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  • A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family...
  • A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid

    A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    A weekend at the lake house for Jessie and Shane should be nothing but fun, right? Except when Shane makes his wife a bet that she's too stubborn to refuse, and one he's about to regret. Which one of them is going to win as they drive each other crazy? Because Jessie Ryan lives to push his buttons and any Ryan fans know he has many...
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  • Aidan's Ardor by Ciara St James

    Aidan's Ardor by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As Aidan watches yet another one of his cousins find his soulmate, he can’t help but wonder if that will ever be him. Not that he’s hurting for companionship. When you’re an O’Sheeran there’s no shortage of women. Only they’re the ones who you don’t want to bring home to your family. Add to it that he manages the family’s nightclubs, Sirens, women are even more plentiful...
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  • Burning Roses by Stella Andrews

    Burning Roses by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you burn a rose the ashes cling to your soul as charred fragments of insanity. It takes seconds to walk away, your future stolen by ruthless vanity. The scent is sweet, but the thorns cut deep. Your lies are all that's left to keep. A whispered word extinguishes the flame. Your heart will never be the same again. You try to re-light the fire in vain. Your tears destroy like acid rain...
  • The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The Sin Trilogy is now available in a single volume. A NECESSARY SIN: I’ve watched him from afar for years. And he has no idea. I take joy in that. Through my observations, I’ve learned what makes this charming villain tick. Whisky. Power. Beautiful women. And Sex. Lots of it. Sometimes you must get into bed with the enemy for the greater good...
  • Meraux Mafia Spinoff Unbreakable Bond: A Stand-alone Novel by Kaylyn

    Meraux Mafia Spinoff Unbreakable Bond: A Stand-alone Novel by Kaylyn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone wants an unbreakable bond until challenges test the strength of their connection...
  • Arranged by Stella Gray

    Arranged by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On my eighteenth birthday my father, the senator, gives me the gift he thinks every little girl dreams of.The man of my dreams, and the wedding to match.Stefan Zoric is heir to an elite worldwide modeling agency.Practically a prince.My arrangement is simple, as far as sham marriages go...
  • Tangled Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Tangled Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My job is to keep her alive. To ensure her heart beats long enough to reveal the identity of my father's killer. Her job is to revive a heart that froze a long time ago. Gabrielle Adams is a person of considerable interest, both to me and the Russian assassin who wants to add her to his kill sheet. I am the only one standing in his way because I must keep her alive for my own reasons...
  • Fallen Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Fallen Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She is my beautiful mistake.One night in a bar, I dropped my guard and found her.It was almost a night to remember, but fate intervened.The next day, she walked into my office as my new accountant.She is nothing like the wild, sexy, deliciously depraved woman I met the night before. The one who wore lust well and tasted of sin.This woman is as cold as ice, and I'm the man holding the flame...
  • Beautiful Sinner by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Sinner by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When I first set eyes on Sevastian Kozlov, I didn't realize several years later I'd be forced into marrying him. He was the epitome of a beautiful sinner, but as the princess of an Italian mafia, he was considered the enemy. The moment I realized the deal struck between our respective fathers was to form an alliance with the Bratva, I knew I was obligated to honor my father's wishes...
  • The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One If you've been waiting to buy all the volumes of Book One of The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Volumes 1-4, the time has now arrived. By popular demand, Latrivia S. Nelson is proud to announce a compilation of the first four of the twelve volumes from the Medlov Crime Family Short Stories Series...
  • The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There just isn’t enough time for Dmitry. America's favorite fictional crime boss, Dmitry Medlov, had a very macabre start to his larger-than-life existence...
  • Mafia Bride by L. Steele

    Mafia Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s No Knight in Shining ArmorMassimo Domenico Sovrano is arrogant, mean, full of swagger and oh so hot.As one of the most feared gangsters in Italy, he can have any woman he sets his sight on.But for some reason he wants me.The chemistry between us is off the charts.So I sleep with him on our very first meeting.Only, he betrays me. He breaks my heart.Which is why I lie to him...
  • Charmed by the Mafia by Ava Gray

    Charmed by the Mafia by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only a billionaire mafia could think he could escape death. I’m his heart specialist, and he’s the patient I absolutely can’t resist.So, when he called me his girlfriend to please his family, I could only nod in agreement.Giovanni might be my forbidden patient and fake lover…But I have real dreams about him taking my V-card.Soon, these dreams would turn into nightmares...
  • Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I don’t have time for my mother’s games or her menagerie of mammals, reptiles, and god knows what else. At least, I don’t think I have time for them until I meet her trusted veterinarian, Amelia. Suddenly, it seems I’m extremely interested in the wellbeing of my mother’s furry and scaly friends, so much so that I visit the vet’s office on a daily basis...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can...I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • Embraced by E.C. Land

    Embraced by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pleasure is what I enjoy the most. I can have anything in the world that I want, as many men with power do, but with power comes great responsibility.I'm to do as I'm told if I want to keep my life the way I like it, so a contract was presented to me . . . but not any type of contract--a proposal...
  • Tangled Loyalties by Ajme Williams

    Tangled Loyalties by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    I wanted to scratch his face when I had to call him husband...Alessandro De Luca comes from a rival mafia family, and I’m supposed to hate his guts.Except that now I’m waking up married to him.Alessandro sees me as a pawn in this arranged marriage.I mean nothing to him...So why do I still feel like he owns my heart when he claims me every night?My wedding ring reminds me of our big lie...
  • Night Hawke by Gwyn McNamee

    Night Hawke by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A Second Generation Hawke Family PrequelTwo nights. No names. No expectations. A lifetime of consequences.Graduating from law school means finally stepping into my destined role in the Hawke empire.But before I head home to NOLA to settle into the family's multi-billion-dollar business, I need one night to celebrate.Ideally with the redhead who won’t stop eye-fucking me from across the bar...
  • With This Secret by Georgia Le Carre

    With This Secret by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bianca,  Thanks a lot Dad! Thanks for selling me off to a fat, ugly, dangerous criminal to pay off your gambling debts.   I thought my life was over. Well, look at my choices. Say no to my father, and get him tortured and killed, or marry a man who made my skin crawl.   Then another choice presented itself.  A man I had once been crazy about popped into the picture...
  • Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder

    Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He destroyed my world when he corrupted me in his bed. By all means, I'm supposed to hate him.But somewhere along the line, the monster who stole me ended up stealing my heart.He promised me he would do anything to protect me.Anything to protect our baby growing in my belly.To keep me close.And never let me go...
  • The Proposition by Amelia Wilde

    The Proposition by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retribution (verb): inflict hurt on someone for an injury or wrongVengeance. It runs through Mason Hill's veins. Except the person who walks through his office door isn't his enemy. It's the man's daughter.Charlotte Van Kempt tempts the worst part of him. He wants to use her.He forms a new plan for revenge...He'll take out every past hurt and dark memory on her sweet body...
  • Emilia by H.L. Swan

    Emilia by H.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the riveting final installment, Emilia’s shattered heart won’t allow her to stray from the ghost of Aiden. The whisper of his existence surrounds, torments, and drives her.Locked away in a safe house, she discovers truths that will change her world. Under the fierce protection of a new bodyguard she embarks on a daring journey to save the one she loves...
  • Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our marriage was supposed to avert a war. But making a husband out of my enemy has turned out to be harder than I thought…Damien Russo is fifteen years older than me, ten times as broody,and stubborn to a fault.He also happens to be the new leader of the Russo Mafia and my reluctant husband-to-be.As far as arranged marriages go, this is not a bad deal...
  • Birth Of A Sinner by Kylie Kent

    Birth Of A Sinner by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some people say that you’re born either evil or good.I think everyone is born good. I’ve seen good before it was taken from me. It’s people’s circumstances that turn them evil.A necessity to survive in a world full of sin.And me…?My environment birthed a sinner covered in blood, lies, and deceit.Sinners have hearts too, though...
  • Close Your Eyes by Logan Chance

    Close Your Eyes by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Logan Chance comes a tale about forbidden love and how they'll risk everything to be together.I’m engaged to a monster. One who keeps me on a very short leash. I know my days are numbered before I can call this man my husband, but I don’t mind. Because I know I have to do this. I signed up for this.Until I meet Ledger Thorne...
  • Ice Princess: A Dark, Mafia Romance by Ajme Williams

    Ice Princess: A Dark, Mafia Romance by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm chasing the most dangerous woman I've ever met. The real threat? She's young enough to be my daughter.She's a mafia princess, desperate to find her missing twin.I'm a seasoned detective, hell-bent on taking down her family.We're locked in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. And I'm not sure who's winning.Lana D'Amato is ice-cold perfection with a heart of steel...
  • Lost Prince: A Dark, Mafia Romance by Ajme Williams

    Lost Prince: A Dark, Mafia Romance by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a mansion full of strangers, I'm told I'm the heir to a mafia empire I can't remember.Then there's Diana—the forbidden redhead who sees past my scars and awakens something lethal inside me.One touch, and I'm lost.She's staff. She's off-limits. She's carrying my baby.When my family arranges my marriage to secure power, buried memories surface.I remember the brutal killer I used to be..
  • The Bratva’s Secret Baby by Deva Blake

    The Bratva’s Secret Baby by Deva Blake

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m forced to marry my ruthless Bratva ex. How long until he finds out that my child is his heir?After his rejection, I took my baby far away from the city and got a job as a librarian.I loved my innocent life, but now I’m forced to enter a marriage pact…With the Bratva daddy who once turned me down.I see him everyday in my child’s blue eyes.But I refuse to live in the past...
  • Annihilate Me Vol. 4 by Christina Ross

    Annihilate Me Vol. 4 by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Book Four in the best-selling Annihilate Me Series! You must read the first, second and third volumes before reading Book Four. Each book is a full-length, 50,000-word novel...
  • Gabriel Fallen by Nina West, K.A. Tucker

    Gabriel Fallen by Nina West, K.A. Tucker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    From internationally bestselling author K.A. Tucker comes the dark and sexy Empire Nightclub series. Mercy Wheeler and Gabriel Easton’s sordid tale continues in Gabriel Fallen as Mercy finds herself heading down a dangerous path. Gabriel has made an art of dangling what I’m most desperate for in front of me, what he knows I can’t refuse, no matter the cost...
  • Mile High Daddy by Liz Archer

    Mile High Daddy by Liz Archer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It started with the mile high club…And ended with a forced marriage and two babies in my belly.I first met Mikhail Ivanov on a plane.He was the stormy-eyed stranger seated next to me,Calming me during a bumpy flight…The silver fox who sucked the air out of my lungs,And claimed my innocence.I thought it would end with the mile high club...
  • Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My soul was drawn to him. It isn’t about the danger or his dark beauty, it’s the connection I feel – the feeling of home I have with him even though I am miles away from it. Megan, Mobster’s Vendetta The mob underworld never changes. It hides itself deep in the cities. The rules, people, and danger are identical no matter where you go. Sometimes I wish things were different, but they're not...
  • Scorch by Abbi Glines

    Scorch by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    A world of racing horses, wealth, power, and organized crime was what Garrett Hughes had been born to lead. He thrived as the boss of the southern mafia. Women had come and gone in his life, but he had never needed any of them. Once he was given his heirs, he no longer cared about marriage. He had one family, The Family. He didn’t need anything more...
  • Fractured Vows by Jessica Ames

    Fractured Vows by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sariah4 weeks, 28 days, 672 hours—that’s all I have left until my fate is sealed.I am promised to a monster. A man twice my age. He plans to keep me like a pretty doll, making me move to whatever whims he has.Trapped, all my choices are taken away apart from one.A handsome stranger. He tells me his name is Lucas and for one night I'm able to leave my cursed future behind...
  • Snow Many Promises: A Snowed Inn Romance by Elle Christensen

    Snow Many Promises: A Snowed Inn Romance by Elle Christensen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Colin Ferguson agrees to a fake marriage as a favor to his dying friend, he expects to put a ring on her finger before they go their separate ways.Then he meets Cara O'Malley and he decides their marriage would be anything but temporary.Snow Many Promises includes additional chapters and two new epilogues from when it was published in the Snowed Inn anthology...
  • Third Degree by Vee Taylor

    Third Degree by Vee Taylor

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gianna Ricci is running out of time. When billionaire Elio Marchetti helped her escape her family at the age of 18, she knew her freedom wouldn’t last forever. The mafia never let anyone out of their grasp for long. But that freedom comes at a price. And she will be forced back into the dark and dangerous life she left behind. Trouble is, Elio is the only person she’s ever wanted...
  • Betrothed to the Badman by Hayley Faiman

    Betrothed to the Badman by Hayley Faiman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Devyn O’Neil, princess of the Irish Mob, was raised to know her place. Marrying a man of her father’s choosing has always been her fate. Yet, she never imagined that one day she’d play the part of a pawn between men on the verge of war. She never dreamed she’d be betrothed to a Russian badman. Timofei Vetrov, son of New York’s Bratva king, grew up to be a bad boy prince...
  • Cruel Offer by Stella Gray

    Cruel Offer by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ll make her the most desired woman in NY…but that means letting her go.The Agency was always going to choose Piper-Lily’s husband.Her father’s name opened doors, but he needed the money a good match could bring. Turns out, no amount of money was going to fix the Ponzi scheme he was running. Overnight, Piper-Lily went from my most anticipated client to persona non grata...
  • Mafia Don's Secret Baby by Alexis Lee

    Mafia Don's Secret Baby by Alexis Lee

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Witnessing the death of my brother and father, I had to rely on the man I swore to escape...Three years ago, I ran away from my family's arranged marriage and escaped the mafia life.Unaware of my secret pregnancy...I was now, bringing "my secret" back to attend my brother's wedding.However, a bloody murder was right before my eyes...
  • Ruthless Vows by Elizabeth Knox

    Ruthless Vows by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He chose me, and now I have no way out of this. Anastasia I ran from my old life, wanting to leave the Hawthorne name along with it. For the first time in my life, I was living in peace.Only, my peace was short-lived. I was running out of cash and I couldn't call daddy dearest. If I did, he'd know where I was.So, a friend hooked me up with an interview at a wife for hire agency...
  • Bound by the Sheik's Ring (The Sheiks of Altair) by Elizabeth Lennox

    Bound by the Sheik's Ring (The Sheiks of Altair) by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Loving someone can be brutal. Sada had loved Zahir for years…but he was off limits! Every month, he came to her school to take her out for dinner. And every month, she fell a little bit more in love with him. Unfortunately, Zahir was best friends with Sada’s older brothers – very protective brothers! There was a brother code – and Zahir would never violate that code...
  • Mine: Bloody Business Prequel by A.J. Wolf

    Mine: Bloody Business Prequel by A.J. Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Bloody Business Prequel**Mafia Family | Arranged Marriage | Enemies to Lovers A burning sneer, a snide remark, and a stolen kiss. Three distinct memories among a million others that stain my childhood with Remy Luciano. Sour gummy worms and a nickname. Two more memories and everything I loved to hate started blurring at the edges.A wedding dress made for another...
  • Colt by Jules Ford

    Colt by Jules Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Hambleton, home of the Speed Demons MC, where dark forces are at play, and nobody is who they seem.ColtThe day I left the military, I found the Speed Demons MC, and discovered the family I’d always craved. Along with the club came the president, John Stone, who taught me more about being a good man than my blood relatives ever did...
  • Hot Moves by Loni Ree

    Hot Moves by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This summer, your favorite instalove authors are bringing the heat with sun-kissed days and sizzling nights of passion. So pour yourself a dirty martini, grab a sun lounger, and get ready for some Summer Lovin’...
  • Savage Oath by Ivy Davis

    Savage Oath by Ivy Davis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    An arranged marriage mafia...
  • Mile High Librarian by Mia Sands

    Mile High Librarian by Mia Sands

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’s a smexy heartthrob looking for a fling. I’m a nerdy librarian looking for forever—but I’ve never even been with a man.I’m flying to a tropical paradise for a friend’s wedding when my fear of flying kicks in. Good thing the hot stranger on the plane next to me is willing to hold my hand. Tan is sweet, he’s kind, and he edits romance novels—which pretty much makes him perfect in my books...
  • King of Nothing by Paula Dombrowiak

    King of Nothing by Paula Dombrowiak

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m not the sort of girl you take home to meet your parents.  But our marriage of convenience is the perfect revenge…  I find Darren Walker drowning himself in expensive whiskey. Young, handsome, and educated, he’s the playboy son of a U.S. Senator, and his father’s sudden death has hit him harder than expected...
  • Mine to Take by Sara Fields

    Mine to Take by Sara Fields

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He's not just going to take me. He's going to tame me. After escaping both my father's plans to marry me off and the Russian mafia, I woke up this morning thinking I was a free woman... until I saw the man sipping coffee in my hotel room...
  • Annihilate Me Vol. 2 by Christina Ross

    Annihilate Me Vol. 2 by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jennifer's life is reeling out of control. Now, there is no denying her feelings for Alex--or his for her. After spending one night together, he took her to heights she never thought was possible. The passion they shared in that one moment is something she can't shake, and it consumes her, throwing her off her game. But this is no game. What they have is real...
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