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  • The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole

    The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    THE FALLEN: GENESIS (A Deadly Virtues Prequel) IN THE BEGINNING... They told them they were evil. They told them they were possessed by demons. They told them that darkness ran in their veins. Holy Innocents Home for Children is a haven for orphaned boys who have nothing and no one. The priests watch over them, educate them, raise them in the family of the church...
  • Unbroken by Sloane Kennedy

    Unbroken by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Everything was supposed to go back to normal when I was rescued. It hasn't. And I'm starting to think it never will because I don't even know what normal is anymore... It's been two years since Aleks Silva was rescued by his older brother from the dark underworld of sex trafficking and every day since then has been a battle...
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  • Reforming Kent by Siobhan Davis

    Reforming Kent by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An enemies-to-lovers new adult romance from USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with HEA and no cliffhanger. Kent Rogue. Troublemaker. Bad Boy. Delinquent. Everyone thinks they know who I am, but they know nothing. And that’s how I prefer it. Keeping my demons under lock and key is my only survival tactic. Until she enters my life, turning it upside down. She thinks she can fix me...
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    angst  college  new adult  contemporary  suspense  dark  abuse  rape
  • Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It begins with a message that David cannot ignore:I want to see you.He agrees, and on a cold winter’s night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived.David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders.Phillip offers redemption...
    Categorized as:
    angst  m-m  contemporary  mystery  dark  queer  length-novella
  • 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...
  • Home by Cara Dee

    Home by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 52 ratings
    For as long as I can remember, I've only had one goal: survival. It's what I know. There is no future beyond making it through another night and getting my hands on as much money as possible, by any means necessary. Pride and dignity are things I can't afford. It's been the worst year yet—and not because I live on the streets. That's nothing compared to being separated from my little girl...
  • Vain by Fisher Amelie

    Vain by Fisher Amelie

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 65 ratings
    If you’re looking for a story about a good, humble girl, who’s been hurt by someone she thought she could trust, only to find out she’s not as vulnerable as she thought she was and discovers an empowering side of herself that falls in love with the guy who helps her find that self, blah, blah, blah...then you’re gonna’ hate my story...
  • The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 5 by 945

    The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 5 by 945

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    THE LONG GOODBYEIt's been three years since Eui-joon last saw Gunwoo and there have been a lot of changes. Eui-joon no longer works his punishing graveyard shift at the convenience store, but instead works in sales at a small company where, as the newest employee, he's constantly running errands for his boss...
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    angst  queer  contemporary  m-m  age difference  mafia  dark
  • Into Temptation by Monica James

    Into Temptation by Monica James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Monsters are real...and that monster is my father.Ten years ago, I surrendered. I thought I was doing the right thing. But lies and greed have once again destroyed my life, leaving me to deal with the aftermath.This life has always been a curse, but the world as I know it has changed. Belfast isn't what it used to be.Alliances are broken. Kingdoms have fallen...
  • In This Small Spot by Caren J. Werlinger

    In This Small Spot by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Here, the true you is most often magnified, for better or for worse.” Abbess TheodoraIn a world increasingly connected to computers and machines but disconnected to self and others, Dr. Michele Stewart finds herself drowning in a life that no longer holds meaning...
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    angst  f-f  contemporary  dark  queer  length-medium  audiobook
  • Leo's Chance by Mia Sheridan

    Leo's Chance by Mia Sheridan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    The follow-up to Leo, the USA Today bestselling novel by Mia Sheridan...
  • Fading by E.K. Blair

    Fading by E.K. Blair

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 50 ratings
    Can a guilty conscience keep wounds from healing? Fine arts major, Candace Parker, grew up with a mother who thinks image is everything, and her daughter’s perfection will never be good enough. About to graduate college and pursue her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, Candace decides it’s time to let go and have a little fun...
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    college  angst  dark  contemporary  alpha male  m-f  rape  abuse
  • Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me...
  • Ten Thousand Truths by Kelli Jean

    Ten Thousand Truths by Kelli Jean

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Horror is Odessa “Opie” Powys’s truth. One with muddied memories and haunted dreams. Finding and putting the pieces of her shattered life together is impossible. Hiding herself and her truth is the only option. Until the force that is Deo Dahl notices her from across a crowded bar...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • Five by Evie Rae, Poppy Flynn

    Five by Evie Rae, Poppy Flynn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    One Woman, Five Men, and a Deadly Mystery to Uncover The Lost.Even bright sunshine has dark shadows...Ever since my brother's disappearance, my world has been carefully designed to keep the darkness out.When a serial killer from the Florida Keys' past returns, my simple little existence gets a lot more complicated..
  • 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...
  • When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann

    When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An all new angsty, dark, stand-alone Contemporary Romance in the Moments in Boston Series ...You never forget your first love … even when he becomes a memory.There was before.When we were together, when we were happy.When we had nothing but dreams.When not a single bad thing could ever happen because we were young and in love.And there was after...
  • Cross + Catherine: The Saga by Bethany-Kris

    Cross + Catherine: The Saga by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Once upon a time, a wild boy fell in love with a sly girl … From high school sweethearts to a criminal King and Queen, Cross Donati and Catherine Marcello’s love became a force—even destructive, it was unstoppable. They were meant to be. Even when everything stood in the way. Always. Fall in love with the saga of Cross + Catherine, and their story of a love revered, and a life lived so unruly...
  • Perfectly Damaged by E.L. Montes

    Perfectly Damaged by E.L. Montes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Schizoaffective disorder: a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of mood disorder and schizophrenia symptoms. I know about this illness—very well—because I suffer from it. It’s been four years since my diagnosis, and ever since, I’ve been living in a dark hole. Voices constantly invading my thoughts. Hallucinations...
  • Broken Edges by Jessie Evans, Everly Stone

    Broken Edges by Jessie Evans, Everly Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Loving Gabe made me stronger than I was before. Better. He taught me that love is both beautiful and vicious, terrifying and intoxicating.I’m not afraid anymore. I know that it’s possible for two imperfect people to have a bond worth risking everything for.After all we’ve been through, I thought I was ready to fight any battle. But nothing could have prepared me to face this new nightmare...
    Categorized as:
    angst  new adult  contemporary  dark  alpha male
  • Blind Love by M.S. Brannon

    Blind Love by M.S. Brannon

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "She is magnetic to me. Every emotion she feels pulls me that much closer to her charm and energy. For reasons unbeknownst to me, I want her to know what she means to me." Jake Evans For Jake Evans, life was as it should be. No responsibilities. He was the master at embracing his reckless lifestyle whenever it presented itself...
  • The Redemption of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen

    The Redemption of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 82 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden comes an emotional new story about two troubled souls sharing one all-encompassing love . . . The dark secret Kayden has kept hidden for years is finally out. Worse, he's facing charges for battery. The only way to clear his name is for Callie to speak up-something he'll never ask her to do...
  • Vow by Bethany-Kris

    Vow by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They say it’s always the one you least expect … Andino Marcello made his choices—the right ones for duty and famiglia. But even the right choices have consequences. He’s never been more aware of that fact than he is now. The thing is, Andino isn’t the same man he once was. The mafia wants what it wants. He’ll push until they all break. Even her...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  mafia  dark  contemporary  length-medium
  • Into the Light by L.B. Simmons

    Into the Light by L.B. Simmons

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    *****#1 Bestseller in Amazon Inspirational Romance***** "As long as you continue to travel through life in this darkness, you will never know how beautiful your light truly shines when you let yourself love and be loved. Trust me when I say, it's a breathtaking sight to see. You burn as bright as the sun...
  • Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Quinn Harper is living the life she always wanted. She’s well-liked and respected by everyone and has been a success in life with awards to prove it. She spends her free time running along the shore, returning to her quiet home on the beach.It was almost the perfect life, but there was one thing missing: Love...
    Categorized as:
    angst  f-f  dark  contemporary  queer  length-medium
  • Regrets by Nicole Dykes

    Regrets by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Healing after a tragedy is hard enough. Doing it when you’re haunted by past betrayal and so many things left unsaid?Feels nearly hopeless...
  • Little Liar by Willow Winters, W. Winters

    Little Liar by Willow Winters, W. Winters

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Don’t judge a book by its cover. You’ll tell me you don’t… but you already think you know what my story’s about. You have no idea. Just like the people sitting in this courtroom. She asked for it. That’s what they keep saying. And no, it’s not because my skirt was too short or I was drunk at a party. It’s nothing like that. It’s because of what I like and how I like it...
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    angst  college  contemporary  anthologies  abuse  suspense  rape  dark
  • Coveting the Mafia King's Sister by P. Rayne

    Coveting the Mafia King's Sister by P. Rayne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aria CostaThe first time I saw Gabriele Vitale, some dark yearning deep inside me called to him and no matter what I did, I couldn’t stop wanting him.He’s made it clear that he wants nothing to do with me. But sometimes there’s a flicker of interest in his eye, and it’s enough to make me know he’s lying...
  • Beneath These Dark Skies by Ria Wilde

    Beneath These Dark Skies by Ria Wilde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    VanessaI was never supposed to fall in love with him.We were only supposed to be a quick Spring fling, he was leaving and I was going to college.  It was for the best, with his secrets and his darkness, the two of us were never meant to last.A year later, a chance encounter brought us back together.It was one night, one night to say goodbye...
  • Savage Flaws by Jessie Evans, Everly Stone

    Savage Flaws by Jessie Evans, Everly Stone

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Warning: This book will give it to you hard and fast. Once you start, don’t even think about stopping. Caitlin is everything I never knew I needed. But I’m not just bad for her—I’m toxic.If I stay, I’ll destroy her, but I can’t keep my hands to myself. I keep reaching for the only good thing left in the world, but I don’t know how much longer I can hold on...
  • Twisted Games by Bianca Cole

    Twisted Games by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Archer Daniels is the biggest flirt at the academy, and he’s determined to have me. Coach Daniels has a history of sleeping with students.Now I’m in my senior year, he’s determined to add me to the list.I’d rather die than end up another notch in his bedpost.But the man is persistent to a fault. He’s not someone who gives up easily, pushing harder the more I reject him...
  • Be My December by Rachel Brookes

    Be My December by Rachel Brookes

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I knew the exact moment I’d become a ‘yes’ girl. December 16th, a cold winter’s night, four years ago. The night my innocence was stolen, the night I made the mistake of saying no—a mistake I’d never make again. The dream of a ‘happily ever after' was now a locked away myth...
  • Painted Lines by Brei Betzold

    Painted Lines by Brei Betzold

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Warning: This is not a fluffy love story - it contains and alludes to violence, torture and rape – a heroine broken in mind but not spirit – a hero with his own past regrets.   Scout has always wanted to follow in her family’s business of custom bike building...
  • 'Til The Last Lyric by M. Robinson

    'Til The Last Lyric by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Once upon a time…There was a little girl who believed in fairy tales and happily ever afters.Hoping. Praying. Waiting…For her prince to come.Together they’d conquer the world. Slaying dragons, demons, and villains. Until her Prince Charming let his demons prevail. She cried and begged and prayed.She hated him. She loved him. She couldn’t save him.“I’m sorry.”“I love you...
  • Black Promises by B. B. Hamel

    Black Promises by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sold myself to a monster.He gets my body. And in exchange?He'll murder the demon that's haunted me for years.Jarrod Hale is the cruelest boy at school.A gorgeous fallen angel with a wicked streak.He dominates our campus with his clique of handsome jackals.And I promised him my virginity.We made a bargain, and I sealed my fate in blood and promises.One death, and then I'm his...
  • Untouchable by Lindsay Delagair

    Untouchable by Lindsay Delagair

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Picking a boyfriend can be murder, but for Annalisa Winslett, it might end up being the literal death of her. No one at Pensacola High School suspects the girl they know as Annalisa McKinnis to be a wealthy heiress in hiding, but things begin to unravel when two new guys enroll. Both guys are gorgeous, and both are trying to win her over...
  • Malevolence by Natalie Bennett

    Malevolence by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    a bittersweet love story set in a world of macabre. She was a mother. She was a bride. Now she’s merely a woman trapped within a shattered mind. With a body full of scars and a past forever gone, at Chateau Dahlia carnage continues to unravel, and ghosts rise from the dead. Sadist to masochist. Monster to monster. Malice and Malevolence collide one final time. “Je t’aime.” “Moi, non plus...
  • Gwendolyn vs. the Band of Barren Hearts by Mary E. Palmerin

    Gwendolyn vs. the Band of Barren Hearts by Mary E. Palmerin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Monsters. They don’t hide in your nightmares. They steal you away from the good life and prevent you from living your dreams. That’s where 17-year-old Gwendolyn Fitzpatrick found herself; surrounded by wicked fiends after everything she thought she had was gone in the blink of an eye...
  • Innocence by T.L. Hodel

    Innocence by T.L. Hodel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Kya Caruthers would be the shiny new toy I took home to play with.My brothers and I were raised in a world of lust and greed.Men had the power and women obeyed. We took them, trained them, and sold them. Everybody had a price, and those that didn’t could be beaten into submission. Women were my job. A way to earn a very lucrative living. On any given night, I had my pick of slaves...
  • Forgive Me For I Have Sinned by Carmen Rosales

    Forgive Me For I Have Sinned by Carmen Rosales

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    What if everything they thought about you was a lie?After Victoria's best friend dies, everything around her ceases to exist.The man she loved all her life didn't want her anymore.Her world crumbled.Depression took her under.All she has left is the will not to let others suffer under the Order's rules, but she has to play the part under the hands of the dangerous and depraved to save them...
  • BIG BURLY KILLER by Erin Havoc

    BIG BURLY KILLER by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The biggest, burliest, most handsome man ever is staring at me.I give him my number, then find out he was not looking at me, but at the woman behind me.A woman who shows up dead the next morning.I tell myself it couldn’t be him. It’s all just a coincidence.Then he shows up at my doorstep.Just my luck the first man to call me back is a hitman.Hired killer or not, I can’t deny the attraction...
  • Ruthless Consequences by Bella Di Corte

    Ruthless Consequences by Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Brio : vigor or vivacity of style or performance.No other word could better describe Brio "Lilo" Valentino. He came into my life uninvited when something in my voice spoke to him.A fragility that couldn’t mask the pain.From the beginning, he warned me that we were different. He was darkness. I was light. His Lucila.Despite our differences, we fit together perfectly, like a lock and key...
  • Worth It by Nicki DeStasi

    Worth It by Nicki DeStasi

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Anna lives every day the best she can while struggling against the demons that threaten to consume her and drag her back into the darkness of her very troubled past. The last thing she needs right now is a guy, especially one as sweet and sexy as Jed. When the attraction becomes too strong to resist, she gives into it...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  rape  dark  abuse  length-medium
  • Because of Him by Terri E. Laine

    Because of Him by Terri E. Laine

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Terri E. Laine, comes a new standalone contemporary romance novel A love story born out of chaos. Where light and dark both meet. Every story demands to be told. This is mine. I crave normal with a fierce passion that makes absolutely no sense. The sheltered life I've lived doesn't even begin to cover it. Fear was taught. Fear was learned...
    Categorized as:
    college  angst  new adult  suspense  dark  abuse  contemporary  sports
  • Their Virgin Prize by Loryn Fox

    Their Virgin Prize by Loryn Fox

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I never imagined selling myself to a trio of billionaires, but it’s only one night in exchange for the rest of my brother’s life. How can I say no?The deal is sell my V-card at auction—oh, and allow the taking of my innocence to be livestreamed, too—in exchange for the cash I need to save my brother...
  • Take Care, Sara by Lindy Zart

    Take Care, Sara by Lindy Zart

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    You breathe in, you breathe out, and everything you know is gone. Sara Walker knows firsthand what it feels like to have your reality ripped away, scrambled, and shoved back at you in an undone puzzle where pieces are missing and nothing fits. She's lost so much and is struggling to live and to find the strength to forgive herself for being human...
  • Craving My Rival by P. Rayne

    Craving My Rival by P. Rayne

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The final installment of The Mafia Academy Series- A dark enemies to lovers romance set at a mafia boarding school for the sons and daughters of the most powerful mafia lords.Polina AminoffAt the Sicuro Academy, the Russians and the Italians give each other a wide berth. We’re bitter enemies after all...
  • What He Demands by Hannah Ford

    What He Demands by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Introducing WHAT HE DEMANDS, book three in the hot and sexy new WHAT HE WANTS series by Hannah Ford... Twenty-one-year-old law student student Charlotte Holloway isn’t the type of girl to lust after things she can’t have. But when she starts working for the sexy and mysterious Noah Cutler, Charlotte can’t help but dream about the gorgeous billionaire, even though she knows it’s just a fantasy...
  • Nets and Lies by Katie Ashley

    Nets and Lies by Katie Ashley

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Always awkward in her 5’10 frame, Melanie Reeves finds her saving grace through basketball. Not only is she the varsity team captain, she’s the pride of Coach Thompson, who holds the keys to a college scholarship. Melanie has also found 'courtly' love with Will, Coach T's handsome, ball-playing son. When Melanie is on the court, everything is perfect...
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