Showing results for "Hearts" in Literature & Fiction

He’s my ex-boyfriend’s brother, an alpha with an old-fashioned face and a rugged demeanor. I’m the omega who’s managed to get myself stranded in the middle of nowhere with him during a snowstorm. It’s fine though. It’s not like anything’s going to happen between us. We’re both adults and we have this thing called self-control. There’s nothing to worry about. Except, there’s a trickle of warmth flowing through my veins, and things are happening in my body that I can’t explain. Wait. I’m not going into heat, am I?

A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence, Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he's named after. And now, I belong to him.

When my sister’s name is called for the vampires’ harvest, I step forward. It’s a death sentence, but she has a family, a future. All I have is a dusty bookshop, an ailing body, and a fate that always ends in fangs. As the only volunteer, I’m claimed as the newest Mortal Bride—a living sacrifice to their two wicked kings.

Emeline may have been alive for hundreds of years, but she's never really lived. She's never felt whole, not since she lost her mate so long ago. Now there is a new, younger wolf entering her life, and it will take more than her nose in a book to figure out that the warmth in her heart is much more than a promise of a new feeling. It's fate. Noah has known Emeline was his mate since he first saw her, only he doesn't know if she feels the same. When he finally takes the step, he'll have to pray she finds the connection and lets fate save them both.

My story started out with a guy who liked a girl. She looked like an angel to him. I was the guy, Ava the angel. But...my life turned into this world where I got married to her twin sister and Ava hated me. Then, I got caught in a game with the devil I didn't want to play. My enemies used my weaknesses against me, and killed my wife. Ava could have died, too, so I stayed away. The universe, however, had other ideas and threw her right back in my path. An angel like her didn't belong in the dark world of a Mafia boss. I know that, except, I'm selfish.

This is a dark and taboo novella collection, featuring 15 stories. If you can imagine it as a trigger or trope, you will likely find it in this collection. Please understand that this collection of stories is DARK AND TABOO EROTICA. Do not start this and expect world-building, character background beyond basics, strong character development, or morals. This is intended to be dark, dirty, and forbidden. If you have any doubts, I highly suggest you turn back now. Don’t say I did not warn you. Enjoy!

The plan was to fix up the farmhouse, sell it, and leave. Then I met Drew... and his cat Bodhi. I’m a stranger in this place. When a car accident nearly killed me, Mom took me away from my father and this small Texas town. Now, I’m back, and while everyone seems to remember the little girl I used to be, no one knows the woman I’ve become. That’s okay. I’m not here to reconnect or fix what’s broken between my father and me. I’m just here to fix the house I inherited, sell it, and go. Then I meet Bodhi, the three-legged cat who keeps peeing on my porch.

In the heart of a grim and relentless quest for vengeance, Reaper is a man driven by the shadows of his tragic past. Ruthless, grimy, and irresistibly sexy, he is determined to destroy anyone who stands in his way. His heart, long hardened by pain and loss, knows only the cold embrace of revenge. Yet, amidst the chaos and carnage, a beacon of forbidden beauty captures his eye—Lotus. She is everything he never expected: stunning, untouchable, and trapped in a world as dark as his own. Their attraction is forbidden, a dangerous dance neither can resist.

In this steamy, age-gap, forbidden-love cowboy romance for fans of Lyla Sage, Bailey Hannah, and Elsie Silver, a free spirit finds herself working for a former pro bull rider... who has secrets behind those ocean-deep eyes. Being hired by a ranch for the summer sounds picture-perfect, right?...

Grayson Wright is a man who knows how to do many things, but fixing the toxic relationship with his longtime boyfriend isn't one of them. A surprise birthday party to rekindle their old spark sounded like a great idea - until Gray is the one who receives the shock of his life. Chase Rivers is unlucky in love and draws every loser, liar, and cheater like a magnet. After giving up on finding love, a night out with Mr. Right Now will lead him to the doorstep of his very own Mr. Wright. Too bad Chase didn't have homewrecker and party crasher on his dating-disaster bingo card.

When Cade Walker and Merrick Sullivan find Elle hiding in the cabinet of a gun store, they know they can't just walk away from the fragile woman with no memory of who she is or who tried to kill her. Merrick is training for the title shot in the heavyweight division as a mixed martial artist and can't afford distractions, but neither can he turn his back on the woman who tugs at his heartstrings.

Constance can track a killer, but is there a killer locked up inside of her? Constance is a psychic who only gets visions about murder. She teams up with tough homicide detective Jack. For three years, they track and catch serial killers until, unexpectedly one day, Constance starts to remember a past that just cannot be. When one sexually explosive night happens between her and Jack, Constance realizes the visions of the past have to be true. Neither of are what they seem to be and a world of shifters opens before her eyes.

In a world where love can be programmed, two women discover that the heart cannot be coded. A tale of forbidden connection and the implants that both divide and unite them. Best friends Maya and Cara visit a spa offering personality modification through neural jewels. Planning a romantic weekend, they impulsively choose a power dynamic instead: Cara dominant, Maya submissive. Three intense days reveal desires neither knew they had.

In the small West Texas town of Whynot, why not fall for your brother's two best friends—even if it means risking a broken heart? Two years ago, I moved back to the dusty small town I used to call home. Every day that goes by is the same until two men I have no business wanting turn my life...

This is what I'd been yearning for ever since that night, Becca. This is what I was missing. After the life-changing events of Snowed In, Becca finds herself a little stuck. She's left the restaurant where she worked with Morgan and Kara and is at a job that could lead to her dreams. But, something is missing. She chases the bliss of that night she spent, never able to recapture it.

Brought to you by Penguin. Anything goes in the woods… Drowning in student loan debt, Claire Collins is about to be made an offer she can’t refuse: spend thirty days indulging corporate lawyer Shane Underwood’s primal desires in exchange for $30,000. All she has to do is give him the hunt...

After her cheating husband ruins her life, twenty-nine-year-old musician, Alixandria Knight, moves from Chicago to Ironhill, Pennsylvania—a near-abandoned Appalachian ghost town with a fiery history. Officially, she's there to help her aging grandmother. Unofficially, Alix just wants to escape reality. She'll get her wish.

Temptress and the True Heart is a searing, intoxicating lesbian romance that dares to explore the boundaries between love, lust, and liberation. Adelyn Whitlock has always kept her emotions locked away—until she meets the one woman who unravels her every defense. What begins with lingering glances and stolen touches soon ignites into nights of breathless passion, where every kiss is a promise and every touch a question.

What do you get when you combine one headstrong Dragon Shifter with a young woman whose past won’t stay hidden? But wait… There’s more. Add a Coven of Demon-raising Wizards and a Fate that will not be denied. What happens then? Only the perfect sizzling romance, spine-tingling intrigue, sword-swinging action, and swoon-worthy love. Enter the world of the Dragon Guard… Forever be changed.

Makenna James thinks her day can't get any worse, until she finds herself stranded in a pitch-black elevator with a complete stranger. Distracted by a phone call, the pin-striped accountant catches only a glimpse of a dragon tattoo on his hand before the lights go out.