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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...
  • Bound by R Phillips

    Bound by R Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "To know the truth of our story. ". Everything in life has a price. Nothing is ever freely gifted. The universe always comes, whether in the brightest, cheek-aching second of the day or the darkest, most plaintive hour of the night, to collect its payment. To rattle and shake your world. To slither into the illusion of Eden painted by strokes of lies and deceit...
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  • The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “His touch is like magic…”. Brie is in the middle of a fight for her life. A force far more powerful than Brie is determined to destroy her. About to give birth to her second child, Brie is vulnerable to the unprecedented attack—but she is not afraid. When you are part of the Submissive Training Center, you are never alone...
  • My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    My Best Friend's Wish 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. Dario. When 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...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 5 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 5 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Yoshino's at the end of her rope with her fiancé Kirishima, whose secretive actions during their trip back to her hometown of Osaka has come to bad ends. A group of yakuza with the backing of a trust fund baby with his own goals have come to Osaka to take their revenge, and Yoshino's not about to let them. She only has her wits to protect her, but no one can beat her on her own home turf...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  new adult  contemporary  length-short
  • Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Haley. “For the last seven months, my life practically revolved around 'my' guys—they kept me safe, made me laugh, and embraced me as one of their own. And, now, the unimaginable was happening. I was turning my back on the life I created with them...
  • The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    One of the most anticipated romance books of 2019. She's the seduction expert. Women contact her to take over their love lives. She steps in when they're lost, she's supposed to succeed where they failed. She handles their single status, their relationship, their breakup, and very often their partner's affairs...
  • Surviving His Scars by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Surviving His Scars by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Monroe. I have a secret. One that will get the man I’ve been crushing on for years killed if my father ever finds out. My sister says he’s a stalker—how else could he know exactly when I’m in trouble and come to rescue me? I don’t care. He’s saved me over and over again, so I know he doesn’t want to harm me. And every time I get so much as a glimpse of him, my heart becomes even more his...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  mafia  contemporary  audiobook
  • Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    **Reports of uncentered text have been noted, a corrected edition will available December 15, 2018. **. Moms a junkie, Dad’s not dead. After lying to me for the past twenty-one years, Mom got in too deep with her debt and had to call not-dead dad to bail her out. But wait, there’s more; not-dead dad is a biker who thinks he knows what’s best for the daughter he's never met...
  • Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The second part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer had finally taken on the task of learning more about her birth mother. The twisted path that brought her to her family's townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, also brought her face-to-face with the man who she's been spending most of her nights with...
  • Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel

    Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    An exciting and steamy standalone arranged marriage mafia romance from bestselling author B. B. Hamel. I shouldn’t have stalked my future husband. When he catches me staring at him in the gym—. He drags me into the sauna. And I’m in big trouble. When my brother the Don orders me to marry Brody Quinn, I agree to sacrifice my happiness for the Famiglia...
  • The Angel Duet by Sadie Kincaid

    The Angel Duet by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Contains an exclusive extended epilogue! Dark Angel. I was never supposed to fall in love with Gabriel Sullivan. He has always been off limits in more ways than one. But, for all the reasons we should be apart, there’s one that keeps drawing me back to him – he is the only man I’ve ever loved. And every stolen glance, every smile, every brush of his fingertips, only make me want him more...
  • Valetti Crime Family: The Complete Collection of Bad Boy Mafia Romances by Willow Winters

    Valetti Crime Family: The Complete Collection of Bad Boy Mafia Romances by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    AMAZON TOP 100 series available in one collection for a LIMITED time! Includes the following full-length, stand-alone romances featuring five filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys, HEAs and no cliffhangers:. Dirty Dom. Dominic Valetti is only interested in two things: getting paid and getting laid. He’s a bookie for the Valetti crime family, and he knows his sh*t...
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    new adult  mafia  military  contemporary
  • Trace by Deborah Bladon

    Trace by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The final part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer has overcome the struggles of her past to build a life that she can be proud of. She's a nurse in the ER and her relationship with attorney Garrett Ryan fulfills her in a way that nothing else can...
  • Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Allegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment. .. except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission...
  • Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club owns my sleepy coastal hometown. Their inked-up a**hole president owns my heart. But I’m the mayor’s daughter, his righthand in the office. My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted is to succeed in politics...
  • The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Do you know what you’ve got in your hands? A little piece of fucking treasure, that’s what. I’ve taken initiative here and have turned my trusty Man Bible into an actual survival guide, because the loot between these pages will lead to each of you having happy, stress free lives with your women. Pick this gem up, put your big boy pants on, and start reading. Trust me, you won't regret it...
  • Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • Fated Lies by Ella Miles

    Fated Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He's taken everything from me and I him. I thought I could defeat him, while keeping my feelings hidden. A shared enemy brought us together, changing my destiny. I know better now. My fate is not to love. It's not even to survive. My fate is to protect him. .. Fated Lies is Book 3 in the Lies Series. It continues Langston & Liesel's story. Ends on a cliffhanger.
  • Twisted Throne by S.R. Jones

    Twisted Throne by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author SR Jones comes a Dark Bratva Romance. They awakened a monster, and now they must face my wrath. They took what was mine. Stole her away in the night. My obsession with my Littlebird does not lessen—it only grows. I will burn down the world and everything in it to bring her back to me. Yet, I know the man who has her is dangerous and deranged...
  • Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel

    Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **This is a New Adult Romance with dark themes intended for readers 18 years and up**. It took a near-tragedy for Zane and Lili to admit their feelings for one another. If they could survive that explosion, wading through the debris left behind should be a breeze, right? Lili has spent years hiding from her past. Now, she's being forced to admit her mistakes and make a decision...
  • Avoiding Temptation: A Student/Teacher Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Avoiding Temptation: A Student/Teacher Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First rule of teaching. .. don’t fall for a student. Finally living the life of my dreams in a city I’d always wanted to experience was supposed to be a clean slate. Until him. .. My prim and proper world is turned upside down when he walks into my college classroom, demanding attention with a single look, his braces and glasses at complete odds with his defined body and bad boy tattoos...
  • An Aces Christmas (The Aces' Sons) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    An Aces Christmas (The Aces' Sons) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the Aces MC as they prepare for Christmas and a homecoming for one of their own.
  • Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land

    Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blake. The first thing you learn as a kid is 'stranger danger', but they don't tell you what to do when a tall, tattooed, dangerous man shows up out of nowhere. I know I should make him leave. He's surely capable of fending for himself, but it's the middle of winter, the roads are icy and around these parts that can mean a death sentence...
  • Somebody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Somebody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He was the one I loved. I was the one who walked away. We both know why. I was never supposed to see him again. *. What I have now looks perfect on the outside. The car. The career. The house. The neighbor-slash-best-friend. The handsome man holding my hand. We can talk about everything. Except the past. That's good enough to get by. *...
  • Finding our Forever by Lan LLP

    Finding our Forever by Lan LLP

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Finding our Forever (Book 2 of 3) For readers 18 and up. When tragedy strikes it doesn't always signal the end. Sometimes it can mean a new beginning. .
  • All I Want by J.M Darhower, L.P. Dover

    All I Want by J.M Darhower, L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winter Kiss ~ Ryley and Ash ~ by L. P. Dover. Now that his time for revenge is over, Ryley wants to make the season special for the woman he loves. Not only will you hear the sound of Christmas bells during the holiday, but maybe another type of bell followed by the pitter patter of little feet. Merry Mitchell Affair ~ by Jennifer Foor...
  • Hurt by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden

    Hurt by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enrapture by Rachel Van Dyken. Trace is everything. My freaking world. And I would do anything to keep her safe. But, I can't protect her from every kind of evil. .and I can no longer keep the past a secret. .. We were left folders. Each one filled with the sins of our pasts. And Traces grandfather just asked us to read his. There was no preparation...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • 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 Prequel. Two 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...
  • Sweet Poison by Georgia Le Carre

    Sweet Poison by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hazel. There's a new man in town. He rolled in with his little girl a few days ago. A real head turner tall, dark, and impossibly dashing…. He sure turned my head one hot night not so long ago. .. and oh my, what a night it was? I waited for him to call, but he didn't. I get it. It was just a one night stand. Naturally, he's sent all the unmarried ladies in our little town into a baking frenzy...
  • 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...
  • Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker

    Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t date, ever. Casual sex is all I need. Relationships? Well, my dark past crushed that fairytale fantasy for me. Instead, I’m all into my PI firm. After a snail’s pace start, I have my first big client. There’s just one snag, I have to do research in my hometown, a place I never wanted to see again in my life...
  • She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I've never had to think about money. It's always been there. To put it plainly, I'm used to getting what I want. That includes women. So when I meet one who thinks she can't be bought, it blows my mind. She's clever, beautiful, and clearly not looking for a white knight. All she wants from me is a single, wild night of passion in Paris. It's incredible...
  • Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made a deal. One year of my life pretending to be a rich aristocrat in exchange for ten million pounds. Enough money to start over somewhere new. Enough money to disappear forever. It sounded simple, but being Kerrigan Belmond is more dangerous than I expected. Her world isn’t as perfect behind closed doors as it is on paper...
  • His Property  (Book Three) by Hannah Ford

    His Property (Book Three) by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Whips. Chains. Punishments. These are my world now, ever since gorgeous billionaire Liam Rutherford pushed me into the back of his expensive black SUV, forcing me to live with him at his fancy penthouse apartment in New York City, holding me as collateral for my father’s gambling debt. He claims I don’t have to do anything I’m not comfortable with...
  • Money Man  (King Maker) by Terri E. Laine

    Money Man (King Maker) by Terri E. Laine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “This book. .. This MAN. .. he is my kind of MC. .. full of himself and the perfect blend of c*cky and jerk… but God is he sexy as h6ll all at the same time. And the plot/story line had me completely wrapped up and flipping the pages until the final one. ” A. M. Hargrove, USA Today Bestselling author. Her. Nice girls end up last...
  • You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn. The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news. The look that comes with all sorts of warnings. I knew what I was doing. I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch. I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • Baby for the Brute: A Fake Boyfriend Romance by Penelope Bloom

    Baby for the Brute: A Fake Boyfriend Romance by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Pretend you’re my boyfriend. Please. ”. She’s a stranger. Big blue eyes. Innocent. Way too pure for my dirty hands. I should tell her to run. I’m bad news. The worst kind. But I’ve never made a habit of doing the right thing. I kiss her because I want her. I want those cherry lips tangled up with mine. I want to claim her. Own her. I want her to learn that she doesn’t make the rules...
  • Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say love is all around. Yeah, for everyone but me. It sounds crazy, I know. Breaking News: badass bodyguard for the nation’s top security firm doesn’t know how to talk to women. That’s it, folks.  I have no game. Luckily my newfound family at Blake Security accepts me exactly as I am. But there are things in my past, secrets , that I’d do anything to protect them from...
  • Tempted by the Sinner by B. B. Hamel

    Tempted by the Sinner by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a little saint just begging to get corrupted. And I’m the perfect sinner just waiting to take a taste. Mona Rizzo wants to write the next great profile of a real American gangster, and she wants to use me as her subject. Except I want to use her as my play thing. It’s a match made in sin, and I’m going to suck her into my world before she even has a chance to stop loving it...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  mafia  contemporary  humor  m-f  length-medium
  • London Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    London Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kerrigan Belmond has everything I don’t have. A name that opens doors, more money than god, an Oxford education, and rumors that she’s caught the eye of Spencer Byrd, the heir to one of England’s most powerful aristocratic families. I’m an orphan, running from a tragedy I can’t face. Being mistaken for her is flattering until her father arrives at my door with an indecent proposal...
  • 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. The question lingers:...
  • Secrets Kept by Lexie Winston

    Secrets Kept by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wasn’t always like this you know. I used to be one of those girls who was bubbly and people thought sunshine came out of my ass. That is until my best friend kissed me and then betrayed me with those same lips. I became ridiculed and bullied and my soul slowly died inside until I was a shadow of my former self...
  • She's Mine by Lydia Hall

    She's Mine by Lydia Hall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She needed protection when I was hired to guard her life. And now. .. I need to save her from myself. Alyssa is 15 years younger than me. That’s a problem but I want her every second of every day. She feels safe when I put my arms around her. Partying became her escape after the Bloodline Cartel murdered her brother. And watching her become vulnerable with me has made me want her even more...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  new adult  contemporary  length-medium
  • Texting the Mafia Hitman by Flora Ferrari

    Texting the Mafia Hitman by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • Gio by C.M. Steele

    Gio by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gio. After the attack on the Conti family, I went straight to work. We had a mission to bring down our enemy from the inside out, destroy everything they had, and watch their weak empire crumble. While bringing them to ruin, the last thing I expected was to find my weakness and source of strength wrapped up in one beautiful woman...
  • The Naz and Roz Chronicles by Bethany-Kris

    The Naz and Roz Chronicles by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Follow the extended story of Naz and Roz five years after their Happily Ever After. Everything is changing all over again. And finally, Naz and Roz might actually be able to start their life together and on the same continent. With, of course, someone new tagging along. Oh, and with a baby on the way, too...
  • 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 Family. Yakov and Freddie have found and lost love so quickly...
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