judge me; I saw him first. I craved him first. I loved him first. Eleven years later, he waltzes into my life, demanding a second chance. Dean Cole wants to be my bronze horseman.But my clock is ticking. See, I’m not like the rest. I have an illness.Sometimes I conquer it.Sometimes it conquers me. My white knight has finally arrived. Hopefully, he isn’t too late.

She’s my brother’s best friend’s little sister. Tara has been a part of my life since we were five years old. My parents adore her. She even has her own room in my childhood home. Her face is inked on my forearm—not that anyone realizes it’s her. I’d never admit it, or the rose I have been sending her in secret since freshmen year of high school seven years ago. I can’t have Tara. She isn’t for me. She’s sweet, and everything good. The opposite of me. I’m the jerk. The college dropout turned tattoo artist. The one who has turned down every drunken pass she’s ever made over the years. I’m also the guy that beat the shit out of a friend for lying about her our senior year. But no one needs to know that. Especially not Tara. We’re roommates now, so when I come home one night and find her on the porch crying, I’ll do whatever she needs to make the tears stop. Only once wasn’t enough… I wanted more. The problem is, I don’t deserve her and never will. I know it. Everyone knows it. And like I knew would happen, I messed it all up. You can’t grovel and beg for someone’s forgiveness when they’re no longer here. She was gone, and I’d never forgive myself…

When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything can—and does—happen. Book Four in the New York Times Wild Seasons series that began with Sweet Filthy Boy, Dirty Rowdy Thing, and Dark Wild Night.London Hughes is very content to surf daily, tend bar, hang out with her group of friends, and slowly orient herself in the years after college. Everything’s going great and according to the non-plan.But when a wave knocks her for a loop one morning, then Luke Sutter’s flirtatious smile knocks her for another that evening, she veers slightly off course…and into his path. Sure, he’s a total player, but the Why not—it’s only one night is a persistent voice in her ear.For his part, Luke’s been on hookup autopilot for so long that he rarely ever pauses to consider what he’s doing. But after an amazing time with London, he realizes that he hasn’t been moving on from a devastating heartbreak so much as he’s been drifting to wherever—and whomever—the current takes him. With London he wants more.Every relationship involves two people…plus their pasts. And as much as she enjoys her fling with Luke, when London learns about his past—more specifically, who’s in it—everything becomes the brand of complicated she strives to avoid. It’s up to Luke then to change some things in order to try and ensure he’s not something she’ll outright avoid as well.

He's my new roommate. The best friend I've loved forever. But now he's a scorching-hot single dad and there's only one bed. I am so screwed. You know the story about "that girl" in high school? Well, that was me, but I'd never let a lousy rumour rule my life. I took every word and rewrote the script. Abigail Ellison: all game, no shame. It's kind of my brand. Will Kidd is an irresistible bartender with a rep of his own. He wants me. I want him. But I refuse to be a notch on his bedpost or let him be another on mine. When a baby wearing his dimples lands on Will's doorstep the same day I come begging for a place to crash, Will finally gets serious-and his overprotective daddy vibe is seriously hot. Now we're raising a baby in Will's loft. It's tense. We're stressed. Will can't keep sleeping on the sofa and I'm months into a never-ending man-drought, but we know one way to blow off steam... In no time at all, everything good in my world looks like all the things I never wanted. The man, the home, the business, the baby... But it's impossible to believe this life is truly mine to keep. After all, former bad girls and reformed playboys don't get happily-ever-afters... Do they? Note: Only For You is a first-person, dual POV contemporary romance.

The Tattoo Artist With A Heart Of Gold. The Playboy With His Own Hidden Scars. The International Rockstar Who Longs For A Home. The Mechanic With A Dark Past. These Are The Heroes Of Second Circle Tattoos. Trent, Cujo, Dred, Reid. And Now All Four Books Are Together For The First Time In A Fabulous, Low Priced Ebook Box Set Featuring An Exclusive Epilogue. Why Pick One Book Boyfriend When You Can Have All Four? The Strongest Steel Harper Connelly Never Expected To Find Herself Outside Of A Tattoo Parlor At One In The Morning. The Scars That Decorate Her Back Are Just One More Reminder Of Things She'd Rather Forget, The Past She Wants To Leave Far Behind Her, But Before She Can Move On, She Needs Him. Trent Andrews Has His Own Reasons For Specializing In Inking Over Scars. And There's No Way In Hell He's Going To Turn Harper Away. Being With Harper Is Like Going Ten Rounds In The Ring—exhilarating, Powerful, And Dangerous. She Stirs Feelings In Him He Thought Were Long Gone... If He Can Only Get Past Her Carefully Constructed Defenses. The Fractured Heart Tattoo Artist Brody Cujo Matthews Knows How To Keep Things Simple. In Life And In Love.that All Changes When He Meets Drea Caron, The Definition Of High Maintenance And Sizzling Curves. And The One Woman He Doesn’t Want To Walk Away From. Andrea Drea Caron Is Broke And Tired. After Years Of Caring For Her Ailing Mom, She's At The End Of Her Rope Trying To Manage The Piling Medical Bills, Two Jobs, And A Life Placed On Hold. She Certainly Doesn’t Need The Added Frustration Of A Sexy Playboy Tattoo Artist Messing Up Her Carefully Balanced Life. Too Bad The Universe Has Other Ideas. The Purest Hook Rugged, Hot, And Rock Hard, Dred Zander Is Exactly The Type Of Man That Normally Sends Pixie Running. Not Dreaming About Running Her Hands Down His Washboard Abs...and Lower. The Lead Singer And Guitarist For The Band Preload Embodies Trouble Behind His Quick Smile And Guarded Eyes, And Pixie Left Trouble Behind Her Years Ago Along With The Name Sarah Jane Travers And The Pathetic Trailer Her Mom Called Home. But Dred Has Other Ideas. Pixie's Sweet Hazel Eyes, Purple Hair And Kaleidoscopic Tattoo Of Exotic Flowers That Swirl Up Her Arm Haunt His Dreams, And He's Ready To Fight Like Hell To Keep That Feeling. The Darkest Link When Her Car Breaks Down Off The Side Of A Lonely Highway Far From Her Sunny Miami Home, Tattoo Artist Lia Never Expected Her Very Own White Knight To Ride Up On The Back Of A Barely Street-legal Motorcycle...and She Never Expected To Fall For Her Dark Savior. A Bruised Heart Lia Is Not Looking For Forever, And The Hot Mechanic, With His Sexy Scruff And Shaggy Hair, Is Simply Impossible To Resist. He's The Perfect Candidate For A Mind-blowingly-perfect, No-strings-attached One-night Stand. But When Their Fling Becomes Something More And Reid Surprises Her At Her Tattoo Studio, Second Circle Tattoos, He's In For A Shock—and A Fist To The Face—when His Past And Present Collide.

A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Workplace, Standalone Romance from USAToday and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.Henley Holloway is my boss’s daughter and I’ve been assigned to mentor her.The problem is, I’m not looking to babysit anyone.But I’m determined to make partner at the firm, and this is the final obstacle in my way.So, I agree to take the little princess under my wing.I’ll work her so hard, she’ll beg me to leave her alone.But from the first day she walks into the office and spills scalding hot coffee on my chest―I’m intrigued.She’s a Harvard grad.Her work ethic rivals mine.She’s witty and funny and beautiful all at the same time.I don’t want to like her.I have a hard and fast rule about relationships, and I will not break it with my boss’s daughter.That’s a hard no.But she’s everywhere I turn, and I can’t seem to get enough.Weren’t rules meant to be broken anyway?From the moment we cross the line―I’m done for.Henley Holloway has seeped her way into my heart, one that I didn’t even know still worked.But sometimes loving someone isn’t enough.I’m living proof of that.

For fans of Samantha Young and Christina Lauren comes a sexy romance from two New York Times Best Selling authors about two strangers whose lives accidentally collide on the train with the drop of a phone.New York Times Bestseller USA Today From the New York Times Bestselling authors of Cocky Bastard, comes a sexy new standalone novel. It started out like any other morning on the train. Until I became mesmerized by the guy sitting across the aisle. He was barking at someone on his phone like he ruled the world. Who did the stuck-up suit think he was…God? Actually, he looked like a God. That was about it. When his stop came, he got up suddenly and left. So suddenly, he dropped his phone on the way out. I might have picked it up. I might have gone through all of his photos and called some of the numbers. I might have held onto the mystery man’s phone for days—until I finally conjured up the courage to return it. When I traipsed my ass across town to his fancy company, he refused to see me. So, I left the phone on the empty desk outside the arrogant jerk’s office. I might have also left behind a dirty picture on it first though. I didn’t expect him to text back. I didn’t expect our exchanges to be hot as hell. I didn’t expect to fall for him—all before we even met. The two of us couldn’t have been any more different. Yet, you know what they say about opposites. When we finally came face to face, we found out opposites sometimes do more than attract—we consumed each other. Nothing could have prepared me for the ride he took me on. And I certainly wasn’t prepared for where I’d wind up when the ride was over. All good things must come to an end, right? Except our ending was one I didn't see coming.

Hailed by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely for Nudes as "Passionate, emotional and uplifting!", contemporary romance author Sarah Robinson brings readers a collection of sexy Hollywood romances that tackle challenging themes like the intersection of sexuality and female empowerment while also exciting readers with every page.NUDESBen Lawson is making a comeback... After a few tabloid headlines, they think they know me. They don't know a damn thing. As CEO of a movie production company, I'll show them who I really am when we hit it big at the box office. My ex thought her smear tactics would ruin me, but I'm unbreakable. Rising from the debris, I swore I'd never let a woman distract me like that again. But then, my leading actress walked on the set and changed everything.Seductive, sexy, and unapologetic, Aria Rose could break me. I wanted to help her, protect her...love her. Instead, I destroyed her.Aria Rose is baring it all....I knew better. I knew not to trust another Hollywood heartthrob with a reputation like his. He was my boss and became my ruin. I should have stayed far away from him. Ben Lawson promised me the world. He even promised me his heart. But he destroyed everything--my heart, my career, us. BAREReed Scott is the hottest actor in LA... Being a Hollywood heartthrob has its perks, and I've damn sure enjoyed every one of them, both on and off the silver screen. The tabloids loved every second of exploiting my privacy, chronicling my mistakes in ink for the whole world to see. Accepting the lead role in a romantic dance film was guaranteed to make me a box office hit and help me rewrite my image, until the choreographer hired to train me turned out to be the only woman I'd ever loved and lost. As beautiful and enticing as ever, Teagan walks in and reminds me of the worst mistake I've ever made. She should hate me, and now she has the power to destroy everything I am. Teagan Reynolds is picking up the pieces... Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...never going to happen. I fell in love with Reed Scott once and it nearly killed me--literally. The last thing I want to do now is teach him how to dance, but I need this job and there's no way I'm letting him take yet another thing away from me. Reed is in my world now, and this time we're dancing by my rules. SHEERGrant Mercer is on the run from his secrets…This was supposed to be an easy assignment—travel halfway across the globe and compose the musical score for an upcoming Hollywood movie by one of the biggest production companies in Los Angeles. One and done like dozens of times before. I wasn't supposed to have my entire life crumble around me the moment my plane took off. I wasn't supposed to meet her.Intriguing and covered in ink, Simone enters my life like a storm, leaving only heartbreak in her wake. I should keep my distance. Hell, she should keep hers. Instead, we did the exact opposite. Simone Reynolds is mending a broken heart…Just months after finaling in one of television's most watched singing competitions, I should be riding the high of my life. I should be celebrating starring in a musical film predicted to rock the box office. It's hard to bask in my success when my family is suffering a loss we never saw coming. And then there's Grant—brooding and rugged and an absolute pain in my ass as he messes with my movie.He's as broken as I am, but the perfect harmony is only a leap of faith away.Includes a bonus extended series epilogue with the entire family, and two short excerpts from the author's other novels.

The quest…I’m Maclain Stone, and Taylor Mathews is my obsession, my reason to be a better human. Is that even possible? For her, I’ll try. Years of living in the fast lane—literally and figuratively—are catching up with me, as I fight to shift gears and win the right to commit to this incredible woman who has tumbled into my life.The fight…I’m ready for change, but is she? So far, she’s rejected every offer I’ve made and shut every door in my face. If she can’t admit her feelings to herself, how can she commit to me?The fall…She’s so close to showing me everything she is. I can feel her need in the fire of her touch, taste it in the connection of our kisses, and glimpse her surrender in the intensity of our passion. Yet I want more. But I can’t be her white knight until she admits she needs saving.

From New York Times best-seller Claire Contreras comes a new, sexy stand-alone mafia romance novel . . .Roselyn Vega - When Gabriel De Luca waltzed into the nightclub where I was bartending, looking like he'd just stepped out of the pages of GQ Magazine: Wall Street Edition, it felt like fate. I hadn't seen him in ten years, but it felt like no time had passed between us. He'd been my first boyfriend, and I trusted him, so when he asked me how I ended up bartending for one of the most feared crime bosses, I told him everything. After that night, he went MIA, and suddenly, I'm very concerned for both our safety.When he finally shows up, a week later, he's acting different, walking different, and even looks a little different, but I'm so relieved that he's okay that I barely register those things. A couple of nights later, when he breaks into my apartment in the middle of the night I realize that it wasn't Gabriel who'd walked into the club the other night, but his brother. His infuriating, domineering, dangerous brother, who, unlike Gabriel, followed their father's footsteps into the world of organized crime. He demands that I pack my bags and go with him. I refuse, fight and argue, but the thing about Dominic De Luca is that one way or another, he always gets his way.Dominic De Luca -There's a code between brothers. I should know. I have a lot of them.Don't lie.Don't steal from each other.Don't f each other's women *without permission*.This particular situation made that last one a little less black and white because my brother, my first best friend, the guy who shared a womb with me, failed to tell me that the bartender he'd been seeing was Roselyn Vega. Of course, he wouldn't tell me. Now the voice message he left before he completely disappeared makes sense. "Take care of her. Don't f her."Usually, that wouldn't be a problem (read: the code), but it's a little tricky this time. You see, Rosie was mine before he took her from me ten years ago, and many things have changed during that time. I've changed, my circumstances have changed, but my confounding, obnoxious crush on Rosie? Yeah, that's still the same. He left her in my care and warned me not to do anything, but I'm not making any promises. **Because I Want You is a complete standalone novel set in the same world as Because You're Mine and Because I Need You