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Grey

E.L. James · 600 pages

Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty ... until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist. Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right

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Damaged 2

H.M. Ward · 300 pages

Home isn't supposed to be dangerous, but for Sidney it is. Returning home means that she has to face her past. It's not just the man who hurt Sidney that makes it horrible, but the family that didn't believe her. They were dead to her, but now that her mom is really dying things seem different. It's a chance to set things right. What Sidney doesn't realize is that she's dragging Peter into a colli

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Beneath This Man

Jodi Ellen Malpas · 528 pages

Beyond undeniable passion is fierce love ... Jesse Ward drowned her with his intensity and blindsided her with his passion, but he kept her away from his dark secrets and broken soul. Leaving him was the only way Ava O'Shea could survive, but she should have known that Jesse Ward is impossible to escape. Now he's back in her life, determined to remind her of the sensual pleasures they had shared,

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Entwined with You

Sylvia Day

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Ten Tiny Breaths

K.A. Tucker · 262 pages

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Losing Hope

Colleen Hoover · 380 pages

"In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared and no memory forgotten, but Holder's past remains a mystery. He is haunted by the little girl he let walk away from him and he has spent his entire life searching for her. He had hoped that he would finally gain closure and be able to rid himself of his guilt the moment they were reconnected. But he could not have anticipated that th

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Beneath the Burn

Pam Godwin · 505 pages

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Beautiful Disaster

Jamie McGuire · 418 pages

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in t

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Absolution

Sloane Kennedy · 256 pages

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Crash

Nicole Williams · 374 pages

"Southpointe High is the last place Lucy wanted to wind up her senior year of school. Right up until she stumbles into Jude Ryder. He's got a rap sheet that runs longer than a senior thesis. Lucy lives for wearing the satin down on her ballet shoes, has her sights set on Juilliard, and has been careful to keep trouble out of her life. For Lucy Larson and Jude Ryder, love's about to become the thin

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Reaper's Property

Joanna Wylde · 328 pages

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Inked Armour

Helena Hunting

Tenley has gone. And in the wake of her leaving, Hayden's carefully ordered world threatens to spiral out of control. Balanced on the brink of self-destruction, he realises he needs to face the truth about his past if he has any hope of a future. Back in her hometown, Tenley lays her ghosts to rest. And despite her grief, her feeling for Hayden remain as intense and all-consuming as ever. Desperat

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Broken Dreams

Kelly Elliott · 281 pages

"Courtney Will always dreamed of finding her Prince Charming and living happily ever after, like in the fairy tales she read as a child. Her dreams were shattered one fateful night when her prince turned out to be her worst nightmare. Burying herself in her job as an editor, Courtney tried to forget her past, and she lost hope of ever finding true love. Reed Moore's past filled his world with guil

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Freeing

E.K. Blair · 302 pages

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Claim Me

J. Kenner · 370 pages

Damien Stark's need is palpable-- his need for pleasure, his need for control, his need for Nikki. And they are in every way a match ... She wants them to possess each other into the deepest desires of their souls, but there are dark places within Damien that even their wildest passion can not touch ...

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Charade

Nyrae Dawn · 319 pages

Nineteen-year-old Cheyenne tries to portray the perfect life to mask the memories of her past. Walking in on her boyfriend with another woman in her freshman year in college threatens that picture of perfection. Twenty-one-year-old Colt never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice but to pretend it's wha

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The Look of Love

Bella Andre · 379 pages

Having been physically abused in a past relationship, Chloe Peterson has sworn off men, but then renowned photographer Chase Sullivan helps her get her car out of a ditch--and that chip off her shoulder.

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Everything I Left Unsaid

Molly O'Keefe · 334 pages

"When Annie McKay hears a mysterious phone ringing in the trailer she just moved into, the last thing she expected was to be tempted--awakened--by the low, deep voice on the other end. The stranger was was looking for someone else. Instead he found her. And she's unable to resist. Fleeing a dangerous marriage--alone, on the run, and with her husband looking for her--Annie is reluctant to trust any

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The Striker

Ana Huang · 594 pages

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Souls Unfractured

Tillie Cole · 461 pages

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Driven

K. Bromberg · 352 pages

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Nobody's Angel

Kallypso Masters

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