Books like 'Taken'

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  • Carson by Jane Henry

    Carson by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    Megan:. Carson Flynn is dangerous and brooding. Intensely possessive. Angry, fierce. .. Haunted. He’s a member of the Clan. A criminal. And a single father who’d burn the world for his daughter. But when he turns his eye on me, I know I should run. I should definitely hide. But it’s already too late. .. Because when Carson sets his mind on something, he gets what he wants. And what he wants. .
  • 100: The Complete Series by Lara Adrian

    100: The Complete Series by Lara Adrian

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Get the complete 100 Series billionaire romance trilogy in this 3-in-1 ebook boxed set! FOR 100 DAYS she deceived him. FOR 100 NIGHTS he demanded her complete surrender. Now, after all of the secrets and lies and heartbreak, they'll have to decide if their love is strong enough to try again. .. FOR 100 REASONS...
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  • Payne's Goddess by Ciara St James

    Payne's Goddess by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Payne comes by his road name legitimately and for more than one reason. One of those is his need for pain mixed with pleasure. He doesn’t ever fully have that need fulfilled at the MC’s compound, so he visits a special club in Nashville when the need is strong. It’s during one of those visits, while he’s putting on a show for others, that a woman captures his attention...
  • Surrendered Innocence by Measha Stone

    Surrendered Innocence by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    He didn't ask for my surrender. He took it.
  • Faked by Vanessa Waltz

    Faked by Vanessa Waltz

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  anal sex  bdsm  m-f  humor  mafia  dark  cold hero
  • 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. SERGEI. 30 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. .
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  dark  mafia  captive  contemporary
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    spanking  suspense  bdsm  m-f  dark  mafia  alpha male  contemporary
  • 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
  • Blackout by Janine Infante Bosco

    Blackout by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every fairytale is just a tragedy with a twist. And happily-ever-after is a fantasy. Give me the real, ugly love of two people battling their demons to make it work. Two people like us. When the stakes have never been higher, I turn to my past. After all, it's our favorite sins that always do us in. But even in the midst of my blackout, there she is. The beacon of light I don't deserve...
  • Hunted by Piper Stone

    Hunted by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    She was supposed to be a job. Then I made her mine. Hope Gracen was just another target to be tracked down. .. until I caught her. When I discovered I'd been lied to, I carried her off. She'll tell me the truth with her bottom still burning from my belt, but that isn't why she's here. I took her to protect her. I'm keeping her because she's mine...
  • 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...
  • Ruthless Prince by Piper Stone

    Ruthless Prince by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Alexandra is a senator's daughter, used to mingling in the company of the rich and powerful, but tonight she will learn that there are men who play by different rules. Men like me. I could romance her. I could seduce her and then carry her gently to my bed. But that can wait...
  • 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 Desire. They 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...
  • Vengeance by Alex Grayson

    Vengeance by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fierce, loyal, controlled. Three things Judge became at a young age. Enduring unimaginable horrors no child should, he swore no person would dictate his or his brother’s lives again. Revenge fueled him, setting a path destined from the moment he and his brothers escaped their hell...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-novella
  • Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I made my name and my fortune carrying out every hit with absolute precision. But this time it wasn’t a job, it was personal, and something went horribly wrong. This time there was a witness.
  • 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:
    suspense  possessive hero  m-f  contemporary  dark
  • Because of Me by Katie Pearson

    Because of Me by Katie Pearson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She aspires to be the girl he deserves. Becca Mills is desperate to give her son a better life. To do that, she heads to a new town where nobody knows her, except her mother and her mother’s dealer. When Becca meets Dereck, a tatted mechanic who enjoys making her blush and earning her smile, things get complicated...
  • King's Hostage by Piper Stone

    King's Hostage by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    A King takes what he wants. He wants me. When my life was threatened, Michael King didn't just take matters into his own hands. He took me. When he carried me off it was partly to protect me, but mostly it was because he wanted me. I didn't choose to go with him, but it wasn't up to me...
  • Kristoff: A Dark Captive Romance by Measha Stone

    Kristoff: A Dark Captive Romance by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author, Measha Stone, comes a new Dark Romance. KRISTOFF:Stolen and locked away. My name is Magdalena. I’ve been chasing after a story more dangerous than I realized. And now, they’ve taken me. The Dowidoff family has been the focus of my attention, and now I’m theirs. They’ll keep me locked away until I’m trained, and then they plan to sell me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  anal sex  bdsm  slavery  abduction  contemporary  dark
  • Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Dark Mafia Romance. I 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  anal sex  m-f  spanking  contemporary  mafia  dark  audiobook
  • Made to Beg by Piper Stone

    Made to Beg by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    First I made her beg. Then I made her mine. Sierra Fox showed up at my door to ask for my protection, and I gave it to her. .. for a price. She belongs to me now, and I'm going to use her beautiful body as thoroughly as I please. The only thing for her to decide is how sore her cute little bottom will be when I'm through claiming her...
  • Scotch by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Scotch by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashby ‘Scotch’ Feilding returned from the military not feeling like a hero, but as a man fractured by the horrors he witnessed, a shadow of the man he once was. Unable to fit into the normalcy of ordinary life, he finds solace in the roar of engines and the brotherhood of The Devil’s House MC, serving as their tech wizard...
  • Slaughter by Shantel Tessier

    Slaughter by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    My name is Avery Decker, and my story isn’t for the faint of heart. It is about revenge and hatred, misery and violence. I wasn’t always this way even though it was in my blood. I grew up happy and in love with my best friend until she betrayed me and walked away. After that, I fell into the deep, dark world I was meant for. Presleigh Clarke's actions turned me into the ruthless man I am today...
  • The Mercer Curse by Pepper Winters

    The Mercer Curse by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Q Mercer from Tears of Tess meets his half-brother Henri Ward from Ruby Tears for the first time. .. ………. I’ve fought a curse all my life. A curse inherited by my sick father. There is no cure. No antidote for what I am. For years, I existed alone. Fighting the urges, doing my best to stay good. Until Esclave 58 entered my life and I didn’t have to fight so hard...
  • Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was born a royal. She made me a king. I can't find my way out of the darkness. Without her, it consumes me. There's nothing I won't risk to reach her—my crown, my family, my life. Because some love is worth dying for. They can come for me. They can come for my throne. But I'll take back what's mine if I have to burn this city to the ground. .
  • Interrogated: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

    Interrogated: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He took me to interrogate me. He kept me to make me his. As Liam McGinty's belt lashes my bare backside, it isn't the burning sting or the humiliating awareness that my body's surrender is on full display for this ruthless mobster that shocks me. It's the fact that this isn't a scene from one of my books...
  • Bystander by Sassa Daniels

    Bystander by Sassa Daniels

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    A Dark Bratva Romance.
  • Training His Pet by Measha Stone

    Training His Pet by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    After she witnesses a mob boss committing a brutal crime, Erika finds herself on the run with a former soldier turned private security contractor who has taken it upon himself to keep her safe. Dax Adams is determined to protect Erika, but the feisty reporter seems equally set on driving him to distraction. Will her headstrong nature push him away… or make him want her more?
  • Controlled: A Dark Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

    Controlled: A Dark Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    She was an enigma, as innocent as she was beautiful. But one taste would never be enough. I was the merciless Don of the Saint family, the title handed to me by my older brother. Our family was notorious and dangerous, running Chicago with iron fists. I had no conscience, no sense of humanity, crushing my enemies like bugs. No one could soothe the beast...
  • Forced to Cooperate by Piper Stone

    Forced to Cooperate by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm going to make her pay. Then I'm going to make her mine. Willow Church is not the first person who tried to put a bullet in me. She's just the first I let live. Now she will pay the price in the most shameful way imaginable. The stripes from my belt will teach her to obey, but what happens to her sore, red bottom after that will teach the real lesson...
  • Mafia King by C.D. Reiss

    Mafia King by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Santino is my king. My lover. My husband. He’s the head of the Cavallo crime family and the moment he choked my vows from me, my life was bound to his. I’m done fighting my fate, until I hear two rumors, and I’m shaken to the core. One rumor about the past—that I wasn’t the first bride Santino took. Another about the future—a new bride is about to be taken...
  • Tower by Measha Stone

    Tower by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    When Azalea meets Peter Titon, she’s sure it was a one-time chance meeting. But when her over protective mother leaves for a work trip, and the men left behind to protect her fail- she’s taken by Peter in the dark of night with no explanation. Peter isn’t one to explain his motives, and taking Azalea is no exception. He takes what he wants...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • 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:
    suspense  m-f  dark  alpha male  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...
  • Adrenaline Rush by C.M. Owens

    Adrenaline Rush by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    There was a time when I was a princess with no power. I had no choice but to run, because I wanted control over my own life. However, when you spend your life planning your next escape, you forget to do the living stuff. At least until the past comes back to remind you why you ran in the first place...
  • Lured by Lies by Ella Miles

    Lured by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles comes a new dark romantic suspense series! I'm heir to an empire, all I have to do is pass one final test. Assassinate my target. Easy. I have no problem killing to survive. No problem brining my enemies to their judgment day. But then, I see her. She can't be my mark. She's definitely not my enemy. This has to be a mistake...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  new adult  contemporary  dark
  • Cold-Hearted King by Piper Stone

    Cold-Hearted King by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    First she'll pay for her sins. Then I'll make her mine.  Ruthless and brutal,  i was considered nothing but a cold-hearted beast, a man with no conscience, incapable of caring for anyone. My family's dark, mafia regime had a merciless hold on Miami, our wealth and savagery well known. There was no room for emotions, no heart of soul allowed and that was fine by me...
  • 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...
  • Cuffed Love by S.J. Ransom

    Cuffed Love by S.J. Ransom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously written for an Anthology. Released from Anthology 7/21/2023 and has been rewritten and expanded. Othella-. Why did I come home? Oh, right. My never-ending need to seek my Mother's love and approval. Surprise, surprise — she barely knows I'm alive. Then again, if it wasn't for her neglect, I wouldn't have met the local sheriff, Noah Vincent. God, he's annoying and pushy...
  • Capturing Victory by Nikita Slater

    Capturing Victory by Nikita Slater

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Trapped, taken and caged by a cruel captor. Her solitary existence as a world class hacker changes in the blink of an eye when she's kidnapped by an international arms dealer. Everything she knows, everything she understands has shifted. Ivan Vogel insists that she is now his slave. He plays terrible mind games while torturing her senses. He keeps her locked up, away from all her toys...
  • Dark Predator: A Mafia Stalker Romance by Piper Stone

    Dark Predator: A Mafia Stalker Romance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This isn't seduction. It's obsession. Eden Brusillo tried to leave the mafia life behind, but a dangerous man has set his sights on her. Me. She thinks I'm seducing her, but what I have in mind isn't romance. It's much more shameful. She'll moan as my belt lashes her quivering bottom and writhe as I claim her in the filthiest of ways, but that's just the beginning...
  • Petal by Linnea May

    Petal by Linnea May

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He took everything from me. My memories, my sanity - my freedom. I don’t know who I am or why I'm here. All I know is that I'm his captive, his toy, his clueless slave. Pain meets pleasure with fiery kisses as he molds me into the person he says I’m supposed to be. But who is that person? And who was I before him? I hate him for this. I fear him like no one else...
  • Unholy Night by J.S. Cannon

    Unholy Night by J.S. Cannon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A blanket of snow covers the ground. The world is silent under the moonlit sky. All is calm, except for one thing. Someone is watching me. This Christmas Eve will be an Unholy Night to remember. Unholy Night is a 5k Dark Romance Christmas Short that will warm you up on a cold winter’s night.
  • Venomous Attraction by T.L. Smith

    Venomous Attraction by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    He’s supposed to fix broken minds. Instead, he’s unraveling mine. Thread by thread. Dangerous. Obsessive. Addictive. He’s not the settling down type. Too bad I’m not in the market for a fling. I’ve played the game enough times to know a man like that is used to getting his way. Before I can stop myself, I’m tangled in his dark web. Paralyzed by the way I want him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  anal sex  fetish  contemporary  dark  horror  male-pov
  • The Beauty's Beast by R. Phoenix

    The Beauty's Beast by R. Phoenix

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sequel to The Beast's Beauty. "He was breaking me, even if it was slower than when I'd been his pup. Even if I'd started to like it sometimes. .. Or maybe it was because I'd started to like it. ". Kidnapped by a formerly popular musician, Ryder slowly loses himself in the trap Griffin has set for him...
  • Stockholm Syndromance by Ada Scott

    Stockholm Syndromance by Ada Scott

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He doesn’t have to keep me tied up, but I hope he does…. Eliana. My father kept me locked away from the world, my only purpose in life was to stand in the background while he campaigned for President, or to be sold like a slave to cement his old alliances as a Mafia hitman. All I’ve ever known was his contempt and my loneliness...
  • 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.
  • Hidden Scars by A.M. Myers

    Hidden Scars by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emma Harrington is an intelligent, confident, sweet and sassy woman. Or she was. .. before him. Emma sets out to rebuild her life and find the person she once was. A wrench is thrown into her plans when she meets Phoenix West, a sexy as hell, smooth-talking tattoo artist. As soon as Nix meets Emma, he knows he's found something special...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  abuse  contemporary  length-medium
  • Prey by Piper Stone

    Prey by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    : A Dark Mafia Romance. She thinks she can handle a man like me. She's wrong. Within moments of setting eyes on Sophia Waters, I was certain of two things. She was going to learn what happens to bad girls who cheat at cards, and I was going to be the one to teach her...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-f  suspense  spanking  mafia  from hate to love  dark  military
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