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  • Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a STEAMY, WOKE UP MARRIED IN VEGAS, AGE GAP, MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived! Harley Jean—The pounding in my head wakes me— that and the fact that I have to pee. Must have been one hell of a bachelorette party last night...
  • My Best Friend's Wish: Work Husband Series by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    My Best Friend's Wish: Work Husband Series by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents My Best Friend’s Wish Work Husband Series DarioWhen I was younger, I believe I heard something I shouldn’t have. After what I overheard, I don’t believe our mother just up and left us. I was a kid. I didn’t have money, power, or respect to get the answers I needed back then. Not until now...
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  • Keeping Katie by Kate Oliver

    Keeping Katie by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Katie Shaw My life is upside down. Then he walks in and takes over. He takes care of me. Calls me his good girl. I like it...a lot. Grady O'Brien The last thing I expect when I walk into Twisted Bean is her. She's mine. I'm going to be her Daddy. I just need to convince her first...
  • Kelex: The A**hole Club Series by Blue Saffire, Fairy Proofmother Proofreading

    Kelex: The A**hole Club Series by Blue Saffire, Fairy Proofmother Proofreading

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***Trigger Physical assault/abuse A**hole Club KelexAward winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents Book 6 The A**hole Series Kelex I walked in on my father as he massacred a man. From that day I vowed never to be that monster. I’ve been avoiding the family business anyway I can. However, one night changes everything...
  • Hush 3 : Hidden Family by Blue Saffire, Take Cover Designs

    Hush 3 : Hidden Family by Blue Saffire, Take Cover Designs

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hush 3 Award-winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents Hush 3: Hidden Family Michael I am the youngest of four but I have more responsibilities than most. I’m not complaining. I earned the role I have taken. I sought out my brother and asked him to bring me in. He did so reluctantly but I’ve become so much like him the world sees us as one.It has worked in our favor for years...
  • A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin

    A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carterina Anastacia Stone wakes up from the most terrifying experience of her life to find that her life has been totally flipped upside down. Nathan Salerno is her gorgeous fiancé she can't remember even meeting, and the mother she thought abandoned her, is demanding to be a part of her life. Lies. Secrets. The truth...
  • Mouser by Elizabeth Knox

    Mouser by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MouserShe only came into our lives on a whim because we outsmarted the woman who was trying to double cross us. While I hated Sakura at first her actions have proven she’s not only as loyal as they come, but has undeniable honor. Sakura used her connections and pull to save one of us, the most innocent of Reapers, Orion Monroe...
  • Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bratva Boss wants me dead.Too bad I’m pregnant with his baby.I’ve run far and wide to escape the Devil’s rage.But it wasn’t long before he caught me.Now I’m standing in front of him bound and naked.About to face the consequences of my betrayal.With every inch of my skin exposed to his will,And my life flashing before my watery eyes,He draws my traitorous body under his spell...
  • Edge of Danger: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Edge of Danger: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A thrilling romantic mystery about a child protector hero from the USA Today bestselling author, Janie Crouch. Previously published as Texas Bodyguard: Brax.A baby in his care… A target on their backsA skilled security expert and bodyguard, Brax Patterson is ready for anything… except unexpected custody of his reckless half brother’s baby boy...
  • Cruel Prince by Aidèe Jaimes

    Cruel Prince by Aidèe Jaimes

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the Devil and he handed me over to someone far deadlier.After the death of my father, his enemies came knocking on my door. Left with no other choice, I agree to an indentured contract, selling my body to a criminal in exchange for my life.Only he never meant to keep me as his own...
  • La Dolce Vita by Sienna Mynx

    La Dolce Vita by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Someone powerful will fall. Someone greedy will die. Someone guilty will lose it all. Destiny has sealed their fate as husband and wife, but nothing has changed the Don. No evil will ever come between him and Mirabella again. Or so he thinks. Don Giovanni Battaglia has sacrificed all he intends to for la famiglia...
  • Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isaac Perry has spent the majority of his life wearing the Devil Hounds MC patches. As president, he’s used to making tough decisions, even the occasionally vicious ones. He doesn’t have to take orders from anyone anymore. He never bends, never breaks, until she literally stumbles into his life.Holly Garrison is young. Too young and innocent for an outlaw like Isaac to lay a hand on her...
  • They Will Burn by Montana Fyre

    They Will Burn by Montana Fyre

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    The key to being queen is to never let them see you stumble. They betrayed me. They made me believe they cared for me, only to break my heart. And now I find myself in the hands of the only man more terrifying than the four men who handed me to him...
  • Prince of Darkness (Liam and Kate): A Dark, Mafia Romance by Ajme Williams

    Prince of Darkness (Liam and Kate): A Dark, Mafia Romance by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Witness protection. Forbidden crush. Now he's a ruthless killer and I'm pregnant with his child.Liam was supposed to be my FBI guardian angel. Now, he's the monster who kidnapped me.One explosive night. One life-altering secret. Will the Prince of Darkness return for the child he doesn't know exists?This is no fairy tale.This is survival.This is us...
  • No Mercy : A West Side Story by M.J. Fields

    No Mercy : A West Side Story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jersey Shore’s most villainous anti-hero is brought to his knees in this raw and gritty romantic standalone novel by USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields“They may see a villain, but I see a hero who was broken and will rise again.”Like a storm, Marcello Effisto tore through most of his life, wreaking havoc on those who opposed him … unapologetically...
  • Savage Roses by Sienne Vega

    Savage Roses by Sienne Vega

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I made her a promise I’ll destroy the world to keep…Revenge is the only thing that stands in my way.Then Delphine and I can finally be together.My father has no idea the hell he’s in for.I’ll savor the moment I get to play in his blood.But when he reveals what he’s really capable of,I realize I may have underestimated the devil...
  • Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares...
  • Awakening by S.W. Frank

    Awakening by S.W. Frank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AWAKENING: Alfonzo Volume V The Family Saga continues.... Drink and women can't erase the betrayal of one woman Alfonzo swore to love forever. It's only sharpened the blade of hurt.Sometimes the hardest battles to win are the internal wars...
  • Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling

    Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s hiding a dirty secret… and I’m going to use it to destroy her.RYDERNobody is as off-limits as her - Nicoletta Carlucci, my brother's wife to be.But Nicoletta doesn't want my brother. She wants me.Except she doesn’t know something - I’ve found out about her dirty little secret.Nicoletta isn’t who she says she is.She’s a filthy liar, and I’m going to expose her...
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  • Marked By Ink: A Steamy Standalone Instalove Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Marked By Ink: A Steamy Standalone Instalove Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    ’ve wanted to be a tattoo artist for as long as I can remember. That’s what brings me to the party.When I see him, Felix Fletcher, I struggle to form words. He’s tall, with intense eyes, silver hair, and a muscular body that has my mind going to all kinds of steamy places.We talk, and I wonder if he feels it too. But I’m a full-figured girl, not the kind most guys fall all over...
  • The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a sex-positive siren who takes her pleasure whenever, wherever, and with whomever she pleases meets a former adult film star turned chef. There might be more than just food cooking in this kitchen. But…things aren't always what they seem.After a disastrous and life-altering ending to her first marriage, Mia Ayala has sworn off men for anything other than sex...
  • Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 2 by Cali N. Tae

    Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 2 by Cali N. Tae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    (Books should be read in order. None of the books in the series is a standalone.)Now that Andrusha and Jemila have fallen in love, the urgency to enact their plan of revenge has increased. Her father and Romeo have ramped up their efforts to find her and nothing will stop them from getting her under their control again...
  • Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric

    Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I couldn’t leave well enough alone. My obsession with finding out what happened to my brother landed me in the hands of Brizio DeLuca. His offer to help me came with rules that set me on a path lined with torture, death, and destruction. I was minding my business and working on becoming a better man. And here she comes...
  • Beyond the Badge: Crew by Jeanne St. James

    Beyond the Badge: Crew by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When life gives you lemons… Throw them out. It’s too much damn work to make lemonade… When a member must leave the Tri-State Federal Drug Task Force, Colin Crew, as leader, doesn’t get to pick a replacement. Instead, he’s assigned one. One he’s not happy about.Not only because the woman only has a year on the job as a DEA agent, but she’s also younger than he’d like...
  • Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's determined to make me his. I'd prefer to shoot him instead. CatalinaLife has never been easy for me. Now, the mafia empire I ripped from my dead husband's hands has been destroyed from within. To survive, I must form new connections. But only one man has what I need: Marco.A man as ruthless as the husband I killed. A man as handsome and seductive as the devil.A man I can never trust...
  • Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 1 by Cali N. Tae

    Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 1 by Cali N. Tae

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Books should be read in order. None of the books in the series are a standalone.)Jemila Giordano is kidnapped in retaliation for her father killing the head of the Russian Turgenev crime family. What Andrusha Turgenev doesn't realize is, for Jemila, the kidnapping is a rescue. She has hated her father her entire life and wants to exact her own revenge...
  • Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He kidnapped me to save me, but now we must fight our desires, or risk losing everything. As a mafia princess, I have no choice when my father arranges my marriage to a terrifying stranger. But there's someone even more Dante Bianchi, the devastatingly handsome, ripped, and intensely brooding mafia enforcer working security the night my husband-to-be goes too far...
  • Vowed To Be Yours by Cassi Hart

    Vowed To Be Yours by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    AlexeiI’ve worked hard to keep my organization as legitimate as possible after my father ran it into the ground, racking up debt after debt. It hasn’t been easy keeping things clean and above the table, but I’ve managed to do it while making sure the people underneath me are taken care of and respected, all while paying off what my father owed...
  • Beautiful Cruelty by Brook Wilder

    Beautiful Cruelty by Brook Wilder

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Good girls don't pick fights with a handsome billionaire at the dry cleaner's.Good girls don't steal his bespoke suit.Good girls don't take pictures of themselves wearing only the suit jacket.And good girls definitely don't hit SEND.But after catching my cheating ex-fiancé in the act three days before the wedding...... being a good girl was the last thing on my mind...
  • Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    EnricoShe wasn’t supposed to be on my radar. Another woman who was caught up in the traffickers’ sights, but one look at January and I’d become as lost as Dario and Alessio before me. I had no choice but to hunt her down and make her mine, even if that meant doing some illegal things. Nothing new to me anyway.JanuaryThe brute...
  • Texting My Dad's Best Man by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Dad's Best Man by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I almost kissed my dad’s best friend at my eighteenth birthday party.Banner Barret is thirty-nine years old and six feet two inches of pure muscle, with intense eyes and the sort of confidence most men could only dream of.It was a mistake, and I get that. He only did it – almost did it – because he was drunk.But now it’s a year later, and dad’s getting married in a tropical island paradise...
  • The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky

    The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When Jezebel Carter agreed to a spa session to appease her sickly sister, she expects one thing and one thing only: to leave tension-free. It’s a spa, after all. Instead, she leaves with memories of a gorgeous man with talented fingers, who probably doesn't work at the spa and is a possible pervert. Ramsey Stone is no pervert...
  • Misconception by Julia Wolf

    Misconception by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I know rock stars. I grew up in the business, and now I make a living managing their tours. I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly.Lots and lots of ugly.All that ugly is why I’ve sworn off dating rockers, but sleeping with them, well...I’ve been known to make the occasional exception.One sultry night in Vegas, Mo Aronson, lead singer of Unrequited, becomes one of those exceptions...
  • Ruined by M. O'Keefe

    Ruined by M. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The flare of a cigarette and the handsome Irishman in the shadows--I wanted it all, but I wasn’t allowed to want.Ronan was danger and beauty, murder and mercy. To me, he was a mystery, but he was also the only man who ever knew me. In that single stolen moment before I had to give my life to someone else, I imagined myself with him, the man with scars and bruises...
  • The Dragon by Violette Dubrinsky

    The Dragon by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BOOK 2 Sequel to The Masseuse Never tickle a sleeping dragon… Past events have changed Ramsey Stone. In place of the warm, loving masseuse now stands a ruthless man with one pressing goal: revenge. No matter the cost, Ramsey will have his vengeance. Jezebel Carter has come to the realization that the man she knew and loved doesn’t exist...
  • Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the Cosa Nostra Prince. The first son of the most dangerous Salvatore Mafia family. We run the crime. We take the money. We control the war.So when our ‘launderer’ decides to run with one hundred million dollars of our money, you can bet we’ll hunt them down. Only they’ve run to a place they think they’re safe. A place that’s heavily guarded.An island in the middle of nowhere...
  • My Retibution: Second Chance Series by S.K. Lessly

    My Retibution: Second Chance Series by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say people come into your life either for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I had to agree.I married a wonderful woman. She enriched my life. She showed me the meaning of love and how to love. She became my lifetime, my forever. However, the love of my life was taken from me too soon and we never had a chance to see what life had in store for us.Losing her crushed my soul. I was lost...
  • Caesar DeLuca by Sienne Vega

    Caesar DeLuca by Sienne Vega

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A steamy interracial mafia romance about a deadly capo and the beautiful stranger he can't resist. Betrayed and left to die, I’m bleeding out in the snow the first time I see Ariana Rowe. She takes me in at my darkest hour and nurses me back to health. No questions asked. I should be plotting my revenge against my enemies and those who turned on me...
  • Crushing On My Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Crushing On My Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MayHow could something that feels so right be so wrong?My Dad’s best friend.I mean. I don’t think it’s wrong, but I don’t know if he feels the same way.I guess I should start at the beginning….Before graduation, I thought the funny feelings I got whenever I thought about my Dad’s bestie were just a crush.Innocent enough and no surprise if you’ve ever seen Brandon.The man’s a god...
  • Savage Hunter by Kristen Luciani

    Savage Hunter by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m obsessed with the virgin mafia princess I was hired to protect.Lily and I were never supposed to meet.Our fates collided in the wrong place at the wrong time,And one hot night in Las Vegas bound us for life.I know I need to focus on her safety but I cannot resist the dark impulses that consume me whenever she’s near.My job is to protect her.My desire is to control her.To claim her.To own her...
  • Mafia Heir by L. Steele

    Mafia Heir by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Mine to protect. Mine to take. She is MINE!Five brothersOne broken familyA past that will haunt them forever"If you dare leave me for another if you ever look at another man if you ever let anyone else touch you... I’ll not let him live, Beauty...
  • Bound For You by Amarie Avant

    Bound For You by Amarie Avant

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    I was taken by the monster in my nightmares . . . AVABroken hearts carry dark secrets, and I'm determined to put mine to rest. On a cold night, when I attempt to take my life, I'm stolen away. Abducted by a man whose sins should've condemned him to hell. Who sets my heart on fire with fear and desire. I don't need a happily ever after, or to be captivated by his intoxicating, ruthless ways...
  • 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...
  • Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little

    Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They say I’m the Terror of Tuscany, and that’s exactly what I’m going to be if anything goes sideways with this shipment that I’m expecting next Tuesday.The name’s Gio, and people call me a lot of things, but unprepared definitely isn’t one of them. But that’s absolutely what I am for the first time in my life when I come face to face with my new stepsister...
  • Dangerous King (Street Kings) by Sienna Snow

    Dangerous King (Street Kings) by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    I’m the one she should have stayed away from.The thief, the hustler, the boy without a past or a future. A kid forged by the rules of the streets.She sees into my darkest depths and doesn’t blink an eye. She’s my dream, my peace in a place I can never escape.Then one day, she’s gone, whisked into a world I refuse to taint with my touch...
  • Radge by Esther E. Schmidt

    Radge by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meribeth - Chaos erupts, causing my parents to force me into an arranged marriage. When I try to coerce circumstances to take a turn, that’s when true mayhem strikes.Ramsey - She’s wild, crazy, and a streak of violence runs through her veins. But the headstrong, gorgeous redhead landing right in my lap is the key to executing a plot for vengeance...
  • Bratva Blood Brothers: Yakov by Cali N. Tae

    Bratva Blood Brothers: Yakov by Cali N. Tae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously released as Bratva Blood Brothers: The Turgenev FamilyYakov and Freddie have found and lost love so quickly...
  • Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha and Jemila Forever After by Cali N. Tae

    Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha and Jemila Forever After by Cali N. Tae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (Books should be read in order. None of the books in the series is a standalone.)Andrusha and Jemila are engaged. They’re ready to start a life together, but they find that the road to forever after isn't paved as smoothly as they thought. The line between good and bad becomes thinner as the plot for revenge heightens and betrayals come to light...
  • Illicit Temptation: An Age Gap, Mafia Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Illicit Temptation: An Age Gap, Mafia Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My world is ruled by the law, but my heart is drawn to the one man who lives above it.The last time I saw Troy, I was a kid heading off to college with dreams of going to law school like him. I thought he was just a successful lawyer and my dad’s best friend, but that’s far from the truth.Turns out Troy is a mob boss, and my dad is his closest business partner...
  • King of Ice by Asia Monét

    King of Ice by Asia Monét

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Javier I was once told the best revenge is usually taken in silence.After a brutal attack on my family that left my father dead and our cartel vulnerable, retribution has been the only thing on my mind. For months, we’ve laid in wait, meticulously planning for the storm to rage over our enemies.When a moment of opportunity arises to set our plan in motion, I don’t hesitate to take it...
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