Recommendations based on "Hostile Tyranny"

When Dee Dawson meets sexy mohawked guitarist Joel Gibbon, she knows it won't be long before she has him wrapped around her finger. No guy has ever been able to resist her … but Dee's met her match in a player like Joel.Dee's not the relationship type—not after seeing the pain "love" has caused her friends and family—yet she's desperate to make Joel want her more than anyone else. He quickly becomes an obsession, and when a reckless attempt to make him jealous ends in disaster, Dee turns into the damsel in distress she never wanted to be. With her carefree world crashing down around her, the last thing she needs is Joel's pity.But Joel is suddenly determined to prove he cares, and no matter how hard Dee tries to push him away, he refuses to let her shut him out. Now the girl who swore she'd never say those three little words must choose between guarding her heart and losing Joel forever … or falling head over heels for the tattooed rock star of her dreams.

I had their love once.They saw me for the girl I am and the person I yearn to become one day—a woman who thrives in her freedom and dances away in her rightfully earned independence.They saw all the strong, unafraid parts of me, and coaxed each one of them out, daring me to dream bigger, climb higher.They never once saw the girl I had been groomed to see in the mirror.The abandoned daughter of a dead man.The unwanted child of a woman who despised her.The broken body formed wrong and built on a shaky foundation, threatening to fall apart and shatter.They made all the ugliness disappear and left only wonder and promise. The love we shared for each other was probably the only miracle I would be granted in this life, and I knew they felt the same.Or so I thought.Everything I held dear has been robbed from me, and I’ve been a victim of theft too many times to mention.I will not have them steal my pride.They can keep my heart, for all I care.The day they became my stepbrothers, it stopped working anyway.Heartless is the first book in The Privileged of Pembroke High trilogy which ends in a cliffhanger.This is a #whychoose contemporary romance, full-length novel.*Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, and sensitive content.

Tessa Armstrong has one more summer at home before heading off to college with her best friend. She’s been counting down the months, waiting to be free of her overbearing brothers and overprotective father — not to mention getting out of the small, suffocating town she’s grown up in. The one thing Tessa doesn't count on is falling in love, least of all with Brock Miller. He’s the kind of boy her father has always warned her about. He’s older, mysterious, and a little dangerous. Brock has had a hard past, and the whole town not only knows it, but won’t let him forget. Brock has come back to take care of his ailing mother and struggling younger siblings. He doesn’t have time to fall in love, especially with one of the town’s darlings, but sometimes, love comes fast and fierce. Can Tessa and Brock find a way to each other despite their pasts and the obstacles their families present?

"All twenty-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not in the cards for her. Raised by her older brother, Julian, after their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian's line of work means that Daisy's life is . . . complicated. And things don't become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes, who happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn't answer to Julian. Christian's life is no walk in the park either, since he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Magnolia Parks. He's happy enough to use Daisy to throw off the scent of his true affections-until she starts to infiltrate those, too. As their romance blossoms into something neither was anticipating, Daisy and Christian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. Relationships intersect and tangle, and Daisy, Christian, and Julian will learn that sometimes life's most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood"-- Provided by publisher.

Pine Valley is a school that's both rich in history and legacy, and it's once more opening its doors to another year of students.Skylar Warren owns the streets of Pine Valley and everybody in it. From cars to people, there is nothing he wants that he can't get-until now.When he is offered a chance to race for the prestigious StarFire racing, Skylar realizes there are two things he wants more than anything else in this world-the championship title and Silas Townsend-and he plans to get both, whatever it takes.Silas "Bones" Townsend has the perfect life-or so everyone thinks. What they don't know is just how utterly lonely and cold his existence has become... until Skylar. The man who can enrage him like no other and won't take no for an answer. Bones finds himself dragged into Skylar's life and the spotlight whether he wants it or not.This town has a way of bringing people together, however, and not even fate can stand in the way of true love.Buckle up, angel, because it's going to be one hell of a ride.Can Skylar and Bones withstand what Pine Valley has in store for them, or will crashing hearts be all that's left?Crashing Hearts features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. TW include: explicit sexual content, explicit violence, stalking, murder, torture, sexual assault, and mental health/depression. 18+

From bestselling author Chantal Fernando, the second book in a sexy romance series featuring the bad boys of the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club and the women who fall in love with them.Being the younger sister of a Wind Dragons MC member isn’t as great as you’d think it would be. I can’t escape the details of my brother’s exploits. No one tells me anything. Men who know who I am tend to stay away from me. And worst of all: the members of the MC are off-limits. When Arrow catches my eye, I make it my mission to make him happy again. When I fall head over heels in love with him, I just hope he will be there to catch me. And that my brother doesn’t kill him…

Three Broken people.Separate.Adrift.Damaged.Raine loves Macen.He burns for her…but she’s off-limits.Until his best friend, Liam, says he wants her for himself.And their fiery collision begins…An innocent runaway, her tormented savior, and the shrewd player embark on an epic, passionate journey of rage, jealousy, forgiveness, and love to become Unbroken.(Read at your own risk! This juicy, tension-filled origin story will suck you into one of the most bingeworthy series EVER, filled with dark romance, angst, jaw-dropping steam, laughs, wrenching emotions, and a love triangle between two super-hot alphas vying for a sassy brat in desperate need of firm hands and a big heart. You’ve been warned!)The Unbroken Series: Raine FallingThe BrokenThe BetrayalThe BreakThe BrinkThe Bond

Harlow Sweeting is no longer the woman she once was. Life has changed.Meeting Ryske and his crew has altered the way Harlow sees the world. The woman she was before Ryske can never be again. She's changed.Anything that used to be important seems inane in the face of what Harlow has endured. What she's lost is all that matters. Even if it the cost of payback is her life, it's a price she's willing to pay. Warning: Contains explicit language and imagery. Suitable only for ages 18 and over.

When Joely Hudson returns home to Leroy, Indiana, after living abroad, she's reluctant to open her heart. After all, she's been hurt in the past and badly. But then she meets Garrett Gordon and his daughter Emma, and she's tempted to let down her walls. However, despite how much she wants to let Garrett in, she keeps pushing him away. As if her insecurities weren't bad enough, she's picked up an obsessive, murderous stalker who's determined to make her his own. When Garrett moved from Kentucky to take a job with the Olman County Sheriff's Department, he never expected to stumble across someone like Joely. He knows he can't have a casual fling with her, but he isn't sure he's ready for anything else. After all, it isn't just his heart that could get broken if things don't work out--his daughter's could, as well. But as much as he tries to keep his feelings for Joely casual, he's drawn to her, mind, body, and soul. Just as he comes to terms with his feelings, Joely's stalker up's the ante by staking his claim, and Garrett may end up losing her forever. Seduction in the Shadows is the seventh book in the Shadows Collection/Leroy's Sins series. Other titles include Secrets in the Shadows, Under the Moon's Shadow, Shadows from the Grave, Hidden in the Shadows, In the Heart's Shadow, and Deception in the Shadows.

Resourceful.Resolute.Bodyguard.A single diagnosis and I wasn't good enough. Not for college ball, not for my family, and not for the Marines. Medically discharged before I finished basic training, I was determined to prove myself.Landing a job as a bodyguard for the best security firm in the business was a second chance. It should've been my focus, but a sophisticated blonde walked through the lobby and dismissed me with a single glance.Now she was going to find out how relentless a bodyguard could be.RELENTLESS is the seventh standalone book in the Alpha Bodyguard Series.The Alpha Bodyguard Series:SCANDALOUSMERCILESSRECKLESSRUTHLESSFEARLESSCALLOUSRELENTLESS