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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.

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.

When I saved her mother’s life, I didn’t do it with my own money. I took out a debt. Now I have to go back to my old life.I have certain skills that people are willing to pay a lot of money for.Everything has a price, and Jacqueline was worth it.But what happens when I make mistakes? What happens when the debt I have to pay becomes too great and the darkness that envelops me becomes too much?From bestselling author Charlotte Byrd comes an intense romance about debts, lies and secrets and the extent to which people go for love.A letter arrives.It was not an accident. It was murder.But who did it? Why?The cops think it’s a false lead. There’s no other evidence, but I have to do everything to find out the truth.My brother’s death is no longer a tragedy to get over, but a wrong to put right. It becomes my obsession.What happens when I start to uncover the lies?Dark Sins is the third novel in the Dark Intentions series. It is a dark romance/romantic suspense about debt, lies, wealth, crime and family bonds. There is no cheating.

"Beth must yield to become aroused, but she's too scared to give up control. The last thing she wants is a ruthless, powerful Dom. But that's just what she gets, and exactly what she needs..." A sadistic husband left Beth scarred, inside and out. Only at the Shadowlands BDSM club does she feel like a woman. But her fears limit her to Doms who won't overwhelm her--the very ones who cannot arouse her. The Master of the Shadowlands gives her an ultimatum: accept the Dom he assigns or lose her membership. The last thing Beth wants is a ruthless, powerful Dom, but that's just what she gets. Asked to take on a problem sub, Nolan sees the issue immediately--although truly submissive, the little redhead is too scared to relinquish control and her Doms have let her get away with it. That will change right now. As Master Nolan takes Beth under command, compelling her submission, she's terrified, but the experienced Dom brings her pleasure, not pain. His only demand is that she never lie to him. Under his capable hands, her body comes alive, and she begins to heal. As he pushes her limits, she learns to trust...and then to love. And she realizes he is beginning to care for her in return. But now her cruel husband has found her, and Master Nolan discovers she's been lying and lying and lying... "Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and elements (including/not limited to bondage, caning, domination, restraint, paddling, spanking, submission, tethering); exhibitionism, mnage, violence."

An immortal assassin is caught between desire and duty in this sizzling new novel from Kresley Cole’s #1 New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark series.A foundling raised in a world of humans Growing up, orphaned Josephine didn’t know who or what she was—just that she was “bad,” an outcast with strange powers. Protecting her baby brother Thaddeus became her entire life. The day he was taken away began Jo’s transition from angry girl…to would-be superhero…to enchanting villain. A lethally sensual enforcer on a mission Whether by bow or in bed, archer Rune the Baneblood never fails to eliminate his target. In his sights: the oldest living Valkyrie. Yet before he can strike, he encounters a vampiric creature whose beauty mesmerizes him. With one bite, she pierces him with aching pleasure, stealing his forbidden blood—and jeopardizing the secrets of his brethren. A boundless passion that will lead to sweet ruin… Could this exquisite female be a spy sent by the very Valkyrie he hunts? Rune knows he must not trust Josephine, yet he’s unable to turn her away. When Jo betrays the identity of the one man she will die to protect, she and Rune become locked in a treacherous battle of wills that pits ultimate loyalty against unbridled lust.

EVEN THE BROKEN, THROUGH LOVE, CAN FIND GRACE...Secrets never stay hidden.The burden of guilt never lifts from the heart. Born and raised in The Order of David, Sister Phebe knows nothing but cult life. Head of the Sacred Sisters of New Zion, Phebe was groomed from childhood for one purpose: to seduce. Prized as a harlot, as a New Zion whore, Phebe is taken from the doomed cult by Meister, the notorious leader of the Aryan Brotherhood. Taken as his possession. Taken to be the woman who will obey his every sexual demand. Under his heavy hand, Phebe finds herself in a place much worse than she could ever have imagined... with absolutely no one to help. And no glimpse of hope. Xavier 'AK' Deyes is content with his life as Sergeant-At-Arms of the Hades Hangmen. Leader of the infamous 'Psycho Trio' and ex-special ops sniper, AK knows how to fight. Experienced in warfare and schooled in military operations, AK is vital to the Hangmen. When his Vice President needs help retrieving his missing sister-in-law, Phebe, from a Klan-funded trafficking ring, AK volunteers to go in. AK remembers the red-head from New Zion. Remembers everything about her from the single time they met-her red hair, blue eyes and freckled face. But when he finds her, heavily drugged and under Meister's control, her sorry condition causes him to remember more than the beautiful woman he once tied to a tree. Saving Phebe forces hidden demons from his past to return. A past he can never move on from, no matter how hard he tries.As AK fights to help Phebe, and in turn she strives to help him, they realize their secret sins will never leave them alone. Kindred broken souls, they realize the only way they can be rid of their ghosts is to face them together and try to find peace.Despair soon turns to hope, and damaged hearts soon start to heal. But when their deep, painful scars resurface, becoming too much to bear, the time comes when they must make a heavy choice: stay forever damned; or together, find grace.Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains explicit sexual situations, violence, disturbingly sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and very mature topics. Recommended for age 18 and over.***NOT a standalone. MUST be read as part of The Hades Hangmen Series***

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.

AresI was suffocating until the club saved me. I've sent the pain below, buried it and taken control of my life.Now, I cause the pain. I make people break and beg for their lives, as I decide their fates. It's up to me as the Enforcer to protect my club, by any means necessary.She comes into my life, like a stiff punch to the gut, making me question everything I once believed. She belongs to my brother and it goes against everything to take her from him. However, I don't want to take just her. No, I want them both.Can my club handle it? Can he? Because she already loves me...This book can be read as a standalone or as a series. The series order is Secrets, Exposed, Relinquish, Corrupted and Forsaken Control.

"Tame her. Don’t break her. Joining the Brotherhood was supposed to lock my violent past away for good. I was in too deep when I learned their dark secret. All Brothers must choose a Ward. A captive woman to own, train and punish. It reignites the sadistic desires I’ve smothered. I try to do the right thing and choose a sweet, submissive woman who wants this life. But fate has other plans, and throws Quinn at my feet instead. She’s lightning in a bottle, a tiny brat just begging for a firm hand. I should let Kendrick give her away, but one look at her furious eyes and I’m hooked. She won’t kneel for me unless I force her, and the beast inside me roars at the challenge. As I work on taming my hellcat, a faceless ghost threatens my family. I’m glad Quinn woke the monster, because I’m going to need it." --

A former prom queen bully returns to her hometown only to become entangled in a steamy game of revenge and redemption with the four boys–now dangerously attractive men–she used to torment in the first of Harley Laroux’s infamously dark, sexy, queer, why-choose duology – perfect for readers of Sadie Kincaid, LJ Shen, and Eva Ashwood. I was supposed to have it all. I’d been Prom Queen, Cheer Captain - high school’s most savage Queen Bee. I could have everything I wanted. Except them. The freaks, the weirdos, the school’s ultimate losers: Manson, Jason, Lucas, and Vincent. Our hatred for each other couldn’t keep us apart, not even when my own mistake got Manson expelled and made me the ultimate villain to the rest of them. One night was supposed to be enough. I couldn’t resist forever. For one night I gave myself over to the men I wasn’t supposed to want and satisfied the darkest parts of my soul. But some things are meant to stay in the dark. One night, and it was over. Nothing more than a game. Now, with college behind me, our worlds collide yet again. Four men, all willing to share me as their plaything until my debt to them is paid. Another game to satiate my dark cravings, the twisted rules of which bring us all even closer than before. But games aren’t meant to last. When the debt is paid and the game is done, what if I don’t want to walk away?