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To Free A Duchess (Blackridge Legacies Book 1) by BronT86
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When Rosamond, the spirited daughter of an earl, finds herself thrust into a reluctant marriage of necessity with the brooding Duke of Marlborough, she faces a world of obligation, duty, and whispered judgments. Ambrose has long lived in the shadow of duty, his heart shuttered by years of expectation. Now bound to a spirited stranger who defies convention and refuses to bend to the mold of a duchess, he must face a marriage that threatens to unravel his carefully ordered world. Yet beneath the gilded halls and manicured gardens, a different challenge awaits-one that will test their courage, their wit, and their heart. To Free a Duchess is a sweeping tale of courage, partnership, and passion-a Regency romance where duty, desire, and devotion collide. COMPLETED
Sweet Love of Mine by Ashful
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Emily Weatherly was no gently-bred London debutante. In fact, she had thrived on the streets of London, a pickpocket and urchin, until Fate threw her lot in with the Weatherly's, a prestigious family who unselfishly raised her as their own and protect her from a heinous secret that could destroy her life. Despite this, she is never truly accepted as a proper lady, always scorned and ridiculed, and she vows to do her adopted family proud by making a respectable match with a gentleman of some rank and notoriety. Sebastian Weatherly harbors a secret that could thwart his carefully constructed bachelorhood. Indiscriminate rake, scoundrel and downright rogue, he has had to endure Emily Weatherly's presence for as long as he could remember. Now that she intends to make a respectable match, which he knows cannot ever be him as he is not respectable, he can hardly ignore the bitter jealousy residing in his heart as he is forced to watch Emily courted by various beaus.
The Taming of Victoria Colton by Ashful
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Wild and willful Victoria Colton had only one desire: to go to Africa and travel the world in search of adventure. Disrupting her plans comes an ultimatum from her guardians, weary of Victoria's hoydenish ways. By the end of the London Season, Victoria must find a husband or her inheritance will be withheld. Finding himself in the same boat as Victoria, Gabriel Sinclair must find a wife or the Hawthorne title is passed to incapable relatives. Having spent half their lives detesting each other, they are now suddenly united with one common goal in mind: to remain unwed, even to each other.
Wrecked by MarieMiria
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WRECKED The Wreckage Duet #1 💔 Logan Walker is a walking red flag. The guy who throws the first punch. A fuckup. The beautiful disaster everyone watches self-destruct. 🔥 Sage Miller didn't just watch. She cleaned up after. Every drunk night. Every bruised knuckle. Every time he stumbled home wrecked, she was there. Seventeen and stupid enough to think she could save a man five years older who didn't want saving. Her brother's best friend. Completely off-limits. 💋 Then one night, he stopped seeing his best friend's little sister. Took her first time. Her trust. Her whole damn heart. By morning? Gone. 😭 She ran. Never looked back. He never knew what she left carrying. 👶 Four years later, her brother's accident drags her home. The minute she steps into Silver Ridge, the secret's out. Hard to hide when your daughter has Logan Walker's eyes. 🖤 He says he's changed. He still looks at her like she's unfinished business. Second chance • Secret baby • Brother's best friend • Forbidden age gap ⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ ⚠️ 18+ content | Legal age of consent always observed | Reader discretion advised 🖤 This story contains mature and sensitive content. Please proceed with care. 🔥 Explicit sexual content 🚗 Past drunk driving / car accident 💔 Childhood trauma & parental neglect 🥃 Substance use (alcohol and drugs) 🗣️ Strong language ⏳ Age-gap romance (6 years) 🤰 Secret pregnancy 🔞 Reader discretion advised.
𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐌𝐞 | 𝟏𝟖+ by AuthorOracle
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𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬. Caterina's father is the Don of the Sicilian Mafia, although Cat refuses to be a part of the dangerous lifestyle that comes with it all. After leaving her family and the Mafia behind her, Caterina begins her own life, living peacefully outside of the reach of the Mafia for four years. That changes suddenly as life throws Caterina into the middle of the chaos when the Russian Mafia chooses to strike her family's empire. Placing a bounty on the Sicilian Mafia heir. With her life now at risk, Caterina's father has sent one of his best men to keep her safe and hide her away from the enemy. But there's something off with the tall and dangerous man who has sworn to protect Caterina's life. Can she trust him? Or will the secrets he hides be her undoing? Mature Content Warning | 18+ Please read list of trigger warnings. (This story is complete and can be read as a standalone)
Kill For Her | 18+ by NettyWrites
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Daria Cole never expected her quiet high-school tutor partner to return as the new Mafia King of New York. Nico Costa. Bigger. Colder. Tattooed. And looking at her like she's the only softness he'll ever touch. She thinks they're just friends. He knows better. "Say the word," he murmured against my neck, "and I'll ruin any man who thinks he can touch what's mine." A soft, innocent girl. A very dangerous man. Five years of tension ready to explode. A Dark Romance #1 Sunshinexgrump (Dec 15th) #1 bwwm (Dec 17th) #1 mafiaboss (Dec 17th) #1 yearn (Dec 18th) First Book : Kill For Her Book Two : Enzo Wow! You guys have been showing so much love! Thank you! Trigger warning: This story contains sexual content and mature themes. Reader discretion is advised.
The Vampire's Pastry Chef (ONC 2022) by M_A_Hartman
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|| WINNER AMBYS 2022 VAMPIRES CATEGORY || || FEATURED: FOODKART || When single mother and baker Autumn Milford is hired to cater a high-end party in the Berkshires, she discovers the "special ingredient" she is required to use isn't just the quirk of an eccentric millionaire ... ------------ Autumn Milford has been determined to rely on no one but herself after her parents kicked her out at seventeen. With the money she's due to earn from catering a high-end party in the Berkshires, she'll finally have enough to open up her own storefront bakery. But her employer is not just another eccentric millionaire and his guests aren't your average denizens of high society. Autumn is about to discover that creatures of the night are real ... and they're eating her cinnamon rolls. Corbin Westbrook would rather cut off his own head than host the once-a-decade gathering of the New England Knowing. There have been sightings of a Fallen in the area and it is Corbin's duty to ensure that the creature is disposed of. But to decline such an "honor" is ill-advised. Left with no choice but to throw the party, Corbin stays as far away from the event planning as possible ... until he meets the baker. Hold onto your cinnamon rolls, it's going to be a sweet ride! ------------ ONC 2022 Prompt 20. You manage a catering company. The latest request has a few ... interesting menu items. [Status: Complete] [Word Count: 28,000] [Content warning: PG-13 for mild swearing, violence, sensuality, and fade-to-black intimacy.] [ [ Highest rankings ] ] [#1 in Baking 2/26/22] [#1 in Singleparent 4/1/22] [#1 in Paranormalromance 4/14/22] [#8 in Paranormal 4/11/22] [#10 in ONC2022 4/14/22] [#11 in Supernatural 5/3/22] [#16 in Vampireromance 4/20/22] [#20 in Romance 4/11/22] Cover by @chessaandersen
The Night I Met The Alpha ✔️ by Midika
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18+ Content Warning! *Completed* "If you tell me information on where my brother is, you'll both be free." He looks between us, his eyes dark. "Otherwise I'm going to take Dove upstairs and I'm going to fuck her." *** One night, Dove sneaks away. Deep in an unfamiliar pack, she attends the grandest party of the year hosted by the notorious Alpha Varian. There she in indulges in a night of sin at his hand, experiencing pleasure unlike anything she has felt before. However, Dove is the daughter of her own Alpha's war advisor. An Alpha she has had a torrid affair with for months, and who is Alpha Varian's enemy. When Alpha Varian's forces invade her home pack, she is whirled back into his clutches, where she learns the price of pleasure, and the inescapable bond forming between a man who is supposed to be her enemy.
The Alpha's Sacrifice by Sherirocks
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Loyalty demands sacrifice. Love demands everything. Alpha Luke Timere has never feared a fight-but falling for his healer and best friend may be the one battle he can't win. Drawn to Sabrina despite every law of fate and pack tradition, Luke knows pursuing an unmated wolf puts everything at risk. As his reckless behavior escalates, his family intervenes, pushing for an accelerated mating ceremony that will bind him to his destined mate-and force him to walk away from the woman he can't stop wanting. Sabrina has always put others first. When she discovers the last surviving members of her original pack, she makes the only choice she can-leaving the Timere pack behind to protect them. But returning to the Sanatores is anything but simple, especially when her presence ignites the interest of a powerful new Alpha with plans of his own. As ancient rituals resume and sacrifices begin, tensions explode into a brutal, life-or-death confrontation. Long-buried secrets surface, revealing truths that could shatter packs, rewrite destiny, and expose a power neither Luke nor Sabrina knows they carry. Book Two in the Kingdom of Sacrificed Hearts series-Perfect for fans of fated mates, forbidden love, and dark, emotional paranormal romance. ⭐ This book is available now on Amazon Kindle! ⭐ (Link in Bio)
The Alpha's Healer by Sherirocks
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Power rules the Darkthane Kingdom-but fate decides who survives it. The Timere pack is feared across the ten remaining wolf packs-renowned for ruthless strength, unbreakable loyalty, and Alphas who bow to no one. Yet even the strongest bloodline cannot escape destiny. Luke Timere was born to rule. Heir to the Alpha throne, his life is destined for blood, battle, and command. The only thing missing? His goddess-chosen Luna. But Luke has never sought her. From the moment Sabrina was brought into the Timere pack as a newborn-the sole survivor of a slaughtered healer bloodline-Luke became her protector, her shadow, her safe place. Raised side by side, their friendship grew into a forbidden, unspoken love neither dared claim. Now Sabrina is running out of time. Her true mate-killed before they could bond-leaves her life bound by a cruel law of fate. Without love before her eighteenth birthday, her magic will fail... and so will she. As Luke's ascension draws near and dark forces tighten their grip on the kingdom, loyalty will be tested, secrets will surface, and the line between duty and desire will shatter. Some Alphas are born to rule. Some mates are chosen by the goddess. Some loves are powerful enough to challenge them both. Book One in the Kingdom of Sacrificed Hearts series-a slow-burn, best-friends-to-lovers werewolf romance packed with obsession, protection, destiny, and a love worth fighting an entire kingdom for. ⭐ This book is available now on Amazon Kindle! ⭐ (Link in Bio)