Jo Raven

Joel and Jethro. Roommates. Total hunks. Inseparable friends. Hot. Meet my fantasy boyfriends. Aren’t they just the cutest thing? I know, right? They totally are. They are hot, too hot for a quiet—and obsessed with them—girl working in a bookshop. That’d be me, by the way. There’s also the tiny problem of Joel wanting another girl. And as for Jethro, well… he doesn’t do relationships. So it’s fine to crush on them. And write a serial story on my blog in which we do crazy things. All three of us. Together. Whew. I mean, it’s okay. It’s perfectly safe. They’ll never even know I exist, much less find out about my blog and my secret fantasy about them. Right? Yeah, that’s what I thought, too.

Candy Boys

Matt Hansen. Hot single daddy. Arrogant. Rude. Older. My boss. Totally off limits... right? Matthew Hansen is the kind of handsome that has grown women whispering behind their hands and giggling like schoolgirls. Dark, tall and mysterious, he’s a newcomer to our little town. He’s a gritty, grease-covered mechanic, and a single daddy. Sweet, right? Plus, he’s looking for a nanny – and I am desperately looking for a job. Sounds like the perfect deal. Only he’s a jerk. An uncivilized, hulking brute. Zero manners. Zero interest in making me feel welcome in his home. Downright rude. But oh, so sexy. And I need the job. I can do this. One thing is for sure: I can’t fall for the Caveman. No matter how sexy he is. How mysterious. How tortured. That’s the only rule – and one I’m about to break.

Wild Men Book 1

Caveman

USA TODAY and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Almost three years ago, a car crash took Audrey's dad and scarred her for life. Now eighteen, she returns to her hometown for the first time after the accident. She's here to start again. Go to college and have fun. Make new friends. Get over the past. But the past won't let go. Asher is here-her first kiss, her first heartbreak. More handsome and distant than ever, he's still the boy who used to be her best friend. That was before he changed into someone she hardly knows anymore-the boy who started getting into fights and gave her the cold shoulder for years. Asher isn't what she needs. In fact, she hates him and should try her best to keep away from him. Yet her body doesn't seem to care about how she feels, and maybe, just maybe this time her body got it right. Not that she has much of a choice. Asher draws her like a bright flame, and if she isn't careful, she'll burn. And that may not be such a bad thing after all... Standalone novel. No cliffhanger. *A new adult contemporary sexy romance with suspense, bad boys and illegal MMA fighters*

Inked Brotherhood Series 1

Asher

What if you were in love not just with one, not just with two, but with three hot guys? And what if they wanted you back? There are three of them. Three boys. We’re friends. Neighbors. Our lives are linked through disaster, fear and pain. I love them all. Not sure I can live without them. Can we just stay friends? Can we ignore the desire flaring when we’re around each other? Can I kiss one and not the other? I can’t choose. Don’t want to choose. And I’m not sure they can, either. This story will either end up in heartache, or as any story should: in a happy ending. Love is not a road. It’s a country. A sprawling galaxy. Love has no compass. No rules. No limits. Love is a universe. Lose yourself in it.

A Reverse Harem Contemporary Romance

Broken Compass

They call me Zen-man, the cool-headed one, the protector. I keep an eye out for everyone, take them in, find them homes. They think I'm the calm and collected one, the self-assured one, the one who knows the way. They think they see me. They think they know me. But they're all wrong, because inside I'm broken. I have a jagged hole in my soul I can't fix, a festering blackness. I've been to the pits of hell, and nobody comes back unscathed. Life in foster care roughed me up, and now a thread is all that's holding me together. So I sleep around and never date, keeping chicks away. One day I'll snap, and when I do, there's no telling who I might take down with me. All the same, there's this one girl who won't be scared away. Dakota. She's hot, and I won't deny I want her. But she keeps coming back, pushing me, trying to get me to talk, to open up to her. She has no idea she's playing with fire. When the demons come, she'd better be far away from me, just like everyone else. Standalone novel. No cliffhanger. *A new adult contemporary sexy romance with suspense, bad boys and secrets from the past*

Inked Brotherhood Series 3

Zane

Meet the Damage Control Boys - set in the world of the bestselling series Inked Brotherhood Author note: this book was published in the Red Hot Alphas Boxed Set, so if you bought the boxed set, then you already own it. There’s me: Micah Owens. Tattoo artist at Damage Control. No parents or siblings. A past that still gives me nightmares. And then there’s her: Evangeline, the girl who saved my life and haunts my more pleasant dreams. Only she doesn’t know who I really am, and telling her might well send her fleeing for the hills. She deserves better than a loser like me. She’s pretty. She’s clever. She’s goddamn sexy and has a heart of gold. Which is why I can’t tell her. A smile from her and I’ll do all I can to make her mine – including pretending to be someone I’m not, someone worth having. Isn’t love weird? Standalone novel. No cliffhanger. *Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.* MICAH is book 1 in the series Damage Control - a series set in the same world as Inked Brotherhood. The boys of Damage Control were taken in by Zane Madden and Rafe Vestri and offered apprenticeship and work in the tattoo shop Damage Control. Next in the Damage Control series: Jesse, Seth, Shane and Ocean.

Damage Control Series 1

Micah

Four years have passed since I left home, my parents, and my brother Asher behind - since I shut out my past. And Erin. Four years since I last saw her, since I heard her voice and held her in my arms. I've spent my time forging a path from woman to woman, from bed to bed, trying to find an answer. But I think I've lost my way. There's no light at the end of the dark. No big surprise. I carry the dark inside me. I'm a bastard - branded as such from the start. I never give my phone number and address. I take my pleasure, and don't come back for seconds. No commitments, no promises and no happy endings. Yeah, I'm a bastard down to the bone and I don't give a damn. But now I'm back in my birth town, the town I fled at eighteen - back to make amends to the brother I abandoned and watch from afar the only girl I've ever wanted. Hope isn't a currency I can afford. I learned that lesson long ago. Yet when she looks at me and says my name, I can't help but hope. Standalone novel. No cliffhanger. *A new adult contemporary sexy romance with suspense, bad boys and family secrets*

Inked Brotherhood Series 2

Tyler

Raylin is on the run. Her father's associates will stop at nothing to claim the money he owes them-including killing her. A last ditch ticket to Florida, a temporary house to hide in and no future to look forward to. That is, until she meets Storm, a tattooed bad boy who is housesitting down the beach and doing repairs for the summer. A perfect place, a perfect pair of strong arms, a spot of calm in which to hide for a while-or is it? Drop-dead gorgeous, kind, and hot in bed, Storm may not be what he seems. Who is the real Storm, and what is he hiding? Raylin had better find out before the bullets begin to fly...STORM is a full-length standalone New Adult Romantic Suspense novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jo Raven*Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.*Author note: This book is a spin-off from RAFE (Inked Brotherhood #5) but it is one hundred percent independent and can be read without having read any of my previous books.

Storm

“Candy, why is your bed so big?” “… to fit my two boyfriends when we snuggle together at night.” Only that’s my father asking, staring at the bed in question. Oops. So yeah. Unruly Jethro and cocky Joel are now officially my boyfriends. My Candy Boys. I moved in with them, and I expected things to be tense, awkward. I was wrong. This feels so right, and well, hot. These boys are SO hot. But with college starting, Jethro returning to work at the bookshop, and Joel planning to start his own business, everything’s shifting. Not to forget the fact that Joel still hasn’t confronted his parents about our relationship, that Jethro is still recovering from his dad’s brutal attack, and that I feel insecure, well… Wait a sec. Insecure? Come on, Candy. That’s BS. These boys love you. Yeah, I know. The boys and me, we’re solid. However, doubt still lingers. I mean, Joel’s parents hate each other. Jethro’s dad killed his mom, for chrissakes—and my mom has acquired a sudden interest in sex toys and escort services. So I wonder if true love really exists. Love that doesn’t fade over time. You know, the kind that withstands nightmares and bad jokes, unwashed dishes in the sink and lack of lube. Yeah, that happened. These boys own me. They’re sweet, sexy and caring—but will they break my heart, or is this our happily ever after?

Candy Ever After

*Meet the Damage Control Boys, set in the world of the bestselling series Inked Brotherhood. This is New Adult Contemporary Romance.* Returning to Madison hurts. I thought I'd left my past behind, but the past goes on living. I carry it inside of me, it's a piece of me. People have marked me in indelible ways and I drag the shreds of my soul behind me, trying to put my pieces back together. I'm not the Amber I used to be. I fly under the radar, try to be invisible. It doesn't always work. Drawing attention scares me. It always spells trouble. Returning to my home town is a last ditch effort to lay my demons to rest and start anew, for good this time. Meeting Jesse Lee wasn't in the plan. Yet here he is with his heart-stopping, sexy grin, handsome like a god, shining bright. He's full of life, full of heat, packing the energy of a thousand suns in his gaze and muscular body. Jesse burns, and the pain of being near him is sweet. But he's foiling my plans. It's hard to remain a ghost when he's around. Hard to avoid his attention, to remain invisible. He sees me, really sees me, and behind his bright radiance, I can see shadows from his own past crowding in. He's swimming hard to stay afloat even as he reaches for me. What is he afraid of? And how can he save me from drowning when he can't even save himself? Standalone novel. No cliffhanger. *Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.* JESSE is book 2 in the series Damage Control - a series set in the same world as Inked Brotherhood. The boys of Damage Control were taken in by Zane Madden and Rafe Vestri and offered apprenticeship and work in the tattoo shop Damage Control. Next in the Damage Control series: SETH (Damage Control 3).

Jesse

Das Leben ist ein Miststück. Es verpasst mir immer wieder einen rechten Haken, und ich stecke einen Schlag nach dem anderen ein, beiße die Zähne zusammen, zeige ihm den Mittelfinger. Aber versteht mich nicht falsch: Ich liebe Frauen. Eine insbesondere – Madeline. Sie ist umwerfend, sie ist sexy, einfach perfekt. Und – winziges Detail – sie hat bereits einen Freund. Als ob sie etwas mit jemandem wie mir zu tun haben wollte. Ein Tätowierer in Ausbildung, ehemaliger Obdachloser, bedeckt mit Tattoos, ohne einen einzigen Cent in der Tasche. Und irgendwie verflucht. Ich meine, ich müsste schon Glück haben, überhaupt irgendeinem Mädchen über den Weg zu laufen, bei all den Abstechern ins Krankenhaus, die mir das Leben entgegenschleudert. Aber ich habe kein Glück. Das hatte ich nie. Sieht auch nicht danach aus, als würde sich das in nächster Zeit ändern. Bis zu dem Tag, als ich auf das Mädchen meiner Träume treffe, besser gesagt auf ihr Auto. Das Leben hasst mich, und wenn das mal kein eindeutiges Zeichen ist, dann weiß ich auch nicht.

Damage Control Reihe 3

Seth

Es gab einmal eine Zeit, da war mein Leben gut. Ich hatte eine Familie, eine Freundin, und ich hatte Hoffnungen für die Zukunft. Das ist schon lange her, aber ich erinnere mich daran. Ein verschwommener Traum über das, was hätte sein können. Das ist jetzt vorbei. Ich habe alles verloren. Das Leben hat mir übel mitgespielt, und selbst mein eigener Schatten macht mir Angst. Ich lasse mich zum Tätowierer ausbilden, aber ich wette, ich bin nicht gut genug. Ich habe ein Dach über dem Kopf, aber jeden Morgen wache ich mit der Furcht auf, erneut auf der Straße zu landen – oder noch schlimmer, wieder im Knast. Und jedes Mal, wenn ein hübsches Mädchen mich ansieht, jedes verdammte Mal, weiß ich, dass ich nicht mit ihr zusammen sein kann. Nicht nur, weil sie herausfinden wird, dass ich ein ehemaliger Sträfling bin und schreiend vor mir davonrennen wird, nein. Es ist mehr als das. Ich kann einfach nicht. Der Gedanke, wie mich jemand berührt, der Gedanke, von dieser Berührung erregt zu werden, bringt jeden einzelnen Alptraum aus meiner Vergangenheit zurück und droht mich in die Dunkelheit hinabzuziehen. Ich kann es einfach nicht. Nicht einmal, wenn es das hübscheste Mädchen der Welt ist – Cassie. Mit ihrem langen blonden Haar und ihren schönen Brüsten, ihren kurzen Röcken und High Heels ist sie wie meine personifizierte Fantasie. Die Tatsache, dass sie einen meiner Kumpel geküsst hat? Das ist gut. Die Tatsache, dass sie mich ansieht, als wäre ich ein ekliger Käfer unter ihrem Schuhabsatz? Noch besser. Denn es bedeutet, dass sie kein Interesse daran hat, sich mit mir in den Laken herumzuwälzen, und dass ich mich weiter an meiner Fantasie festhalten kann. Die Fantasie, dass sie ebenso sehr mit mir zusammen sein will wie ich mit ihr – auch wenn ich weiß, dass es nie dazu kommen wird.

Damage Control Book 4

Shane

The moment I met HAWK, I was CAUGHT. That was the night my boyfriend called me frigid in front of everyone at my favorite restaurant, and Jamie Hawk Fleming came to the rescue. Casually as you please, he proposed an arrangement: no attachments, no feelings. Only hot, awesome sex. That’s fine with me. I want to get over the humiliation my ex-boyfriend caused me, prove to myself I’m not frigid, and—let’s be serious, who can say no to a mouthwateringly handsome young millionaire? It’s surely an experience, right? Even if he doesn’t want to be my boyfriend, just my fuckbuddy. I’m perfectly fine with that. If only my head—and my heart—didn’t have other ideas… *** This is a prequel to HAWK (Sex and Bullets 2) - a Novella *** Mature Content – for 18+ public

(Prequel to Hawk - Sex and Bullets series)

Caught

I don’t want Jason Vega. Not at all. It’s the worst idea ever. Ah hell… Jason is handsome. Smart. Dangerous. Hot. He’s goddamn gorgeous—but he’s also sleeping on the street, hanging out with the local biker gang and selling his body for a living. Our lives, our paths couldn’t be further apart. I’m crawling toward the light, while he’s falling into the dark. But it doesn’t matter how different we are, or what logic dictates. I really shouldn’t want Jason Vega—but I just can’t stop. He’s under my skin, and sinking deeper… * M/M romance, standalone *

Jagged Edge

*** PREQUEL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "ASHER (INKED BROTHERHOOD)" *** At fourteen, Audrey has the perfect life: great parents, great buddies, and her best friend, Asher. Only lately Asher has begun to change. He seems distant and standoffish, ignoring Audrey. Not all of the changes are bad. He's growing from a pretty boy into a handsome man, and Audrey is all too aware of that. But if they cross the line from friends to something more, will things stay the same or will she lose her best friend forever? This is not an erotic story. It is the prequel to the events that unfold in "Asher" and set up many of the characters of the Inked Brotherhood Series.

A Short Inked Brotherhood Story

Kiss Me Goodbye

When you've tried your best for years and never managed to please your demanding parents... When you've fallen head over heels for someone who keeps ignoring you... When you've hit rock bottom. Tessa is this close to giving up - on her authoritative parents and their demands, on her studies, on everything in her life. Including Dylan. The one boy she has loved since she can remember. The one who dated her and promised her forever when they were fourteen, and then dumped her without an explanation only to ignore her ever since. The one who shows up to save her from violence before the stroke of midnight, who kisses her and holds her close, only to tell her in the course of the same night he doesn't love her. Tessa knows Dylan has gone through some tough times, and they're only getting tougher - but is he telling the truth about his lack of feelings for her, or is he running from his own demons? The way Tessa sees it, she has two options: run away, leaving it all behind - or stay to fight against her controlling family, and win back Dylan. She has a feeling he needs her, and how can she leave when he's the only man who's ever made her feel alive? Standalone novel. No cliffhanger. *Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.*

Dylan

From USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jo Raven comes the fifth installment in the Inked Brotherhood series which began with ASHER. His name is Rafaele Vestri, Rafe to his friends. He’s tall, strong, handsome. Distant. He often comes to the coffee shop where I work, but we don’t talk much. He looks at me, though. Stares at me, his gaze heated, and I can’t help but stare back. I want him, I won’t deny it. I’ve never seen anyone that beautiful, anyone that powerful, in my life. But he’s growing more withdrawn by the day. Something’s up, and he won’t tell. I know about his past—the murder of his family when he was fifteen. I can imagine how much it must have cost him. So much violence contained in that strong body, waiting to be unleashed. What is he seeking? What is he training so hard for? Why is he looking at me like he’s dying to touch me, but won’t dare? Even as I try to stop thinking about him, get interested in other boys, I realize I can’t. I’m caught, body and soul, just like that. And I tell myself, Megan, girl… What have you gotten yourself into this time? Standalone novel. No cliffhanger.

Inked Brotherhood Series 5

Rafe

Raylin is on the run. Her father’s associates will stop at nothing to claim the money he owes them—including killing her. A last ditch ticket to Florida, a temporary house to hide in and no future to look forward to. That is, until she meets Storm, a tattooed bad boy who is housesitting down the beach and doing repairs for the summer. A perfect place, a perfect pair of strong arms, a spot of calm in which to hide for a while—or is it? Drop-dead gorgeous, kind, and hot in bed, Storm may not be what he seems. Who is the real Storm, and what is he hiding? Raylin had better find out before the bullets begin to fly. *** This is a New Adult Romantic Suspense standalone novel ***

Sex and Bullets 1

Five brothers in all but blood, five girls who love them, emerging from a past fraught with darkness and danger. There are wedding bells, and baby cries and laughter all around. They have found their happy ending. Only one cloud is marring these blue skies, and it has to do with Zane, the rock of the Brotherhood. Nobody knows exactly what is wrong, but here’s the thing, folks: There are five of us, and we stand all for one and one for all. If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. We protect our own. And Zane is more than one of our own. He’s our leader. He’s our steady center. If our center shatters, we all shatter. This Brotherhood is strong. We’re gonna find out what troubles him and put it to rest, once and for all, bury it, stomp on it, crush it until it’s fixed or gone. Time we celebrated our happy ending. * Epilogue to the Inked Brotherhood series *

Epilogue to the Inked Brotherhood Series

Inked Babies:

Meet OCEAN, the newest of the Damage Control Boys, set in the world of the bestselling series Inked Brotherhood. This is New Adult Contemporary Romance..I thought I was a normal kid once. Do normal kids have to beg door to door for food? Not sure. It wasn't always that bad, I guess-and then it was. Really fucking bad.I tried to protect my younger brother from the fallout. Lied to him about how bad things were.But it wasn't enough. And when the accident happened, he blamed me, like everyone else.I'm guilty of many things. He's right about that, at least. So damn guilty I'm sure everyone knows and will call me out on it.Except they don't. Nobody does, except my brother.Not even Kayla, sexy and sweet and coolest girl ever, who keeps buying me coffee and trying to read my future. But my future isn't in the goddamn cards, or even in my hands. I don't see a future. I deny fate, but fate has me pinned like a moth and won't let me walk away.Won't let me escape.And yeah... you know you're losing grip when the girl you want reads your palm, and you're scared to hell of what she'll see and of the pain you can tell is coming.**WARNING** 18+ for sexual content, language, and violence.OCEAN is book 5 in the series Damage Control - a series set in the same world as Inked Brotherhood. The boys of Damage Control were taken in by Zane Madden and Rafe Vestri and offered apprenticeship and work in the tattoo shop Damage Control.

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