Books like 'Taking What's His'

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  • 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...
  • 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...
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  • Roma Queen by Callie Hart

    Roma Queen by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “The stunning conclusion to the Roma Royals Duet Series. The very best of Callie Hart. Hold on tight, because this is one hell of a ride!” Son. Lover. Protector. KING. I’ve been many things to many people over the course of my life, but that title – King – has always been a tough pill to swallow...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • King of Pain by Piper Stone

    King of Pain by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My vows didn't make me his. My body did. Diego Santos may be wealthy, powerful, and sinfully gorgeous, but his slick veneer doesn't fool me. I know his true nature, and I had planned to end this arranged marriage before it even began. But it wasn't Diego waiting for me at the altar...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  bdsm  m-f  spanking  dark  mafia  suspense  contemporary
  • Dark Destiny by Bec Botefuhr

    Dark Destiny by Bec Botefuhr

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    You were with Willow and Jagger when they found their happily ever after in Dark Endings. You felt their love. You felt their relief, but what you didn't feel, was the pain they left tucked inside. Jagger killed his own father, he suffered on an island alone being forced to fight to save his life. Now, the memories are catching up on him. The reality is haunting him. He's becoming numb...
  • SCARS by Jaimie Roberts

    SCARS by Jaimie Roberts

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I had the perfect school, the perfect friends—the perfect life ... At least, that’s what I thought. But you changed all that. You are always there ... Always watching ... Always waiting in the shadows. You send me flowers and messages. You stalk me, trace my every movement..
  • Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year for the many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people who are estranged from their families. This year's Christmas story concerns two such people--Søren and Magdalena. Søren speaks of Magdalena, his mentor in sadism, in THE MISTRESS and THE KING...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-novella
  • 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...
  • Vile by Lulu Waters

    Vile by Lulu Waters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    EVERLEE VERA This isn’t the life I’m meant to live—stuck on the arm of a rich asshole while he has a pissing contest with other rich assholes. They’re all puppets, playing a dutiful role that condemns them to hell until death do they part. Hatred pushes me forward. Lust fuels me. And there is only one guy who checks both: Holden Van. My boyfriend’s enemy. The guy who flusters me beyond anything...
  • Dark Desire by Bec Botefuhr

    Dark Desire by Bec Botefuhr

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    This book contains adult content. 18+ only. This isn't for the faint hearted, it is not your typical love story, but I do promise it has some seriously hot scenes. You have been warned. Enjoy. After the shock of finding out about Jagger's wife, Willow ran. She needed time, needed space to fix her heart. The love of her life has a big choice to make. Her or his wife...
  • 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...
  • Blackness Within by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Blackness Within by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fighting to find his worthy place in life… This is the story of a woman that has worked tirelessly to build her own life from nothing. While the task has been exhaustive, it’s been worth every drop of sweat to earn her own slice of normal. Natasha Reynolds has built a life beyond an absent mother and a drug addict brother to become a home-owning, dog-loving nurse...
    Categorized as:
    possessive hero  m-f  suspense  contemporary  dark
  • Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader

    Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Adley:Nobody thinks that a pretty woman holds dark secrets, but then again, the world only sees what we allow it to.I was raised by very bad people.I learned to do very bad things—things that others would see as depraved.I was fine living my life in the shadows, going unseen…Until he stepped from the abyss...
  • The Confession Duet by K.D. Robichaux

    The Confession Duet by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It was love at first sight. Not just for Vivian, but for Corbin as well. Their eyes locked across the room, and that was all she wrote. But they didn't rush things. They wanted to do it right. After all, they would spend the rest of their lives together. The love of each other's life. Soul mates. He was the intense and fiercely protective soldier, and she was his doting and faithful lover...
  • Until the End by London Miller

    Until the End by London Miller

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Lauren Thompson After learning the truth behind her father's tragic murder, Lauren vowed never to go near another Volkov again, but sometimes matters of the heart are too strong to resist... Mishca Volkov As a Captain in the Volkov Bratva, Mishca has pledged his loyalty to the Vory v Zakone, but he soon finds himself at odds with the life he's always known..
  • Crow by Erin Trejo

    Crow by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Four minutes. That's all it took to change my life forever. I once had a purpose in life. Had a direction. Four damn minutes changed it all. I tried to live for my club. I was doing what I needed to do each day. I was in a bad place when I met Lyric. She wasn't much better. Together we found a way to move on. I found some sort of strength in her and she found safety and love in me...
  • Hawke by Anise Storm

    Hawke by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier...
  • Forced Submission Bundle 2 by Alexa Riley

    Forced Submission Bundle 2 by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    BONUS: Bundle includes never before seen epilogues for all three stories! Taking What’s His Driving a truck and hauling cargo from coast to coast can be lonely. Sly’s been looking for a pet to keep him company, and late one night on the side of the highway, he finds her. Cameron is scared something bad is going to happen to her, but then he comes along, and she feels relieved...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  insta-love  bad boys  m-f  contemporary  dark  menage
  • Buttons and Revenge by Penelope Sky

    Buttons and Revenge by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    My brother didn’t pay his debts—and now I’m on the hook for it. They already killed him, so I know they won’t hesitate to do the same to me. With nowhere to run or hide, I buy a one-way ticket to Milan to audition for Barsetti Lingerie in the hope I can start a new life. Conway Barsetti chooses me as his next model—but then he wants more...
  • Nomad Kind of Love by Nicole Snow

    Nomad Kind of Love by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    June Daniels watched helplessly as the Grizzlies Motorcycle Club destroyed everything she ever cared about. The ruthless gang controls her shattered life, condemning her to darkness without end...until she meets him. Aaron “Maverick” Sturm doesn't know what it means to settle down. The President of the Prairie Devils Nomads charter is way too hardened, untamable, and dominant for any old lady...
  • His to Own by Ava Gray

    His to Own by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    He’s supposed to marry her older sister, but he can’t stay away… MICELIThe mafia world is cold and cruel. I live by one rule - cut their throat before they cut yours. It’s what keeps me ruthless and on top of my mafia family.But when I see something I like, I take it. It’s no different with Alessia DeLuca, who’s supposed to marry my rival… while I’m marrying her older sister...
  • Under the Stars by Tia Louise

    Under the Stars by Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *Book #2 in the "Bright Lights" CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE Duet by USA Today bestselling author Tia Louise. All around us was darkness and night... I'm not a hero. I'm a survivor. I had one way out, and I took it. Now all I want is peace, A place to pick up the pieces and start over. But she wants justice. Names on a list, faces in the crowd...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  suspense  dark  contemporary
  • Evanesce by K.L. Savage

    Evanesce by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evanesce is ready to relax without her brother breathing down her neck, but the news she has for Tongue might just kick his fourth of July off with a bang. Between keeping a secret for Daphne and trying to avoid the blonde prospect, this trip to Vegas will be more than she bargained for. Knix came to Vegas, only keeping to the Kings clubs as he blows around the US...
  • Control by Lena Little

    Control by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a man who’s in control, at all times, even when I feel urges inside pulling me into uncharted territory.I see things in her that I like, although I’m not about to spill my guts like a lovesick teenager, because I’m anything but.But this little Lolita is peeling back layers like I’m an onion she is preparing to throw in a boiling pot of soup. That. Cannot. Happen...
  • The Hollow by Jenika Snow

    The Hollow by Jenika Snow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I saw her and instantly knew she’d be mine. There was no other option for me.
Nadja was the only woman who made my heart beat for the first time in my life. She was an angel.
 I was the devil. But she still wanted me.
 Being the daughter of a notorious bratva member meant she was never really mine. She’d be given away, used like a pawn, bartered for power...
  • Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Five steamy, contemporary romances. One collection. AMAZON TOP 100 best selling series available in one collection for a LIMITED time! Those Boys Are Trouble includes all five of the full-length, stand-alone romances from the Valetti mafia series featuring filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys, HEAs and no cliffhangers...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  contemporary  dark  mafia  length-epic
  • Praise Me: Lumberjack by Jessa Kane

    Praise Me: Lumberjack by Jessa Kane

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Hollywood starlet Jenna Fairchild is chained to a tree. Minus her clothing. Why? Her manager is adamant that she ditch her innocent sitcom star image and blossom into a sex symbol in the eyes of the public. Now, however, with the chains biting into her bare skin and a dozen pairs of eyes staring at her, she's scared. Unsafe...
  • Smokey by Erin Trejo

    Smokey by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They took away my life. They sucked the air from my lungs. When they left me a clue as to who they were, I knew I would get revenge. I planned and plotted and watched from a distance. What a better way to hurt the ones that hurt me than to take their daughter and use her as a pawn in my sick games. When she’s broken and begging for death, I will send her back to them...
  • Axton by Sam Crescent

    Axton by Sam Crescent

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ten years ago, the Four Kings killed my friend. I’m not going to kill them. I’m going to make every single one of them pay. Make them pray for death, and take everything they’ve ever loved. This is not revenge. This is justice. Plain and simple. It's been ten years and the girl he once knew is back, working for the Four Kings as their PA...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • Hound by Measha Stone

    Hound by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    When he sees something he wants, Jackson Titon has always been like a hound on the hunt, and when he caught her scent he knew she had to be his.This little fox doesn't know what's coming for her, but he's going to get to her first.To keep her. To train her. To own her...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-f  dark  contemporary  suspense  length-medium
  • Just One Song by Stacey Lynn

    Just One Song by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Nicole Parsons had the perfect life, made complete with the suburban home and the proverbial white picket fence. When tragedy struck and she lost the most important people in her life, she turned away from everything she loved before; shutting out every reminder of the perfect life she lost...
  • Breaking Grace by Rose Devereux

    Breaking Grace by Rose Devereux

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two years ago, I murdered the love of Grace Garrett’s life. I had it all – a thriving company, money, women at my beck and call. Then I shot and killed James Winthrop. And got away with it. His beautiful fiancé is ruined, so damaged she’s destroying herself. And I’m the reason why. Nothing and nobody can save her. Except me. Only I know how to help her start again...
  • Resistance by K.E. Osborn

    Resistance by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Isn't it funny? The way your life can alter in the blink of an eye. My club – constantly under siege by the Italian mafia. My city – in a war lasting two generations caused by our fathers. Yet, in amongst the turmoil, I met her. In a froyo store. This sassy woman who’s ready to throw down and defend her friends against my brothers and me...
  • The Big Bad's Obsession by Erin Havoc

    The Big Bad's Obsession by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My best friend is back in town.He’s bigger than ever, but as sweet as the first time we met.Then every man who has ever done me wrong starts dropping dead.It can’t be Keegan… Can it?He’s always been my protector, my confidant.But I swear Keegan would never hurt a fly.Turns out things are not what they seem.And my best friend has been keeping more than one secret from me...
  • Diversion by Albany Walker

    Diversion by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's the sweet as sin little sister of my once best friend. While I deal in dirty deeds and depravity. I know all the reasons I can't have her.The problem is, I'm obsessed. I can't seem to get her out of my head no matter how hard I try.I don't play by the rules but for her, I'd be willing to break them all.This is Iron's story, set in the Dollhouse world first introduced in Amusement...
  • Savage Locke by Victoria Ashley, Jenika Snow

    Savage Locke by Victoria Ashley, Jenika Snow

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    STERLING LOCKE They say us Locke brothers are savage and that we’ll take care of any motherfucker who steps out of line without even batting an eye. They’re right as shit. The last thing you want to do is get on the bad side of a Locke. There’s no fucks given when it comes to protecting the people we care about. We’ll fight to the motherfucking death if it comes down to it...
  • The Russian by Isabella Laase

    The Russian by Isabella Laase

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    First he'll make her obey. Then he'll make her his. Dr. Mia Anderson isn't used to being ordered around, but when a powerful Russian mob boss grabs her off the street she is left with two choices: submit to his demands or be punished. Luka Petruskenkov needs medical attention for his injured cousin and he's decided that Mia will be providing it...
  • The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    A Siren prequelEvents take place approximately six months before The Siren – stars Sheridan &...
  • Vince & Elle: His Hostage by Willow Winters

    Vince & Elle: His Hostage by Willow Winters

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes a HOT mafia, standalone romance.I was innocent before him, and he wanted nothing more than to ruin me.And if I'm honest, I wanted him too, even knowing I shouldn't.I knew he was a bad man, it doesn't take more than a single look to know it.Dark eyes and a charming smile that's made to fool girls like me.Still, I caved; I gave into temptation...
  • Misfit by R. Holmes

    Misfit by R. Holmes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How far is too far?Ask yourself what lines are ones that you would never, under any circumstance, ever cross?What is unforgivable? Unjustifiable? Deplorable.What if someone you loved was on the other side of that line?Would you cross it, if it meant selling your soul to the devil in exchange for their freedom?Well I’m your worst fucking nightmare and they call me Misfit.I fix things...
  • Daddy's Little Princess by Lila Fox

    Daddy's Little Princess by Lila Fox

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Even though Brylee has tried to fit in to society, she’s been slapped down one time after another. If it wasn’t for Larkin, her good friend, she wouldn’t have anyone.Gage takes one look at the hurt young woman and decides she’s his to keep. Everything about her, from her luscious curves, puffy red lips, and doleful eyes, appeals to daddy inside him...
  • Leviticus by Elle Sparrow

    Leviticus by Elle Sparrow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    No one expected to grow up in a cult, but that was exactly what life had in store for Leviticus Temple and his four brothers...
  • Dad's Russian Mafia Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Dad's Russian Mafia Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Your dad asked me to do what he can’t…protect you.But one look at you and I know I won’t be able to protect myself from all the bad things I want to do to you, you naughty little girl.You’re too young, too innocent, and too perfect not to claim as mine...
  • Consumed by Leslie Sansom

    Consumed by Leslie Sansom

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She wants a life, He wants control. Can they compromise enough to keep each other happy and stay satisfied. When Norah is faced with a painfully similar situation her relationship with Liam changes...
  • Red Willow by May Gordon

    Red Willow by May Gordon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the outside, Novak Norwood, the crime king of California, has everything he could possibly need - good looks, money, and friends. He’s satisfied with life, at least that’s what everyone thinks, but it’s a lie. Beneath his fake smile is a pain that will never heal, which Novak thinks he deserves. And then he meets Willow. Willow Walsh is a free spirit, which is what brought her to L.A...
  • Run to You by Kandice Michelle Young

    Run to You by Kandice Michelle Young

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He wanted my complete surrender, I wanted his everything...Sebastian Black came into my life like a storm in the peak of the night. Dark. Raging. All-consuming. And, guaranteed to leave destruction in his wake. From the moment our eyes met, he had a hold on me. I wanted, craved, and needed him like nothing I had ever desired before. The problem was he needed total submission...
  • Falling In by Alexa Riley

    Falling In by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Saint and Jeanette's story. They met by chance. Or so she thought... Losing her wasn't something he was willing to do. Sometimes life takes you to the edge, but Jeanette had a Saint to catch her. This is the short story of how they met, how they fell in love, and how much Saint loves going down on her. This story must be read after Vols 1-3 to fully understand Jeanette and Saint’s story...
  • Finding His Strength by Measha Stone

    Finding His Strength by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured and forced to marry Henrik, Megara vows never to forget his monstrous behavior... but her hatred for her husband doesn't weaken her attraction to him.Henrik chases his legacy with the ferocity and strength worthy of a God. He will not be deterred, and he will not fail. Nothing will stand in his way. Not even a wife...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-f  suspense  contemporary  dark
  • Psycho Therapist by Lena Little

    Psycho Therapist by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s not like the others. They were just mannequins, eye candy. Something I browsed while window shopping - Peeping Tom style. Not in a psycho way, not wanting to hurt them or anything like that. Just having a look-see after something drew me to the other side of town one night. A feeling really. A feeling that grew into the bad habit of seeking out that feeling...
  • Stolen Bride by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Stolen Bride by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stole in the dead of the night I forged her signature on an unbreakable contract.She would become my wife.She would give me an heir.She would help me destroy her father and get my revenge.**This is a prequel to Savage Beginnings which is a +100,000 words standalone dark mafia romance novel...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  mafia  contemporary  dark  length-novella
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