Romantic Suspense

Romantic Suspense

A great tale of love just isn't enough for you, is it you adrenaline junkie? You need love AND suspense.  You need two people on the verge of falling in love---while clinging to the side of a cliff.  Well, that what we and our eBookHounds' promoting authors are here to give you.  Heart wrenching romance and gut wrenching suspense, all wrapped up in a pretty little ebook.  And, always free or discounted for you.  Read away!

 

Definition of the "Romantic Suspense Genre": The Romantic Suspense genre is oftentimes the bestselling subgenre of Romance, though that can vascillate with historical romance.  The elements of a romance need to be there--a budding relationship between two people that overcomes obstacles and succeeds in the end.  But, the critical elements of suspense in that romance setting also need to be interwoven expertly.  Those include action, adventure, and oftentimes, a heroine that has been wronged and a hero who attempts to help right that wrong.  Through their work to right the wrong, they are brought closer together and what would you know?  They fall in love.  Honestly, you can think of many, many Disney movie scripts for this storyline (start with Frozen).

 

Some examples of the top ebooks in the Romantic Suspense genre are Mary Stewart (Nine Coaches Waiting), Tiffany Snow (No Turning Back), Colleen Hoover (Never, Never), and Melinda Leigh (She Can Run).

Dark Obsession

by Nicole York


Till Death Do Us Part

I’m the kind of guy that takes without asking.

Cause life hasn’t really done well serving my desires, but that’s about to change.

I’m knee deep in working a black widow scandal with my childhood bestie that’s paying rich-ass dividends.

Until beautiful Jenna Web shows up.

The daughter of the DA in New York. A goodie-goodie that I just can’t say no to.

But my partner in crime isn’t too thrilled with my new girl.

And my woman doesn’t know all of my secrets. She’d never accept me as-is.

With one foot in the light and one in the dark, I have to decide which way to go before it’s too late.

True freedom isn’t always what it’s chalked up to be anyways.

Especially not when vows are involved…

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Punish: A Dark Captive Mafia Romance (Protect Book 2)

by Olivia Ryann et al

 

A dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust! Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN.


Stolen and abducted… yet in the same stroke, saved.
On one hand, I escaped certain death at the hands of people who have already hurt me.
On the other, now I’m trapped with him.
The rival of my abuser, who is every bit as terrifying. Dark and sinfully handsome, he wants me.
He wants me to turn my back on the religion that has raised me.
He wants me to spread my legs for him and him alone.
He wants to punish me. He wants to teach me to like his lessons.
Or else he’ll kill my little sister and turn me over to the men who controlled me before.
Either way, I will have to make sacrifices. Sacrifices that have lasting consequences.
I walk on the knife’s edge between falling prey again and completely losing myself.
And if I’m not careful, I may end up worse than dead...


Reading Order:

Provoke (Protect Series FREE Prequel)
Punish (Protect Series Book 1)
Possess (Protect Series Book 2)
Protect (Protect Series Book 3)

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Ryder (The Lost Breed MC Book 1)

by Ali Parker et al


A life of darkness only pays while the sun stays hidden.

The shadows of the past follow me no matter where I turn. Mistakes I thought were long dead and gone seem to nip at my heels and tear at my soul.

I’m not a good man. Not worthy of redemption.

As President of the Lost Breed MC, I fight, take what’s mine.

But everything changed in the blink of an eye, and now I got a kid, my brother’s kid. The teenage bastard is just like me.

And he’s gone missing.

My only hope is that the pretty cop down at the station is willing to help a criminal like me out.

My focus should be on the kid, but I can’t stop thinking about owning her, marking her, making her mine. She thinks she’s going to be able to resist me forever. She’s wrong.

I’m driven mad with the desire to gain her affection, to be the one that wakes her up in the dead of night to take advantage of her softness and remind her who’s King.

But what cost would the reaper require to give me such bliss?

And am I willing to pay it?

You bet I am.

Ryder is a 55,000 word standalone novel in The Lost Breed MC series. No cheating, lying, but maybe a bit of stealing. It's an MC - come on! Hope you enjoy the opening novel in my new stand alone series.

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Friends in Low Places

by Evelena Evans


This first book in Evelena Evans' Friends in Low Places trilogy explores choices and sacrifices made in the name of friendship and love. It earned a 5-Star review from Readers' Favorite. "Friends in Low Places by Evelena Evans is one of the best romantic thrillers I have read. The main protagonist, Jacy, was exceptionally well developed. This is a fantastically written story, full of intrigue and suspense, romance, laughter and a few tears too. Excellent, and I'm really looking forward to book 2."

When Jacy Adams resigns from her position at a fast-paced public accounting firm in search of a more balanced life, her dream job at a charter airline leads her into a dangerous world where survival becomes her primary objective. She discovers connections to organized crime and homicidal drug traffickers, all the while battling demons from her own tragic past. With the help of an undercover FBI agent who’s not afraid to bend the rules and a few of his friends, she endeavors to expose corruption at the airline in a dramatic tale of love, betrayal, murder and forgiveness.

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Keep Me Going

by Mia Ford


Seattle meant safety. A new start for me and my little girl.
I didn't anticipate falling for a new guy.
Especially not my boss.


It was the dream job - in a city miles from my jerk of an ex.
I just wanted to get on and work, make a fresh start.

But Alex is the kind of guy you can feel in a room.
Perfect body, dark tousled hair just begging for my fingers to entwine in the curls.
Sultry blue eyes that send electric shocks to my core.

Nah-ah. We're not going there, girl.
I've got baggage - the perfect kid... and her abusive dad.
I don't need the complications of an office romance.

But... what if this man is my future?
When things get tough he picks me up.

When the calls start, and danger stalks me, will his love keep me going?

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King (The Broken Bows Book 1)

by Kerri Ann

 

Why the hell did it have to be her?

The bartender at Four Horseman was a walking wet dream and now she's my damn job.

I thought it would be simple. Get intel from the witness. Ignore her sass and sexuality.

I was wrong. She's more than I bargained for.

I may risk everything to save her from her fate.

My life, my future….my club.
 

Busta… My jailer.

I thought he was good-looking at the bar.

No more.

The man is arrogant, ruthless: a complete prick.

I need a way out of this and through him is the best.

I need to find a chink in his armor.

I'll do what it takes to gain my freedom.

Anything to get free. 

Except giving him the intel he wants.

 

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Maybe Yes (Maybe, Definitely Book 1)

by Ella Miles


Her future is already set, all she has to do is marry a complete stranger.

Kinsley Felton has everything. Money, a loving family, and a modeling career. She graduates from Yale in just days, but unlike a typical college student she doesn't have to spend hours looking for a job when she graduates. Kinsley will inherit the multi-billion dollar gaming and hospitality company her great-grandfather started. The only problem is she has to do everything her family asks for in order to get that money. That includes marrying a man of her family's choosing. That's not a problem since Kinsley has been following her family's orders all her life. Until a phone call from her grandfather changes everything.

Will she marry the man her family chooses or will she decide her own future?

This book ends on a cliffhanger. 

 
This is a new edition of the Maybe series and includes new editing and new covers. 

Series Order:
Maybe Yes
Maybe Never
Maybe Always

Spinoff Series: 
Definitely Yes
Definitely No
Definitely Forever

 

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Manage Me: A Vagabond Romance

by J.S. Fox


I finally realized that I don’t deserve to be treated like crap by anyone.

Dakota thought everything was great with her life going as planned: a climbing career, friends, and a fiancé. But the day came when she realized that nothing was what she’d thought, and that was when it all snapped: Dakota finally started fighting back for what she deserved.

True, it had left her without job or fiancé, but Dakota had gotten something back even more important: an opportunity to chase the important things. So when her friend Lauren suggested an off-the-cuff road trip where anything could happen, Dakota agreed, not expecting much; she certainly didn’t expect much from the handsome but rude bearded man she and Lauren met on the beach in San Francisco, who spoke to her with judgement and dismissed her as a Daddy’s girl, not knowing anything about her.

Burnt out from running one of his family’s high-end resorts, Ryan Baxter took over the Baxter Holding’s Hostel project to get a little distance and figure out the important things in his life. Thus begins a few months of self-discovery and beard growing while he plots his way forward. There was no way he could’ve anticipated meeting a very cute, very standoffish brown-eyed girl on the beach who would change his life. But the second he sees her, Dakota has lodged in Ryan’s mind, whether he likes it or night.

The timing isn’t right, the location isn’t ideal, and it’s definitely not love at first meeting. But when you just can’t stop thinking about someone, you learn something important: there’s always tomorrow.

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Under the Covers (Maverick Montana Book 2)

by Rebecca Zanetti

 

The small Montana town near the Kooskia reserve seemed like the perfect place for Juliet Montgomery to hide from her not-so-law-abiding family. But when her peace is shattered by a break-in and threatening phone calls, it's clear someone back in New York knows where she is. It's time to plan her getaway, and fast—but first, she needs to tie up a few loose ends and find out exactly what the town's sexy cowboy sheriff is hiding.

Sheriff Quinn Lodge has enough demons of his own to know when someone's hiding something, and he's determined to uncover what's beneath Juliet's uptight, city-girl exterior—preferably one piece of clothing at a time. But when their chemistry goes from fizzy to full-on explosive, things start getting complicated.
How can Juliet stay beneath the covers with Quinn, when doing so means blowing her cover?

Each book in the Maverick Montana series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 Against the Wall
Book #2 Under the Covers
Book #3 Rising Assets
Book #4 Over The Top

 

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Hard Rock Crush

by Athena Wright


Recording contract. Adoring fans. Industry respect. I have everything I always wanted. But I’m so close to f*cking it up. All because of him.

Liam Knight. My musical idol. My inspiration. My savior.

He stirs up feelings I’ve forgotten, memories I’ve suppressed. I want his lips on mine. I want his hands on my skin. I want his arms wrapped around me, never letting go.

Liam says I’m a star. We both are. He says we’ll burn brighter together.

But I know better.

I had it all once. And I lost it. I’ll never let that happen again.

Because, sometimes, after a star burns out…

It collapses into a black hole, consuming everything in its path.

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Brand New Man

by Weston Parker


It’s always been about the money.

To them. Not me.

Women swoon over my wallet, but it’s a façade. A ruse.

I keep to myself and always will.

Besides, one thing I’ve learned is you never pursue romantic relationships at work.

Especially not as the boss. The billionaire. The top shit.

A girl from my past shows up at a fundraiser. The one that got away in college.

She needs help changing the city for the better with a children’s home, but I have different ideas.

Crazily enough, the more money I spend, the more time I get with her.

And this time, I’m willing to pull out all the stops.

It’s hard not to slip back into my old ways, but this woman is the one.

She makes me want to be a brand new man.

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston

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When You Got A Good Thing (The Misfit Inn Book 1)

by Kait Nolan


Charming, poignant, and sexy, When You Got a Good Thing pulled me in with its sweet charm and deft storytelling, and didn't let go until the very last page. It has everything I love in a small-town romance! ~USA Today Best-Selling Author Tawna Fenske

She thought she could never go home again. Kennedy Reynolds has spent the past decade traveling the world as a free spirit. She never looks back at the past, the place, or the love she left behind—until her adopted mother’s unexpected death forces her home to Eden’s Ridge, Tennessee.

Deputy Xander Kincaid has never forgotten his first love. He’s spent ten long years waiting for the chance to make up for one bone-headed mistake that sent her running. Now that she’s finally home, he wants to give her so much more than just an apology.

Kennedy finds an unexpected ally in Xander, as she struggles to mend fences with her sisters and to care for the foster child her mother left behind. Falling back into his arms is beyond tempting, but accepting his support is dangerous. He can never know the truth about why she really left. Will Kennedy be able to bury the past and carve out her place in the Ridge, or will her secret destroy her second chance?

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Q: What makes the Misfit Inn series special?


The Misfit Inn is a quartet of southern romance novels focused on the family saga of the Reynolds sisters and the loves they find along the way, as they come back together as a family after the death of their mother, proving that the family you make is stronger than the one you're born into. Just like my Wishful series, The Misfit Inn quartet is intended to highlight everything that I love about living in the small town South--all the quirks, foibles, and dreams that provide a fabulous backdrop to contemporary romances about stubborn, independent women and the men who love them.

Q: Who would dig these books?

The Misfit Inn is a southern romance series written for anyone looking for family saga romance, where you get to follow the loves of each member of a generation. This quartet explores the relationships between sisters and what the bonds of family truly mean. Many of my readers also enjoy the books of Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Kristan Higgins, Melanie Shawn, Ava Miles, and Jill Shalvis.

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Long and Hard: A Bad Boy Box Set

by Lulu Pratt


Six sizzling bad boys and billionaires to get your pulse racing. These alphas know what they want and will stop at nothing to get it. Each story is hot, steamy and full length for your pleasure.

Billionaire Neighbor
I spy with my lustful eye...

My feisty neighbor confronts me on the street, accusing me of spying on her with my telescope.
If only I'd known I could've been watching her in her bedroom, I hate a missed opportunity.

Fake Marriage Act
Fake a marriage for a million dollars? Easy.

Marry a stranger and after 6 months get a million dollars.
Sign me up.

Relentless Pursuit
I won't rest until I have her.
Every inch.

When I catch Ava upstairs in my mansion, I barely notice her amber eyes widening with fear...
Not with the stiffening in my pants.

Making His Baby
We're making this baby the old-fashioned way.

With my billions, I'll pay whatever it takes for her to have my child.
And I'm going to have fun putting it in her.

Best Jerk

Someone for everyone is BS
But I can't stop looking at her big eyes and her even bigger @ss.
She says she hates me but that won't stop me from getting her naked.

Never
I signed on to give this baby a second chance for a mother. I never counted on falling for my ex.

I broke up with my high school sweetheart when I went away to college.
I never expected him to knock up my sister.

***six full-length novels with no cliffhangers, no cheating, and guaranteed happily-ever-afters.***

 

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Wanted: An Outlaw Anthology

by Lane Hart et al

 

Get ready to go for a thrill ride with 20 dangerous bad boys who live on the wrong side of the law!

This anthology of never before released stories about bikers, gangsters, and vigilantes features 20 of your favorite bestselling authors!

 

Included in the anthology:

Lane Hart, NYT bestselling author - Dalton: Savage Kings MC - ATF Agent Bradley never suspected that the pretty, charismatic bastard was actually an unrepentant thief, born to be an outlaw.

Angela Snyder, NYT bestselling author - Devious - When the moment comes to take my revenge on Victoria's father, will I be able to pull the trigger if it means losing her forever?

Sybil Bartel, USAT bestselling author - Hard Limit - I didn't survive growing up in the nation's most violent cult only to be taken out by an innocent blonde.

Rachel Lyn Adams - Mac (Desert Sinners MC #1) - The moment she walked into the clubhouse I knew she was off-limits. That wasn't going to stop me from making her mine.

Kim Bailey - Claiming Chaos - Kira was a voice in the dark and a threat to his control. A chaotic beauty who Bodhi must fight, kill for or claim as his own.

Laramie Briscoe - Creeker (Red Creek Renegades #1) - As a Creeker, I live by two rules. Don't f**k Banner Clark and don't get caught doing illegal shit, but then again I've never been a fan of rules.

Marissa Dobson - Road to Kaytlyn - It takes kidnapping to bring two separated lovers together, but can they survive the walk through Hell?

Geri Glenn - Hood Rat - Georgia knew the south side was going to be rough, but she never dreamed she'd come up against anyone quite like Tripp.

Amanda Heartley - Flynn: Bad Breed MC - Violence has followed me all my life, and it got worse the day I joined the Bad Breed MC.

Marie James - Desperate Beginnings: A Ravens Ruin Prequel - My dreams never contained hope. My nightmares always included brutality. For me, it was always a desperate beginning.

Keri Lake - ABSOLUTION - After one of his penitents confesses a brutal murder, Father Damon breaks canon law to mete out justice and ends up an unlikely pawn to the woman who witnesses his crime.

Daphne Loveling - Rebel Ink: A Lords of Carnage MC Novella - Six is on the run, and she collides with Bullet. He protects what's his, and she's been his from the moment they met.

Liberty Parker - Walking the Crossroad - When Jasper and Knuckles started their MC, it was due to the Crossroads they found themselves crossing in life.

S.H. Richardson - Dread Masonry Ink - One hardened man looking for redemption. A broken girl looking for safety. An unlikely alliance forged in stone.

Roxy Sinclaire - SEALed to Protect - Could she believe that he was her protector? Or just her family's traitor?

Winter Travers - Drop a Gear and Disappear: Kings of Vengeance MC - The only person I ever loved, taken by the men who wanted me dead. They may have her now, but vengeance will be mine.

Erin Trejo - Dark Savage - I've lowered myself to their standards to keep my club safe. One woman and more than one mistake bring my end closer.

J.M. Walker - Before Us - When she slipped out of my hotel room, I made it my mission to have her back in my bed. And when we finally crashed, I'd have to save her from the one person she trusted most…Me.

D.B. West - King's Road - Hold on tight for a ride down memory lane in this Savage Kings MC prequel.

Trisha Wolfe - Cellar Door - After witnessing a murder, Makenna is abducted by a vigilante and taken to his underground lair where she unravels a secret that entangles both their lives.

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Entangled (Serendipity Adventure Romance Book 2)

by Anna Lowe


Love is an adventure...

Cara Leoni is trapped in the jungle. The clock is ticking, and her only hope is the one man she vowed never to trust again...

Tobin Cooper was only planning on a couple of laid-back weeks on the beaches of Panama, but before he knows it, he’s racing his rusty motorcycle into the wild side. Venomous snakes, poison darts, and ruthless drug runners aren’t half as frightening as the idea of facing his ex-fiancée again. But if he and Cara are going to escape the jungle alive, they must rebuild trust, one kiss at a time.

* An action-adventure romance with adult content. The perfect read for fans of strong heroines, alpha heroes, tropical islands, romantic escapes, jungle adventures, tropical beach vacations, travel romance, and comedy romance – and of course pirates, swashbucklers, and rakish rogues! *

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To Boldly Go

by Em Stevens


When life gives you lemons, drink limoncello.

Taryn's trip of a lifetime is finally happening. She's saved money, researched, planned, and created an itinerary that will allow her to travel Italy...and finally tell her best friend that she's in love with her. But those plans are ruined when she wakes up alone, her crush gone. Her plans did not include being alone and stranded in Milan.

Now Taryn's dream vacation is a nightmare.

Enter Holly, a fellow traveler: young, full of life, and comfortable traipsing off the beaten path. Holly feels a connection with Taryn and wants to salvage her trip. After all, they're in freaking Italy! But their radically different travel styles and age differences make for rough terrain.

Together, they boldly go into unexplored territories of the heart, and may just discover love.
 

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Beginnings: Romance Suspense (D.E.V.I.N. Series Book 1)

by Katina Gavin


The military gave them purpose. The mountains brought them love…

Angel has just one assignment left. After burning out from years with the SEALs and the DEA, he's ready to settle down and start a new chapter in his new life. When the investigation of a double homicide leads him to Lindsey's door, he knows that she's the one. But eight years after burying her husband, can Lindsey learn to let go and try again?

Devin's superior intellect makes him America's most precious asset. He may be able to develop futuristic weapons for the U.S. military, but under constant protection for his incredible and dangerous brain, love has never been in the cards. When his handlers see the way Devin acts around Lindsey's sweet sister Jamie, they conspire to get the two of them together. But can they convince Lindsey and Jamie's hard-nosed father that Devin is worth the trouble?

Joe lives for his job with the SEALs, but that doesn't leave much room for a relationship. Lindsey's other sister Sydney refuses to become either a Navy wife… or a Navy widow. She won't tie the knot with Joe until his retirement is official. Who will win out: the Navy or their love?

Before Angel, Devin, and Joe can explore their chance at a happily ever after, they'll have to catch a killer as treacherous and unpredictable as the mountains themselves…

Beginnings is the first book in the D.E.V.I.N. series of military romantic suspense novels. If you like sizzling chemistry, compelling characters, and thrilling whodunnits, then you'll love Katina Gavin's absorbing series.

Buy Beginnings to unlock a mountain of a mystery today!


**** This is a full length extra steamy Contemporary Military Romance, no cheating, and a happily - ever - after. It contains mature language and content, and is intended for a mature audience. Beginnings was originally published as Lindsey's Angel. It has been repackaged, but the story remains the same.

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Finding Christmas (Holly Point Book 2)

by Jeannie Moon


Small town Holly Point wasn’t big enough to hold the dreams of golden girl Maggie Benson. So when she left at eighteen, she flew right through college and into the adrenaline-pumping life of a navy fighter pilot. But without warning, a devastating crash destroys the career she loves and sends her back to her overly protective family to heal. Maggie can’t imagine how she can reconnect with the woman she was until the hot local high school basketball coach steps up to show her the way.

Former NBA star Will Fitzgerald knows how an injury can derail more than a career. Still, he’s happy with his life as a teacher and coach at Holly Point High School, until his quiet life is upended by the beautiful, brilliant, and hurting Maggie. Blindsided by the intense attraction, Will wonders if pursuing the woman of his dreams will answer the question of what’s been missing in his life.

Can Maggie trust enough again to let Will past her wounds, inside and out, so that they can both find the Christmas magic they’ve been searching for?

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Five Alarm Christmas: A Firefighter Reverse Harem Romance

by Cassie Cole


Don’t sleep with your teammates.

It was the one rule they emphasized to us ladies at the Fire Academy. The kind of rule that existed for a crucial reason.
And it was an easy rule to follow… Until I got transferred to Miami Fire Station 47.


With just two weeks until Christmas, Firefighter Amy Pederson is transferred to a special new fire station in the suburbs of Miami. It’s a tremendous honor to have been selected out of hundreds of applicants, but Amy can’t help but feel like she doesn’t belong.

And it only gets worse when she meets her three sexy unit mates, some of whom aren’t too thrilled to have a woman on their team.

Yet as they take holiday calls together they begin bonding in ways only a close-knit group who risk their lives together can. Every time they throw on their gear and stride into the swirling smoke their petty differences seem silly by comparison—especially with rumors of a holiday arsonist plaguing Miami.

But now Amy has the opposite problem: she and her new unit mates are beginning to like each other too much, a temptation that’s impossible to avoid while living with three delicious firefighter hunks. Can Amy douse her unrelenting feelings while searching for the arsonist, or will everything go up in smoke?

Five Alarm Christmas is a sexy, stand-alone reverse harem romance filled with humor, action, and mystery. It also contains sizzling hot MFMM menage sex, in single and multiple partner scenes. HEA guaranteed!

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Passion's Reward (The Doms of Passion Lake Book 6)

by Julie Shelton


Crashing into the Passion Lake ambulance is not part of Rachel Adams’ plan. Nor is being stranded for three weeks while her car gets repaired. She’s there on a quick assignment. To write a sleazy, no-hold-barred exposé about the sordid side of the BDSM lifestyle for an even sleazier magazine. Hey. It’s a job. And beggars can’t be choosers. Three days, tops! Get in, get the goods, get out. Piece of cake. And the money she’ll earn is the only thing standing between her and abject poverty.

Enter Jake Weston and Roman Sanderson, the crashees. They’ve been looking for their lifetime sub for years and when they see Rachel, their Dom radar goes haywire. The attraction is instantaneous and off-the-charts hot. When she tells them she’s interested in finding out more about the lifestyle (her cover story), they not only offer her a place to stay, they also offer to serve as her Doms for the next three weeks.
Rachel’s plan is working perfectly. Until she realizes one thing. She’s in love with Jake and Roman. Okay, two things. There is no sleazy, sordid side to BDSM. Okay, damn it, three things. She has to come clean and tell them her real reason for being there. Will they forgive her? Or will her betrayal destroy them all?
 

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