Lacy Laurel has narrated 101 audiobooks on Listento.it by 61 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 83 ratings. The most-rated is Shaman's Crossing, Book One of the Soldier Son Trilogy.
The Dom's Rules: A Dark Contemporary BDSM Romance
Summary
I’ll admit it. Things have gotten easier with Killian’s help (aka his money); but figuring out how to keep my own life, while being his fake wife and dealing with his twisted desires, is still a struggle. Women constantly throw themselves at him, only further inflating his massive ego. But I’m not one of those women - and I refuse to become one. Sure, he’s the most attractive man I’ve ever seen. And yes, he can he make me practically cum with just his words. But I won’t be led by my physical desires. I’m better than that. When a young ingenue in the fetish world wants Killian to mentor her in the ways of being a submissive, I have no choice but to agree. After all, the only reason I would say no, is if I was jealous. But that’s impossible, because how can you be jealous for someone you don’t have feelings for? And I don’t have feelings for him...I swear. But as each day passes, the lines between us are starting to blur. And I’m afraid I may be the only one who isn’t seeing clearly. Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to listen to The Dom’s Rules, part two in a tantalizing dark romance trilogy, The Pleasure Wars.
©2019 Harper West (P)2020 Harper West
The Trade
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She was my girlfriend, and now she’s my prisoner. Things weren’t always so complicated; they used to be simple, but I guess that’s because I never really knew who Natasha was in the first place. We met on a whim, because she was in a sinfully tight dress and I was horny as could be. Her beauty caught my eye, but her heart captured my soul. She found me in a compromising situation, and there were two options. I could kill her, or I could keep her. I’d never allow anyone else to have her, but now she hates me for everything I’ve done. Will my actions tear us apart, or will she finally understand the life of the mob that she was born into? The Trade is a full-length novel that can be enjoyed as a stand-alone in the Clans. You do not have to know it from book one, but it is recommended. Happy listening!
©2018 Knox Publishing (P)2019 Knox Publishing
Kandi's Crush
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Kandace Alexander The work ethic I learned at my mother’s knee propelled me to finish a four-year finance degree in three. This summer was supposed to be my pre-graduation reward, doing nothing but catching up with all the fun my friends had while my nose was to the academic grindstone. Instead, I’ve been guilted into helping out with the family’s cleaning business. At least there’s a consolation prize. My client is fabulously successful, insanely rich Chadwick St. Clair. We have sort of a history. As a pigtailed kid, I lived to torment him. When I grew old enough to notice his hard-as-steel body, warm eyes, and gentle voice that talked me through some hard times, I crushed on him. Hard. My first glimpse of him in three years proves nothing has changed. He still makes my mouth water, my hands shake. But our history - and his reputation as a playboy with broken hearts from New Orleans to DC - isn’t the only thing standing between us. And a summer of breathless kisses and addictive encounters may not be enough to build a lasting love. This is a stand-alone BWWM romance novel.
©2020 Michelle Karise (P)2020 Michelle Karise
Dalton
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Putting out fires was his life's work. This new flame, there's no way he extinguishing it. As a firefighter, Dalton McNeil was accustomed to facing extreme pressure. It came with the job, and his shoulders were broad and strong. Commanding his squad was all in a day's work. Battling fires and rescuing those in danger came naturally. He wouldn't deny that he was slightly jealous of his brother, who recently got married and started a family. It would be nice to have someone to come home to every night. Anya Graham had been the girl next door growing up. Back then, Anya had been crushing on him hard, but he'd never acted on it because she'd been so much younger than him. But then she'd left for college, and they'd lost touch. Now she was back and has consumed his every thought. Anya was all woman, and he was determined to make her his. But there's something different about her. She's more guarded, secretive. It's piqued his curiosity, and he swore he would get to the bottom of it. If only she would put her trust in him before its too late. Dalton can't lose her. His skills as a fireman will be put to the test. Will he be able to save her?
©2020 Peyton Banks (P)2020 Peyton Banks
From Son to Soldier
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Being part of the Vicci Crime Family isn’t my birthright, but it runs through my blood just as deep as if it were. My destiny was set the minute Angelo Rizzuto married my mother, despite my parents trying to shelter me from it all. La Cosa Nostra. Before God or family. The vow my father took was the same vow that destroyed everything I knew. And it was now the pledge I honored alongside him. “With My Life” - words spoken from the deepest depths of my soul, a promise I made to Giovanna Panzica the moment our paths crossed. But I quickly learned that the repercussions that follow one wrong decision can last a lifetime. My story became a tale of how a vendetta can shape a good boy into an evil man. I don’t know if there’s hope for my soul or if I’m destined to live a life of crime, but I do hope I can keep my promise to Giovanna no matter how my final chapter ends.
©2020 K. L. Myers (P)2020 K. L. Myers
Cadence Untouched
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One summer. One touch.... Cadence Riley didn’t have time for boys - no matter how potent their smiles were. School and working at Camp Riley were her only priorities. She knew better than to fall for someone like Fitz Quinn, the spoiled, bad boy son of a wealthy politician. But the second he spoke to her, she knew she was in over her head. He was a gorgeous trouble maker with a cocky attitude. Her heart warned her, but she didn’t listen. There was something protective and good beneath the bad boy exterior that made her insides flutter. Before she knew it, she fell hard and fast. Fitz wasn’t prepared to meet a girl like Cadence. She was shy and innocent - and nothing like the girls who usually flocked his doorstep. How could he resist her mile-long blond hair and emerald eyes? He knew he shouldn’t want her. His father already had other plans for him, and a relationship with her could never go beyond the summer. He thought their stolen kisses by the lake were only supposed to be a summer fling. Falling for her shouldn’t have happened. But it did. Now the clock is counting down until Fitz has to return to the life that awaits him in Washington, DC. As September draws closer, how will they survive the end of everything they’ve come to love?
©2018 Dakota Willink (P)2019 Dakota Willink
Dark Love: Part One
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Charlotte couldn't escape...from the prison Raymond put her in or from the dark love she found with him. Especially when she realized that the darkness was inside her too... Charlotte: I ran away from my crap life of stripping and living with my father in a trash heap of a trailer. I thought I was headed toward freedom but I woke up in another prison. A prison that was built just for me. He knows things about me that no one should. He sees things in me that I can't see. I don't want to be here. But I don't want to leave him either. He's a monster for keeping me prisoner. But I'm a monster, too, for loving the dark, dirty things he does to me. Raymond: I know I messed up. I've been alone in this house for far too long. Alone except the servants that skulk around in the darkness. But then I found Charlotte and I had to have her. I had to take her. I have to make her mine. Now I don't want to live without her. But if I can't convince her to stay...they won't let either one of us live. Dark Love is a dark romance that contains dark sexual themes and is 40k words in length. It's the first part of a two-part series.
©2017 JB Duvane (P)2017 JB Duvane
The Man I Can't Have
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It started as as a simple search for a landscape designer. I wanted a beautiful backyard for my new home, and my neighbors suggested I look into ward landscaping and design. The owner had no pictures of himself on his website. Just a portfolio of nice outdoor sitting areas, pools, and vibrant gardens that I’d always dreamed of having. Of course, I hired him. I expected to meet an average guy, but Mr. Marcel Ward is far from your average man. He’s handsome, well-built, and his smile - though a rare trait - is truly infectious. He’s every woman’s dream - a handsome, older man who doesn’t mind getting down and dirty to create something beautiful all because of his passion for it. Unfortunately, that lucky woman can’t be me. Although Mr. Ward tests my limits, quickens my breath, and makes my heart skip a beat when he’s around, I’ve made a promise to devote myself to my husband. So, why am I falling for a man I know I can’t have?
©2019 Shanora Williams (P)2020 Shanora Williams
Lost in L.O.V.
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Angelo She is my charge, the one I was supposed to protect. Falling in love with her wasn’t supposed to happen, but it did. She was mine, the gift from the gods above. Until I destroyed us with one wrong decision, an immature reaction to news that should have me holding her and protecting her while I chase the demons away. Instead, I run, make excuses to get away, and am cursed to watch her live her life without me being a part of it, knowing I'll never have her again. Lillian My future had been mapped out for me the day I was born. I am the sole heir to the Vicci family empire, and when I am of age, I am to be married to band two families together. Only I have a different future in mind and a plan to get it, but I need Angelo's help. He is my future. With him, I’ll be free to live and love like any normal person. Only heartbreak is what I find.... He breaks me and leaves me.
©2019 KL Myers (P)2020 KL Myers
Public Relations (An Enemies-to-Lovers Office Romance)
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From USA Today best-selling author, Laura Lee, comes a witty and sexy office romance that's sure to make your temperature rise. It can't get much worse than finding your fiancé banging his secretary over the back of your couch, right? Wrong. Try discovering your unforgettable, dirty talking, arrogant as f--k one-night stand is your new boss. The same man that you hate with a fiery passion but your traitorous body refuses to read the memo. I'll admit, Liam Maxwell's cockiness is not unwarranted - in the bedroom or the boardroom - but I'm a professional. I refuse to let an inconvenient attraction affect my career. I'll just have to do what I do best: Manage the situation objectively. Why do I get the feeling that's going to be much easier said than done? Note: This is the first installment in the Bedding the Billionaire world. This novella was previously published in the Temptations boxed set collection under the title, Bad PR. (no longer available). The content has since been revised.
©2019 Laura Lee (P)2020 Laura Lee
Exquisitely Broken
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Exquisitely Broken is a second-chance romance set in the glittery world of Las Vegas, Nevada. Four years ago, one bad decision irrevocably destroyed a six-year relationship. There are some mistakes you can't get over, some things that an apology can't fix. Sinclair James walked away from Jacob Johnson with her heart in pieces and her pride in shreds. She took the pain of betrayal, harnessed it, and turned it into a best-selling album that changed her life. She was no longer the girl defined by what she didn’t have because she had everything - money, fame, an award-winning album. But there was always something missing. Some small shard of what used to be. Now she’s back, her band unknowingly signing a yearlong residency to work for a new hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and, subsequently, Jacob Johnson. Back in the same city, working for the same hotel, sparks that had died to embers suddenly burst into flame. Jacob finally has a second chance to remind Sinclair just how good they were, just how good they can be again. This time, he refuses to her go. He can’t. He works to prove to Sinclair he's worth a second chance. That sometimes, love can be enough to erase a disastrous past and embrace a promising future.
©2019 Megan Burton (P)2019 Megan Burton
Cadence Defined
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One love. One destiny. But it only takes one person to bring the house of cards tumbling down. Seventeen years ago, Fitz Quinn stole the heart of Cadence Riley. He took her innocence, then left her broken. When a twist of fate brings them back together again, she quickly learns that even time couldn’t dim their chemistry. Fitz was sexier than ever - successful and provocative. He became the man she always knew he would be, and the heat between them quickly became unbearable. Despite the promise she made to herself, she felt the walls to her heart start to crumble and began to fall all over again. However, things aren’t the same as they once were. Cadence is the driving force behind a nonprofit organization where she handles each case with the determination of a shark. Fitz is known as Washington’s fixer. He is the CEO for a public relations firm - one that represents the politicians who fight against everything Cadence stands for. What do they say about opposites attract? Finding themselves at a crossroads, Fitz needs to decide if going against his father is worth pursuing a second chance with Cadence. One wrong move and his reputation could be obliterated. For Cadence, she needs to let go of her secrets and forgive Fitz for leaving her alone all those years ago. But more importantly, she needs to decide if sacrificing her values is worth being with the only man she has ever loved.
©2018 Dakota Willink (P)2019 Dakota Willink
Where There's Smoke
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From a USA Today best-selling author comes a standalone in the Sweet Sin series.
The lives of Dean Wagner and Tatum Fields have been ruled by the hand of fate.
The past six years of my life have been consumed by guilt. Since we lost Landon to a fire, I’ve done everything in my power to protect my daughter, Leila, from finding out the truth about how her twin brother died. Nothing in my life means more to me than her.
Not my band, not my reputation. Nothing.
Until I see Tatum, the woman I saved on the beach the same night she dealt with a loss of her own.
The daily routine I’ve settled into is what keeps me going. Work at my chocolate shop, pay the bills, repeat. I don’t date. I don’t trust. And I have never forgotten the man who walked away from saving my life without allowing me to thank him.
I know how to reach him, but I avoid him at all costs.
Until fate decides to make another appearance.
This is a story of how destiny ends up bringing these two souls back together, and how fate, the word very little people believe in is really their friend, after all.
©2018 Kathy Coopmans (P)2018 Kathy Coopmans
Deserving Love
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I’m a paid killer. I have blood on my hands and too many scars under my skin. Being a killer for the Vicci Crime Family left me no time to build a lasting relationship. I certainly never imagined that my new task would lead me to the one woman who would make my heart beat again. Especially after my past with Lillian. I was supposed to protect Bethany and her son. Instead, I brought danger to their doorstep. It’s about more than saving lives when hearts are involved. Walking away is my only choice. It’s the only way to keep them safe, to keep them alive. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
©2019 KL Myers (P)2020 KL Myers
House in Virginia
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Rapper Tsu Surf and national best-selling author Jessica N. Watkins have collaborated to bring to life for listeners the collection of hit songs, House in Virginia. Money is the root of all evil. It’s the thirst and hunger for money that is the origin of the ills of this world. It’s where our desperate thoughts and shameful actions are buried. Yet, when we are broke is when we have the most diabolical thoughts; when we are willing to break hearts, destroy relationships, and even ruin our own lives. Meet Karen Dunlap and Jovan “Jo” Saint: a young, loving couple living the way that many in their mid-twenties are in hoods of New Jersey. Karen is working a minimum wage job, while Jo hustles on the block with his right-hand, Pop. For the five years that Jo and Karen have been together, Karen has been by Jo’s side, no matter his struggle because she sees and believes in her man’s potential. Yet, Karen cannot deny that she wants more - to leave the hood and live a comfortable life of ease. Jo is desperate to come up in the game, not only for his own comfort but for Karen, as well. However, before Jo has the chance to sweep his woman off of her feet, a boss, Kway, easily gains Karen’s attention with the glitz and glam of his lifestyle. However, everything that glitters isn’t gold, and Kway is a dull and ugly, cancerous individual that affects the lives of every woman he touches with his negligence and deceit. Though Karen soon comes to her senses, re-dedicating herself to her man just in time to experience Jo’s long-awaited come-up, her decision to step out on her relationship will haunt her forever, proving to be the worst mistake she has ever made. Yet, will it cause her to lose the love of her life for good? Jo is blind to the deceit hovering around him as he and Pop begin the construction of their own empire. He is blindly happy in his newfound riches. Yet, “the more money we come across, the more problems we see”. The rise of Jo and Pop is laced with mayhem, murder, and infidelities that lead to heartbreaking disaster, the loss of lives, and the introduction of new love. Join Tsu Surf, national best-selling author, Jessica N. Watkins, and a host of entertaining characters on this mind-boggling, roller-coaster ride of a street love story.
©2019 Jessica Watkins (P)2019 Jessica Watkins
Game On
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Adele I had no idea that meeting a man like him would change me forever. It's already hard enough chasing reports throughout London. Now I have to deal with those piercing blue eyes and the danger that lurks nearby. Maddox The beautiful journalist sent to me was quite a surprise. Smart, strong, and independent, I've never met a woman like her in or out of the boardroom, bedroom or anywhere else. I'll never fight for something as badly as I'll fight for her. Plus three more steamy romances like Rose and Ian's story. Rose My dad is Miller Duffy of the Duffy Gang. He's my hero but he's got real problems with Marines. Well that's going to have to change. Especially now that Ian Cazio is back in town. He's not just sinfully handsome, he's kind and caring and he wants me. Should I give it to him? This could be risky. Ian The whole Duffy clan is no good. When I ended up stationed near my home town, the last thing I wanted was to run into them again. What I didn't realize is that old Miller Duffy has a daughter, and she is something else. Beautiful, strong and curvy. What I'd do to make her my own. This sizzling bad boy collection includes romances from authors featured in the Scribble XO Book Club! They are standalone stories. No cliffhangers. Intended for mature listeners only.
©2016 Scribble XO Books (P)2016 Scribble XO Books
The Billionaire's Revenge Baby
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When I saw him from across the room, I hoped I would be going home with him that night. When I saw him from across the room, I hoped I would be going home with him that night. He was the most attractive man in the venue and he could easily have any woman he wanted. I saw her from across the room and I knew she would be coming home with me that night. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with her. She wouldn't see it coming but by the time she would realize, it would be too late. This woman would be having my baby.... If you like a billionaire romance with an unpredictable plot and incredible twists then this is the book for you. Download and start listening right away!
©2016 CJ Howard (P)2016 CJ Howard
Finding L.O.V.
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She’s everything I never knew I wanted until she disappeared. Fate brought us together. Karma ripped us apart. An unexpected doctor’s visit, a bachelor auction, and one night of unbridled sex turned my world upside down. I was never one to settle for anything, but she made me realize that life doesn’t have to be about settling when you find your other half. Lillian Olivia Vicci aka L.O.V. is that woman. Being heiress to the Vicci crime family causes her to disappear out of my life as fast as she blew into it. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to get close enough to her again, but then destiny rears her beautiful head and the offer of a lifetime lands in my lap. Protect L.O.V. and spend the rest of my life with her. Simple enough, right? I have the money and the means to keep her safe, but do I? Can I keep her safe without risking the lives of my family? Karma has other ideas, and the cost could be catastrophic.
©2019 KL Myers (P)2020 KL Myers
The Dom's Deal
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He needs a wife. She needs a miracle. Neither of them needs this magnetic connection they can’t deny. Let the pleasure wars begin! Just so it’s clear, I’m not the kind of woman who sleeps around. And I’m especially not the kind of woman who’d ever sell her body for money. At least, that’s not who I used to be. Now, I’m getting on my hands and knees at the orders of the stranger I suddenly call husband. I’m ashamed of what I’m doing. It’s dirty. Wrong. Twisted. And I refuse to acknowledge how good it feels. Especially in front of him. But we’re stuck together for one year. He has needs. Kinky. Dark. Depraved needs. And he wants me to be the one to fulfill them. For half of his inheritance, I’ll do it, but if he think’s I’ll be his sweet little submissive, he’s in for the shock of his life... Buy The Dom’s Deal, part one in a tantalizing dark romance trilogy The Pleasure Wars.
©2019 Harper West (P)2020 Harper West
Witchling Academy: Semester One
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Having magic is a blessing from the gods, and they gave me an especially powerful gift when they made me a Spell Traveler. Now if only I could use it properly without randomly teleporting, falling, and inevitably crashing into important people! As the youngest member of the renowned Harlow family, I, Brianne Marie Harlow, have some big shoes to fill. With amazing parents on the magic council and a sister who works for Witchling Star Agency, I’m determined to prove that I can meet the expectations of our family name. I hope. Getting accepted into Witchling Academy isn't the problem, given my gift. But surviving in a school filled with witches and warlocks? That is a whole other dilemma. My game plan? Focus on learning, do my homework, and speak to no one - except for my best friend, Elijah, who I secretly have a crush on. What could go wrong? Turns out, everything. On the first day of classes, I managed to piss off the leader of the Notorious Four, a group of hot boys with their eyes all on me. As if that weren’t bad enough, now I’m getting death threats and random men are chasing me after school, trying to steal my power. Now I only have two goals. One, survive long enough to graduate and make my family proud. With craziness and danger coming at me left and right, it's up to me and Elijah - with the help of N4 - to find a way to make it out alive. Goal number two? Manage not to fall in love with all five boys in the process.
©2019 Avery Song (P)2019 Avery Song