Books like Cherished by Maya Banks

Tate Collins meets the charming airline pilot Miles Archer at her apartment door and sparks ignite, but both vow to avoid pasts and futures. Their impossible chemistry tests Tate’s resolve—can she say no when the pilot lives next door?

A tale of passion and power, where a man and woman are drawn together despite their pasts

A provocative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty tale, exploring the depths of sexual desire and bondage in a modern twist on an age-old story.

Interior designer Ava O'Shea enters a Manor for a commission, only to encounter the confident, pleasure‑seeking playboy Jesse Ward, whose world is far from ordinary.

After a sudden breakup, Jacqueline starts a new life at a state university, balancing heartbreak, academic struggle, and a budding romance with her intelligent tutor, while navigating rising tension from a stalker and a sketching classmate.

Abby Abernathy, a college student, is attracted to Travis Maddox, a wealthy man, but they end up living together after a bet to abstain from sex.

He was a by-the-book cop who broke the rules in the bedroom... Micah Hudson has painful secrets he's run hard from. He has new friends, a new life, but he's about to be confronted with the one person who reminds him of all he's tried to forget—Angelina, the sister of his oldest friend David. She knows everything about his past, including how he and David fell in love with the same woman, and how they decided the best way to prevent her from tearing them apart was to share her between them. But then a terrible accident left Micah alone... She was willing to do anything to make him see the woman she'd become... Micah lost the two people who meant the most in the world to him. Angelina lost her only family. And she kept her deepest secret close to her heart. Her love for Micah. No longer willing to wait, she decides it's time to go after him and bring him to his knees. She knows his secrets, his desires, his kinks and fetishes, and she'll use whatever it takes to reel him in. Behind the easygoing, loves women exterior lies a man with dark needs and passions. She can give him what he wants. But will he decide she's what he needs?

Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare… Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well—until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core. Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he’s determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached. But after an intrigued Jocelyn accepts, she realizes that Braden won’t be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her… down to the very soul.

An intimate American erotic tale exploring lesbian love and sexual discovery.

Regina, a police officer haunted by a killer in her past, must decide whether to rekindle a dangerous love triangle with former juvenile delinquents Hutch, Cam, and Sawyer, whose protection becomes crucial when her life is threatened.

Widowed Josslyn seeks a new form of love and dominance after her husband’s death, leading her to an exclusive club and a love triangle with her husband’s best friend, Dash.

(Brazen #1) One womans campaign to win the hearts of the two men she loves. Jasmine left the Sweetwater Ranch and the Morgan brothers, no longer able to bear the painful dilemma of loving them both. After a year away, in which she gains new perspective, she returns home with one goal. To make Seth and Zane Morgan hers. Jaz may have left an innocent girl, but she's returned a beautiful, sensual woman. Seth and Zane arent prepared for the full on assault she launches and each battle an attraction they've fought for years. She wants them both, but Seth has no intention of sharing his woman. It's up to her to change his mind because she can't and won't choose between two men she loves with equal passion. For her, it's all or nothing.

Three steamy novellas set in Texas, featuring a spirited woman, two passionate companions, and a mysterious Texas Ranger, explore love, desire, and unexpected twists in an erotically charged landscape.

Kylie sees the way Jensen looks at her. The dark promise in his eyes. That rough edge of dominance she knows he possesses. But dominance is the one thing that frightens her above all else. She and her brother barely survived a childhood steeped in violence and abuse. She could never give up total control and submit to a man. Especially a man like Jensen. Could she? Jensen sees the shadows in Kylie's eyes. Knows he has to tread very carefully or risk losing any chance he has with her. All he wants is the opportunity to show her that dominance doesn't equal pain, bondage or discipline. That emotional surrender is the most powerful of all, and that to submit--fully to him--will fulfill the aching void in her heart in a way nothing else ever will.

When a vacation turns into a hostage crisis, Skylar Watkins must rely on the elite Kelly Group International to rescue her. A determined warrior navigates danger and growing attraction to her savior.