Bookclub book of August has been picked!

Our bookclub read of August has been picked and the the winner is......

 

Fire Down Below by Debra Anastasia

 

 

Synopsis

 

Dove Glitch is embarrassed about everything above her knees and below her belly button. When she has to fill a delicate, embarrassing prescription the last thing she needs is a sexy-as-hell (and brand spanking new) pharmacist behind the counter.

Johnson Fitzwell’s first day of his dream career also happens to coincide with the exact moment Dove needs her feminine meds filled. His glorious voice is way too loud–as in, he should be counting down the hits with Ryan Seacrest kind of loud. Thanks to Johnson’s handsome face and gorgeous jaw line, Dove dives headlong into her waking nightmare and asks for a vagina-scented cream.

How could she not fall for him? Dove's only active goal now is to get Johnson to kiss her right on the lips. Either set. However, his horrible girlfriend is one of many obstacles preventing her from making that fantasy a reality. When Dove defends Johnson in the most unhygienic, unconventionally gross way in the middle of a crowded restaurant, their tender, slightly tantric relationship is off to a galloping, farting start.

Each print copy of this book will be dipped in holy water by my mom, and glared at by my father as he purses his lips. Neither will help. So, drop your pants and turn to the left and cough. I hope you're not allergic to latex, because it’s time to fill your prescription. Anally.

 

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Review: Out of Time (Nine Minutes #2) by Beth Flynn

*****5 Stars*****

 

 

This is book #2 in the Nine Minutes series and you really must read book #1 first.
If you've already read it, you'll have been taken on the rollercoaster ride that is Grizz and met Kit and Grunt and all the loveable characters surrounding them.

Book #2 fills in all the blanks, answers all the questions and gives an insight into how these characters became the way they are.

This book jumps around a lot...in terms of both time and who the story is being told by and although this should be confusing (and something I normally dislike) it really works!

This was much more of an emotional book for me, compared to the first. Don't get me wrong, I loved book #1 but book #2 just took things to another level.

There are lots of twists and turns and I'm not ashamed to admit that I may have shed a few tears.
It's well written and draws you in immediately and I couldn't help loving even the toughest of characters.

So much is revealed but there are also lots of questions left unanswered along with lots of new characters and I'm hoping that this means I won't be left waiting long for book #3. I need more!

 

Blurb

 

They thought with his execution it would all be over.
They were wrong.

The leader of one of South Florida’s most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs has been put to death by lethal injection. Days later, his family and friends should have been picking up the pieces, moving on. Instead, they’ve been catapulted into a world so twisted and dangerous even the most ruthless among them would be stunned to discover the tangled web of deception, not only on the dangerous streets of South Florida but all the way to the top.

In this gripping follow-up novel to Nine Minutes, Out of Time takes readers from the sun-drenched flatlands of 1950s Central Florida to the vivid tropical heat of Fort Lauderdale to the halls of Florida’s Death Row as we finally learn the gritty backstory of Jason “Grizz” Talbot, the terrifying leader of Satan’s Army motorcycle gang, and the secret he spent his life trying to conceal.

Not even Grizz’s inner circle knows his full story—the tragedy that enveloped his early life, the surprise discovery that made him the government’s most wanted and most feared, and the depths of his love for Ginny, the tenderhearted innocent he’d once abducted and later made his wife.

Once Grizz’s obsession and now the mother of his child, Ginny has spent years grieving the man she’d first resisted and then came to love. Now remarried to Tommy, a former member of the gang, the pair have spent more than a decade trying desperately to live a normal existence far from the violent, crime-ridden world they’d once carved out on the edge of the Florida Everglades. For Tommy, especially, the stakes are high. Desperately in love with Ginny for years, he’s finally living his dream: married to the woman he never thought he could have. But even with the façade of normalcy—thriving careers, two beautiful children, and a genuinely happy and loving marriage—they can’t seem to put the past behind them. Every time they turn around, another secret is revealed, unraveling the very bonds that hold them together.

And with Grizz finally put to death, now Ginny has learned secrets so dark, so evil she’s not even sure she can go on.

Will these secrets tear their love to pieces? And how far will Grizz go to protect what he still considers his, even from beyond the grave?

 

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Review: Loving the White Liar by Kate Stewart

*****5 Stars*****

 

 

Oh my days this is one hell of a book! I freakin' loved it! You know you're onto a winner when you can't help but take the book with you everywhere, because you just have to sneak in a couple more chapters.

When you read the synopsis and realise the book is about to tackle the subject of ADHD then you know that the author must be completely knowledgeable for it to work. Now whilst I don't have a complete understanding of someone who has ADHD, as well as what it is like for those living with that person, I really do believe this book has been an eye opener for me and the author obviously has vast knowledge and understanding of the disorder.

In addition to me having a greater understanding of the subject, this is also an incredibly sexy read. Jayden is the whole package for me. He's so sexy and at the same time theres an incredible vulnerability about him that as a reader, I found it hard not to love him.

As for Hilary, I really liked her. I'm sure she'd be the first to tell you she had her faults in this book, but that's what you have to expect with a story like this. Love isn't always plain sailing and that for me is one of the many reasons why I couldn't put this completely unique standalone down.

This is my second book by Kate Stewart and I have to say she is an author I will definitely be adding to my list of 'Must Reads', because once again, I have been completely blown away.

 

 

Blurb

 

I met my true love when I was twenty-seven. He was handsome, charming, witty, and irresistible. Jayden Monroe came along when I was struggling with indecision and made things simple, turned monochrome into vivid color, and forever altered my perspective on life.

I was not naive enough to believe in happily ever after, but with Jayden, it seemed possible . . . until I realized something wasn’t quite right.

You see, I met a man who would be anyone I needed him to be, and after I found out that fact, I knew it would be impossible to walk away. His disorder, however, would change everything I ever thought about love and what it truly meant to accept someone for who they are.

This is not my sob story; this is his success story.

 

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Review: Crimson Desert (Bittersweet Duet #2) by Melissa Jane

*****5 Stars*****

 

 

This is the continuation of Laila and Aiden's story and picks up right off where book 1, Little Doll ended. And thank God for that since it ended on a bit of a cliffy! So that WTF moment at the end of book 1 is explained and let me tell you, if you've read book 1 not everything is as it seems!
In this book Laila and Aiden have made it across the border but they are by no means safe. Juan is like a dog with a bone and he just won't let Laila go. He has a weird obsession with her and considers her as his possession.
There's not much I can say without giving away spoilers but you can't read book 1 without wanting to read book 2. And if you haven't read book 1 then do so! I've really enjoyed this series so far, they are dark and exciting reads and I'm looking forward to finding out what Danny's story is in book 3, Laughing Eyes.

 

Blurb

 

Crimson Desert is Book Two in The Bittersweet Duet. Little Doll (Book One) is essential to the development of the series.

Now back across the border, LAILA realizes that all had not been as it seemed at the Florez mansion. Learning to trust the man she wanted dead was going to take time. Time was not on her side.

For AIDEN, the damage was done. There was no going back. Except for one thing… revenge.

Giving up was never an option for JUAN. Not even now when everything had changed. He lived and breathed the thrill of the chase and this time the end prize was too great to lose.

This is a dark story where the taste for love and revenge clash in the most unforgiving ways.

 

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Review: Written on my Heart by Cole Gibsen

****3.5 Stars****

 

 

This is the story of a broken girl Ashlyn whom is petrified of her stepfather and ends up leaving home and is trying to make her own way in life with very little money. Ashlyn ends up working in a coffee shop where she friends Emily, who in turn offers to get Ashlyns tattoo of her ex boyfriends name covered by her tattooist who owes her a favour. Turns out her tattooist is her older brother Lane. Anyway Lane is hot but he's also holding a huge secret from Ashlyn. Will they fall for each other and get past the lies ?
This book didn't quite do it for me. I found it a bit to predictable for my liking and Ashlyns story was a little unrealistic in the terms of I wouldn't have put up with an evil stepdad until I was 20, although I get that she was scared. I'm unsure if this is an edited version but if so it needs a good formatter to sort out the formatting and page breaks. Other than that this is a really sweet read and I am sure many others will enjoy Ashlyn and Lanes story. I will defo go look for other books from this author though and give something else a chance.

 

Blurb

 

It's been six months since Ashlyn Daniels was kicked out of her home. Six months since she stood up to her abusive stepfather and got a busted rib—and seeing all her things set ablaze in a backyard bonfire—for her trouble. Never going back. She doesn't need trouble...especially if trouble is tattoo artist Lane Garrett, who's six-feet-plus of tattooed hotness and a complete ass.

Lane has spent the last decade fighting to support his family. To protect them. There's no room for romance, even with a fragile (yet amusingly feisty) stunner...even if she somehow manages to invade his world and his heart.

But while some secrets are as visible as ink on the skin, others must remain hidden at all costs...

 

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Review: Devil's Blood (Royal Blood #3) by Amity Cross

*****4.5 Stars*****

 

 

Who is Xavier Blood? That is the question. This book centres around Mercy trying to help the man she loves be finally at peace with himself and X battling with discovering who he was before he was conditioned by The Watchman.

In this third installment, so many questions are answered and Vaughn's novella also links perfectly.

What has confused me throughout this series, is whether these books come under the MC or the Dark genre. Personally I don't think it matters, but readers specifically wanting to read something about club life may find this book doesn't meet that criteria as there isn't much focus on the fact that Royal Blood is an MC.

Do we even have motorcycle clubs of this kind in the UK? Stereotypically, I really did think they were more of the ale drinking social clubs for bearded men, or a way of classic motorcycle owners to meet every once in a while to show off their highly polished machine. Either way, I have been totally immersed in this dark sinister world.

What it is, is a brutal, dark and intense journey of two people, who's lives have been thrown together in a web of violence and I for one loved it. Some of the scenes are particularly graphic, but completely essential.

Going back to this particularly story, it was probably my favourite of the entire series. There are definitely some shocks and surprises. I'm not sure if this is the last book in the Royal Blood saga, but I really hope there is more to come. A spin off series perhaps or even a novella, because I can really see there is more to the story.

 

Blurb

 

We would embrace the darkness together…
Or not at all.

Xavier Blood is a man adrift. And a dangerous man without purpose is a lethal cocktail for disaster.
Mercy Reid has her revenge, but it’s not what her heart desires most.

After everything he’s been through, X doesn’t want to know where he came from, let alone who he was. Mercy has become his life, his anchor, his everything, so why should it matter?
Mercy thinks X is delaying the inevitable and pushes him to understand the thing he struggles with the most—his identity—but it might be one push too far in the wrong direction.
Who is Xavier Blood? Only one man has the answer and it’s the man Mercy wants to meet the least. The more X withdraws into his broken mind, the more desperate she becomes to save him, even if it means coming face to face with the man who tortured and conditioned her love to be a cold hearted killer.
The Watchman has the answers, but are they the ones she wants to hear?

 

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Review: Chained by Jaimie Roberts

*****4.5 Stars*****

 

 

What drew me to this book was the fact that it appeared to be a dark read. Now for much of the book I was starting to doubt whether this was as dark as I assumed, but WOW, the last third certainly meant there was no confusion that this book does 'exactly what it says on the tin'.

Most of the chapters began with a flashback. Chronologically, these appeared to be out of sequence but as the flashbacks occurred as part of Olivia's dreams, this made the irregularity perfectly acceptable.

I have to say, I didn't necessarily warm to Olivia's character at first. Despite the flashbacks into her past, I wasn't entirely sure as to what happened and as a reader was kept in the dark. She seemed to be under some kind of control by Uncle, who wasn't actually her Uncle, but we'll come to him in just a moment. Olivia was very much a contradiction. She seemed to be battling many demons from her past, yet her future self seemed to be bordering on saint like qualities, which portrayed her as selfless as I imagine a person can be. She definitely grew on me though, as her character gained more depth.

Kit, well what can I say about him? I'm a sucker for a hot homeless guy. There's always that air of vulnerability, but also the stubbornness to refuse any help when offered. I knew from the start there was more to Kit and I loved him from the beginning.

Now I cannot do this review without mentioning the Uncle who isn't Olivia's Uncle. For me, I think this name was a very clever decision, because there was definitely sexual intention from him and the fact that he was named as a family member made you hate him all the more. Olivia has been promised to Uncle, but she had been granted permission to live a relatively normal life until Uncle decided she must return to be with him. I was completely sickened by him. However, I have to admit at feeling slightly confused and wondering how certain scenes had me so hot under the collar. They were dirty and debauched and I for one friggin loved it.

I have to say this book, which by the way appears to be a standalone, was totally unique and for me there were only a few minor items stopped me from giving it the full five stars, but definitely a book I would recommend to the avid Dark/Erotic genre readers.

 

Blurb

 

After the devastating loss of her parents and subsequent depression, Olivia Brown decided a move from her parent’s family home in Cambridge to a house in London would give her the fresh start she so sorely needed.

Living off her inheritance, Olivia didn’t need to work, but she knew she needed something to make her feel like life was worth living. Painting was her one true love, but that wasn’t enough. So she started a part-time job in a bar, and the rest of the time she spent at a local soup kitchen, feeding the homeless. In the mornings, she bought hot beverages for her homeless friends, but there was one who never asked. This man, having the most facial hair she’d ever seen, the most captivating eyes she’d ever stared at, remained aloof. He never said a word to anyone, and never once looked her way. However, all this did was make Olivia want to find out more about this mysterious man hiding behind a face full of hair.

One perilous evening, her wish came true.

On the way back from working at the bar, Olivia was attacked. She screamed for help, relieved when her cries are answered...but surprised when she saw who her rescuer was. It was the eyes. It was the hair. It was none other than the mysterious homeless man.

That night, Olivia learned two things. One, his name was Kit, and two, Kit had skills… skills which didn’t fit a man living on the streets.

Day after day, Olivia slowly pushed the boundaries, coaxing out the man hiding behind the hair. Kit Chain wasn’t only trained like men she watched in movies, he was also the most beautiful. Bit by bit, Olivia managed to break down his walls, revealing secrets that would change her life. Secrets that would put both of them in terrible danger.

However, there was one thing about secrets...

Everyone had them.

 

WARNING: This is NOT a traditional love story. It contains disturbing subject matter, including themes of questionable consent for both male and female, as well as graphic sexual content. This is a work of fiction intended for a mature, 18+ audience only. The author neither endorses nor condones this type of behaviour.

 

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Last Week's New Releases

Life Before Damaged Vol. 7 (The Ferro Family) by H.M. Ward

Money. Power. Sex.

Even Pete Ferro, with that sinful body & beautiful blue gaze, can't drag me from here. My life is finally mine. Things are finally going my way.

But as my life grows content, Pete's eyes grow troubled. There's something there, something beneath the pointed words and charm--someone real--and it scares him. The real Peter Ferro frightens me, too, but I won't give up on him--even if everyone else has.
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Fall For Me by Alexis Noelle

I’ve been bounced from foster home to foster home since I was seven, now I’m eighteen and I’m free. I am determined to make something of myself, to prove to everyone that they were wrong about me. I finally have my life together, until he comes into it and turns everything upside down. Carter James has to power to piece together all the broken parts of me, or completely shatter them beyond repair.

I have never really been into the relationship thing. It’s not that I avoid them but I definitely don’t want one, then she came into my life. Madison Stevens is everything that I never thought was possible. She is the absolute vision of perfection, except that she is the one girl who can utterly destroy me.

What can you do when the one person you can’t have is the only one you want?
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Caged Magic (Wing Slayer Hunter Book 5) by Jennifer Lyon

Risa Faden is a witch whose ultrapowerful shield magic is slowly breaking her mind. But when her beloved goddaughter is snatched by a demon, she'll risk anything to rescue the baby--including lying to the handsome, intriguing stranger who has the power to help her keep her sanity, save the child...and steal her heart.

Linc Dillinger is a Wing Slayer Hunter whose sexy, rich, bad-boy charm hides a treacherous betrayal that left him emotionally scarred. As a result, he risks his life to protect innocents but is incapable of love--until he meets a beautiful witch who can save his cursed soul. Risa's fierce courage and loyalty reaches past his barriers, and he begins to believe she has the magic to free his caged heart.

But Risa's lie explodes into dark danger that forces Linc into a hellish high-stakes gamble: He must either win the witch he loves and her godchild...or endure a loss that will destroy them all.
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Pale Kings and Princes (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Book 6) by Cassandra Clare

As a former vampire, Simon gets along with Downworlders. The Clave does not. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

As a former vampire, Simon’s always been sympathetic to Downworlders. But after a training exercise goes wrong, he gets a glimpse into the Shadowhunters’ prejudice as he learns about the origin of Helen and Mark Blackthorn, principle characters in The Dark Artifices.
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A Taste of Summer by Beverly Preston

A standalone, parallel novel in the USA Today Bestselling Mathews Family Series.
Most people know Hollywood heartthrob, Ryan Summer, as Ryan, no last name required. But once upon a time, he was just Summer to Carrie Ann—before a decade of blockbuster hits skyrocketed his success into superstardom.
Summer was smart, gorgeous, and cocky as hell. Nothing was out of his reach. Not even Carrie Ann Lowell. He was the love of her life—until he shattered her heart. Their breakup left more than a profound rift in her soul. It crushed her.
When Carrie Ann’s college flame forces his way back into her life, his dirty-talking, bold self-assurance re-ignites a passion she thought had long since been extinguished. Carrie Ann didn’t believe in second chances.
Not even for him.
No matter how deliciously tempting.
With sparks flying and hidden truths unraveling, will Carrie Anne be able to deny her desires to save herself from another heart break?
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Waiting for You (Sparks in Texas Book 2) by Mari Carr 

How do you protect the woman you love…when the greatest danger is sleeping in her bed?

Sydney Sparks can’t remember a time when Chas wasn’t part of her life—from childhood playmates, to high-school sweethearts, to long-distance friends. Now, after twelve long years, Chas is leaving the Marines and coming home. Sydney’s thrilled to have him back on American soil, safe and sound, even if his return is doing funny things to her heart.

The second he stepped off the plane and locked gazes with Sydney, Chas refused to waste a minute more on their “just friends” status quo. Together again, it feels as if they were never apart, the love they’d shared as innocent teens now vastly more intense as adults—with a sexual hunger to match.

However, despite his newfound happiness, Chas can’t seem to shake the memories of his tours in the Middle East, of the firefights, the killing…the deaths of his friends. When the flashbacks grow stronger, Chas struggles to hide his increasing lack of control, terrified of losing everything he’d just regained—including Sydney. 
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Untouchable  by Cindy Skaggs 

Action. Romance. Hot heroes. Don't miss Ignite's newest romance...
She'll do whatever it takes to find her son - Lie. Cheat. Steal. Seduce...
As the former wife of an infamous crime boss, Sofia Capri is untouchable. She exists outside of the law...and outside of the criminal world. When her son is kidnapped, Sofia's desperate to find him. She'll do anything. Lie. Cheat. Steal. Anything but trust. But it's a strikingly handsome FBI agent who's her only chance to get her baby back...
Something about Sofia's fiery beauty must be hitting all of his weak spots, because suddenly Mr. Law And Order Logan Stone finds himself bending the rules. When they're implicated in the kidnapping, Logan and Sofia discover a horrifying reality - they have less than 72 hours to find the boy and clear their names.
Now the heat is turning up...and time is running out...for everyone.
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SLATE (Breaking the Declan Brothers #2) by Kelly Gendron 

"Some boys will keep it, some will break it, and some boys, they just won't want it. You gotta be careful who you give your heart to..." Slate Declan

First loves, we all got them. Mine is Slate Declan. He was kind, gentle, and caring. Still, he managed to break my heart. So I put miles between us, and eventually, my heart healed.

I haven’t seen Slate in years, but a couple friends and I are going back to the Bayou for the summer. While I’m visiting my hometown, I’m going to look up Slate Declan. And I plan to break his heart, just as he did mine. I'll remind him of what he has lost, and then I'll prove to him that I’ve moved on.

It should be real easy, right?

Well, let me tell you, Slate Declan is not the same guy that I left behind. And there’s another problem. How do you break someone’s heart when they no longer have one?
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Over The Top (Maverick Montana #4) by Rebecca Zanetti 

This kind of temptation is worth the risk...
Dawn Freeze had a huge crush on Hawk Rain for years, and the entire town knows it. It's understandable, the man is total hotness. That tall, lean body. Intense dark eyes. And always one foot out the door. Now he's on leave for exactly one week. And this time, he's made it crystal clear that he only wants one thing. Her.
Hawk's been fighting his attraction to Dawn for as long as he can remember. She's his best friend's little sister, and that means hands-off. Except now she's all grown up, and her sweet sexiness is exactly what he craves. But just as Hawk allows himself one mindblowingly intense night with Dawn, he learns that everyone he loves is in danger. Especially her.
And the only way to protect Dawn is to push her away...
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Bare for You (Outback Skies #3) by Lexxie Couper

Not all cowboys ride horses.

Jeremy Craig is on the cusp of being named the deputy prime minister of Australia. Which means he’s got to play his cards right and stay deep in the closet. Australia is a lot of things, but there’s no way the country is ready for a gay prime minister. So far, it’s been an easy ruse to maintain. Until he meets Ryan Taylor. Then all bets are off.
Ryan is sick of the Brokeback Mountain jokes. For starters, he’s an Australian stockman, not an American cowboy. For another, he spends most of his working days alone in a helicopter, not on the back of a horse. As Wallaby Ridge’s only contract heli-musterer, he gets to escape any small-town scorn high in the sky. He’s happy up there. Lonely, but happy. Who needs passion and wild sexual pleasure in their life when they have the boundless skies of the Outback, right?
Then Jeremy Craig climbs into his chopper…
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Dirty Little Secrets by Erin Ashley Tanner 

Danger ignites a passion neither of them can refuse.

Ava Hill learned early in life that to survive, she has to be twice as smart, twice as ruthless as those who seek to undermine her. And as the widow of a mob boss with a daughter to raise, nothing is more important than protecting what’s hers.
Her determination to shield her child from the ugliness of her past takes a hit when a man claiming to be her late husband’s son barges through her front door.
Dominic Sambarino demands half of her daughter’s inheritance. Ava wastes no time showing him she’ll come out swinging with everything she has. But no amount of fight in the world can prepare her for the instant, smoldering chemistry between the two of them.
A friend’s invitation for a weekend getaway is a welcome chance to regroup, or so Ava thinks. But she soon finds herself caught in a circle of her dead husband’s secrets and lies that threaten to cost her everything. And her only safe haven is the one place she vowed she’d never go—Dominic’s arms.

Warning: Strong language, graphic sex scenes between a woman whose well-ordered life is turned upside down by the only man with arms strong enough to catch her when she falls.
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Breaking Her Rules: Beyond the Cage by Jennifer Snow

Walker Adams was supposed to follow in his lawyer father’s footsteps, but instead he’s training to be an MMA fighter. And while he works for his chance to make it in the Maximum Fight League, he’s bunking on his baby sister’s best friend’s couch. Gracie Andrews is all grown up—in all the right places. But she’s engaged to the fight match-maker who holds Walker’s career in his hands…

Gracie had almost convinced herself that she’d put her silly childhood crush on Walker to rest. But the sight of him sleeping in only a pair of boxer briefs makes it clear that some things never change. And as old sparks turn to flames, Gracie is forced to decide between the future she thought she wanted or the man she’s never stopped loving…
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Devil's Blood (Royal Blood #3) by Amity Cross 

We would embrace the darkness together…
Or not at all.

Xavier Blood is a man adrift. And a dangerous man without purpose is a lethal cocktail for disaster.
Mercy Reid has her revenge, but it’s not what her heart desires most.

After everything he’s been through, X doesn’t want to know where he came from, let alone who he was. Mercy has become his life, his anchor, his everything, so why should it matter?
Mercy thinks X is delaying the inevitable and pushes him to understand the thing he struggles with the most—his identity—but it might be one push too far in the wrong direction.
Who is Xavier Blood? Only one man has the answer and it’s the man Mercy wants to meet the least. The more X withdraws into his broken mind, the more desperate she becomes to save him, even if it means coming face to face with the man who tortured and conditioned her love to be a cold hearted killer.
The Watchman has the answers, but are they the ones she wants to hear?
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Truth & Temptation (Summer Love #3) by Riley Edgewood 

She's a liar. He knows the truth.

Teagan Walker gets around. Ask anyone—hell, ask her. She'll own it with a smile. But beneath that smile is a girl whose parents didn't want her. Whose grandparents raised her without affection. Whose struggle with a burning anger threatens to consume her, though she'd rather punch someone in the face than talk about it. With a new job looming, she's determined to work her way into a better life. When she meets the sexiest guy she's ever seen, she decides to kick it off with a bang. And she makes her move.

But he's got moves of his own, and before the night is out, he strips her of way more than she means to reveal—without removing of a single piece of clothing. That comes, too, of course. He's gotten under her skin like nobody before him, and what's the harm in one night with a sexy stranger? Exposed or not, she never has to see him again.

Except she does.

On Monday morning, they come face-to-face. He's the son of her new CEO—and he threatens to bring her entire world crashing down, making her face every lie she's ever told. 
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Take Me There: A Compilation of Short Erotic Reads by Jessica Ingro

Perfect for the beach this summer!

Ever wonder what it would be like to give in to forbidden temptation? To play out your wildest fantasies? This collection of six short and steamy reads is guaranteed to take you there.

Mrs. Johnson
Isabella Johnson always gets what she wants. When her growing attraction to her stepson, Collin, becomes too powerful to ignore, she dives headfirst into a torrid love affair with the younger man, teaching him things he's only ever dreamed of.

Beautiful Stranger
On a dark and lonely road Maci is surprised to find a sexy hitchhiker stranded in the rain. One night together is all they have. No strings attached. No consequences. Right?

Hot for Teacher
The last person Miranda expected to be teaching her daughter’s Kindergarten class is the only man to have ever held her heart. Will Miranda fail at convincing him for a second chance? Or will she win the greatest prize of all?

Under the Desk
Amanda wishes her boss, Mr. Kensingston, would finally recognize that she’s more than just an average secretary. She’s well versed in dictation and has oral skills that will blow his mind. If only she could put them to good use.

Everything
Trevor has been in love with Chase since their first day working together. When his feelings are finally reciprocated, he is ready to go all in, but there’s one problem. He isn’t the only one vying for Chase’s heart.

Cat and Mouse
Once a week Emily is treated to stunning views courtesy of the man cleaning her pool. Secret glances, teasing touches, and sinful voyeurism are games these two play all too well. But curiosity always kills the cat. Or does it? 
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Vanni: A Prequel (Groupie #4) by Ginger Voight

Before the groupies. Before the rock stardom. He was, simply, Vanni.

Giovanni Carnevale knows what it means to struggle. Since his father abandoned the family when he was a child, Vanni’s been in and out of trouble, trying to carve his place in the world. That all changes when he moves to Brooklyn, to live with his beloved great Aunt Susan.

After introducing Vanni to music, Susan realizes his talent and pushes him to reach his full potential. But her sudden death leaves him adrift, unable to connect with anyone, friends and girlfriends alike. His personal life slowly deteriorating, Vanni focuses on his music and dream of being a rock star. After so many betrayals, he’s determined to keep everyone who might hurt him at arm’s length—at the time people want him the most.

You already know how his story ends. Now read how it begins with VANNI: A PREQUEL.
Ginger Voight takes us back to where it all began, with an intimate look at one of your favorite book boyfriends—from his perspective. 
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Forbidden Pleasures (NSC Industries #11) by D.H. Sidebottom

Jay's story.

We run from our pasts. We fight against them and refuse to allow them control over us. But our futures and pasts are one of the same, our beliefs moulded from what we are taught and our decisions based on our life's choices as we grow.
However, our desires are fed by what we experience through life. the hatred we witness as a child seeps into our souls and nurtures something inside us that can't be denied.
And I didn't want to deny it. No matter how much it sickened me.
Until her. Until the very thought of hurting Beatrice repulsed me.
Yet, the anger and the need grew inside me until i couldn't control the desire.
And I destroyed us both.
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Out of Time (Nine Minutes #2) by Beth Flynn 

They thought with his execution it would all be over.
They were wrong.

The leader of one of South Florida’s most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs has been put to death by lethal injection. Days later, his family and friends should have been picking up the pieces, moving on. Instead, they’ve been catapulted into a world so twisted and dangerous even the most ruthless among them would be stunned to discover the tangled web of deception, not only on the dangerous streets of South Florida but all the way to the top.

In this gripping follow-up novel to Nine Minutes, Out of Time takes readers from the sun-drenched flatlands of 1950s Central Florida to the vivid tropical heat of Fort Lauderdale to the halls of Florida’s Death Row as we finally learn the gritty backstory of Jason “Grizz” Talbot and the secret he spent his life trying to conceal.

Not even Grizz’s inner circle knows his full story—the tragedy that enveloped his early life, the surprise discovery that made him the government’s most wanted and most feared, and the depths of his love for Ginny, the tenderhearted innocent he’d once abducted and later made his wife.

Once Grizz’s obsession and now the mother of his child, Ginny has spent years grieving the man she’d first resisted and then came to love. Now remarried to Tommy, a former member of the gang, the pair have spent more than a decade trying desperately to live a normal existence far from the violent, crime-ridden world they’d once carved out on the edge of the Florida Everglades. For Tommy, especially, the stakes are high. Desperately in love with Ginny for years, he’s finally living his dream: married to the woman he never thought he could have. But even with the façade of normalcy—thriving careers, two beautiful children, and a genuinely happy and loving marriage—they can’t seem to put the past behind them. Every time they turn around, another secret is revealed, unraveling the very bonds that hold them together.

And with Grizz finally put to death, now Ginny has learned secrets so dark, so evil she’s not even sure she can go on.

Will these secrets tear their love to pieces? And how far will Grizz go to protect what he still considers his, even from beyond the grave?
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The Reeducation of Savannah McGuire by Heidi McLaughlin 

Tyler King never forgot the blue-eyed, pig-tailed girl that lived on the ranch next door. So when he hears that she’s coming back for the summer, he can’t wait to reminisce about the good ole days. He soon finds out life in the Big City means a life with big ambitions and Tyler soon learns that Savannah has left the memories of small town living long behind her.

Savannah McGuire never thought she’d return to the ranch she once called home. Now she’s back and trying not to become attached to everything she’s missed by growing up in New York City. Determined to hate her surroundings, Tyler works to remind her of everything’s she’s missed. With her future planned out and a trip to Paris imminent, falling in love with Tyler King was the last thing she expected.  
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