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The Boy Next Door Is All Grown Up

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The Boy Next Door Is All Grown Up

He was just the boy next door, my best friend's little brother I used to babysit. Then he grew up, looking like pure sin, acting like a cocky shit. Undressing me with his eyes, whispering filthy th...

Flickering Shadows

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Flickering Shadows

Inara Graham lives in the Sun kingdom, where light never fades to dark, and shadows never dare flicker in the sun. Working as a maid in the Grand House isn’t exactly what her plan was, but neither ...

𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃‘𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃

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𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃‘𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃

Look, I'm not the kind of person who does things like this. Girl code is its own type of law and when that's broken, all hell breaks loose. I know that. I don't remember exactly how it happened,...

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Back To You

When Elena is forced to leave the only boy she’s ever loved without a goodbye, she tells herself some endings are final. Ten years later, she returns to the same town for a contract—and comes face...

The Only Voice I Hear

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The Only Voice I Hear

He hears every thought she tries to hide. ⚠️ Even the ones where she calls him an a-hole. Clara Bennett's new boss is Kian Voss. Cold. Arrogant. Wall Street's human icicle. She's been silently c...

His Only Obsession

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His Only Obsession

In his city, everything has a price. Until he meets the one woman who refuses to be bought. Cassian de Montclair is the very definition of an untouchable man. As the shadow ruler of Cité Montclair...

What We Shouldn't Feel

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What We Shouldn't Feel

Emma Blake thought she had it all — a dream job, a picture-perfect marriage, and a love story that was supposed to last forever. But when a suspicious charge on a shared credit card leads to a secr...

A Vow in Venom

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A Vow in Venom

COMPLETE | 18+ 🌶️| Extremely Explicit Smut, Violence, and Language| Their love is a war even hell can’t stomach Liora doesn't need saving. She needs a leash long enough to strangle gods. For .....

𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕋𝕆 𝕐𝕆𝕌, 𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕋𝕆 𝕄𝔼

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𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕋𝕆 𝕐𝕆𝕌, 𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕋𝕆 𝕄𝔼

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚." - 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩ë Ruby Sinclair knows exactly what her future is supposed to look lik...

The Rare Type

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The Rare Type

Nicolette James never wanted vampires. She wanted her mother to live. In a world where humans sit at the bottom of an old and merciless supernatural hierarchy, survival has a price, and Nicolette ...

Once upon a time in the mafia

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Once upon a time in the mafia

She only wanted a simple life. A small home. Safety. A future far away from danger. But when the most feared man in the city decides she belongs to him, her reality changes forever. Trapped betw...

Her Note | 18+

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Her Note | 18+

Liam Monroe didn’t come to New York to lose his heart; he came to conquer the city. A brilliant attorney with ice in his veins, he lives by logic and a calculated climb to the top. Emotions are a l...

FALLING SHORT

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FALLING SHORT

COMPLETE She's a billionaire. He's a regular guy. What could go wrong?

All Revved Up

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All Revved Up

🔴 This book deals with themes of panic attacks, nightmares, death, and self-harm. 🔴 KIARA Race cars and adrenaline used to be all I cared about. My life was racing, until it wasn’t. After watchin....

Apprehension Book One

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Apprehension Book One

Apprehension - After the murder of her partner, Alexsandra Kingston, a Recon sniper, and Military Police officer, decided it was time to retire from the Marine Corps. Becoming a cop in Cleveland, O...

A Part of My Memory

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A Part of My Memory

After a weekend-long trip to the beach with her friends, an unexpected accident leads to Zara losing her memory and remembering only one person... From a two-person POV, Zara lives with the Fraids...

School Wounds: The Art of Breaking

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School Wounds: The Art of Breaking

Your parents got divorced, and you had to quit track. Your old life—your friends, your future, everything—just vanished. Now all you have left is this school—a place you'd spent years showing up to...

Peaches

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Peaches

Peaches holds a secret that binds her to a lifestyle she was forced into at a young age. She is made to perform, excite, and to satisfy; a wealthy asset to her powerful employer, Daddy. Forever a s...

The Lies He Told

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The Lies He Told

Her past is missing. Her instincts are screaming. And someone is lying. After almost dying in a tragic car accident, Olivia is left with short-term memory loss and is expected to readapt to life w...

Rogan the Detective

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Rogan the Detective

Are you a mystery lover? Looking for some mysteries to solve or clues to uncover? Join Rogan on his quest to find all the answers, even when things don't go as he hopes. What awaits you is mystery,...

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