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Demon's Dream by Elle Kayson
Demon Clawing my way from the depths of hell to haunt the nightmares and steal the lives of many, I earned the name “Demon.” Hardened by a life that no one should live, I had rules that governed my existence. No caring. No intimacy. No love. And then I saw her… Dream. Beautiful. Brave. Bold. And for thirty days, she was mine. I would follow my have her body, ignore her heart...Categorized as:
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![Filthy Truth by Serena Akeroyd]()
Filthy Truth by Serena Akeroyd
Conor's my lifeline.He doesn't know it.I need him to find me.I need him to chase me.I need him to love me.If I haven't already destroyed what we might have had, he's crazy enough to take me on.My Fecker.Mine... -
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![The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin]()
The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHe’s a grumpy small-town sheriff. And she’s the off-limits operator capable of bringing him to his knees.Sydney Archer isn’t the typical daughter of a billionaire. A former Army officer, she now works with an elite security team to hunt the worst of the worst . . . all while raising a teenager.To the outside world, Sydney’s an ice queen who’s lethal with a bow...Categorized as:
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![Wrapped In Perfection: A Billionaire Romance Love Story/Mafia Twist by Maggie Cole]()
Wrapped In Perfection: A Billionaire Romance Love Story/Mafia Twist by Maggie Cole
Dmitri Ivanov is determined to repair every broken piece of me...My battered body healed. My heart hasn’t. Everything my ex convinced me to hate about myself, Dmitri turns upside down.From day one, he requires my commitment to him—including my full trust.In return, he claims he’s giving his to me.But the element of danger Dmitri gives off, isn’t just in my head. He’s involved in things... -
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![Handsome Devil by L.J. Shen]()
Handsome Devil by L.J. Shen
I made a deal with the devil to save my mother…But is it really hell if I love the way it burns?GiaThe monster from my nightmares crawled into my reality, masquerading as my boss.Tatum Blackthorn is Lucifer, personified.When he discovers my weakness, he makes me an offer I cannot refuse, and I become his wife...Categorized as:
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![Silent Lies by Neva Altaj]()
Silent Lies by Neva Altaj
DRAGOThere is only one punishment for spies and liars,A slow and painful death.And my sweet, angelic wife,Who bewitched everyone in my home,From my men - even to my dogs,Is the worst traitor of all.But it seems I have fallen under her spell as well,With every smile, every ridiculous outfit,I'm struggling,And failing... -
![Menace by J.M. Darhower]()
Menace by J.M. Darhower
Once upon a time, there was a guy who got so fed up with life that he resorted to murder and mayhem just to feel alive. Lorenzo Gambini is bored. So fucking bored. Most people either annoy him or avoid him, afraid to face him. Figuratively. Literally. With his face partially disfigured, scarred, he looks every bit the monster the stories make him out to be: the notorious menace they call Scar... -
![Cuffed by a Certified Maniac by Nek Mills]()
Cuffed by a Certified Maniac by Nek Mills
Breonna’s main focus is to remain focused as she navigates her way through her current relationship and her career as a daycare teacher. Betrayal turns her heart cold when she experiences the ultimate heartbreak.Jaseon has never felt a love deeper than one he has for his daughter. He will do anything to protect her at all cost. But, he quickly finds out that the cost may be his heart...Categorized as:
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![Unchosen Ruler by Maggie Cole]()
Unchosen Ruler by Maggie Cole
He’s the future unchosen ruler of the O’Malleys.Locked away for too many years.Underestimated and pissed off.Protective beyond all rationale.Possessive unlike any man I’ve ever known.I should run. Except Liam O'Malley isn't a choice. He's the air I breathe.Still, I wonder if I can really be queen of the O’Malleys—especially when I discover the truth about who I am... -
![Magnum: A Dark Knights MC/Dirty Angels MC Crossover by Jeanne St. James]()
Magnum: A Dark Knights MC/Dirty Angels MC Crossover by Jeanne St. James
Out of the dark comes a knight she least expects. He’s the Sergeant at Arms for the Dark Knights MC. He enforces the rules and gets his hands dirty. She’s the daughter of a biker. Property of another MC. She’s young. He’s not. He’s lived a life. She’s just finding her way. She’s a bad idea. A very bad idea. One which can quickly turn allies into rivals...Categorized as:
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![Slingshot by K.L. Savage]()
Slingshot by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her?The frenemy’s daughter... -
![Not Mine to Keep by Brittney Sahin]()
Not Mine to Keep by Brittney Sahin
A playboy billionaire and a mafioso’s daughter ignite dangerous passions, vengeance, and betrayal in a sizzling novel of suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin.The name DiMaggio means mafia royalty, but Calliope, the dynasty’s last living heir, is no princess. A teacher and singer in Nashville, she’s moved as far away from the generations-old criminal legacy as she can... -
![The Thorns Remain by Jennifer Hartmann, Chelley St. Clair]()
The Thorns Remain by Jennifer Hartmann, Chelley St. Clair
VENGEANCE.Hiding deep within the shadows of human nature, it smolders…Simmers…Waits.Only, for me, it was no longer a hibernating beast.The day I discovered the wrongs committed against me, vengeance clawed its way right through me. The beast had emerged from its lair with a burning need to destroy the man who tore my marriage apart.And now?Now, it was my lifeline.My dark lover.My. Whole. Purpose... -
![The Devil's Lair by Penny Dee]()
The Devil's Lair by Penny Dee
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMassimo De Kysa.The man who stole my first kiss.And now my boss.I learned early how life can turn on a dime.That’s how it is when you grow up as a mafia princess.One minute you’re rich, spoilt, and betrothed to the most revered man in the city—the next your broke and selling your designer bags so you can eat.But I’m not the kind of girl who gives up without a fight...Categorized as:
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![His Enduring Love: 50 Loving States, Illinois by Theodora Taylor]()
His Enduring Love: 50 Loving States, Illinois by Theodora Taylor
My hot one-night stand…is now my new boss!I’ve been hiding nearly all my adult life to protect myself and my autistic daughter from the mob boss who wants me dead. I’ve sworn off relationships and vowed never to fall in love again.Suro Nakamura gives exactly zero f-words about my vows.I’ve become the dangerous hitman’s sole obsession, and he’ll stop at nothing to make me his...Categorized as:
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![Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire]()
Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire
Nikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living... -
![Faked by Vanessa Waltz]()
Faked by Vanessa Waltz
My feelings are forever...the engagement is not.Vinn Costa used to hang the moon in my sky. He's my brother's broad-shouldered, brutally handsome best friend. He doesn't know I exist, but I've always loved him.Until he did something unforgivable.Vinn's not a sweet boy anymore. He's grown into a ruthlessly cold gangster. He's the most powerful man in Boston, a beautiful lost cause... -
![Stolen Touches by Neva Altaj]()
Stolen Touches by Neva Altaj
MileneRules,I know them,But I didn’t follow them.I moved into his city, his domain without approval.And now, it’s time for me to pay the price.Marry the cold, calculating Don of La Cosa Nostra,The man who many have never seen-or could recognize,And be bound to the mafia forever.But when he comes to collect me,I realize that this isn’t the first time we’ve met.SalvatoreNothing amazes me anymore... -
![Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn]()
Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Tampa Royal Bastards are riding back into town!Join Ominous as he falls into the alluring abyss... -
![The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale]()
The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJust a word, yet one person came to mind. Morrigan St. Pete. The woman that’d been hounding my every step since the day she was born. From the moment we first comforted each other in the hospital, to the day that I left her to follow her dreams, I knew that she was my one...Categorized as:
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![The Jack & Jill Series by Jewel E. Ann]()
The Jack & Jill Series by Jewel E. Ann
“This book is phenomenal! My favorite read of 2015. Don’t read anything else about it. Just buy it. Now.” - Ella James, USA Today bestselling author of Sloth: A Sinful Secrets Novel END OF DAY (Book 1) Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life. Four caskets. Two bodies... -
![Notorious by K.E. Osborn]()
Notorious by K.E. Osborn
Nothing but death surrounds me.For years, I’ve lived with the ghosts of the people who have died because of me.I hear their screams, I see their bodies.Like a never-ending circle, the vision replays in my mind.Hiding, locking myself away when the voices in my head get too loud, is my only saving grace. That is until one wild night, I meet Haven at a bar...Categorized as:
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![Tormentor Mine by Anna Zaires]()
Tormentor Mine by Anna Zaires
He came to me in the night, a cruel, darkly handsome stranger from the most dangerous corners of Russia. He tormented me and destroyed me, ripping apart my world in his quest for vengeance. Now he's back, but he’s no longer after my secrets. The man who stars in my nightmares wants me... -
![Corrupted Protector by Kiana Hettinger]()
Corrupted Protector by Kiana Hettinger
I live in a world where my tragedy is branded on my back in the shape of whips and lashes.Every night, I ponder my fate and wish for death.Until I escape.I may have escaped the devil, but hell lives inside my head.The secrets I know could ruin the most powerful men.Including the gorgeous man who saves me.As we get closer, I realize that we share the same wounds...Categorized as:
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![Diamond In The Rough by Emilia Finn]()
Diamond In The Rough by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s New York’s deadliest enforcer. But I’m the villain in this story.Micah Malone is the son of a notoriously cruel, and thankfully dead, mafia boss.Now he’s the organization’s enforcer, and right hand to his brother’s reign.He’s the broadest of five boys.The quietest.And the deadliest...Categorized as:
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![Dom by S.J. Tilly]()
Dom by S.J. Tilly
VALWhen I was nine, I went to my first funeral. Along with accepting my father's death, I had to accept new and awful truths I wasn't prepared for.When I was nineteen, I went to my mother's funeral. We weren't close, but with her gone, I became more alone than ever before.Sure, I have a half-brother who runs The Alliance... -
![A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers]()
A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book is an interconnected standalone within the Ends World. While you don't have to read the Ends Duet before reading this book, it is recommended that you do in order to understand the entire Ends World up to this point.CarolinaI didn’t mean for anyone to get hurt.That wasn’t my intention.And I knew he would come for me... -
![The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori]()
The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori
She’s a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds . . . Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Elena smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything. She’s the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa . . . or was. Now, all she can see in the mirror’s reflection is blood staining her hands like crimson paint...Categorized as:
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![Papi's Protection by Reggie Deanching, Laylah Roberts]()
Papi's Protection by Reggie Deanching, Laylah Roberts
He’s the deadliest man in the city. Ruthless. Powerful. Wicked.And Cat needs to get his attention.Because Alejandro De Leon might have information about how her father died. And why her mother disappeared.Only problem is . . . the closer she gets to him, the more he draws her in.And when he claims her, she doesn’t exactly want to tell him no.No one tells Alejandro De Leon no...Categorized as:
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![The End of Me by Tara Brown]()
The End of Me by Tara Brown
His death was almost the end of me. He was still everywhere, surrounding me. In our children's eyes, in the smell lingering in our bed, in candy bar wrappers stuffed down the side of the minivan driver door. He was everywhere except where I needed him to be. In my arms, kissing my lips, on the name of the deed to our house...Categorized as:
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![The Two Last Moments by Hannah Shield]()
The Two Last Moments by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a former Army medic. A hero with a heart-stopping grin and a steady hand.And the only person I remember when I’ve lost everything else.When I wake in the hospital, there are only a few things I can recall.My first name. A car, racing toward me before impact.And him . The firefighter EMT who miraculously appeared that night. Who saved me.Danny Bradley takes me in, though he owes me nothing... -
![Zeppo by Mirrah McGee]()
Zeppo by Mirrah McGee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrigger Please note this book contains some content which may be triggering to those sensitive to SA off page, verbal abuse, violence, and torture. You may contact the author for more information.RuthPaleontologist? Police Officer? Doctor? Not me. When asked in school what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always the same; Zeppo Kraus' wife and the mother of his children... -
![How Did You Survive Alone? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory]()
How Did You Survive Alone? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Legacy Mobster Fallon Maher is falling for the most unlikely person. Aspen is handsome, but he’s quiet, while Fallon is the opposite and talks enough to irritate everyone. The two men dance around their feelings, but when Fallon is injured while on a job for their boss, Aspen charges into the line of fire to help him...Categorized as:
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![Flame by Charlotte McGinlay]()
Flame by Charlotte McGinlay
Flame We’ve been best friends for as long as I can remember, grown up together. But I’ve been in love with her since she was sixteen, The problem; there’s eight years between us, And she deserves a better life than what I can give her, One without the MC... -
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![Secret Vendetta by Kathy Lockheart]()
Secret Vendetta by Kathy Lockheart
LUNABaptized in blood, I’m marked for death.Each time it comes, he appears. My masked protector.Saving me for reasons only known to him.But the Vigilante is playing a deadly game.One I must stop before he claims another soul.My new boyfriend, Hunter, vows to keep me safe.But what if we become the final casualties in the Vigilante's secret vendetta?VIGILANTEI’m the most dangerous man in the city...Categorized as:
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![Devil You Know by L.A. Fiore]()
Devil You Know by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDamian Tate. One look into his sad green eyes and I was hooked. I wanted to be the one to make him laugh, to make him smile. I hadn't expected him to be the one to make me blush, to make me hot...to make me fall in love. He was my first kiss, my first love, my first everything. I wanted forever with him, but life got in the way... -
![Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis]()
Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis
Tensions are rising for the Moreno Family’s most ruthless enforcer… I’m so close to finding my brother, I can feel it. But now there’s a new problem thrown into the mix. A young girl has been sold to the cartel, and I can’t stand by and watch that happen.With a new enemy on my tail, I’m not sure who I can trust… or how to navigate the increasingly steamy encounters with these men...Categorized as:
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![Stolen by J.M. Johnson]()
Stolen by J.M. Johnson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDante wasn't looking for a woman. He was content with being a single dad, and slowly but surely taking his place as leader of his club, Devil's Disciples.His life was busy, and he didn't need women complicating things.Fuck them, leave them. Don't catch feelings.But Dante had never met a woman like Rachel.Rachel has a past. One she has worked hard at erasing...Categorized as:
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![Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis]()
Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAll I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too.All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer.When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye...Categorized as:
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![Owo: The Consortium Book Two by Dandridge Monroe]()
Owo: The Consortium Book Two by Dandridge Monroe
Money is the root of all evil, but only to those who lack it and the ability to govern their emotions. Jealousy and envy are the true root of evil. For those with money, it's simply a tool. A tool to create opportunity for others, or to put down those who threaten them. Yacouba and Jasmine were a pairing destined to happen...Categorized as:
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![Fair Game by Amelia Wilde]()
Fair Game by Amelia Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabriel Hill has always been too charming for his own good. Women. Money. Information. Sex got him everything he ever wanted, until it almost killed him. A price he was willing to pay, before he met Elise. Before he fell for her. Now revenge isn't enough for him. He wants it all. The most beautiful woman. The most dangerous game. And a happily ever after, if it's not too late to save them both... -
![The Three Week Deal by Hannah Shield]()
The Three Week Deal by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a smoking-hot firefighter with a wild side.And now, my obnoxious new roommate. When my apartment catches fire, I know I’m in for a hell of a day. It only gets worse when I meet my temporary new roommate—the same grouchy firefighter who just yelled at me. Matteo De Luca is a tattooed, loud-mouthed, alpha hunk of a man...Categorized as:
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![Hung Up by Hannah Shield]()
Hung Up by Hannah Shield
He’s her brother’s ex-best friend…And the only man who can protect her.Former Navy SEAL Noah Vandermeer has few regrets. But Danica is one of them. She’s the girl he never forgot, even though he was supposed to. Even though her brother was once Noah’s best friend—and now considers Noah his sworn enemy... -
![Bits and Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane]()
Bits and Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane
Silas “Nomad” Bennings doesn’t do normal. As the fearsome enforcer for the Steel Berserkers Motorcycle Club, he refuses to live by other people’s rules. However, this time, the stubborn son of a bitch might have gone too far.Landry Copper spent her life bouncing from one dangerous situation to another... -
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![Beyond the Badge: Fletch by Jeanne St. James]()
Beyond the Badge: Fletch by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a challenge comes along that should be resisted, is it best to fight the urge or just say screw it? Shane Fletcher loves his job as a state trooper. Even more so when he gets to work undercover.When the DEA creates a task force to stop the trafficking of meth into Pennsylvania by the Deadly Demons, an outlaw MC, Fletch jumps on the chance to be involved... -
![The Game by Shae Evans]()
The Game by Shae Evans
It started as a game until someone got hurt. A callous bet…In Alexander ‘Lex’ Davenport’s opinion women fall into three categories, empty-headed bimbos, devious debutantes or gold-diggers. After another dissatisfying night with much of the same, he is certain there are no innocent women left...Categorized as:
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![Lincoln by V.H. Nicolson]()
Lincoln by V.H. Nicolson
A strangers to lovers, secret billionaire, working together romance from VH Nicolson. Perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Catharina Maura and Meghan Quinn. 'VH Nicolson’s characters will touch your heart and her storytelling will always leave you wanting more.' Sadie Kincaid "A fan-yourself billionaire romance you'll think about long after the last page... -
![Inked Adonis by Nicole Fox]()
Inked Adonis by Nicole Fox
My BFF sent the hot stranger a voice note...Of me saying I want to climb him like a tree.And he just. Texted. Back.It's the dog's fault, really.If this untrained Great Dane I'm walking had any manners at all, I never would've ended up With my leash wrapped around the most gorgeous man I've ever seen.Lucky for me, the guy is a good sport about it... -
![The Souls We Claim by Scarlett Cole]()
The Souls We Claim by Scarlett Cole
From USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying MC, age gap romance.Vengeance is the only thing on my mind.Because nobody comes after my family and lives to talk about it.But now I have responsibilities I can't ignore... -
![Spotless by Camilla Monk]()
Spotless by Camilla Monk
Island Chaptal—nerdy IT engineer by day, romance novel junkie by night—just walked into her messy New York apartment to find Mr. Right waiting for her. No, wait… Mr. Clean . A gentleman professional killer with a bad case of OCD and zero tolerance for unsorted laundry, March isn’t there to kill her…yet. He wants the diamond her late mother stole for a sinister criminal organization...
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