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  • Her Dom by Nicole Casey

    Her Dom by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Darker, sexier, more intense…this is the story of Scar and Derek. Scar Wouldn't you give up everything for the one you love? I don't own my mind or my body anymore. Now, my name is Pet, and I am the submissive to the most beautiful man the world has ever seen. My purpose in life is to please him, to kneel in front of him, to serve his every whim without question...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  dark  abuse  mystery  length-novella
  • Master Thor by Ann Jensen, Rogue London

    Master Thor by Ann Jensen, Rogue London

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Desperate times call for desperate measures.When I hit rock bottom I found Club Midgard was looking to hire. I knew nothing about BDSM when I interviewed with a man I couldn’t have dreamt up if I’d tried.In his world women are protected.In his world women are honored.In his world lay safety and happiness.ONLY if I gave him my submission...
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  • King of Pain by Piper Stone

    King of Pain by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 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  alpha male  bdsm  dark  mafia  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A creation of chaos and lust, I was born into a world so foul, I made it my mission to find the beauty hidden within, to reveal the sun behind the clouds, the rainbows after the storms, the life that still exists even in death. One-third my mother, I had an infectious smile and a heart so big, there was room enough for everyone, no matter their sins...
  • King's Demands by Piper Stone

    King's Demands by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I didn't ask her to be mine. I told her she already was.Julieta Morales hoped to escape an unwanted marriage, but the moment she got into my car her fate was sealed. She will have a husband, but it won't be the cartel boss her father chose for her.It will be me.But I'm not the kind of man who takes his bride gently amid rose petals on her wedding night...
    Categorized as:
    spanking  bdsm  abduction  suspense  mafia  m-f  dark  audiobook
  • Hunted by Piper Stone

    Hunted by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • King's Possession by Piper Stone

    King's Possession by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I didn't ask for her as my bride. I just made her mine. Her father had to be taught what happens when you cross a King, but that isn't why Genevieve Rossi is sore, well-used, and waiting for me to claim her in the only way I haven't already. She's sore because she thought she could embarrass me in public without being punished...
  • Zack by Esther E. Schmidt

    Zack by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Zack’s spent his whole life loving just one woman—Belle—only to have her walk out of his life and go half way across the world. But three years later, her unexpected return is stirring up feelings that never died, and Zack’s ready to do whatever it takes to get her back. Belle has never gotten over Zack, but she has secrets—secrets she knows could hurt those closest to her, Zack included...
  • The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below.The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost...
  • 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...
  • Hawke by Anise Storm

    Hawke by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier...
  • Absolution by Nicolina Martin

    Absolution by Nicolina Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I thought I was safe. But now I know, there is nowhere I can run where he won’t find me. The man who stalked me, hunted me. The man who conquered my body and stole my heart. The man who did everything in his power to destroy me. The father of my child. Just the sight of him fills me with terror. And a desperate, shameful longing...
  • Saved by the Rebel (Rebel Hearts MC) by Kameron Claire

    Saved by the Rebel (Rebel Hearts MC) by Kameron Claire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    What happens when a sassy redhead captures the attention of a kinky and domineering Navy veteran who learns she's in danger from the encroaching cartel ravaging southern Texas? Life is quiet and predictable in the small town of Maplewood. I have my business to keep me busy, and my brethren in the Rebel Hearts MC to keep me grounded...
  • 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...
  • A Debt So Ruthless by Vero Heath

    A Debt So Ruthless by Vero Heath

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    At the stroke of midnight on my twentieth birthday, he comes in darkness and in blood. Elio Titone, heir to Toronto’s most brutal Cosa Nostra famiglia.Turns out my father is massively in debt to the Sicilian mafia. Elio has come for one thing and one thing only – to claim what he is owed.And what he’s owed is me.My captor is dangerous and demanding. Tortured, possessive, and wealthy beyond belief...
  • Slaughter by Shantel Tessier

    Slaughter by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 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...
  • 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...
  • Junction X by Erastes

    Junction X by Erastes

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Set in the very English suburbia of 1962 where everyone has tidy front gardens and lace curtains, Junction X is the story of Edward Johnson, who ostensibly has the perfect life: A beautiful house, a great job, an attractive wife and two well-mannered children. The trouble is he's been lying to himself all of his life. And first love, when it does come, hits him and hits him hard...
  • Pick of the Litter by Josh Hunter

    Pick of the Litter by Josh Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cody’s fought them every step of the way. And every time, he’s lost. They’ve taken his freedom. His pride. Even his name.Now it’s time for Cody to start his new life, serving the rich and decadent. Letting himself be used in ways that he never imagined. And sold like a piece of livestock.But Cody’s about to discover that accepting his place as a slave isn’t the end of his struggles...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  abduction  slavery  rape  captive  dark  abuse  m-m
  • 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...
  • The Sinners Touch by Apryl Baker

    The Sinners Touch by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ~Kade I fucked up. She was the best and worst mistake I ever made. I took the coward’s way out and ran. Now I have a chance to make it right, but she's being stubborn. It used to be cute, but this time it can get her killed...
  • Vow of Vengeance by Shanna Handel

    Vow of Vengeance by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He demands revenge, and I’m the one he wants. OpheliaHe breaks into my room, throwing my boyfriend out a window.He tells me I’m coming with him, and when I fight back…He punishes me in shameful ways that leave my skin on fire.I’m a virgin. Lonely. Out of place in my world.That doesn’t mean I belong in his sexual, dangerous, mafia one...
  • Fraternizing by C.C. Brown

    Fraternizing by C.C. Brown

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Intended for 18+. Strong sexual content, violence and vulgarity. Sometimes rules must be broken. Sometimes your beliefs are challenged. Other times... you just have to follow your heart. For Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Cruz, the Corps' rules and regulations have served as a blueprint for how he should live his life...
  • Saint Nick by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

    Saint Nick by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Bonus Content on Forsyth U website...
  • Dirty Dealings by A.J. Adams

    Dirty Dealings by A.J. Adams

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here and here.I could’ve strangled her. She knew it too because she stepped away quickly. “Touch me and I’ll have you!” she snarled.“Bruja mala leche! What the fuck do you think you’re playing at! You can’t push me around!”“Sure I can.” Her eyes were slate grey, the same colour as the sky, and just as cold. “I need help, and you’re going to give it...
  • Pretty Savage Boys by Layla Simon

    Pretty Savage Boys by Layla Simon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I like to watch.Girls are my favourite on a small screen in my hand or spread wide on the backdrop of my dad's immersive home theatre system, I'm not fussy.Blonde, brunette, redhead, curly, straight, frizzing in the humidity of a hot day. Anything goes. As long as I can click, pause, enlarge, fast-forward, rewind, replay the whole thing over and over again, I'm happy...
  • Bed of Thorns by Piper Stone

    Bed of Thorns by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He was once my protector. Now he's become my captor.Hardened by years spent in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Montego is no longer the gentle man I remember. When he came for me, he didn't just take me for the very first time.He claimed my virgin body with a savagery that left me screaming... and he made me beg for it...
  • Soldiers of Chaos- Chaos Abounds: Book 1 in the Soldiers of Chaos series by A.A. Askevold

    Soldiers of Chaos- Chaos Abounds: Book 1 in the Soldiers of Chaos series by A.A. Askevold

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is darkness lurking inside us all. What would you do to escape yours? Nikki grew up in the Soldiers of Chaos Motorcycle Club and as far as women in MC's go she's somewhat of an anomaly. Nikki's one of very few patched female members in the existence of outlaw motorcycle clubs...
  • Domesticated by Jettie Woodruff

    Domesticated by Jettie Woodruff

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was once told that I was like an animal. Animals were naturally conditioned, just like the rodent that I was, I needed to be conditioned. Aristocrats in our class had a trained way of living. Women had their place beside their hard-working spouses and weren't allowed to rock the boat.As a small child, I believed in the preparation requirements...
  • Last Shadow by Pepper Winters

    Last Shadow by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. RELEASE DATE WILL BE ADVISED.“My life wasn’t perfect but at least it was mine. Now, I live in hell and owned by others. I fell for a guy who promised me the world and sold me for five grams of cocaine. I want nothing more than to end this existence of abuse and slavery. I’m not weak. I’m not giving up. I’m just done.” Owned. Possessed. Used.Lyric is a whore...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  slavery  dark  new adult  abuse  suspense  rape
  • The Waltz by Angelica Chase

    The Waltz by Angelica Chase

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    This book is free on some platforms. You know what they say… One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. After sacrificing years of my life on a cheating husband, I'd had enough. I set out to quench a thirst I had ignored for years. I gave myself one year to explore my sexuality—to delve into my deepest, darkest desires...
  • All for Maddie by Jettie Woodruff

    All for Maddie by Jettie Woodruff

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I believe in love at first sight... because I am a mother. Living a complete lie, holding on to a secret that could cost me the most important thing in my life was about to surface. I couldn’t breathe without Maddie. Maddie was my life. The saying about dying for your child is the absolute truth. The other things you would do are comparable to that of death. I know, I did those things...
  • Breakdown by Aly Zigada

    Breakdown by Aly Zigada

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Atticus Creed saved my life. His voice talked me down. His lyrics stripped me bare. His tattoos against my hidden scars made me feel beautiful. In turn, I wrecked him with a love that exposed his soul and lies that called to his vilest demons. We were innocent then. I’m not a broken girl anymore...
  • Monster by Callie Vincent

    Monster by Callie Vincent

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Wanting him will shatter you…As the daughter of the most prominent defense attorney in the country, my life is lavish, privileged, indulgent—and supposed to be set in stone. But no matter how perfectly safe my life may seem…It still couldn’t save me...
  • Elizabeth's Anal Submission by Nikki Sex

    Elizabeth's Anal Submission by Nikki Sex

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Elizabeth is further seduced by her captor, "Sir" and becomes sexually awakened through bondage and domination during sex. Having never experienced BDSM she now finds that it is what has been missing from her marriage. Elizabeth finds herself unintentionally confessing things to "Sir" that she has never told anyone, not even her husband Mark. For a start she has been faking orgasms...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  bondage  dark  contemporary  menage  length-novella
  • Hart by Victoria Vale

    Hart by Victoria Vale

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A short story prequel to The Villain by Victoria Vale ... offering the back story of the mysterious Earl of Hartmoor, Lord Adam Callahan...
  • Caught by Piper Stone

    Caught by Piper Stone

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    You don't say no to a man like him.If you're forced to come to an arrangement with someone as dangerous as Jagger Calduchi, it means he's about to take what he wants, and you'll give it to him... even if it's your body.I got caught snooping where I didn't belong, and Jagger made me an offer I couldn't refuse...
  • Rotten Apple by B.B. Blaque

    Rotten Apple by B.B. Blaque

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ▪▪▪▪Francis Patrick “FOCUS” Flanagan Sgt. at Arms for the Royal Bastards NYC/Rotten Apple Chapter▪▪▪▪ I knew immediately Nixx’s tough girl game was an act—New Yorker with a rough edge and a decent size chip on her shoulder—I wasn’t buyin’ that mess at all. She has the eyes of a damn angel and lips that’d make the most religious man wanna lay down with Satan himself...
  • Harem Slave: One Thousand Nine Hundred and Four Days of Hell on the Persian Gulf by Nancy Hartwell Enonchong

    Harem Slave: One Thousand Nine Hundred and Four Days of Hell on the Persian Gulf by Nancy Hartwell Enonchong

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Harem Slave is not your predictable formulaic sex-slave novel; it is above all, a gripping and often suspense-filled documentary of the harrowing life of a victim of human trafficking. It is, in many respects, a survival guide for girls who find themselves in such unthinkable circumstances...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  abduction  slavery  dark  harems  rape  poly  length-medium
  • Heights of Desire by Mara White

    Heights of Desire by Mara White

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A woman who has everything meets a man who can offer her nothing but trouble. They bring each other to a height of desire neither thought possible, but is it enough to overcome the differences that tear them apart? Kate Champion, a forty-two-year-old, married mother of two, leads an enviable upper class life of luxury...
  • True Beginnings by Willow Madison

    True Beginnings by Willow Madison

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A DARK EROTIC ROMANCE True Beginnings is the second book in a series that includes two alternative endings. See for yourself why fans are saying this makes all the other dark romances look like greyed out shades of fairytales. MORE OR ENOUGHMax is all about being in control. It's the only way he knows how to be. There’s never been a question in his mind about what he wants...
  • Teacher's Pet by Katerina St. Clair

    Teacher's Pet by Katerina St. Clair

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Anastasia Burns has always known hardship. With her father, the one person who ever truly protected her, slowly succumbing to a deadly illness, she is forced to carry the weight of his legacy as she enters Spokehaven University, the prestigious academy where every step she takes echoes his name...
  • Sever by T.L. Smith, Melissa Jane

    Sever by T.L. Smith, Melissa Jane

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One man’s wife is another’s obsession.We had a love I thought could never be broken. But I was wrong. We weren’t as strong as our vows once promised.Dark secrets and vicious lies, they tore us apart.They cut too deep, leaving open wounds.Pain is something that should never come from the man you love. Forgiveness, understanding, tenderness, yes. But never pain.But the fact remains...
  • Illicit Rendezvous by Lilith Tate

    Illicit Rendezvous by Lilith Tate

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Mickie: As a single mother, I've become a pro at burying my needs. It's hard to find time for myself when I’m constantly wiping sticky fingerprints off the furniture or breaking up fistfights like a referee.But the carnal urges festering deep inside of me cannot stay hidden forever.Desperate to feel alive, I take a risk on a stormy night and surrender to my darkest desires...
  • Plaything: Volume One by Jade West, Jason Luke

    Plaything: Volume One by Jade West, Jason Luke

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ve been sold. That’s what he tells me. Sold as a rich man’s plaything to the highest bidder. I’m to be shipped to the other side of the world, where I’ll disappear without a trace. I’ve nobody coming after me, nobody who’ll even know I’ve gone. But I’m no plaything. I’ve already been rejected for sale once. Not fit for purpose. Too fiery, too uncouth. Two choices remain...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  slavery  suspense  dark  contemporary  abuse
  • Heartbreak Me by T.L. Smith

    Heartbreak Me by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "You can't hate me when I leave. " He kidnapped me.That was how I met Atlas Hyde.A man known by many names and admired by all.But most didn't know he was ruthless, conniving, and always got what he wanted.No matter the cost.I was a good girl.Never in trouble with the law.Never took drugs.Always did precisely what was expected of me...
  • Dirty Girls by Lily White

    Dirty Girls by Lily White

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They were the boys any good girl knew to avoid. Rich and privileged. Gorgeous and cruel. The poster boys for rebellion…their tongues so sharp they cut to the bone. We worshipped them despite their dangerous games. We laughed even as we cried. It was all fun and games until the first dirty girl died. Now, as the bodies pile up, I believe I can endure their wicked ways...
  • Black Rose by Suzanne Steele

    Black Rose by Suzanne Steele

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Because some women don't want red roses and wine, they need black roses and knives." Charles is a man who was born into wealth and power. Mix in his copper colored hair and tan fit body and you have the makings of a real playboy. Charles could have any woman that he wants; but he wants Melanie...
    Categorized as:
    cruel hero  alpha male  bdsm  dark  mafia  length-short
  • His for the Taking by Samantha Madisen

    His for the Taking by Samantha Madisen

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Dark Mafia RomanceShe's mine for the taking, and I'm going to take her hard.I didn't come here looking for a dance from a pretty girl. I came to take someone, whether she wants to come with me or not. A girl who belongs to me, even though she doesn't know it yet.Natalie Paulson is mine, every single inch of her, and I don't share what's mine...
  • His Sniper: A Survivor's Submission by Harley Laroux

    His Sniper: A Survivor's Submission by Harley Laroux

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lana has a dirty little secret she cannot ignore. Despite the constant threat of roving zombies, she knows of only one way to deal with the stress besides blowing out a Rotter's brains. But when her naughty sessions of self-love cause her to neglect her duty, a survivor's life is nearly lost and Lana finds herself in deep trouble with their stern and mysterious leader, Sawyer...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  dystopian  dark  length-novella
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