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ratings are also TOTALLY subjective.
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Book Title Book Author Approx. Spice Level Beginner Friendly? Sub
Genre/Tropes Available On KU? Audiobook Available? Couple Pairing
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CONTEMPORARY
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Brutal Birthright series Sophie Lark - Yes Mafia, series of standalones
Yes Yes MF
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Kingmakers series Sophie Lark - Yes Mafia, connected to BB series Yes Yes
MF
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Hooked Emily Mcintire Yes Enemies to lovers, age gap, kidnapping
Yes Yes MF
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Scarred Emily Mcintire Yes Forbidden romance, her fiancé's brother
Yes Yes MF
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Wretched Emily Mcintire Yes Bad girl/good guy, enemies with benefits
Yes Yes MF
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Twisted Emily Mcintire Yes Forced marriage, age gap Yes Yes
MF
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Sinners Duet Sophie Lark No Enemies to lovers (he's a serial killer)
Yes Yes MF
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Mindfck series S. T. Abby No A serial killer & an FBI agent fall in
love Yes No MF
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Cat & Mouse duet H. D. Carlton No Stalker, enemies to lovers Yes
Yes MF
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Does It Hurt H. D. Carlton Yes One night stand, forced proximity
Yes Yes MF
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Legacy of Gods series Rina Kent No College, mafia, kinky, stalking,
possessive MMC's Yes Yes MF & MM
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Forget Me Not Bombshell Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Yes Mafia,
brothers fiancé, why choose Yes Yes MMMF
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The Harlequin Crew series Caroline Peckham & Susann Valenti Yes Why
choose, second chance, forced proximity Yes Yes MMMFM
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Was I Ever series Naomi Loud Yes Series of connected standalones, mafia
adjacent Yes No MF
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Dark Verse series RuNyx Yes Connected standalones, mafia, enemies to lovers
Yes Yes MF
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Tattered Curtain series Greer Rivers Yes Phantom of the Opera
retelling Yes Yes MF
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The Boys of Sinners Bay series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Yes
Mafia, kidnapping, enemies to lovers Yes Yes MF
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Sinners Anonymous series Somme Sketcher Yes Mafia, connected
standalones Yes No MF
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Sea of Ruin Pam Godwin No Pirates, historical romance No Yes MMF
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Obsidian Brotherhood series Delaney Foster No Go into this blind if
you can Yes No MF & MMF
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Descent Into Darkness series Shannon Elliot No FMC seeks revenge,
excellent LGBTQIA+ rep Yes Yes Queer Why Choose, 6 people total
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No Place For Devils Santana Knox & Amy Oliveira Possibly Motorcycle
club, he falls first and harder Yes No MF
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Losers Duet & The Dare Harley Laroux No Bully redemption, kinky af
No Yes MMMMF
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Dark Olympus series Katee Robert - Yes Smutty green mythology,
series of stand-alones No Yes MF, FF, MMF, MFMF
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Still Beating Jennifer Hartmann Maybe? Forced proximity (Kidnap
victims) Yes Yes MF
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Heartless Heathens Santana Knox No Forced proximity, why choose,
paranormal Yes Yes MMMF
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Hades Hangmen series Tillie Cole NO NO NO Motorcycle club, connected
standalones, HEAVY TW's Yes Only book one through five MF & MFM
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Until I Get You Claire Contreras Yes Dark hockey romance, second chance
romance Yes Yes MF
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The Pucking Wrong Number C. R. Jane Yes Dark hockey romance, stalker,
possessive MMC Yes Yes MF
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The Harder They Ride Coralee June Maybe? Cowboys but make it
mafia, he's a mafia hitman Yes No MF
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Gothikana RuNyx Yes Gothic romance, age gap, professor/student Yes
Yes MF
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Nocticadia Keri Lake Yes Gothic romance, professor/student Yes No
MF
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Crossed Emily Mcintire Maybe Stripper/Priest, stalking, "touch her and
you die" Yes Out Sep. 12th MF
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Salt In the Wound & Lyonesse series Sierra Simone Yes Kinky, angsty
forbidden romance No, but Salt In The Wound is free on Amazon and on Sierra's
website No MFM
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American Queen trilogy Sierra Simone Yes Kinky, age gap, second
chance, pining No Yes MMF
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Plated Prisoner series Raven Kennedy Possibly SUPER SLOW BURN, villain
love interest, badass FMC Yes Yes MF
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To Bleed A Crystal Bloom series Sarah A. Parker Yes Slow burn,
Rapunzel inspired, villain love interest Yes Yes MF
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Savage Lands series Stacey Marie Brown Yes Slow burn, urban
fantasy, villain love interest No Yes MF
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Zodiac Academy series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Yes Slow burn,
bully, college, urban fantasy Yes Yes MF & MM
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Ruthless Boys series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Yes Bully,
college, prequel series to Zodiac Academy Yes Yes MMMMF
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From Blood & Ash & Spin-off series Jennifer L. Armentrout Yes Vampires,
werewolves, villain love interest No Yes MF
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What Lies Beyond The Veil series Harper L. Woods Yes Forced proximity,
villain love interest, hidden identity Yes Yes MF
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Vicious Lost Boys series Nikki St. Crowe Yes Peter Pan & the Lost
Boys inspired, novellas Yes Yes MMMMF
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The Four Horsemen series Laura Thalassa Yes Four Horsemen of the
apocalypse inspired Yes Yes MF
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Underworld Gods series Karina Halle Yes Finnish mythology inspired,
villain love interest Yes Yes MF
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Bonds That Tie series J. Bree Yes Dystopian/Urban fantasy vibes,
bully, forced proximity Yes Yes MMMMF
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Gods & Monsters series Amber Nicole Yes Slow burn, FMC and MMC are
morally grey Yes Yes MF
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The Dragon's Bride Katee Robert Yes Novella, he's a literal
dragon, forced proximity No Yes MF
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Fireblood dragon series Ruby Dixon Yes Dragon shifters, kidnapping, mates
Yes Yes MF
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Clecanian series Victoria Aveline Yes Aliens, series of standalones Yes
Yes MF
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House of Devils series Kayla Edwards Yes Urban fantasy, forced
proximity, touch her and die Yes No MF
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Court of the Vampire Queen Katee Robert Yes Vampires, who hurt you,
breeding, shifters Yes Yes MMMF
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Break The Glass Jack Whitney Yes Bloody Mary retelling, femme dom,
shadow play Yes No MF
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The Dracula Duet Karina Halle Yes Dracula inspired, age gap,
professor/student Yes No MF
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Duskwalker Brides Opal Reyne Yes Duskwalker monsters, fancy peens, forced
proximity Yes No MF
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Anastasia Sophie Lark Yes Anastasia inspired, slow burn, childhood
friends to lovers Yes Yes MF
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The Serpent & The Wings of Night Carissa Broadbent Yes Vampire
tournament, forced proximity, enemies to lovers Yes Yes MF
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All Souls trilogy Harley Laroux Yes Witchy, paranormal, kinky, demons
Yes Yes MF
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Sinner Sisterhood series Lana Pecherczyk Yes Paranormal, good boys x
bad girls, Buffy vibes Yes No MF
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Slaying The Shifter Prince Clare Sager Yes Shifter, kidnapping, creative
tail play Yes No MF
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Nytefall series Chloe C. Peñaranda Yes Star crossed lovers, slow
burn Yes No MF
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The Ever King L. J. Andrews Yes Kidnapping, fae + pirates, slow
burn Out Sept. 20 Not yet MF