Best Erotic Romance Novels in 2022

Best Erotic Romance Novels in 2022 You Need To Watch Out For

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Though Valentine’s day has been long passed, it doesn’t give mean we are saying goodbye to the heat of erotic romance, do we? This is particularly true, especially among married couples whose relationships have started to falter and break families.

Although fights are impossibly unavoidable between us and our partners, we keep in mind that we are not dating anymore. Marriage is serious, and so does our need for fulfilling sexual intimacy. Got me?

To help us sit back and relax right in the comforts of your home while cuddling your pets and your partner, here is your weekly dose of the top 10 romance erotic books that you need to watch out for. By the way, we are also on the lookout for new erotic romance books, so we will be updating this list as regularly as we can.

Now that we’re all set, let’s get started. Are you ready? 

Here Are The Best Erotic Romance Novels In 2022

Since last year, we have been collecting the hottest contemporary romance novels to spice up your hot summer, hoping that these romance books for adults could effectively turn you and your partner on.

BTW, we will keep updating this list from time to time, so if you want to recommend additional steamy romance books for adults we missed, let us know in the comment section below this post. Alright?

Take a look at our list below, and see which among these you’d love to start binge-reading. 🙂

  1. The Takeover (The Miles High Club #2) by T.L. Swan
  2. The Casanova (The Miles High Club #3) by T. L. Swan
  3. Exodus (The Ravenhood #2) by Kate Stewart
  4. Claimed by Cupid (Nick and Holly #2) by Dana Isaly 
  5. Empire of Sin (Empire #2) by Rina Kent
  6. Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert
  7. To Command and Collar by Cherise Sinclair
  8. This Is Who I Am by Cherise Sinclair
  9. My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair
  10. Breaking Free by Cherise Sinclair
  11. Lean on Me by Cherise Sinclair
  12. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
  13. Beneath This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
  14. Master of the Abyss by Cherise Sinclair
  15. Dark Citadel by Cherise Sinclair
  16. Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
  17. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young
  18. Mile High by R. K. Lilley
  19. Beautiful Stranger by Christina Laurel
  20. Bared to You by Sylvia Day
  21. The Dom’s Dungeon by Cherise Sinclair
  22. Release Me by J. Kenner 
  23. The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake
  24. Captivated by You by Sylvia Day
  25. Master of the Mountain by Cherise Sinclair
  26. Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning
  27. In Flight by R. K. Lilley
  28. This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
  29. Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde
  30. The Siren by Tiffany Reisz
  31. Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning
  32. Naked by Raine Miller
  33. Fever by Maya Banks
  34. Gabriel’s Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
  35. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
  36. Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair
  37. Sweet Surrender by Maya Banks
  38. Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James
  39. Wicked Ties by Shayla Black
  40. Rush by Maya Banks
  41. Knight by Kristen Ashley
  42. Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James
  43. Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
  44. Grey by E. L. James
  45. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

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1. The Takeover by T.L. Swan

The Miles High Club #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.50

Publication Date: August 26, 2021

Publisher: Montlake via Kindle

ASIN: B07Y82JMF8

Book Description

I first met Tristan Miles at a meeting where he was trying to take over my late husband’s company. 

He was powerful, arrogant, and infuriatingly gorgeous, and I hated him with every cell in my body. In the shock of the century, he called me three days later and asked me [for] a date.

I would rather die than date a man like him—though I do have to admit it was good for the ego. Turning him down was the highlight of my year. 

Six months later, he was the guest speaker at a conference I attended in France. Still arrogant and infuriating—but this time, surprisingly charming and witty. 

When he looked at me, I got butterflies. But I can’t go there.

He’s just a player in a hot suit, and I’m just a widow with three unruly sons.

I just need this conference to be over.

Because everybody knows that Tristan Miles always gets what he wants…and what he wants is me.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

2. The Casanova by T. L. Swan

The Miles High Club #3

Overall Book Rating: 4.49

Published Date: August 26, 2021

Publisher: Kindle

ASIN: B08X472VK3

Book Description

In T. L. Swan’s steamy third installment of the Miles High Club, Kate’s hot new pen pal is a welcome distraction from her horrible boss. But nobody is as distracting as Elliot Miles…and he knows it.

My favorite hobby is infuriating Elliot Miles. Just the sight of my boss’s handsome face triggers my sarcasm. God knows how he earns his Casanova reputation—if a million women want him with his personality, what the heck am I doing wrong?

Disgusted with my love life, I join a dating app under a fake name. I start chatting to a man named Edgar. He’s not my type and lives on the other side of the world, but we hit off a friendship, laugh, and confide in each other.

But lately, things are getting weird at work. Elliot’s being…attentive. His eyes linger a little longer than they should, and there’s a heat behind them that I haven’t felt before. And then, in the shock of all shocks, he tells me that my vulnerability is appealing. But when was I vulnerable?

Horror dawns…Has my boss been reading my emails to Edgar?

Damn it, why did I use my work email?

Oh no, does he know what I really think of him? I’d rather die than ever admit it. 

Or, even worse: is it possible that the man I loathe in real life is the man I’m falling for online?

(Source: Goodreads.com)

3. Exodus by Kate Stewart 

The Ravenhood #2

Overall book rating: 4.42 of 5

Publication date: August 4, 2020

Publisher: Independent (Kindle Ed.), KLS Press, LLC (Paperback), & Podium Audio (Audiobook)

ASIN: B08F3ZVSYJ (Kindle Ed.), B094Q56Z6R (Audiobook)

ISBN13: 9798672214306

Book Description

It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.

It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.

I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.

Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.

I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.

There was never going to be an escape.

All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us [sic] serve our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.

I’m done pretending I didn’t leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.

It’s the reason I’m back. To make peace with my fate.

And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I’ll remain sick. That will be my curse.

But it’s time to confess, to [sic] me more so than any other, that I’d hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.

At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.

Because I can no longer live a lie.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

4. Claimed by Cupid by Dana Isaly

Nick and Holly #2

Overall book rating: 4.27 of 5

Publication Date: February 4, 2022

Publisher: Independent

ASIN: B09N6YMWFG (Kindle Ed.)

ISBN13: 9798407218036 (Paperback)

Book Description

Date a Silver Fox? Check.

Share your New Year’s kiss with said Fox? Check.

Have a Big O during Valentine’s Day dinner? Check.

Wait…what was that last one?

Holly is quickly falling for Nick, and she can’t wait to spend their first Valentine’s Day together.

And, boy, does this Silver Fox have a surprise up his sleeve.

A very public surprise.

But this isn’t just about lust anymore, and Nick is tired of taking things slowly.

Cupid’s arrow is pointed directly at Holly.

This holiday, Nick is claiming her as his own. 

(Source: Goodreads.com)

5. Empire of Sin by Rina Kent

Empire #2

Overall book rating: 4.18 of 5

Publication Date: January 13, 2022

Publisher: Kindle

ASIN: B09KHBTWQT

Book Description

I’m not the type who has one-night stands.

It wasn’t supposed to happen, okay?

A couple of drinks and a sinful British accent later and I’m in bed with a stranger.

Of course, I left first thing in the morning because I’m a responsible adult.

An adult who has a new job that I need in order to keep my double life a secret.

Little did I know I’m not, in fact, responsible.

Because the stranger I left in bed? Yeah, he’s not a stranger after all.

He’s my new boss.

Knox Van Doren might have a charming smile, but a true villain lurks beneath it all.

And like any villain, he’ll use my sin against me…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

6. Electric Idol by Katee Robert

Dark Olympus #2

Overall book rating: 4.11 of 5

Publication Date: January 18, 2022

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

ISBN: 1728231760 (ISBN13: 9781728231761)

Book Description

He was the most beautiful man alive.

And if I wasn’t careful, he was going to be my death.

*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Psyche and Eros that’s as sinful as it is sweet.*

In the ultra-modern city of Olympus, there’s always a price to pay. Psyche knew she’d have to face Aphrodite’s ire eventually, but she never expected her literal heart to be at stake…or for Aphrodite’s gorgeous son to be the one ordered to strike the killing blow.

Eros has no problem shedding blood. But when it comes time to take out his latest target, he can’t do it. Confused by his reaction to Psyche, he does the only thing he can think of to keep her safe: he marries her. 

Psyche vows to make Eros’s life a living hell until they find a way out of this mess. But as lines blur and loyalties shift, she realizes he might take her heart after all…and she’s not sure she can survive the loss.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

7. To Command and Collar by Cherise Sinclair 

Masters of the Shadowlands #6

Overall book rating: 4.39 of 5

Publication Date: November 23, 2015

Publisher: VanScoy Publishing Group

ISBN: 0986119563 (ISBN13: 9780986119569)

Book Description

Working with the FBI to capture human traffickers, Master Raoul scores an invitation to a slave auction. 

To his surprise, one slave is the kidnapped friend of a Shadowlands submissive. Although Kim’s body is scarred, her spirit is unbroken, and he can’t leave her behind. Ruining the FBI’s plans, he buys her.

Kimberly’s freedom has come at a devastating price: the other women are still imprisoned. Desperate to help the Feds locate the traffickers, she agrees to pose as Master Raoul’s slave. Although wearing a collar again is terrifying, Kim starts to heal and then [sic] blossom under the powerful Dominant’s care.

“Submission.” It’s what she’s been drawn to–and fled from–her entire life. She has escaped the slavers who captured her body. Escaping the Master who has captured her heart will be far more difficult.

8. This Is Who I Am by Cherise Sinclair

Masters of the Shadowlands #7

Overall Book Rating: 4.37 

Published Date: May 27, 2013

Publisher: Loose Id, LLC

ISBN: 162300148X (ISBN13: 9781623001483)

Book Description

When trying to save a woman from slavers, Sam screwed up. Royally. Now Linda wants nothing to do with him. Or with BDSM. She won’t even admit she’s a masochist. 

As a dominant and sadist, he can give her what she needs, and when an opportunity arises, he slips into her life, intending to make amends. She’s everything he knew she would be…except for her bullheaded determination to be ‘normal’.

Now the horrible time is [sic] passed, Linda just wants to return to her small conservative town, pick up her quiet life, and be normal. But how can someone who likes pain be ‘normal’? 

To her dismay, when someone spray-paints her home with obscenities, Sam shows up to rescue her. Again. Doesn’t he understand that the last thing she needs in her life is a sadist? He’s amused by her objections. 

But his dry sense of humor can’t disguise that he’s tough as nails and dominant and stubborn. He’s not going to let her drive him off this time. Soon she realizes she wants him to stay.

When he takes her to the Shadowlands, she feels as if she’s found a home…until she hears a voice from out of her nightmares.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

9. My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair

Mountain Masters & Dark Haven #3

Overall Book Rating: 4.37 

Published Date: May 27, 2013

Publisher: Loose Id, LLC

ISBN: 1611189780 (ISBN13: 9781611189780)

Book Description

Threatened by university cutbacks, Professor Abigail Bern’s only hope is to publish a provocative research paper–soon. Planning to covertly observe behavior in the notorious Dark Haven BDSM club, she takes a receptionist job.

When the owner calls upon her to assist in a demonstration, she’s appalled. Then fascinated. Under the unyielding hands of the master known as my Liege, she discovers a need to be more than an observer.

His late wife had been the center of his life, and Xavier Leduc wants no other. But when his new receptionist does her utmost to keep an emotional distance from him, he’s intrigued and digs deeper. She’s adorable. Intriguingly intelligent, beautifully submissive, sweetly vulnerable.

He soon realizes her defenses are keeping her on the fringe of her sexuality–and her life. As he draws her into fuller participation, she unconsciously does the same for him. She begins to fill his world.

Ever since the night she met my Liege Xavier, Abby has questioned everything she believes about herself. She’s falling for the stern owner of Dark Haven and thinks he’s beginning to care for her…until the day he learns why she’s in his club.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

10. Breaking Free by Cherise Sinclair

Masters of the Shadowlands #3

Overall Book Rating: 4.34

Published Date: June 6, 2013

Publisher: Smashwords

ISBN13: 9780983706373

Book Description

A sadistic husband left Beth scarred, inside and out. Only at the Shadowlands BDSM club does she feel like a woman. But her fears limit her to Doms who won’t overwhelm her–the very ones who cannot arouse her. The Master of the Shadowlands gives her an ultimatum: accept the Dom he assigns or lose her membership. The last thing Beth wants is a ruthless, powerful Dom, but that’s just what she gets.

Asked to take on a problem sub, Nolan sees the issue immediately–although truly submissive, the little redhead is too scared to relinquish control and her Doms have let her get away with it. That will change right now.

As Master Nolan takes Beth under command, compelling her submission, she’s terrified, but the experienced Dom brings her pleasure, not pain. His only demand is that she never lie to him. Under his capable hands, her body comes alive, and she begins to heal. As he pushes her limits, she learns to trust…and then to love. And she realizes he is beginning to care for her in return.

But now her cruel husband has found her, and Master Nolan discovers she’s been lying and lying and lying.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

11. Lean on Me by Cherise Sinclair

Masters of the Shadowlands #4

Overall Book Rating: 4.34

Published Date: June 6, 2013 (first ed.), March 4, 2018, on Smashwords

ISBN13: 9780991322213

Publisher: Smashwords

Book Description

“From beginning to end a sinfully delicious story of one woman’s struggle to trust who she is inside and accept herself as well as the love of the man that she loves with all her heart.” ~ Book Junkie

Andrea wants to submit, but not to just any so-called Dom. He has to be tougher than the slum-bred bullies she grew up with. She’d given up finding a true Dom when her friend finagles her a place as a trainee in an exclusive BDSM club with the powerful Shadowlands Masters. Andrea’s thrilled… and terrified.

Forced to accept an unknown submissive into his carefully run trainee program, Master Cullen is furious. Not only is the young woman new to BDSM, but she’s unsuited to her role–armoured in leather like a Domme, she’s more liable to punch a Dom than kneel. He decides to push her right back out the door. But as he ruthlessly intimidates her, punishes her, then cuddles her, his glimpses of the woman inside the emotional armour intrigue him and her utter surrender captures his heart.

Although Master Cullen is famous for his unfettered lifestyle, Andrea believes he might be interested in her, until she discovers he’s not just a bartender–he’s a cop. Maybe he’d overlook her past brush with the law, but when another trainee accuses her of stealing money, Andrea knows she’s lost the Master she wanted with all her heart.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

12. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day

Crossfire #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.34

Published Date: October 2, 2012

Publisher: Smashwords

ISBN13: B008673ZAQ

Book Description

Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn’t stay away. I didn’t want to. He was my addiction… my every desire… mine.

My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful… except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.

We were bound by our [needs]. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

13. Beneath This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas

This Man #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.27

Published Date: June 8, 2013

Publisher: Smashwords

ASIN: B00DB7RDR2

Book Description

Jesse Ward drowned her with his intensity and blindsided her with his passion, but he kept her away from his dark secrets and broken soul. Leaving him was the only way Ava O’Shea could survive.

She should have known that Jesse Ward is impossible to escape–and now he’s back in her life, determined to remind her of the sensual pleasures they had shared.

Ava is equally determined to get at the truth beneath this man’s steely exterior. That means letting herself get close to the Lord of the Manor once more. And it’s exactly where Jesse wants her–within touching distance…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

14. Master of the Abyss by Cherise Sinclair

Mountain Masters & Dark Haven #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.25

Published Date: October 17, 2014

Publisher: VanScoy Publishing Group

ASIN: B00OMGVY94 (Kindle Ed.)

ISBN: 1607378809 (ISBN13: 9781607378808)

Book Description

On the mountain, the watcher seeks out evil women. And then they die.

Two years ago, when Jake Hunt uncollared his slave, she committed suicide. Guilt-ridden, he will commit to a woman for one night only, devoting his energy to a mountain lodge that caters to a BDSM crowd.

Kallie Masterson is tough. Unwanted as a child, she worked hard to become a wilderness guide. She’s proud of who she is and hurt that Jake frowns on her for acting like a man.

After rescuing the macho guide from a bar fight, Jake is stunned that the ugly men’s clothing hides a warm, responsive woman. A submissive woman. When guide business brings her to the lodge on BDSM night, and she is obviously aroused by the play, Jake takes the little sub right into his world of pain and pleasure.

He warns her: one-night-only. But she responds so beautifully–so joyously–under his command, that one night soon becomes two, then three…

Then a missing hiker reminds Jake of his past lover, and he realizes he’s become too involved. He pulls back.

Meanwhile, the watcher on the mountain has rendered his verdict: Kallie Masterson is evil. The sentence: Death.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

15. Dark Citadel by Cherise Sinclair

Masters of the Shadowlands #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.25

Published Date: April 7, 2013

Publisher: VanScoy Publishing Group

ASIN: B00C9L5L52

ISBN: 1596329203 (ISBN13: 9781596329201)

Book Description

After Kari breaks up with her date during Beginner’s Night at Club Shadowlands, she’s given the option to continue with an experienced dominant.

Despite her steamy fantasies about BDSM, the inexperienced schoolteacher plans to simply observe. Yet under the unyielding hands of Master Dan, she not only participates but gives him everything he asks for.

There is nothing she can hide from him. Not her passion…or her love.

16. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

On Dublin Street #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.19

Published Date: August 31, 2012

Publisher: Kindle

ASIN: B0094J01VG

Book Description

From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn’t resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside–so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat.

No one knows how much he risked for me. How much I’d been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.

Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

17. Entwined With You by Sylvia Day

Crossfire #3

Overall Book Rating: 4.19

Published Date: June 14, 2013

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 0425263924 (ISBN13: 9780425263921)

Book Description

From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn’t resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside–so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat.

No one knows how much he risked for me. How much I’d been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.

Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

18. Mile High by R. K. Lilley

Up In The Air #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.19

Published Date: November 2, 2012

Publisher: Berkley, Kindle

ASIN: B00A1DCZCM (Kindle Ed.)

ISBN: 0615752179 (ISBN13: 9780615752174) (Paperback)

Book Description

James and Bianca’s tumultuous story continues in the sequel to In Flight.

James has initiated Bianca into a dark and drugging world of passion and pain. He taught her about her own submissive, masochistic nature, and she fell swiftly and deeply in love with the undeniably charming and impossibly beautiful Mr. Cavendish, but a painful misunderstanding and the return of the brutally violent demon of her past have combined to overwhelm Bianca, and, confused and hurt, she pushes him away.

It’s been over a month since the shocking attack that hospitalized her, and since she told a distraught James that she needed space, but her feelings haven’t gone away. Even she knew that it was only a matter of time before he would cast his spell on her again…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

19. Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren

Beautiful Bastard #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.18

Published Date: April 16, 2013

Publisher: Gallery Books

ISBN: 1476731535 (ISBN13: 9781476731537)

Book Description

Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement and passion without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night’s fun. But the manner—and speed—with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.

The whole city knows that Max Stella loves women, not that he’s ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it’s not until Sara—and the wild photos she lets him take of her—that he starts wondering if there’s someone for him outside of the bedroom.

Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private. (Source: Goodreads.com)

21. The Dom’s Dungeon by Cherise Sinclair

Crossfire #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.16

Published Date: December 13, 2014

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 1607374927 (ISBN13: 9781607374923)

Book Description

[reprint] Foster child. Teenage whore. Now a veterinarian, MacKensie’s turned her life around, but the scars remain. She saves her affection for the animals who never judge or scorn her, but it’s time to get out, [and] move on from her past in Iowa. So, she arranges a vacation exchange to [a] job hunt in Seattle.

Although the house is lovely, one room is locked. Her years in foster care have given her two ‘gifts’: a neurosis about locked doors and the ability to open them. After she gets into the room, she’s appalled…and intrigued. Chains and manacles, whips and paddles, odd benches with straps…

When Alex returns home days early and finds MacKensie draped over the spanking bench in his locked dungeon, he’s furious. But her wariness arouses his protective nature and curiosity, so he strikes a deal to keep her close—she’ll act as his submissive in exchange for a place to stay and help [to find] a job.

He’d planned to use the veterinarian to deter an ex-girlfriend, not replace her, but with MacKensie’s compelling mixture of strength and vulnerability, the little sub slides right into his well-defended heart.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

22. Release Me by J. Kenner

Stark Trilogy #1/ Stark Saga #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.16

Published Date: January 1, 2013

Publisher: Bantam

ISBN: 0345544110 (ISBN13: 9780345544117)

Book Description

For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You comes an erotic, emotionally charged romance between a powerful man who’s never heard “no” and a fiery woman who says “yes” on her own terms.

He was the one man I couldn’t avoid. And the one man I couldn’t resist. Damien Stark could have his way with any woman. He was sexy, confident, and commanding: Anything he wanted, he got. And what he wanted was me.

Our attraction was unmistakable, almost beyond control, but as much as I ached to be his, I feared the pressures of his demands. Submitting to Damien meant I had to bare the darkest truth about my past—and risk breaking us apart.

But Damien was haunted, too. And as our passion came to obsess us both, his secrets threatened to destroy him—and us—forever.

Release Me is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.

23. The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake

Masters & Mercenaries #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.12

Published Date: September 27, 2011

Publisher: DLZ Entertainment, LLC

ASIN: B005PJMDTM

ISBN: 1937608018 (ISBN13: 9781937608019)

Book Description

A routine mission…

Sean Taggart is hunting a deadly terrorist, and his only lead is the lovely Grace Hawthorne. She’s the executive assistant for an employment agency Sean suspects is a front for illegal activities. To get the truth, he is going to have to get very close to Grace, a task he is all too eager to undertake when he discovers her deliciously submissive nature. …turns into a dangerous seduction.

Soon, Grace Hawthorne is living a double life. By day, she is the widowed mother of two college-aged sons. By night, she submits to Sean’s every dark desire. She’s living out her wildest fantasies of pleasure—intimate acts of trust she’s only read about. As passion engulfs her, a murderer strikes, and Grace learns that Sean has a deeply hidden agenda. Will Sean choose his mission and break her heart or be the Master of her dreams?

(Source: Goodreads.com)

24. Captivated By You by Sylvia Day

Crossfire #4

Overall Book Rating: 4.11

Published Date: November 18, 2014

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 0425273865 (ISBN13: 9780425273869)

Book Description

Gideon calls me his angel, but he’s the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own.

The vows we’d exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead, they opened old wounds, exposed pain, and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp, my greatest fears becoming my reality, my love tested in ways I wasn’t sure I was strong enough to bear.

At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we’d worked so hard for. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we’d had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream.…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

25. Master of the Mountain by Cherise Sinclair

Mountain Masters & Dark Haven #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.10

Published Date: August 8, 2014

Publisher: VanScoy Publishing Group

ASIN: B00MJK9MK8

ISBN: 1596329920 (ISBN13: 9781596329928)

Book Description:

When Rebecca’s lover talks her into a mountain lodge vacation with his swing club, she soon learns she’s not cut out for playing musical beds. But with her boyfriend “entertaining” in their cabin, she has nowhere to sleep.

Logan, the lodge owner, finds her freezing on the porch. After hauling her inside, he warms her in his own bed, and there the experienced Dominant discovers that Rebecca might not be a swinger…but she is definitely a submissive.

Rebecca knows that no one can love her plump, scarred body. But, to her surprise, Logan disagrees and is quite happy to show her just how much he enjoys her curves. Under his skilled hands, Rebecca loses not only her inhibitions but also her heart.

Damaged from the war, Logan considers himself too dangerous to be around the enticing little sub. He sends her away for her own safety, not realizing she thinks she’s been rejected because of her size.

When Logan’s mountains echo with her voice long after she’s gone, he knows she’s left behind part of herself—and taken his heart. But when he arrives in the city to reclaim her, Rebecca’s phone has been disconnected and her apartment is empty…

26. Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning

Sinners on Tour #2

Overall Book Rating: 4.09

Published Date: April 1, 2011

Publisher: Sourcebook Casablanca

ISBN: 1402245793 (ISBN13: 9781402245794)

Book Description

Every night lead singer, Sed Lionheart whips thousands of women into a frenzy with his voice alone. But the stage is the only place Sed feels any passion since he lost Jessica… If you’re not willing to break all the rules…

It shattered her heart, but law student Jessica broke off her engagement to Sed, determined to be successful on her own terms. But no other man can ever hold a candle to Sed…

Then a chance meeting and tortuously close quarters lead to uncontrollable flares of passion and rediscovery of their unique penchant for public encounters. Now, in addition to the risk of mutual heartbreak every time they get together, they’re in danger of truly scandalous public exposure…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

27. In Flight by R. K. Lilley

Up in the Air #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.09

Published Date: October 20, 2012

Publisher: Sourcebook Casablanca

ASIN: B009UFDW9W

Book Description

When reserved flight attendant Bianca gets one look at billionaire hotel owner James Cavendish, she loses all of her hard-won composure. For a girl who can easily juggle a tray of champagne flutes at 35,000 feet in three-inch heels, she finds herself shockingly weak-kneed from their first encounter.

The normally unruffled Bianca can’t seem to look away from his electrifying turquoise gaze. They hold a challenge, and a promise, that she finds impossible to resist, and she is a girl who is used to saying no and meaning it.

Bianca is accustomed to dealing with supermodels and movie stars in her job as a first-class flight attendant, but James Cavendish puts them all to shame in the looks department.

If only it were just his looks that she found so irresistible about the intimidating man, Bianca could have ignored his attentions. But what tempts her like never before is the dominant pull he seems to have over her from the moment they meet, and the promise of pleasure, and pain, that she reads in his eyes.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

28. This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas

Up in the Air #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.08

Published Date: October 20, 2012

Publisher: Sourcebook Casablanca

ASIN: B00DB7RDOA

Book Description

Young interior designer Ava O’Shea has an appointment for a first consultation at The Manor with the owner, Mr. Jesse Ward. She is expecting nothing more than an overweight, cravat-wearing, well-to-do countryman, and on arrival, nothing would suggest otherwise. How wrong could she be?

This Man is devastatingly handsome, charming, and confident. He is also a conceited, hedonistic playboy, who knows no boundaries. Ava desperately does not want to be attracted to him, but she can’t control the overwhelming [effect] he has on her.

Every instinct is telling her to run, so she does, but Jesse Ward is not so willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her. She knows she is heading for heartbreak, but how can she run when he won’t let her?

(Source: Goodreads.com)

29. Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde

Reapers MC #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.08

Published Date: October 20, 2012 (1st Ed.); June 16, 2016 (Kindle Ed.)

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publishing

ASIN: B01H7IA2U0

ISBN: 1419944673 (ISBN13: 9781419944673)

Book Description

Marie doesn’t need a complication like Horse. The massive, tattooed, badass biker who shows up at her brother’s house one afternoon doesn’t agree. He wants Marie on his bike and in his bed. Now.

But Marie just left her abusive jerk of an ex-husband and she’s not looking for a new man. Especially one like Horse—she doesn’t know his real name or where he lives, she’s ninety percent certain he’s a criminal and that the “business” he talks with her brother isn’t website design.

She needs him out of her life, which would be a snap if he’d just stop giving her mind-blowing orgasms. Horse is part of the Reapers Motorcycle Club, and when he wants something, he takes it.

What he wants is Marie, but she’s not interested in becoming “property of”. Then her brother steals from the club. Marie can save him by giving Horse what he wants—at home, in public, on his bike… If she’s a very, very good girl, she’ll get lots more of those orgasms only he can offer, and he’ll let her brother live. Maybe.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

30. The Siren by Tiffany Weisz

The Original Sinners #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.03

Published Date: July 24, 2012

Publisher: Mira

ISBN = 0373605692 (ISBN13: 9780373605699)

Book Description

Notorious Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica, each one more popular with readers than the last. But her latest manuscript is different—more serious, more personal—and she’s sure it’ll be her breakout book… if it ever sees the light of day.

Zachary Easton holds Nora’s fate in his well-manicured hands. The demanding British editor agrees to handle the book on one condition: he wants complete control. Nora must rewrite the entire novel to his exacting standards—in six weeks—or it’s no deal.

Nora’s grueling writing sessions with Zach are draining… and shockingly arousing. And a dangerous former lover has her wondering which is more torturous—staying away from him… or returning to his bed?

Nora thought she knew everything about being pushed to your limits. But in a world where passion is pain, nothing is ever that simple. 

(Source: Goodreads.com)

31. Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning

Sinners on Tour #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.03

Published Date: July 24, 2012

Publisher: Mira

ISBN = 0373605692 

ISBN13: 9780373605699

Book Description:

Five stunning guys, one hot woman, and a feverish romance…

For him, life is all music and no play…

When Brian Sinclair, lead songwriter, and guitarist of the hottest metal band on the scene, loses his creative spark, it will take nights of downright sinful passion to release his pent-up genius…

She’s the one to call the tune…

When sexy psychologist Myrna Evans goes on tour with the Sinners, every boy in the band tries to seduce her. But Brian is the only one she wants to get her hands on…

Then the two lovers’ wildly shocking behavior sparks the whole band to new heights of glory… and sin…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

32. Naked by Maya Banks

Sinners on Tour #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.03

Published Date: July 24, 2012

Publisher: Mira

ISBN = 0373605692 

ISBN13: 9780373605699

Book Description

Brynne Bennett is living the good life. An American art student at the University of London and part-time photographic model, she’s putting her life back on track with school and lots of hard work.

When ultra successful London businessman, Ethan Blackstone, buys her nude portrait, he isn’t taking ‘no’ for an answer. He wants Brynne in his bed and makes plans to keep her there no matter what. His dominant nature captivates and ensnares despite the demons she carries inside her. But there are secrets in this relationship. Huge ones.

Can Ethan free Brynne from the past that has marked her? Will Brynne let him or will the specters tormenting her resurface to destroy them both…

(Source: Goodreads.com)

33. Fever by Maya Banks

Breathless on Tour #1

Overall Book Rating: 4.03

Published Date: April 2, 2013

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN = 0425267067 

ISBN13:  9780425267066

Book Description:

Jace, Ash, and Gabe: three of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the country. They’re accustomed to getting anything they want. Anything at all. For Jace, it’s a woman whose allure takes him completely by surprise… Jace Crestwell, Ash McIntyre, and Gabe Hamilton have been best friends and successful business partners for years. They’re powerful, they’re imposing, they’re irresistibly sexy, and Jace and Ash share everything—including their women.

When they meet Bethany, Jace begins to feel things he’s never experienced before: jealousy, and a powerful obsession that threatens him, overwhelms him—and excites him beyond control. Jace isn’t sharing Bethany—with anyone. He’s determined to be the only man in her life, and it’s jeopardizing a lifelong friendship with Ash. Bethany will be his and his alone. Even if it means turning his back on his best friend.

(Source: Goodreads)

34. Gabriel’s Inferno by Sylvain Reynard

Gabriel’s Inferno #1

Overall Book Rating: 3.99

Published Date: April 4. 2011

Publisher: Omnific Publishing

ISBN = 1936305623 

ISBN13: 9781936305629

Book Description:

Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a [well-respected] Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption.

When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, “Gabriel’s Inferno” is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man’s escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible…forgiveness and love.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

35. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

Beautiful Bastard #1

Overall Book Rating: 3.98

Published Date: February 12, 2013

Publisher: Gallery Books

ISBN = 1476730105 (ISBN13: 9781476730103)

Book Description:

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He’s exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family’s massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who’d been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day.

Despite the rumors, he’s never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe’s so tempting he’s willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office.

As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they’re willing to lose in order to win each other.

Originally only available online as The Office by tby789 — and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites — Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

36. Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair

Masters of the Shadowlands #1

Overall Book Rating: 3.98

Published Date: February 12, 2013

Publisher: Loose Id, LLC

ASIN: B001XJ1PLA

Book Description

Her car disabled during a tropical storm, Jessica Randall discovers the isolated house where she’s sheltering is a private bondage club. At first shocked, she soon becomes aroused watching the interactions between the Doms and their subs. But she’s a professional woman–an accountant–and surely isn’t a submissive…is she?

Master Z hasn’t been so attracted to a woman in years. But the little sub who has wandered into his club intrigues him. She’s intelligent. Reserved. Conservative. After he discovers her interest in BDSM, he can’t resist tying her up and unleashing the passion she hides within.

(Source: Goodreads.com)

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