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KING SERIES BUNDLE: The Four Book Set by T.M. Frazier
Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAll four books in the USA today bestselling KING series. King, Tyrant, Lawless, Soulless. KING: Homeless. Hungry. Desperate. Doe has no memories of who she is or where she comes from. A notorious career criminal just released from prison, King is someone you don’t want to cross unless you’re prepared to pay him back in blood, sweat, sex or a combination of all three... -
![The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole]()
The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTHE 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...Categorized as:
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![Even When I'm Gone by Nicole Fiorina]()
Even When I'm Gone by Nicole Fiorina
The second book in a heart-consuming series. Ollie. Forget everything you thought you knew. Hell, I don't even know myself anymore. For seven months I've been gone only to come back to be tested in every way possible. They say keep your enemies close, and my demons welcomed me back with open arms. My downfall is a necessary evil. But Mia is my endgame. Mia... -
![The Elite Kings Boxset Vol. II by Amo Jones]()
The Elite Kings Boxset Vol. II by Amo Jones
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Elite Kings books 1-5MADSHIPMadison + BishopThe Silver SwanThe Broken PuppetTacet a MortuisNATILNate + TillieMalum: Part 1Malum: Part 2Riddle me this.. -
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![Indebted Series 4-6.5: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters]()
Indebted Series 4-6.5: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis edition contains the last four:Third DebtShe healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this together. The rules of this ancient game can't be broken.Nila Weaver no longer recognises herself. She's left her lover, her courage, and her promise. Two debts down. Too many to go.Fourth DebtWe'd won... -
![Can't Go Back by Debra Webb]()
Can't Go Back by Debra Webb
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe past and the present collide in the final installment of USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb’s Devlin & Falco series, threatening everything these two detectives care about.Birmingham detectives Kerri Devlin and Luke Falco arrive at the scene of a double homicide to discover that nothing makes sense... -
![The Broken Trilogy: Books 1-3 by J.L. Drake]()
The Broken Trilogy: Books 1-3 by J.L. Drake
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 15 ratings*The Complete Broken Trilogy In One Box Set.* BROKEN #1 *** This is the first book in this series and it ends with a cliffhanger. Intended for 18+.*** My name is Savannah Miller. My father is the mayor of New York. One day after my twenty-seventh birthday I was grabbed from behind. A cloth sack was quickly pulled over my head, and I was taken from everything I’d ever known... -
![Love and Lead by Coralee June]()
Love and Lead by Coralee June
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne. We’re alive, for now. Two. Gavriel’s totally lost control. Three. Santobello is hunting us. Four. Someone will die... -
![Summer and Smoke by Coralee June]()
Summer and Smoke by Coralee June
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsSummer Bright is just a name on a tombstone. A whispered mystery on the long-forgotten Woodbury Lane. Her ghost teases me with fear and perfection. She knows I’m not strong enough to do what I should’ve done years ago. The Bullets are united once more, bonded by their demand for blood. There’s a vulnerability in their friendship, though. Gavriel craves control. Blaise fears losing me... -
![Tool by K.L. Savage]()
Tool by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBeing the VP of the Ruthless Kings has made me jaded and scarred, a savage bloodthirsty beast.Grit, pain, blood, the three constants in my life.Love?I wouldn't burden anyone with loving me. I'm a hard man to love.Until she walks through the garage doors, looking perfect in her little blue dress and high heels.She's neat and clean and too damn good for me, but I'm determined to get her filthy... -
![Indebted Series 1-3: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters]()
Indebted Series 1-3: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSave $5.99! Strictly Limited Time 99c for Debt Inheritance, First Debt, Second Debt. New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Series.Seven books in total. This edition contains the first three:Debt Inheritance"I own you. I have the piece of paper to prove it. It's undeniable and unbreakable. You belong to me until you've paid off your debts... -
![Behind My Words by J.L. Drake]()
Behind My Words by J.L. Drake
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSpencerMy entire life vanished the day I found my parents’ bodies.It changed me, broke me, and I went from a bestselling author to a ghost writer hiding behind my words…Then an assignment pairs me with a new detective on a high-profile murder case.But things spiral out of control as bodies start piling up—a cruel reminder of a past I’m desperate to forget... -
![Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi]()
Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCAUGHT BETWEEN PLEASURE AND PANICAfter their trip to the police station and an intimate night together, Sangwoo decides he wants to know more about Bum. Their ensuing conversation leads to a trip to the amusement park and a night of drinking and sex. This new phase of their warped relationship teeters between thrilling and unnerving, leaving Bum overjoyed one moment and panicked the next... -
![Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine]()
Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsShe’s investigating a cold case no one else could—by going places no one else would dare.In spite of a harrowing past still haunting her, Gwen Proctor is trying to move forward. Until a new assignment gives her purpose: the cold-case disappearance of a young man in Tennessee. Three years missing, no clues. Just Ruth Landry, a tortured mother in limbo... -
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![Heartless by A.J. Merlin]()
Heartless by A.J. Merlin
Fifteen years ago, Cassian Byers murdered his older sister.And I witnessed the whole thing.For years, I’ve fought to bury the memories of my troubled childhood, which includes the haunting image of my babysitter’s murder. Life in Hayden Fields has been eerily calm—no big crimes or chaos—until now.Until the first girl dies.And I see Cassian outside of my work like he never left... -
![One Fear by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper]()
One Fear by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“My one fear is now my reality.” He didn’t offer his name when he fulfilled his need to include me as a player in his game. I’m number thirteen. Just a number given to the bitches who wronged him. I was blindsided. Stolen from my life. In his devilled eyes, I have a debt to pay…he wants my final breath to see us even... -
![No Place Like Home by Geneva Monroe]()
No Place Like Home by Geneva Monroe
Condemned by lies. Driven by vengeance. Bound for death.Mine will be the first public execution in a century. Only problem is, I’m innocent.Well, mostly.A single bullet shattered my world, bringing down the men who swore to protect me, and stealing my newfound freedom. The Wizard promised salvation, but the only thing I have now is a prison cell and a date with a guillotine... -
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A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA serial killer is terrorizing Sacramento, preying on happily married couples and unleashing unspeakable cruelties upon his victims. The ordeal rekindles disturbing memories for private investigator Lizzy Gardner, who barely escaped a serial killer clutches only years ago... -
![Whitlock by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark]()
Whitlock by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Complete 24690 and Welcome to Whitlock 24690 White Out (24690 series, book 2) 27001 (Welcome to Whitlock, 24690 series 2.1) 27009 (Welcome to Whitlock, 24690 series 2.2) 27011 (Welcome to Whitlock, 24690 series 2... -
![Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen]()
Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen
Plenty of people make jokes about what they would do if a serial killer made them their target, but how many of them would beg for their lives if faced with the inevitability of death? How many would be triggered into a trauma response out of basic instinct? None of them understand true pain until all their tears have dried up and the numbness takes over... -
![27009 by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark]()
27009 by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“Welcome to Whitlock” Genre: Pitch Black Welcome (interjection) : 1. A word of greeting, as to ones’ arrival at a destination. Whitlock ((noun) : 1. A subterranean fortress within the base of a mountain, housing slaves for the cruel use of Masters who have purchased them through an auction. For reference, see to the 24690 series as you will get to experience the world first-hand... -
![The Last Party by A.R. Torre]()
The Last Party by A.R. Torre
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre.Perla Wultz lives with her husband, Grant, and their precious daughter, Sophie, in a gated Pasadena community. Affluent, sociable, and accomplished, Perla plays the part of loving wife and mother to perfection... -
![MasterMind by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini]()
MasterMind by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMasterMind is a STANDALONE, but it's suggested that you read Mad Girl (The Chronicles of Anna Monroe) and Never Far if you wish to connect more with the characters. Being a victim was something Anna Monroe knew all too well. When three girls go missing, she’s pulled back into the haunting memories of her past. Not just as a captive to a serial killer…but as a killer, herself... -
![Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole]()
Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEdwin Allen Mercer I want them all to read my words. And they do. Every last blood-stained sentence, they've read and praised me for. They love the gore and violence, the realness. And I get a sense of power with it all because I know a secret: the victims in my books—they’re real and have all died on my table. And maybe that’s why the last book had such awful reviews... -
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![Lincoln Hospital by Cassia Brightmore, Eric Battershell]()
Lincoln Hospital by Cassia Brightmore, Eric Battershell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the twenty-third day—he hunts, bringing the scum of the earth to justice; his justice. Ending up as a patient on Dr. O’Reilly’s table could either save your life or end it in the most horrific way. New York City. The infamous city that never sleeps; the place where dreams either shine brightly or shatter into razor sharp pieces of metal. For Dr... -
![Melodic Madness by Natalie Bennett]()
Melodic Madness by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere’s a method in his madness. Alaric is as brilliant as he is beautiful, and twice as deadly. He’s been watching me. Studying me. He’d planned to keep me long before I arrived on his doorstep. His chaotic world is now the prison I’m forced to call home. A place where nightmares and reality are indistinguishable... -
![Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters]()
Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the nightmarish confines of the Puppet Master's Playhouse, a place of unrelenting horror, I am a prisoner, haunted by unspeakable childhood torments. This house, under the control of the Puppet Master, a sadistic architect of suffering, subjects me to a relentless barrage of psychological and physical trials, echoing the darkness of my past... -
![Serial, Volume Three by Lily White, Jaden Wilkes]()
Serial, Volume Three by Lily White, Jaden Wilkes
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith Donovan closing in, his feelings growing for Ronnie, and the sudden realization where their paths crossed before, Jude's composure might be cracking... -
![The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden]()
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect... -
![My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier]()
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel is a psychological thriller by Daphne du Maurier that centers on the thin line separating love from suspicion. The narrator in the novel is Philip Ashley, a young man who has grown up under the guardianship of Ambrose on the family estate in Cornwall... -
![Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett]()
Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlaric Schuyler.Enigmatic, cocky, and my new brother-in-law.He had cerulean blue eyes and a smile so beautifully devious it could entice the devil to do his bidding.We were never supposed to happen.One night changed everything, tying him and me together in a sordid twist of fate, trapping me in his dark, chaotic world.The lucid dreams and sick fantasies followed... -
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Desiccate by Charity B.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe says our blood flows Greene, and because of that, we’re required to carry on its legacy. Or some psychotic bullsh*t like that. The truth is, he’s completely insane. His mind’s been shattered by the sadistic belief that we’re meant to be his ‘family’. Everything about him makes my insides rot, yet on the outside, I remain Daddy’s good little girl... -
![In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon]()
In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn a dark, dark wood there was a dark, dark house...Camping in the Jersey Pine Barrens may literally turn out to be a first date from hell for travel writer Tim and the cute cop who persuades him to revisit a past that Tim has done his best to forget... -
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![No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings]()
No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"If you want us to remain silent - if you want to retain your freedom, your job, and your reputation - you need to tell us everything, and I mean everything. . ." We last saw Eve and Villanelle in a spy vs. spy race around the world, crossing powerful criminal organizations and dangerous governments, each trying to come out on top. But they aren't finished yet... -
![Simmer by Measha Stone]()
Simmer by Measha Stone
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWe'll teach her to be a good wife. It's our job and we won't fail her. There are rules here. Don't eat until Papa has. Do all your chores. Learn your lessons. Be grateful. Don't break the rules. But I did.. -
![Letters in the Dark by Kit Rose]()
Letters in the Dark by Kit Rose
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassandraAbducted.Caged.Kidnapped.They all mean the same thing. Hidden away and forgotten about by everyone. Everyone except the monster who put me here.He stripped me of my freedom. He stripped me of my clothing. He’s a monster, and he’ll do whatever he wants with me.But I will survive.And I will wait.He hides in the shadows, but I will learn to see in the dark... -
![Embers by Yolanda Olson]()
Embers by Yolanda Olson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmbers is not a standalone.It is highly advised to read Inferno, Cinere, and Sparks first.I swore to myself that I would never love you.I promised my children that they wouldn’t suffer for my sins.But it’s so hard, Daddy.It’s hard to not love the man that gave me life. It’s hard to not love the man that’s taken care of me the only way he knows how... -
![Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger prequel) by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman]()
Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger prequel) by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsBefore terror flowered in the attic there was a young girl. An innocent, hopeful girl... When young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall, she thinks her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for... -
![Heaven by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Heaven by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsOf all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills. Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes... -
![Willow by V.C. Andrews]()
Willow by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAll that glitters isn't gold.... Wealth. Extravagant parties. Celebrity status. These are things Willow De Beers could only dream of until now. After discovering deep family secrets in her adoptive father's journal, Willow bids farewell to her North Carolina college town and sets out in search of her birth family amid the ritzy glamour of Palm Beach... -
![Sparks by Yolanda Olson]()
Sparks by Yolanda Olson
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy son is a good man. I know what you think about him, because I know what he's done, but you have to understand that it's not his fault. He was something of a misanthrope in his youth and that can be attributed to his father. Please understand that I will take the blame for my part in wrecking his soul, but it's so hard to resist a boy so sweet... -
![The Good Husband by Lucian Bane]()
The Good Husband by Lucian Bane
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBen was a loving husband until his life and death operation brought sadistic psychological scars. Ben is facing two tragedies. First, he's going to die soon. Next, he's just learned his wife has been lonely in their marriage he thought was perfect.Ben is told about a dangerous surgery that could save his life but it would mean getting an entire head transplant... -
![Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAt last, Heaven would find the happiness she longed for...free from the scorn and contempt of her past! In her grandmother's fine, rich Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreamed of a wonderful new life of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes and most important, love. The pearls of culture, wisdom and breeding would now be hers... -
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![Tarnished Gold by V.C. Andrews]()
Tarnished Gold by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsGrowing up in her beloved swamp, Gabriel is supremely happy, despite the ever-widening rift between her Mama and her conniving, whiskey-drinking Daddy. Her classmates tease her, calling her "La Femme Au Naturel," the Nature Girl, because she seems more interested in poling her pirogue through the canals than she is in romance. But Gabriel nurtures her own secret dreams... -
![Web of Dreams by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman]()
Web of Dreams by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWith nowhere to go, no one to help her, Leigh fled into the arms of Luke Casteel! Leigh Van Voreen had to escape from Boston's Farthinggale Manor. The foul secret she harbored within her seemed to darken her life forever. Jillian, her mother, would not believe her...and Tony Tatterton, her stepfather, had betrayed her most cruelly... -
![Music in the Night by V.C. Andrews]()
Music in the Night by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsLaura Logan dreams of a glorious Cape Cod day when all the dark secrets are swept away.... For Laura Logan, life on Cape Cod has been nearly perfect, full of magical days spent enjoying the sea with her beloved twin brother, Cary. But then, like the creeping of the tides, the vicious rumors at school begin — cruel voices saying unspeakable things about the Logans... -
![Asylum by Patrick McGrath]()
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom our most celebrated writer of the psychological thriller comes this nerve-wracking yet eerily beautiful work of erotic obsession and madness. In the summer of 1959 Stella Raphael joins her psychiatrist husband, Max, at his new posting--a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane... -
![Darkest Hour by V.C. Andrews]()
Darkest Hour by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsGrowing up on the thriving plantation called The Meadows, Lillian Booth cherishes the brightest, happiest dreams.... Lillian's world is full of grand parties, of sunshine and promises, as thrilling as the fairy tales Mama spins for her and her little sister, Eugenia... -
![Melody by V.C. Andrews]()
Melody by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsMelody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappy in their hardscrabble mining town.... But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safe — until a dreadful mine accident ripped her from her family's moorings. She was still devastated by her father's death when she left West Virginia with Haille to follow her mother's dream of becoming a model or actress...
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