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  • He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne

    He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    During the week, I’m a respectable bookstore owner in a small town with a secret no one could ever guess. On the weekends I do what needs to be done to survive. My secret has been kept for ten years . . . my time is up.Cassandra Montana — once known as Tina Moore — had been the girl no one ever worried about...
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    bdsm  contemporary  dark  abuse  length-long  m-f
  • Faked by Vanessa Waltz

    Faked by Vanessa Waltz

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    My feelings are forever...the engagement is not.Vinn Costa used to hang the moon in my sky. He's my brother's broad-shouldered, brutally handsome best friend. He doesn't know I exist, but I've always loved him.Until he did something unforgivable.Vinn's not a sweet boy anymore. He's grown into a ruthlessly cold gangster. He's the most powerful man in Boston, a beautiful lost cause...
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    anal sex  bdsm  suspense  humor  mafia  dark  cold hero  contemporary
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  • 30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back.SERGEI30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits.My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist.But my precious prize doesn't know what I know.Nobody has ever won a war against me.Nobody has ever bested me.And she's not going to be the first.Good luck, little Willow..
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    bdsm  dark  mafia  captive  contemporary  suspense
  • 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...
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    bdsm  contemporary  m-f  dark  length-novella
  • Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel

    Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A steamy hot boxset of friends to lovers romance, work romance, and frenemies to lovers.6. Stripping the Sub7. Tempting the Domme8. Hardcore VanillaStripping the SubEllie's been keeping secrets, but Master Michael is determined to strip back her walls and claim her as his own...
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    bdsm  contemporary  dark  length-epic
  • Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong from the beginning, wrong about everything. I find her trying to take down a human trafficking ring, unsure whether I'm there to help her, or drag her down. But from now on, Willow doesn't have a choice. She will be my wife. She will submit. She will play her role...
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    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • Wishing Well by Lily White

    Wishing Well by Lily White

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy… Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister...
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    bdsm  suspense  dark  mystery  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow

    A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Journey From Darkness to DesireThey took everything.My husband. My dreams. My innocence.After escaping a sinister cult's grip, I faced a stark new reality.I was left with only one thing.My treasure. My son.Desperate, I sought refuge with my estranged family.It was a struggle, but I was beginning to find my footing in this strange, modern world.Enter Joel Whitlock...
  • Grace by Dee Palmer

    Grace by Dee Palmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surprise is the understatement of the year and it hits Sam and Jason like a freight train.Rocked and shocked, Sam needs to determine if this is a really good surprise, because as much as she loves Jason, any future they may have together could be doomed if he’s not 100 percent all-in. She can’t afford to settle for anything less since there’s so much at stake now...
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    bdsm  dark  contemporary  dual-pov  length-medium
  • The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob

    The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    One woman. Two Rivals. Countless secrets…Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want—almost...
  • Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Dark Mafia RomanceI claimed her to send a message. I'll keep her for my pleasure.Valencia Rivera was given to me for a night to seal a deal offered to me by her father, but after that pact was broken I decided she was mine to keep. She thought she had a say in the matter, but she found out otherwise when the first stinging lash of my belt landed on her beautiful bottom...
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    anal sex  suspense  contemporary  mafia  dark  m-f
  • Control by Lasairiona Lewis

    Control by Lasairiona Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Thor:Protocol. Routine. Control.Not anymore.My life turned on a dime in the blink of an eye. From making pancakes for the curvy redhead I met at the club, to being the single dad of an autistic, eleven-year-old boy.I need help.She needs a job.I’m usually a one-and-done kind of guy, but she draws me in, holding me hostage with her green eyes and sass.I’m playing with fire...
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
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    bdsm  contemporary  m-m  dark  queer
  • 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...
  • Black Light: Wanted by Maren Smith

    Black Light: Wanted by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life...
  • 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...
  • Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

    Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ‘There’s no place for that here.’ The past that they’d hoped to outrun has chased them down, and now it wants payback. To appease their debtors, they must delve into Rushe’s own history. As they come face to face with the situation that brought them together in the first place, Flick learns more about the man who she’s pledged her heart, and her body, to...
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    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • Pleasure to Earn by H.N. DeFore

    Pleasure to Earn by H.N. DeFore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book 3 in the Sins and Secrets Club World.Following a fast divorce and betrayal from her ex-husband, Anita’s learned how to hate herself. Pleasure isn’t a given, and she isn’t ready to lose parts of herself to make another person happy anymore.When she needs security cameras installed to monitor her house, Russell finds out her ex has a knack for showing up and beating on the door...
  • Broken by His Hand by Piper Stone

    Broken by His Hand by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She will be mine, but first she must be broken.Sophia Russo tried to keep away from me, but just thinking about what I would do to her left her panties drenched. She tried to hide it, but I didn’t let her. I tore those soaked panties off, spanked her bare little bottom until she had no doubt who owned her, and then took her long and hard...
  • First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
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    bdsm  m-m  contemporary  dark  queer  length-novella
  • Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’d already killed to keep her safe, but what does he do when he’s the one hurting her?Zach Flying choppers was what Zachary ‘Thunder’ Garrett lived for, but when he’s shot down over cartel country, he’ll have to decide between completing his mission and trying to save an innocent American woman...
  • 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...
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    bdsm  contemporary  dark  mafia  alpha male  length-epic
  • Hound by Measha Stone

    Hound by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
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    bdsm  dark  contemporary  suspense  length-medium  m-f
  • The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Siren prequelEvents take place approximately six months before The Siren – stars Sheridan &...
  • The Collar Promises Forever by Bianca Howards

    The Collar Promises Forever by Bianca Howards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.In her pursuit to find meaning in her life, Melanie Smith moves to a foreign country to put down roots and start anew. Lulled into trusting a crafty stranger, all of her expectations regarding her journey are shattered when she's kidnapped and kept as a human pet by a man who seeks something impossible from her—absolute submission...
  • Twisted Empire by Stella Hart

    Twisted Empire by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Dark Dynasty trilogy continues – step into the dark, scandalous world of America’s elite and discover their sinful secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I know the truth now, and I know what I have to do. Tatum can try to resist, but I won’t give up on her. I won’t stop until she’s safe in my arms. Our Crown and Dagger enemies are powerful. Richer than sin...
  • Wicked Weapon by Cari Silverwood

    Wicked Weapon by Cari Silverwood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This book is part of a dark kinky fiction trilogy and may disturb some readers. The full warning is at the bottom. This is not a standalone read.Zorie is lost, again.Friends can become enemies and enemies can become friends.What is a man who declares himself your knight in cracked and bloody armor, when he seems to be leading you to your doom?Mavros, once known as Mister Black, has vanished...
  • No Limits: A Dark Romance by Lauren Landish

    No Limits: A Dark Romance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She thinks she’s a monster. But I’m the monster. And she’s my angel. I’m a ruthless perfectionist who’s never needed love. It’s a worthless emotion that makes you weak, and I’m anything but weak. I haven’t let a soul get close to me. No one’s ever made me feel a damn thing. Until Shawnie. My angel. I knew from the moment I saw her that she was different...
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    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  suspense  length-epic
  • Lev Petrov by Harper-Leigh Rose

    Lev Petrov by Harper-Leigh Rose

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ivy Adams is no stranger to being alone. She trusts no one and thinks little of stealing to get by. After all, everyone she has ever known has always betrayed her, so why should she treat others any differently?But when she is caught stealing from mafia boss, Lev Petrov, her life becomes his to toy with...
  • Rendezvous by K.D. Robichaux

    Rendezvous by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The agreement is for one year of companionship. Once the year is complete, the Infidelity employee and the client to which they’ve been tethered must mutually agree to the relationship in order for it to continue. When Quincy Herald chooses not to renew her agreement with billionaire hotelier Jean LaRue, he doesn’t take the news well, deciding to force her to stay against her will...
  • 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  suspense  contemporary  dark  m-f
  • Ravager by S.B. Hazel

    Ravager by S.B. Hazel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Running through a haunted Halloween maze, I feel the heat rising inside me—chased by a sexy devil in a mask, hotter than I ever imagined.The thought of being captured, ravaged, ruined… it tempts me beyond reason. I want to stumble, to fall and surrender, to feel his arms close around me.Desire and fear churn in a terrifying mix, my body burning for what comes next...
  • Beastly For Master by Skylar Sweeney

    Beastly For Master by Skylar Sweeney

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Is escaping hell worth the cost of total submission? Beast isn’t sure, but he’s willing to try.BEAST I had plenty of balls when my story started, and not just between my legs. At my prison they called me Beast, and for years I ruled them like a real man With my junk. Until the day I opened my eyes and found myself surrounded by naked clowns. It was no nightmare; I was trapped at the Circus of Sin...
  • Elizabeth's Anal Submission by Nikki Sex

    Elizabeth's Anal Submission by Nikki Sex

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Elizabeth is further seduced by her captor, "Sir" and becomes sexually awakened through bondage and domination during sex. Having never experienced BDSM she now finds that it is what has been missing from her marriage. Elizabeth finds herself unintentionally confessing things to "Sir" that she has never told anyone, not even her husband Mark. For a start she has been faking orgasms...
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    bdsm  menage  dark  contemporary  bondage  length-novella
  • Cut So Deep by Stasia Black

    Cut So Deep by Stasia Black

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    This is an alternative cover edition of the Kindle edition, ASIN B07K8JSFW8.“Are you his willingly?” Jackson demands, his blue eyes as dark as the clouds above our heads. “Tell me. Are you?”Jackson Vale. My boss’s rival and the man I’ve thought far too much about since we were introduced last week.Of all the— “I’m not his,” I sputter indignantly. “I’m just his employee. He doesn’t own me...
  • Double Vision by L.M. Halloran

    Double Vision by L.M. Halloran

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Everything has a price, and the price of truth is steepest of all. Eden has an ironclad five-year plan. In three months, she’s saying good riddance to Los Angeles and returning to the Pacific Northwest for medical school. Nothing is going to get in her way. Nothing… but the impossible...
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    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  dark  mafia  length-medium
  • Total Possession by Juliette N. Banks

    Total Possession by Juliette N. Banks

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hunter Dufort may be the youngest in the Dufort family dynasty.He might also be the quietest, but he has certain tastes and needs his elder brothers don't have.And he's not talking about whisky.When Grace turns up in his world, Hunter wonders if she may be his greatest challenge yet. For he needs to have unequivocal and total possession of her...
  • Rulebreaker by Marlee Wray

    Rulebreaker by Marlee Wray

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The rules said he couldn't have her, but rules are made to be broken.The moment he spotted Kate at the Marquis Club, Rory knew she would be his. The club's rules demand that he wait until she's trained, but he's used to taking what he wants, when he wants it.She's only nineteen, but he's not going to take things slow and he's not going to be gentle...
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    bdsm  dark  contemporary  new adult  length-short
  • Mafia Doctor: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance by Parker Fox, James Johnson

    Mafia Doctor: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance by Parker Fox, James Johnson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He didn't just come to take me. He came to make me his.From the moment I was told I would be marrying him, I knew Dante Donato would come for me when he was ready, but I didn't think even a mob boss like him would kidnap me off the street.I was wrong...
  • Silent Daughter: Owned by Stella Noir, Linnea May

    Silent Daughter: Owned by Stella Noir, Linnea May

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I own him just as much as he owns me. LIZ He is testing me. He must be. Does he really think I'd stay like a dumb lamb? If I run, I will never see him again. I don't want that. Why do I not want that? LEONARD This just shows how much she's messing with my head. I let her get too close too soon. She mesmerized me into acting like a fool. I won't let that happen again...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  length-novella
  • Rebecca's Gift - The Complete Series by Elle Dawson, Leslie Johnson

    Rebecca's Gift - The Complete Series by Elle Dawson, Leslie Johnson

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One fateful day. One horrific act. A life lived in fear and regret. Beautiful and wealthy, Rebecca has the perfect life. She’s happy. Hopeful. Until the wolf comes knocking at her door. Now the pawn in a rich man's game, she’s a prisoner in her lavish home. Inside those icy walls lurk dark secrets. Insidious transgressions. An existence rife with treachery and blackmail and danger...
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    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • Cut So Deep by Stasia Black

    Cut So Deep by Stasia Black

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    He commands my body, my mind, and my pleasure but now I might be forced to betray him… All my life, I knew I was only good for one thing—from being ogled by beauty pageant judges as a preteen to being hit on by my college philosophy professor—I was just an object for men to desire. It’s all anyone’s ever seen me as, including my current boss, Bryce Gentry. But Jackson? Jackson’s different...
  • Screaming in the Silence Epilogue by Lydia Kelly

    Screaming in the Silence Epilogue by Lydia Kelly

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  abuse  new adult  contemporary
  • Serving Her Sentence by Sinistre Ange

    Serving Her Sentence by Sinistre Ange

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Charged and convicted, Noelle chooses to be sold into servitude to reduce her prison sentence - she must spend one year with a Master she is not permitted to deny. With only the most basic laws to protect her, she will submit to his depraved demands and, in the process, dive deep into her own desires. And though Damien is cold and cruel, he satisfies her in ways she never knew she needed...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  menage  dark  contemporary  spanking  rape  abuse  love triangle
  • Unexpected by Aleatha Romig

    Unexpected by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Paul* What will happen... when Jenn learns the truth that has been brewing deep inside me? ...when she learns my desires have been restrained? ...when containing them is no longer possible? Will she flee when there’s no place to run? Traveling to the isolation of a tropical island, we agree to lay our marriage and our future on the line...
  • Craze by Andi Jaxon

    Craze by Andi Jaxon

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a stranger, a stalker... a mystery, and for now, I call him Psycho. AnnabelleYou know that feeling you have when you think you're being watched? Or that you're not alone? I do. All the time. Goosebumps frequent my skin and the hair all over my body stands at attention. I’m no longer bothered by it, in fact, some time ago, I started to feel comforted by it. By him...
  • Forced by the Hitmen by Celia Aaron

    Forced by the Hitmen by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I stayed out of my father's business. His dirty money never mattered to me, so long as my trust fund was full of it. But now I've been kidnapped by his enemies and stuffed in a bag. The rough men who took me have promised to hurt me if I make a sound or try to run. I know, deep down, they are going to hurt me no matter what I do. Now I'm cuffed to their bed...
    Categorized as:
    menage  bdsm  m-f-m  contemporary  rape  dark  poly  explicit-open-door
  • His Keepsake by Cari Silverwood

    His Keepsake by Cari Silverwood

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.EMMESome cravings cannot be denied.That was me with CNC. Going to clubs didn’t make me feel anything anymore. I wanted a soul-wrenching, destructive encounter with a stranger.I wanted to be kept by someone… in a basement, or in a cage, like a bird or a treasured object?I could pretend, couldn’t I?As long as we had a code, the beginning was SANE...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  anal sex  menage  suspense  contemporary  dark  fetish  abuse
  • Be Mine, Cruel Valentines by Brea Alepoú

    Be Mine, Cruel Valentines by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    I’ve been tormented by three a-holes my whole life; Theon, Foxyn, and Leyton. From sticking me in lockers to giving me wedgies to stripping me naked and laughing while I try to run home these three have done it all.For years, I hated them and their cruel games.I’m their senior, I shouldn’t let them push me around.But at some point the pain turned to pleasure and I…liked it...
  • Judgment by Denise Hall

    Judgment by Denise Hall

    Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Judgment--the ultimate disciplinary establishment, a forbidding mountain fortress where unfortunate young women are taken and trained to become the perfect submissives for a world-wide market...
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