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  • Sancte Diaboli: Part One by Amo Jones

    Sancte Diaboli: Part One by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 48 ratings
    The Devil comes with baggage, and not the kind you can lose. I was two years old when he saved me. I didn’t understand much at that age, but I remember the pale boy with hair as dark as ink, saving me from two evils. He said he would protect me; I just didn’t know he meant from himself...
  • The Black Wolf by J.A. Redmerski

    The Black Wolf by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    -Series Reading Order-. #1 - KILLING SARAI. #2 - REVIVING IZABEL. #3 - THE SWAN & THE JACKAL. #4 - SEEDS OF INIQUITY. #5 - THE BLACK WOLF. ---. Since devastating secrets were uncovered by Nora Kessler, Niklas Fleischer and Victor Faust have been divided as business partners and brothers...
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    suspense  new adult  mafia  mystery  alpha male  angst  m-f  dark
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  • The Truth About Lies by Aly Martinez

    The Truth About Lies by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Truth: From over a thousand miles away, I watched on the screen of my phone as two men murdered my wife. And I was helpless to save her. Consumed by hate and rage, I spent four years running from my memories. Until a shattered woman gave me a reason to stop. Cora lived in a nightmare, but through sheer force of will, she’d turned it into something beautiful...
  • The Truth About Us by Aly Martinez

    The Truth About Us by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Truth: Penn Walker entered my life like a summer storm—dark, ominous, and filled with thunder. After witnessing my husband’s murder, I didn’t have much of a heart left to offer a man. But Penn took it all. Every jagged shard. Every broken bit. Even the dirty and twisted pieces that I wish never existed. Lie: I didn’t need him to save me. Lie: I knew exactly who he was...
  • Code Name: Pisces by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Pisces by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My code name is Pisces. The stars say I’m independent, wise, and intuitive. Still waters run deep. I’m the leader of Zodiac Tactical’s guardian unit. We’re the bodyguards—the ones who stand toe to toe with danger and refuse to give any ground. We protect people who need it most. But what if who needs it most is a spoiled diva? I don’t normally take on movie stars...
  • Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes the epic conclusion to the heart-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat gripping, romantic suspense, Hard to Love series. With her I was always on the highest high. That's why it was so easy to fall. I never stood a chance without her. The two of us were made for one another. It's as simple as that...
  • 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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    alpha male  suspense  angst  new adult  mafia  m-f  contemporary  dark
  • Possessive Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Possessive Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought she was dead. Not even my billions or my Irish mafia could save the redhead I’d just claimed from the crash. Then she showed up—scarred, fierce, pregnant with my heir, and hunted by the Russian mob. Six years ago, I was dragged from the wreckage—burned, broken, and told she didn’t make it. My obsession. My punishment? Endless nightmares of her screams...
  • I Belong to You by Lisa Renee Jones

    I Belong to You by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book 5 in the New York Times bestselling INSIDE OUT series now in development for TV with Marvista Entertainment! Master. .. Being that person, that man, is how I define myself, how I allow the rest of the world to define me as well. And now, with a terrible loss shredding me inside out and someone trying to destroy my family to punish me, control is more important than ever. It is everything...
  • The Demon by Stella Andrews

    The Demon by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They call me The Demon for a reason and Eliza Ortega is about to find out why. A runaway mafia princess who stumbled from one nightmare to an even bigger one. She has something I want and I intend on collecting. I will stop at nothing to deliver my promise and if there are casualties I will consider it a good day at the office. My hobby is testing limits...
  • The Savage by Stella Andrews

    The Savage by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ivan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage. Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her. I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals. She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...
  • The Ties of Steel: The Ties of Steel Box Set by M.J. Fields

    The Ties of Steel: The Ties of Steel Box Set by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR MJ FIELDS COMES A steamy Dominant, Billionaire, Bad Boy series of stand alone novels. You may have met Abe, Dominic, and Sabato in the Men of Steel series, and now you get their stories. ABEDominant CEO meets college student while on vacation. DominicBillionaire Italian businessman meets a girl down on her luck and sparks fly...
  • King of Pain by Piper Stone

    King of Pain by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
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    mafia  suspense  alpha male  bdsm  m-f  spanking  dark  contemporary
  • Destiny Mine by Anna Zaires

    Destiny Mine by Anna Zaires

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Fate made us enemies. I made us lovers. In a different world, we were meant for each other. This is not that world. Note: For optimal enjoyment, it’s recommended you listen to the Twist Me trilogy prior to starting this book.
  • Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A creation of chaos and lust, I was born into a world so foul, I made it my mission to find the beauty hidden within, to reveal the sun behind the clouds, the rainbows after the storms, the life that still exists even in death. One-third my mother, I had an infectious smile and a heart so big, there was room enough for everyone, no matter their sins...
  • Donati Bloodlines: Part Two by Bethany-Kris

    Donati Bloodlines: Part Two by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    They’re not star-crossed—they’re impossible. Calisto Donati is what every made man in the mafia should be, and then he broke his oath for a woman that wasn’t his. Their secrets and games are deadly, but as hard as he tries to stay away from his boss’s new bride, the universe seems determined to keep bringing them back together...
  • Harder Betrayal by Penelope Sky

    Harder Betrayal by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    I knew a relationship with Cauldron wouldn't be easy. But I underestimated just how challenging it would be. How can you love someone that refuses to love you back? How can you love someone that betrays you not once, but twice?
  • Stolen Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Stolen Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **An Age Gap Surprise Pregnancy Dark Romance**. “When can I touch you where no one else has? ”. One reckless text. That’s all it took to start a mafia war. She was untouched. And she let me watch her fall apart—moaning my name through the phone like I already owned her. So I married my wild Irish rose. Filled her with my seed. Marked her as mine. Then my father’s orders caught up to me...
  • Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I’ve always chased after the bad boy. I just wasn’t prepared to actually catch one. He crashed into my life in my hour of need with his dark agendas, whispers, and lies. Dirty and dangerous, he’s the keeper of the worst kind of secrets, and now he owns mine. I’ve been thrust into the middle of a war I know nothing about, and he’s my only lifeline to safety...
  • Taking the Fall: The Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Taking the Fall: The Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Layla O’Leary has had enough. For years she has been haunted by the night she can’t remember. When she learns the only man she's ever loved has betrayed her, she escapes and crafts a new identity. She's finally free. .. Carter has waited eight years to claim his woman. Locking him up only fueled his obsession. The day he gets out he's coming for her. Taking the Fall was just the start...
  • The Final Hour by London Miller

    The Final Hour by London Miller

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Three months pass without incident, leading Mishca and Lauren to believe they can finally move on from the past and build a life together. . .. but enemies both old and new lurk in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to strike. When a dangerous threat presents itself, Lauren is forced to turn to the one person that would rather see Mishca dead than live happily ever after. . .
  • Bared Betrayal: Special Edition by Bella J

    Bared Betrayal: Special Edition by Bella J

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I have a huge diamond ring on my finger, something that shows the world I’m spoken for. To me, it’s a reminder of a secret I can’t take with me when I walk down the aisle. My new fiancée just became an overnight sensation on the Hollywood scene, and we went from quiet dinners to champagne towers and caviar croquettes with A-listers...
  • A Peek Beyond the Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    A Peek Beyond the Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    No longer available: Previous available in BREATHLESS - An Anthology. Due to reader request. .. this novella has been expanded (tripled in length) and will be release in January of 2015 as Beyond the Consequences. Anthony Rawlings is a man most women love to hate or hate to love...
  • Oath of Possession by Jane Henry

    Oath of Possession by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Vivia Montavio is a traitor, and it’s my job to see to her punishment and interrogation. What a tragedy. She’s the hottest little number I’ve ever seen with that defiant little chin and eyes that spark with wit and boldness. I love a good challenge. We’re left with little choice when the truth outs. So I take her far, far away to La Cabina, a rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere...
  • The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar

    The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ASIN B012HZC11G. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. They lie. For 21 days she held on. But on Day 22, she would have given anything for the sweet slumber of death. Because on Day 22, she realizes that her only way out means certain death for one of the two men she loves...
  • Amos y mazmorras: Segunda parte by Lena Valenti

    Amos y mazmorras: Segunda parte by Lena Valenti

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Chegou a hora de encarar o tão aguardado torneio Dragões e Masmorras DS. Entregue-se aos combates. Liberte seus desejos. Na busca pela irmã desaparecida, a agente Cleo Connelly conseguiu se infiltrar no ultrassecreto torneio de práticas BDSM, o Dragões e Masmorras DS...
  • Wrath by Eva Charles

    Wrath by Eva Charles

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Eva Charles comes the stunning conclusion to A Sinful Empire. I should have seen it coming. But I was busy drowning in her essence. Enjoying every lush curve. Hanging onto each duplicitous word that tumbled from her sultry lips. Even now, with the cards on the table and the secrets exposed, I crave her. Every traitorous inch of her delectable body.
  • Break Me by C.D. Reiss

    Break Me by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was always Sarah. And she was always mine. I woke up in a nightmare. I woke up alone. There was a reason I never let myself have feelings before. Emotions make you stupid. They make you miscalculate. If someone gave me the choice, I’d do it all over again. Only this time, I’d stop everyone who ever looked at the woman I love before they had the chance to hurt her...
  • Forbidden Love by Stella Gray

    Forbidden Love by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I chose to become a Bellanti… but no one walks away from the Bruno family. My life was planned for me, down to the smallest detail. I was to be a gift for a man loyal to my uncle, a pretty little prize. When I ran away, I did it for love. I should have known my uncle would never allow it. They say all’s fair in love and war, but sometimes they’re the same thing. And nothing about this is fair...
  • Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox

    Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He obliterated my heart. Now he's back for a second chance to reclaim me as his own. He was my dream date who crushed my hopes, taking my affection only to vanish from my life. A decade passed before fate thrust him back into my world. Now he vows to never let me go. His sensual caress melts my defenses. His kiss feels like salvation...
  • Make Me by C.D. Reiss

    Make Me by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Dario Lucari kidnapped me when I was just a bride sold for territory…and made me a captive wife. He will never free me. I am his property and he lets me know that every time he hurts me. My hate for him burns hotter than the embers of love. But for how long? ***. Make Me is the second book in the trilogy.
  • Consumed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Consumed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enzo is my heart. My soul. My breath. I never thought I could be so dark. Never knew love meant losing myself and getting reborn. The lies and truths have finally caught up with us. We may have stolen an empire, but we aren’t ready to give it up. It’s ours. He’s mine. And our love will find a way to the truth. Consumed by Truths is book 6 and the final book in Enzo and Kai's story.
  • Ruthless Redemption by Eden Summers

    Ruthless Redemption by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say love hurts—but they never mentioned it could make you bleed. His deceit was like wine. I drank it in. Let it intoxicate me. But he’s not the man I fell for. Matthew Langston is a lie. I’d run from him if I could. I’d flee. If only he hadn’t turned my family against me. Now, I have nothing. There’s no money, phone, or external support. Only him, and his obsession with winning me back...
  • Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His obsession. Her salvation. At my lowest, I accept an unimaginable clean up a murder scene to earn one-hundred-grand. Problem is, my employer doesn’t plan on letting me survive the night. That’s when I meet Lanzo Torrent. He’s gorgeous, chaotic, frustrating, and my only salvation. He says he can save my life, but I have to trust him first. Lanzo drags me into his war...
  • 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. From then, we were inseparable...
  • Born Evil by Stella Andrews

    Born Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some devils come dressed in sharp suits with eyes that seduce and a check box beside every wish you ever had. Some victims come dressed in innocence and ignorance, disguising a soul of pure fire. I am Troy Remington. Ruthless billionaire with a heart of steel. I offered Laura Kincaid the job of a lifetime for a very important reason...
  • Wicked and Bare by Shayla Black

    Wicked and Bare by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Join Matt and Madison for the conclusion of their Wicked Lovers: Soldiers For Hire love story. Coming July 18, 2023! **Wicked and Bare is part of the Wicked Lovers: Soldiers for Hire romantic suspense series. Stories in this series are told in a duet of two full-length novels. Each duet can be read as a standalone...
  • Thin Lines by Bethany-Kris

    Thin Lines by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Calisto Donati. Calisto had never been a fan of pain, but he found it provided a certain relief. It was a high that couldn’t compete with anything else he experienced. That was why he fought bare-knuckled, why he drove fast, despite knowing he might crash, and why he still enjoyed looking at Emma Donati—no matter her current status. Pain felt good...
  • Persephone & Hades by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Persephone & Hades by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m king of the criminal underworld. I always get what I want. And she’s my obsession. Cora is new to the city of sin. Her innocent blue eyes beg for me to claim her. But I’m not the billionaire she thinks I am. There’s a darkness within me. And Cora is a shining light. She’s beautiful. A virgin. I’m ruthless. A beast. She found me for a reason. She’ll be my queen...
  • Sinful Promise by B. B. Hamel

    Sinful Promise by B. B. Hamel

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

    The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below. The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost...
  • Beauty & the Rose by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Beauty & the Rose by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The conclusion to the Beauty's Beast trilogy. They say the gods will accept no small sacrifice. To appease them you must give your all. I’ve sacrificed everything. Lived through loss, and learned to love. To take the beauty with the pain. The rose with the thorns. This love story isn’t perfect, but it’s ours. We’ll hold onto it forever. And hope our forever is longer than a day.
  • Silent Vendetta by Kathy Lockheart

    Silent Vendetta by Kathy Lockheart

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    LUNA. I just uncovered the secret identity of the Vigilante. Now, he holds me prisoner in his vault of vengeance. And nothing is as it seems. Bound in this abyss of secrets and darkness,. I ache for Hunter’s warmth and light. And vow to reclaim my freedom. But how does one escape…. …being the obsession of a killer? VIGILANTE. The monster inside of me always hungered for death...
  • Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden

    Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Love is the most dangerous obsession…. Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future—a future that includes Skye’s lover, billionaire Trace Weston. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her. She’s dead wrong...
  • Brewer by Jessica Ames

    Brewer by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Brewer. As the money man of the Manchester chapter of the Untamed Sons Motorcycle Club, my job is simple: make the illegal income legal and don’t get caught. I have a good life in the Sons, an easy one. I don’t have time for women or drama. But when my former cellmate calls and tells me his daughter is in trouble, I have no choice but to respond. Ophelia...
  • Angel's Promise by Aleatha Romig

    Angel's Promise by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Everett Ramses came into my life like a hurricane on a dark New Orleans night. With a deep voice and penetrating gaze, his mere presence tingled my nerves and twisted my insides much like the city’s legendary stories of spirits and ghosts. As the ruler of New Orleans, Everett Ramses lives life hard and takes what he wants without apology. He wants me to be his queen...
  • The Thief by Zoe Blake

    The Thief by Zoe Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I will stop at nothing to get the information I need. No matter how much she fights me… I will win in the end. My little thief cannot steal away, I don’t care how hard she tries. Daddy’s in charge now. She either follows my rules, or there will be consequences… painful ones. This is a dark romance daddy dom series. There are no sweet hugs and kisses from these domineering daddies...
  • Hold Me by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Hold Me by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Captor and captive. Lovers. Soulmates. We’re all that and more. We thought we were past the worst of it. We thought we finally had a chance. We thought wrong. We’re Nora and Julian, and this is our story. ***Hold Me is the conclusion of the Twist Me trilogy, told from Nora & Julian's point of view. ***.
  • Double Standards by L. Hope

    Double Standards by L. Hope

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    We were different in so many ways, polar opposites, stark contrasts; he was night and I was day. Axel fought the law while I represented it and we could never have be more opposite. You know what they say about opposites, though, and as much as I keep telling myself this is wrong, everything feels right. We all have double standards...
  • Explosive Union by Brooke Summers

    Explosive Union by Brooke Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never underestimate a woman who’s been hurt… The vengeance she has will be beautiful. Jade Gallagher has sacrificed more than most for her family. Being sent to prison for a crime she didn’t commit was only the beginning. Five years she spent biding her time and coming up with the perfect revenge plan for those that harmed her while she was incarcerated...
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