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  • Eulogy by Rachel Van Dyken

    Eulogy by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 ratings
    The next book in the internationally bestselling mafia series… All is lost. All. I don't recognize myself in the mirror anymore. My thoughts are filled with hatred and dripping with rage. I've lost my soul. She took it to the depths of Hell with her and haunts me with images of what could have been. Sixty lives are mine to take. Sixty lives stand in the way of my vengeance...
  • Judge by Teagan Brooks

    Judge by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Judge I moved into one of the rental houses owned by the club while my own house was being built. I wasn’t happy about it, but I was too old to move back in with my mother, even for just a few weeks. It was a nice, quiet neighborhood. Until the girl next door moved in and turned my world upside down before I even knew who she was. River I had the worst luck...
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  • Behind the Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski

    Behind the Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    -Reading Order-#1 - KILLING SARAI#2 - REVIVING IZABEL#3 - THE SWAN & THE JACKAL#4 - SEEDS OF INIQUITY#5 - THE BLACK WOLF#6 - BEHIND THE HANDS THAT KILL#7 - SPIDERS IN THE GROVE---Even professional killers need vacations, but for Victor Faust, his vacation in Venezuela is about more than relaxation and time alone with Izabel Seyfried...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  alpha male  bad boys  angst  dark  contemporary  abuse
  • Orbiting Mars by K.L. Savage

    Orbiting Mars by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I'm a car accident waiting to happen and it's only a matter of time before I crash into something.Every day that passes, every second I blink, the need to drink grows. Meetings aren’t enough. My willpower isn’t enough.Sunnie… The second I see her, I want to crash into her instead. But she may not be enough to kill the need.And when Sunnie tells me something that I can’t handle?I break. I run away...
  • Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her?The frenemy’s daughter...
  • A Ruthless Halloween by K.L. Savage

    A Ruthless Halloween by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He gets off on your fear.Trick or treat, Come and meet, someone you love that’s buried six-feet.If you don’t, I don’t care, I’ll love to see you in despair.They will die. Save their life!This isn’t a dare, I bid you beware.Follow the clues I’ll give to you,This is merely my debut.Until the clock strikes midnight,They will be gasping for air, what a delight.Love,The groundskeeper...
  • Copper by Teagan Brooks

    Copper by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Copper I needed a break, so I took off to my friend’s cabin for a few days for some peace and quiet. Instead, I found an injured woman in the woods claiming to be a lost hiker. I immediately knew there was more to her story, and I was right, but the bombshell she dropped was the last thing I expected. Layla I wasn’t sure how much more I could take...
  • Miles by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Miles by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Who could ever fall in love with a cold-blooded killer like me?The answer is no one. That’s why I’m giving up trying to find a woman who wants me for more than one rowdy night. I’m determined to find a wife instead. If I buy a mail order bride, then she’ll have no choice but to stick around...
  • One-Eye by K.L. Savage

    One-Eye by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I had her and I lost her.That’s what pain and fear does to someone; they make someone run.And Alicia ran far...Taking my heart with her.We agreed we both had things to work on, but to be honest, I didn’t know how to improve.She did.She fought for us. She got stronger. She did what she said.I lied.The truth is... I’m not the man she needs me to be.And I don’t know how to be it.I’m hideous...
  • Saving Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

    Saving Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Beckett Taylor’s quest to be a better man has brought Eve Hartt back into his life, but sometimes it feels like they’re bound together with barbed wire. Though he longs to love her without causing pain, the wreckage of their past continues to crash down around them. Yet with the help of this brothers—and for his brothers—Beckett won’t stop trying...
  • Lone Star by Lauren Gilley

    Lone Star by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From London, England to Amarillo, Texas, Michelle Calloway – now Michelle Snow – has spent her whole life with the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club. The last two years, she’s served as the first lady of the Texas chapter, keeping the books and overseeing the club’s expanding legitimate businesses, including the bar named for her husband: Tastes Like Candy...
  • Destructive King by Rachel Van Dyken

    Destructive King by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A mafia romance about love and loss by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series.…When you awaken in the morning's hushI am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flight.I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry;I am not there. I did not die. — Mary Elizabeth Fyre "I'm sorry for your loss...
  • Shane by Nicole James

    Shane by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Shane—I live at the end of this dark deserted dead-end street for a reason.I don't like neighbors coming around my place. There's only one other house down here. It sits across the street from me, and has been deserted for years.I like my privacy, so I'm pissed to learn that that vacant house just got un-vacant...
  • Raven by K.L. Savage

    Raven by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Not even the holidays can make a bastard like me feel better.The guys are all gone for Christmas, but I decide to stay.I'm hunting a horrific serial killer and I can't afford to lose him.I'm regretting that decision when I find her:Beaten, bloodied, and left out in the snow to die.Who is she?That's the problem. Not even she knows...
  • Deserved by Kira Johns

    Deserved by Kira Johns

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Five years after leaving Rockingham, Jade Moore is still trying to move on. Easier said than done when your heart lies in your hometown. She finds friendship with a man who bears a dark secret, one that could destroy her. Shadow has spent the last five years in misery over losing Jade. He still loves her, but knows he lost his chance...
  • Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Winston Prescott has been a grumpy SOB for the past ten years. None of his brothers in the Savage Kings MC knew why, not until the day one of them made the mistake of posting a sexy centerfold on the wall of the clubhouse.The gorgeous model posing topless on sports cars and motorcycles isn’t just any girl. Her name is Zoe Donahue, and she also happens to be Winston’s stepsister...
  • Forever My Saint by Monica James

    Forever My Saint by Monica James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    All hope was lost until Zoey Hennessy walked back into my world, shaking it up beyond repair when she uttered two simple words. He’s alive. She speaks of her brother, my Saint, the man who lost everything to set me free. I believed he was dead. I saw it with my own two eyes. But when Zoey proves he’s alive and being held captive by a monster, I know what I have to do...
  • Thrasher by K.L. Savage

    Thrasher by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Home is where the heart is.That’s what I was taught.Until I met her...We’ve been traveling all over the country, recruiting new members for our club.Before we call it quits, we make a pitstop in Las Vegas.I’m owed a debt and I’ve come to collect.It’s been awhile since I spoke to the President of the Ruthless Kings.And I’m calling in my marker...
  • Big by L. Wilder

    Big by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    How much would you risk to save the one you love? From NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book six in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance. Big: I don't use a knife or a gun to get the guy I'm after. I find that my weapon of choice has a much longer, more crippling effect. With just a few keystrokes, I can have him scrambling for his life...
  • Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn

    Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Tampa Royal Bastards are riding back into town!Join Ominous as he falls into the alluring abyss...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bikers  angst  bad boys  alpha male  military  abuse  humor
  • Jerry's Passion by Chiah Wilder

    Jerry's Passion by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The first time Jerry saw Kylie, he was taken by her beauty and innocence, but he stayed away because she was too young. A member of the Insurgents MC, Jerry’s life revolves around the club, his Harley, and easy sex. Women clamor for the rugged, tatted outlaw’s attention, and he obliges, but his sights are set on the pretty, young blonde who is all grown up now—sweet curves and all…...
  • Haven by K.A. Merikan

    Haven by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    — Not the same river, not the same man. —After seven years away, Seth and Domenico are back in Sicily with one goal in mind.Revenge.The man who’d hounded their family is still alive, and as untouchable as he’s always been. While they wait for the right moment to strike, reality clashes with fond memories of home...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  angst  alpha male  bad boys  m-m  dark  contemporary
  • Abe by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Abe by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Abram Cross didn’t want the life of crime that fate had dealt him, but what other choice did he have when his mother spent every penny on drugs instead of buying food for him and his younger brother? While Abe is no longer a professional thief, he’s still living on the wrong side of the law as a member of the Savage Kings MC...
  • Lyrica's Lasting by E.C. Land

    Lyrica's Lasting by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Can love and passion overcome everything else?LyricaAfter everything I went through, there’s only one thing I wish they didn’t take from me. My chance at true happiness. Yes, I love Fuse. He’s everything to me, but seeing what my friends have, I want that too.Fuse and I find a solution, but what happens when the solution becomes a problem, and I’m left wondering...
  • Wheelie's Challenge by Chiah Wilder

    Wheelie's Challenge by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A member of the Insurgents MC, Wheelie is a chick magnate. Having a ripped body, mesmerizing tats, and a boyish grin, he can have any woman he wants. Except for one: Sofia. Ever since he laid eyes on her, he was taken in by her sparkling eyes, her sweet laugh, and her pretty face. There’s just one very big problem: she belongs to another Insurgent...
  • Broken Trust by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Broken Trust by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 54 ratings
    They think they own me now. They think they’ve won, and that I’ll be their good little soldier. Four dangerous, damaged, messed up boys. There used to be five, but one of them died, and I’m starting to suspect he was murdered. I didn't ask for this. No one would ask to be played, manipulated, seduced and betrayed. But that’s what happened, anyway. It wasn’t enough for them to break me...
  • Dark Endings by Bella Jewel

    Dark Endings by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Over a year – that’s how long he’s been gone now. Not knowing if he’s alive or dead, Willow has suffered through the hardest time of her life. With no ending in sight, it almost feels like she’ll never breathe again. Jagger saved her, gave up his life for hers, and left her alone and broken. Then, without warning, the gang left her, too. Leaving her with nothing. No one...
  • Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cooper and Elizabeth Townsend are from two very different worlds - she's an attorney and he's an outlaw biker. At first, she was just an escape he needed, but now she's everything to him, even though their relationship remains a secret.After his world is blown apart, Cooper is no longer the same man he was before...
  • Sax by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Sax by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I never thought I would be stupid enough to make a deal with the devil, but here I am doing just that.It’s not like he really gave me a choice. I have to give the Governor what he wants, or he’s going to throw all of my Savage Kings MC brothers into prison for decades.And what exactly does Governor Satan need from me? That’s the real kicker because he’s insisting that I…date his daughter...
  • Seeking Peace by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Seeking Peace by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing remains of Blake’s life before the club except death, deceit, and corruption.He was on the road to self-destruction when his path crossed with Jake, the President of Kings of Retribution.Now Blake is dedicated to the MC and loyal to the men he calls brothers.The club gave him a family and purpose.Blake thought he finally had everything he ever wanted.Until Ember...
  • Harlem by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Harlem by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m a cold-blooded killer.The debt collector.Enforcer for Fallen Ravens MC.My roots run deep in the dark underbelly of New York. I was raised by the devil himself, groomed to kill and destined to one day rule his Empire. Until an unforgivable act of betrayal caused me to walk away from it all, vowing to never return.I’ve created my own destiny.I live by my own rules.My loyalty lies with the club...
  • Fall to Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane

    Fall to Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Wade “Armor” Palmer is the Steel Berserkers Motorcycle Club’s vice president. He’s a hard man, built to protect his people and push back against threats. His life revolves around his club. For years, he’s craved nothing more from life. Now, a broken woman has ripped a hole in his heart that only she can mend.Yazmin Norris spent most of her life under the boot of various angry men...
  • Remy by Jessica Gadziala

    Remy by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    She’d never thought she would meet the hottest guy she’d ever seen while in the middle of committing a crime.As far as meet-cutes went, it was certainly a unique one.She also didn’t suspect she would ever see him again.You know, until that little crime she’d been committing ended up becoming a bigger mess than she could handle on her own...
  • Facing Daemon by E.C. Land

    Facing Daemon by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s mine, only she refuses to face the truth.DaemonI didn’t see her coming. Not until it was too late. My life was good, and I had it all. My son means the world to me, and he has a good relationship with his mom. What I didn’t need was the collision course of what crashes into me. She’s been around the club. I know how she is and what she tastes like...
  • Thy Kingdom Come by Monica James

    Thy Kingdom Come by Monica James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Monsters are real.When I was five years old, I watched my mother take her last breath-a breath three monsters stole from her.I never chose this life. My father says it's my birthright, but all I see is a curse. It's because of the Kelly name my mum was slain by the Doyles-our enemies in Dublin, the fellas livin' on borrowed time.All of Belfast fears my family, especially me...
  • Duty by Bethany-Kris

    Duty by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They say heavy is the head that wears the crown … Andino Marcello’s world is turned upside down when he becomes the next heir apparent to the Marcello empire. He was comfortable in his place as a Capo, but comfort is for the weak in the world of mafioso. The boss’s seat is waiting...
  • King of Souls by L.A. Cotton

    King of Souls by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From bestselling author L A Cotton comes the highly anticipated conclusion to Nicco and Arianne’s duetArianne Capizola is living a lie.Angry. Abandoned. Afraid.She'd rather spend her days locked away on her father's estate than with the guy who stole her innocence: her fiancé.Niccolò Marchetti is living a nightmare. Broken. Banished. Betrayed...
  • Nox by Jessica Ames

    Nox by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    NoxAs Vice President of the Untamed Sons MC, my first loyalty is to my club and my president, that is until Lucy walks into my life. For her, I'm willing to give it all up. I'll stand against my brothers, question my loyalty and even consider giving up my patch. Too bad everything I'm building isn't real.LucyNox is falling for me, but he shouldn't...
  • Taking Avery by D.H. Sidebottom, Ker Dukey

    Taking Avery by D.H. Sidebottom, Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An exhilarating new series new series from International best-selling authors. "Heart-pounding and gritty, grabbed me from word one and I couldn't (wouldn't) look away until I was done." -PBookHavenBookBlog "Right from the first page, I was literally glued to this book." - Bookaholics Reading Haven "From the first chapter to the last, my kindle was glued to my hands. Wow...
  • Celt. by London Miller

    Celt. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to the Den ... Six minutes is all he needs to get a job done … Kyrnon “Celt” Murphy is one of the best thieves in the world. After all, his childhood was spent with a caravan of Irish Travelers that taught him everything he knows...
  • Tethered Souls by Beth Flynn

    Tethered Souls by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My family has secrets. I’m always the good girl, doing what’s necessary to keep my loved ones safe. I've kept the darkest secrets from everyone I know. As painful as it is to hold them all inside where they live and gnaw away at me, that’s where they must stay. I haven't seen my closest childhood friend, Christian Bear, since I was a teenager—he hasn't changed a bit...
  • The Final Hour by London Miller

    The Final Hour by London Miller

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Three months pass without incident, leading Mishca and Lauren to believe they can finally move on from the past and build a life together ...but enemies both old and new lurk in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to strike. When a dangerous threat presents itself, Lauren is forced to turn to the one person that would rather see Mishca dead than live happily ever after ..
  • Armor's Mistake by Elizabeth Knox

    Armor's Mistake by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I crossed a line and I damn well knew it, but I wanted her, and I always get what I want.ArmorThere are a few unspoken rules within the club. One of them is the fact we don’t go around screwing each other’s sisters and for a while it wasn’t an issue. That is, until Hammer came into the clubhouse.He was a regent from the Reapers Rejects MC up in Montana, and since Inc was there, he came here...
  • Breaker’s Vow by Elizabeth Knox

    Breaker’s Vow by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I vowed to never love another woman ever again. I broke my vow for her.BreakerMy ex-girlfriend, Celia, betrayed me in the worst way possible. She not only put my club at risk, but everyone in it, and anyone affiliated with it. People lost their lives because of the information she was feeding to the Guatemalan crew her family was loyal to. And when I found out what she did, I lost it...
  • The Way We Are by Shandi Boyes

    The Way We Are by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seven years in heaven awarded me seven years in hell. I’ve admired Savannah Fontane since I saw her whizzing down our street on her hot pink bike with rainbow tassels taped on the handlebars. I was in awe someone so small could ride without training wheels, I asked my mom to remove mine that same afternoon. Savannah drew a rainbow heart on my cast the very next day...
  • Bastard in It by Chelsea Camaron

    Bastard in It by Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rags to riches, this is one passion-fueled ride.RedRaised the son of a Hellion, born with the blood of a villain, I wear my patch with pride.Earned, never given.Frank "Tank" Oleander gave me his name, his club, and his respect. I earned my cut, my place, and even this ride as the son of another.I am Kenneth "Red" Oleander.I find comfort in chasing skirts, fixing cars, and riding the open road...
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • Kingdom of Corruption by Bella Di Corte

    Kingdom of Corruption by Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime RomanceMy husband had been keeping a secret from me—a secret that would irrevocably change the course of our lives.He was the son of one of the most ruthless men alive, and an heir to the infamous Fausti crime family. They were beautiful, powerful, ruthless—royalty in their beloved Italy and beyond...
  • A Harmless Little Ruse by Meli Raine

    A Harmless Little Ruse by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She has no idea what she’s doing. Loose cannons never hit their targets. And they take out plenty of collateral damage. Four years ago Lindsay experienced the unspeakable right before me, and I couldn’t stop them. But that’s all changed now. When her father, Senator Bosworth, contacted me to ask — demand — that I protect her, it was a second chance. A shot at redemption...
  • Sinful Promise by B. B. Hamel

    Sinful Promise by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m in his bed learning the limits of my body.Peter Calimeris. Greek mafia son, monster in a perfect suit, and the only man keeping me alive.He’s supposed to be my bodyguard, but he barely notices me.At least until Peter gets involved in a business deal with my half-sister...
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