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  • Fierce Obsession by Sadie Kincaid

    Fierce Obsession by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    Jackson Decker - he is the perfect husband. The perfect father to my son. The perfect man. Fierce, loyal, protective and everything I’ve ever wanted. I’m happier than I ever imagined possible, but happiness is never easily won for people like me. Somebody, somewhere wants to ruin what we have, and to do that they’re willing to risk the wrath of the entire Montoya family...
  • Scar by Jolie Vines

    Scar by Jolie Vines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    A scar tore his face. Mine would carve his heart. I’d do anything to save my missing sister, even sell my body to the highest bidder. Until he steals me from my buyer’s mansion. Camden rescued me, but he won’t let me walk away. Especially when I discover he’s my buyer’s son. And the strange thing? I can’t even be angry at the sweet, gentle, scarred Scotsman for the terrible thing he did...
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  • Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole

    Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The first two books in the Scarred Souls series, in one volume! RAZEOne man stripped of his freedom, his morals... his life. Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge..
  • Tempt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Tempt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love is a weakness for a man like me…Two years ago my enemies murdered my wife.They took away the mother of my newborn son.That’s how I became the beast…A merciless, heartless, soulless creature.That’s why I made the deal with Ava:Take her to repay her father’s debt…I couldn’t resist.Not when I saw she feared me as much as she wanted me.I wanted the beauty, a woman nearly half my age...
  • Tease Me: A Contemporary Romance Collection by Lizzi Stone, Elise Knight

    Tease Me: A Contemporary Romance Collection by Lizzi Stone, Elise Knight

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don't let love, or lust, pass you by…Sink into this incredible collection of never-before-released full-length novels!Available for a limited time only!Let us arouse your imagination with dozens of books compiled to satisfy your craving for romance.They'll tease… excite… and tempt you to sin.Get ready to swoon over these seductive stories of craving and demand. Yield and advance. Heat. Hearts...
  • Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time to break the rules and make her submit to me… We dance like devils, except we wear masks. Every night a different one. Dancing on the edge. Dancing with danger. Me and her, for years. I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me. Time to change that up and claim her. Possess her, dominate her, own her. Heart. Body. Mind. Soul...
  • Erase by Elizabeth Knox, London Kingsley

    Erase by Elizabeth Knox, London Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We’re not allowed to fall in love.DionEver since my dad, Zeus, the leader of the Sons of Gods MC, kicked my mom, Risk, out of the club, I’ve been worried that he might see me as somehow less important. Not that I think it’s really likely—but still, that fear sits like a stone in the pit of my stomach...
  • Pretty Little Island by Rhea Ryan

    Pretty Little Island by Rhea Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Torn between two lovers on a pretty but deadly island, London King must survive the ravages of the wilderness and a battle for her heart.My first day at New Ocean Prep was supposed to be a fresh start. A chance to return to my hometown—leaving my ruined life behind me. My goal is simple. Keep my grades up, my head down, and focus on securing my spot in a top journalism program...
  • Tease Me by Julia Ash, Linzi Basset

    Tease Me by Julia Ash, Linzi Basset

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don't let love, or lust, pass you by…Sink into this incredible collection of never-before-released full-length novels!Available for a limited time only!Let us arouse your imagination with dozens of books compiled to satisfy your craving for romance.They'll tease… excite… and tempt you to sin.Get ready to swoon over these seductive stories of craving and demand. Yield and advance. Heat. Hearts...
  • Opulent Obsession by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black

    Opulent Obsession by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m an imposter, a fraud, unwanted… but that won’t stop me from claiming her. She is part of a tortured past I’d rather forget. A flesh and blood ghost here to haunt me for my sins. I will never forgive myself for living when my brother died. As a penance, I’m forced to live his life. To claim what should have been his birthright...
  • Dangerous Truths by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Truths by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What if the reflection staring back at you had become a stranger?Inside, I was dying—empty, dark, alone.Keeping it all together was exhausting and the ‘perfect’ mask I wore was beginning to slip. Pretending to have it all together wasn’t working anymore as the lies I had to tell weighed heavier each day. I’d done everything right my whole life and I still ended up divorced, childless, and alone...
  • Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright

    Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tristan is the Bad Boy of the Art World. A tortured artist with insatiable cravings for beauty, pleasure, and the darker shades of life.When Nova, a Psychology graduate student, enters his orbit, Tristan sweeps Nova off her feet and lures her onto an erotic journey that awakens desires she never knew existed.Danger looms in the background...
  • Wicked Deceit by Aly Beck

    Wicked Deceit by Aly Beck

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    My enemy is The Apocalypse Society: Three brothers, a hidden agenda, distorted masks, and minions who do their dirty work.They tried to kill the rabbit.They injured two of the men I love.They thought they could cut me down.Not only my life, but the lives of my four men, are now in danger.Time is running out. The rabbit is almost in their trap. The next time they may succeed in killing me...
  • Fyre and Ash by Logan Fox

    Fyre and Ash by Logan Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Healing was my obsession...until she walked into my classroom.For years, my art therapy classes have provided solace to trauma survivors.I’ve never questioned my motives before. Then her file crosses my desk.Charlotte Ash.Battered. Bruised. Broken.The devil who kidnapped her put this girl through seven days of hell before she could escape.The torture she suffered shows in her dead eyes...
  • Beautiful Lies: A Dark Secret Society Romance (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black

    Beautiful Lies: A Dark Secret Society Romance (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Twenty Beautiful Lies stand before me.I can feel one’s hatred from across the ballroom.She loathes me and all that I stand for... that’s why she will be my choice, my belle of the ball.Born into a secret society that strangles the life out of me, I have no choice but to face my demons head on.Inheritance isn’t about money or land, it’s much more twisted than that...A sinful birthright...
  • Mirage: A Dark Retelling (Sinister Fairy Tales) by C.M. Radcliff

    Mirage: A Dark Retelling (Sinister Fairy Tales) by C.M. Radcliff

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Releasing as part of the 2019 Sinister Fairy Tales Collection! Painted in gold, Jaslyn was born into a life of luxury with the world at her feet.After the death of her father, his empire became hers and the princess became a queen. Painted in gold, Jaslyn was born into a life of luxury with the world at her feet.Her fortune was sought after and deception and deceit had a ring around her finger...
  • Redlined by Cala Riley

    Redlined by Cala Riley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RoxanneRacing and Ross are the only two things I thought I could ever count on. That is, until one of them sends me far away, making me lose the other.Now, stuck with a cousin I’m not sure even wants me here trying to pick up the scattered pieces of my life, all I want to do is find my own way...
  • Twisted Circles by Claire Contreras

    Twisted Circles by Claire Contreras

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When someone tells you who you are, do you believe them? The first question the cops asked me was if anything out of the ordinary happened to me lately. When I woke up this morning in the room of a mental institution I couldn’t remember a thing – not my name nor how I got there. Not how I left or how I ended up in that interrogation room. The only thing I knew came from the contents inside my bag...
  • Hush by B.T. Urruela, Anne Malcom

    Hush by B.T. Urruela, Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They were taken.Off the street. From parking lots. Malls. Playgrounds.Snatched from life and thrust into hell.They took Orion Darby on a perfect summer day, while she could still taste her first kiss on her lips.She joined the others with chains on their ankles and scars on their souls.They turned into nothing more than statistics. Cold cases. Lost girls.Years passed and the world forgot...
  • Traces of Her by C.M. Radcliff

    Traces of Her by C.M. Radcliff

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I am a ghost, a captive stripped of my own identity. I’ve lived in solitude in the depths of hell until the devil appeared, pulling me out of the darkness and shoving me into the arms of my new prison. But sometimes a prison becomes a home. And sometimes that home is within the heart of a man. I have a debt to pay and my brother’s collecting. He makes the messes and I deal with the aftermath...
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    suspense  new adult  dark  abuse  captive  contemporary  mafia  fantasy
  • Zhànshì by Anna Edwards

    Zhànshì by Anna Edwards

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”  -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War Lia has known she was different since the age of five when her father taught her the skills of her ancestors. His stories of heroic exploits have fueled her fantasies for years...
  • Bedding Rose by Ann Denton

    Bedding Rose by Ann Denton

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    AngeloRose makes me blind with lust, but also with fury.She’s going to give me what I want, even if I have to blackmail her to get it.She can hate me ‘til her dying day, but I will not let this secret of hers stand.I’m going to find out who hurt her … and show them they can’t touch what’s mine.RoseHe’s crossed a line that we can’t come back from.Threatening to ruin my family is unforgivable...
  • Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde

    Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    He wants her submission. She demands his secrets.Hades has acres of diamonds and precious little patience for a world that has stolen his compassion. So, when lifegiving medication is withheld from him, Hades steals something more valuable—the daughter of his enemy—and holds her for ransom.The night Persephone left home, she had just one thing on her freedom...
  • Break My Rules by Roxy Sloane

    Break My Rules by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    'Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets... And desire.' From USA Today bestselling author Roxy Sloane comes the second installment in the blazing hot dark academia romance trilogy from - perfect for fans of Ana Huang...
  • Cross My Heart: A Spicy Dark Academia Romance by Roxy Sloane

    Cross My Heart: A Spicy Dark Academia Romance by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    'Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets…And desire.' Discover the blazing hot dark academia romance saga from the USA Today Bestselling author - perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher! Anthony St Clair. The future Duke of Ashford.A reckless enigma… and my greatest temptation...
  • Wretched by Yolanda Olson, Emery LeeAnn

    Wretched by Yolanda Olson, Emery LeeAnn

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One day, we awoke to find that the world had stopped turning and the sky had turned to ash.The streets are quiet, and even the birds have stopped singing.It can’t be just us because we’ve lived through so many more horrors than anything that could possibly be outside of these walls.Being alone would be even crueler than still being with her.We know that there have to be more survivors...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  dystopian  fantasy  contemporary
  • Only Happy When It Rains by Selena .

    Only Happy When It Rains by Selena .

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Snubbed. Jilted. Exiled. Being left at the altar would have been better. Instead, I'm sent away to a secluded spot where I can't disturb the happy couple--on my honeymoon without a bride.Left to lick my wounds and recover from the ultimate betrayal, I do what I do best.No, not admit defeat. Not recover my dignity like I'm unaffected.Plot revenge...
  • The Lost Darling by Bailey Black, Bailey B.

    The Lost Darling by Bailey Black, Bailey B.

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Second star to the left and continue until morning.I got that line tattooed on my wrist the day I turned twenty-one. So much symbolism in such a simple sentence. At the time, it was a nod to the future and the infinite possibilities to come, while reminding me to remember the past and to look for magic in the world.Growing up, nothing was ever what it seemed...
  • A Realm of Dreams and Shadows by Kathy Haan

    A Realm of Dreams and Shadows by Kathy Haan

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the shadowed corners of the fae realm, where magic pulses with a life of its own, Morte awakens to a world fragmented and veiled in mystery. A Realm of Dreams and Shadows weaves a tale of dark fantasy romance, where the echoes of the past whisper secrets yet to be uncovered.For Morte, two years have vanished into an abyss, erased by the mercy of the Luna goddess...
  • A Tale of Vengeance: Part 1: A Dark, Mafia, Enemies-to-Lovers Romance  (Vengeance Compilations) by Michaela Jackson

    A Tale of Vengeance: Part 1: A Dark, Mafia, Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Vengeance Compilations) by Michaela Jackson

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold.And this one has been chilling for a while.But she’s hiding something.A better man would just trust her.I’m not a better man.I’ve let her go twice.Once by choice.Once by force.I won’t let her go again.Vengeance will be mine.With her as my queen.No one will stop it.Not even her.This is parts 4-5 of a 5 part dark romance series. Includes Vicarious and Vengeance...
  • Prince of Chaos by Amelia Wilde

    Prince of Chaos by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My mother keeps me prisoner to keep me safe. Safe from the world. Safe from boys. And especially safe from Luther Hades, the most dangerous man in the world. She’d rather die than send me on an errand. But now she has no other choice. And someone new is waiting at the gate..
  • All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters

    All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 55 ratings
    A USA Today bestselling, gripping and heart-wrenching romantic suspense. I get why Beauty fell in love with the Beast, but it doesn’t change who Carter is. There’s no magical rose or kiss that will turn him into a prince. All Carter Cross will ever be is a beast. A cold-hearted and ruthless, mafia king, trapped in a castle of his own making I’m the daughter of his enemy and his new possession...
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