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My Dark Knight by _imperfect
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In the era where swords rule, where women consider their modesty their greatest virtue. Where a man would kill to find his wife warming another mans bed, a time when women would consider it the greatest of adultery or fornication to warm a bed other than her husbands. A time when an honorable man guards his gaze, for his gaze is solely for his wife alone, as well as his heart. He's feared, ruthless, cold, heartless, manipulative, cunning, a rake. Or so they assume... She's beautiful yet silent, not by a defect, she simply dislikes to mingle with gossip.Yet she has emotional scars that no one sees behind her smile, but a few. Cover by @forcade
Reckless in Love by isabelleronin
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Kara Hawthorne refuses to fall in love until the brooding Cameron crashes into her life. He burns for her like no other. But the past doesn't forget and the biggest sacrifice of his life awaits. ***** Spitfire Kara Hawthorne is a hardworking twenty-one-year-old college student with a smart mouth who wants nothing more than to save her family's auto shop. But her life is thrown into a whirlwind as her intense attraction for the dangerous Cameron Saint Laurent becomes all too consuming. Cameron has revealed his painful memories to Kara, but she knows there is more he refuses to tell her. Cameron's past is clouded in mystery and is darker than even he knows. Will Cameron conquer his demons and claim Kara's heart, or will he let the darkness of his past destroy him and lose his chance at love forever? Book 2 in the In Love Series [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana
Try Me by sometimesrobynwrites
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Kira and Jason weren't looking for love, but they decided to give it a try. (18+)
Afterglow (BWWM) by makenziecarmichael
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"I've come to discuss your side of the deal we made earlier." He sat on the bench, his towel wrapped tightly around his waist. "Okay, what you got for me?" Here goes. If I didn't get it out now, I never will. "I want you to teach me how to be sexy." Allison (Ally) is tired of being overlooked by the opposite sex. Every guy she knows goes for the overly sexy girl who wears revealing clothes, and tons of makeup, and is ready to drop it low at a moment's notice. So where did that leave girls like her with standards? Lonely and frustrated. But not anymore. Ally is prepared to do something drastic to increase her chances of snagging the man of her dreams, Brandon. The sexy jock has been on her radar since the moment she met him. And when a golden opportunity presents itself for her to try something crazy, she decides to throw caution to the wind. Drew, Brandon's best friend, needs her help for the millionth time and Ally decides it's time to stop doing his work for free, he has to earn it, but is he willing to pay the price she asks and help her with her plan to snag Brandon? Or does Drew have something more devious in mind like snagging her for himself?
Unapologetically Me  by DLittleWriter
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Fatima Ward is a pre-med senior at Hampton University. Becoming a pediatric doctor is her parent's dream for her, but secretly Fatima wants to be a Fiction Writer. She finds herself fulfilling this secret passion by writing fanfics on the extremely popular online writing website, WriteNow. To keep her identity private, Fatima writes under the pseudonym @YaraTheWriter. With over 30,000 followers, Fatima's books are successful within the WriteNow community. Curvy and proud, Fatima has a long-time boyfriend who goes to school at Norfolk State University. While working on her new fanfic using rapper, Jericho, she finds herself becoming close with a new reader who she later finds out is the man himself. When he shows interest in meeting her she is hesitant but goes through with the meeting anyways. Jericho was born Jaren Young in Brooklyn, New York. He was known mostly for his basketball skills, but always had a love for poetry that led to rapping as a hobby. When things didn't work out for him at Syracuse University, a chance meeting with music legend Nas led to a record deal and his first album was instantly named a classic by both fans and critics. While working on his follow-up album, he runs across WriteNow and @YaraTheWriter through his assistant. What initially starts off as just something fun to pass the time leads to a deeper friendship. Even though he is dating one of America's most beautiful and popular actresses he finds himself anxious to meet the woman behind the book. What will happen when these two finally meet? ********** © 2017 D.S. Little All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. Copyright law.
Between the Two of Us by nseraj
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Rae Nazari's world shattered the day her best friend Kiersten Marks died. The image of her falling off the balcony of their apartment broke something within her. The police had ruled it a suicide, but Rae knew better. Unable to accept her best friend's death as a mere suicide, Rae sets out to bring down the people responsible. Gone was the naive girl and in its place stood a woman who wanted revenge against the people responsible for her best friend's death, even if it meant becoming reckless in her pursuit. She was going to hunt them down, even if she had to burn the campus to the ground to do it. However, soon Rae discovers that her blood-thirsty quest for revenge isn't as easy as it appears as the people responsible continues to remain elusive. Her mission leads her to encounter none other than Tristen Emerson. Tristen Emerson is University of Michigan's all-star football linebacker. Set to be one of the highest ranking NFL draft picks, he had recruiters lining up to scout him. Rae has no time to deal with a football player, puffed up on his own arrogance, until Tristen decides to set his sights on Rae. Surprised by the unusual woman with her single-minded determination to bring down the one guy responsible for destroying the life of her best friend, Tristen soon becomes fascinated with the headstrong girl. However, as Rae continues to pursue the killer, she soon realizes the risk that she places of those around her. Her world shatters once more as new secrets come abound, especially as she goes head to head with Tristen Emerson and his pursuit of her. Will Rae succumb to her own darkness and lose herself in the process as she tracks down those responsible? Will Rae be able to open up to Tristen as the two grow closer?
Midnight Silpper by nseraj
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Adrienne: There was only so much a human being could take before they snapped and I was at my limit. I wanted to lead a normal life, free from the grasp of the darkness that consumed me, but someone else had other ideas. As much as it thought to wreck me, it didn't count on the anger I had stored away. I would use the broken glass slipper, discarded at midnight, and fashion it into a weapon. Because the very monster that was after me was after one thing. My heart. Zayne: The monster clawed for freedom. She thought she could escape. She thought she could wipe away my very existence. Her mistake was thinking that she could release me from my cage and not endure the consequences. You don't feed a monster and then take away its source of life. Now I was after her, calling for retribution. I would get what was owed to me. And that was her absolute submission. ~~~~~ After her mother's death, Adrienne Vitelli contended with a childhood that no other child should have to endure. Her only solace was her childhood friend Zayne Novak, who had his own share of hardships, growing up with a drunk, abusive father. The two shared a strong bond, as Adrienne grew to understand Zayne a little more each day. It wasn't long before Zayne and Adrienne became good friends, but things shifted as soon as her stepmother and her two stepsisters entered her life. Now, Adrienne found herself falling into a pit of darkness, as she suffered with the dark changes in her life, pushing those around her away, much to Zayne's displeasure. Soon what was once a solid friendship had devolved into enemies. As years passed, Zayne's determined to seek revenge. He wants nothing more than to drag Adrienne back to him, tie him to her irrevocably, but Adrienne has other ideas. She wasn't going to come back so easily, as she held steadfast to her determination to remain free of the darkness that Zayne possessed. So what is Adrienne to do when Zayne finds her?
The Desert Falcon by nseraj
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Born under the sun of the Persian Empire in the Kingdom of Maghreb, Zeynab, a young, headstrong, intelligent woman desperately seeks treatment for her father's ailment. With little resources and choice, Zeynab defies convention and seeks an audience with the royal physician of the sultan, Rashid Al-Hamid, a man known for his ruthlessness and cruelty on the battlefield. Born with an arrogance and a merciless heart, none dared to challenge him, until Zeynab is mistaken for his entertainment on arrival. When Sheikh Rashid Al-Hamid encounters the stubbornly independent woman, he is struck by her beauty and defiant nature, fueling the possessive need to take her as his captive. Zeynab bristles under his arrogance and refuses to become one of his harem women, but Sheikh Rashid is undeterred by her defiance. Fleeing, Zeynab vows to escape the sensual Sheikh, but the chase does little to temper the hunter blood in him. As the two go head to head in a battle of wills, Zeynab senses a formidable opponent within Sheikh Rashid and the sultan quickly learns not to underestimate the willful woman, who has half a mind to demonstrate that she's more than he makes her out to be. What will happen to Zeynab as she fights against the Sultan for her independence?
Bittersweet by AustenSnowWrites
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-TO BE TAKEN DOWN- Katy Thomas is best known for her booming bakery shop, Katy Cakes, that has desserts as sweet as she. Her new neighbor, Gage Rivers, is best known for being bitter and closed off from others. The only thing they really have in common is their passion to escape from their pasts. When one day they find themselves both in a tight situation, they turn to each other for help. Soon, their relationship as neighbors starts to shift into something more. But will the two opposites collide? Or stick together in the sweetest way? __________________🍪___________________ Highest Ranking: #1 in ChickLit (11/1/16) •Featured in @KatyDreams Wattpad's Best Romance Books (Book Four)• •Featured in @Cosmopolitan's CosmoReads• •Ranked #3 in @KatyDreams Top 20 Romance Books of 2016: Wattpad Edition•