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Harleen by Stjepan Šejić
Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a theory: mental illness is a survival mechanism. As she seeks to help the broken souls of Gotham City piece together their sanity she will become the one thing she fears the most: one of them. A bold new retelling of the tragic origin of Harley Quinn told through the eyes of the only person who knows her better than anyone: Harleen... -
Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole
The first two books in the Scarred Souls series, in one volume! RAZE. One man stripped of his freedom, his morals. .. his life. Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge. . -
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Irresistible Attraction by W. Winters
From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes the complete heart-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat gripping, romantic suspense trilogy, Irresistible Attraction. Sometimes you meet someone, maybe meet isn’t the right word. You don’t even have say hello for this to happen. You simply pass by them and everything in your world changes forever...Categorized as:
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Tempt Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove is a weakness for a man like me…. Two years ago my enemies murdered my wife. They took away the mother of my newborn son. That’s how I became the beast…. A merciless, heartless, soulless creature. That’s why I made the deal with Ava:. Take her to repay her father’s debt…. I couldn’t resist. Not when I saw she feared me as much as she wanted me. I wanted the beauty, a woman nearly half my age... -
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Hostile Fates by India R. Adams
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today best selling author India R. Adams comes an explosive romance of fated lovers starting a war that will bring them to their knees. A slow burn kind of beginning? No. Not in the slightest. I’m fighting to live. She’s planning to die. It’s a soul to soul—fire to fire— start to our story that creates a perfect storm... -
Beasts by Sheridan Anne
Rain, rain go away. Naive rivals I will slay. Touch what’s theirs and they will play. A shallow grave you will lay. Standing at the top of the DeAngelis empire isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. Sure, it comes with the kind of power one could only ever dream of, and having three men to lavish me with undeniable pleasure is the greatest perk of all... -
Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime to break the rules and make her submit to me…. We dance like devils, except we wear masks. Every night a different one. Dancing on the edge. Dancing with danger. Me and her, for years. I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me. Time to change that up and claim her. Possess her, dominate her, own her. Heart. Body. Mind. Soul... -
Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine... -
Erase by Elizabeth Knox, London Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe’re not allowed to fall in love. Dion. Ever since my dad, Zeus, the leader of the Sons of Gods MC, kicked my mom, Risk, out of the club, I’ve been worried that he might see me as somehow less important. Not that I think it’s really likely—but still, that fear sits like a stone in the pit of my stomach... -
Six by Evie Rae, Poppy Flynn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA Dark 'Why Choose' Romance Inspired by "Peter Pan & The Lost Boys". First there were Five. Now they are Six. Beck. The sun has dawned on a new day and after a grim fight with a notorious serial child killer, the future looks bright. Even for me. But not everything is as it seems. The man killed in that brutal struggle? He’s not the man I remember as my kidnapper... -
The Unseelie Court by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Some webs are meant to be broken. Ava Cole thought she'd escaped the Web—and the dangerously seductive spider who ruled it. She was wrong. Now the “guest” of the Moonlit Court of the Unseelie, Ava finds herself caught between two immortal brothers preparing for an ancient war. Valroy, the vicious Unseelie King, offers her power in exchange for becoming his weapon... -
Vicious Secret: A Dark Romance by Morgan Bridges
A woman fights her dangerous attraction to the sexy assassin stalking her across campus, but he’s the only man who can save her from the secret society he serves. The moment she pulls a knife on him, Delilah becomes Xavier Donovan’s obsession... -
Vicious Secret: A Dark Romance by Morgan Bridges
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsMors solum initium. Death is only the beginning. The. The Obsidian Order only cares about three secrecy, loyalty, and power. Every man born to the founding families is bred for this purpose, to serve the society and its objectives. As a result, we are the elite. Untouchable. Unbreakable. If we make it through the Trials. I will, as long as my obsession doesn’t get the best of me. This girl…... -
King of Ruin by Lee Jacquot
𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓. It's the most fragile concept ever created. Built over time. Shown through actions. Tested with loyalty. And broken when hit with the smallest pebble. My family trusted him. 𝘐 trusted him, despite something deep in my core knowing he would be my downfall. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙. Now, I'm at his mercy...Categorized as:
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The Beginning Of Us by Lylah James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s something special about first love. It feels right; it looks right. It’s perfect in every way, until it isn’t. Grayson Hale — the hot nerd, my first love. He was an enigma. Both mysteriously complicated and beautifully broken. The vacant look in his eyes reminded me of my own, almost as if our misery called to one another. Colton Bennett — the sarcastic playboy, my second chance... -
Once a Myth by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHe bought her. He trapped her. She belongs to him. Eleanor Grace is a naïve dreamer. Trusting and young, she believes her travel-loving boyfriend can save her when her freedom is snatched and sold. Squirrelled away to an island at dawn, delivered to a man even darkness won’t touch, she’s bound by a contract. Sullivan Sinclair is the giver of fantasies... -
Under the Cover of Darkness by Emma Luna
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsADDY. I thought the suffocating loneliness of the last two year were bad, but then I was sent to Lakeridge Psychiatric Facility. On the outside it’s disguised as helpful brochures and friendly doctors who have vowed to help, but the real truth is just below the surface, lurking in the shadows, and haunting my dreams. At night he comes—taunting and abusing me...Categorized as:
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약탈혼 3 [Yagtalhon 3] by Saha, 사하
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratings결혼식을 앞두고 유서를 작성했다. 첫날밤을 치른 후 죽어버릴 것이기 때문이었다. 평생 나라를 위해, 그리고 왕실을 위해 헌신한 왕녀의 비참한 최후였다. 목숨을 내버리기 전에, 레아는 왕실을 향한 마지막 복수를 계획했다. 순결하지 못한 새신부가 되는 것이었다. “왜 첫 경험을 내다버렸지? 도망치고 싶진 않나? ”. “나는…… 죽고 싶어. ”. 하룻밤 상대이기에 충동적으로 털어놓은 말이었다. 그렇게 끝날 인연이라고 생각했다. 전혀 생각지도 못한 곳에서 다시 만나기 전까지는. 그는 질서정연하던 일상을 침식해나갔다. 위험한 관계임을 알면서도, 레아는 그를 거부할 수 없었다. 도대체 저 남자는 무슨 생각을 하고 있는 것일까. “기억 안 나? ”. 남자는 사납게 웃으며 말했다. “내가 네 인생 망쳐주겠다고 했잖아...Categorized as:
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Reign of Freedom by C. Hallman, J.L. Beck
Who do you trust when you can’t even trust yourself? Everything I knew was a lie. Everyone I loved betrayed me. Everywhere I go someone wants me dead. I’m no stranger to being alone. Even in my darkest hour, I knew I could count only on myself. Now, I have nothing and for the first time in my life I have to let someone else save me... -
Ruins of Temptation by C. Hallman, J.L. Beck
I’ve spent years trying to be someone I’m not. Controlled and humanized. Still, the darkness lurks inside me, waiting for a chance to break free. As the headmaster at Corium University, I must maintain professionalism and keep myself in check. I manage to do that until the day I discover I have a daughter and all the carefully constructed walls I’ve built around myself start to crumble... -
Mirage by C.M. Radcliff
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReleasing as part of the 2019 Sinister Fairy Tales Collection! Painted in gold, Jaslyn was born into a life of luxury with the world at her feet. After the death of her father, his empire became hers and the princess became a queen. Painted in gold, Jaslyn was born into a life of luxury with the world at her feet. Her fortune was sought after and deception and deceit had a ring around her finger... -
Savage Soul by Ella Jade
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI failed the woman I swore to protect, and now my enemies are after her. Jude I live by a code. I don’t tolerate lies, betrayals, or secrets. I seldom give second chances. When Emmie withheld the truth from me, I acted on instinct before I gave her a chance to explain. My actions put her in danger, and now it’s my responsibility to save her...Categorized as:
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Wicked Deceit by Aly Beck
My enemy is The Apocalypse Society: Three brothers, a hidden agenda, distorted masks, and minions who do their dirty work. They tried to kill the rabbit. They injured two of the men I love. They thought they could cut me down. Not only my life, but the lives of my four men, are now in danger. Time is running out. The rabbit is almost in their trap. The next time they may succeed in killing me... -
Zhànshì by Anna Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratings“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”. -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War. Lia has known she was different since the age of five when her father taught her the skills of her ancestors. His stories of heroic exploits have fueled her fantasies for years... -
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The Thief and the Painter by Candice Clark
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmeliaPaint smudges and secret grudges. Despite the occasional ball gown and glass of champagne, my life is anything but glitz and glamor. I’m the daughter of The Southern Black Widow and a girl so full of darkness that it bleeds from my very fingers onto high-priced canvas. But what is darkness but the absence of light? Insert Merrick Stratford—my light. His cold demeanor doesn’t fool me... -
The Swan Princess by Natasha Knight
At a glamorous masquerade ball in an opulent mansion the elite gather to celebrate the introduction of one of their own to society. But the guests of this party aren’t all knights in shining armor. And tonight, Lucia DeMarco and Salvatore Benedetti will meet in a chance encounter one year before the contract that makes her his is to be fulfilled... -
Twisted Games by Ana Huang
She can never be his. .. but he's taking her anyway. Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules…until her. Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash... -
Blood & Roses Volume 1 by Callie Hart
A dark contemporary romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quicksilver and Brimstone. What happens in the dark never stays in the dark. As one of Seattle’s most dangerous, feared men, Zeth Mayfair always carried out the jobs he’s sent on without a second thought. Drugs? Guns? Dirty money? They’re all fair game. But girls? Girls are another matter entirely...Categorized as:
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Beauty and the Villain by V.F. Mason
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOnce upon a time I had it all. I thrived in all the power and luxury this world had to offer. Until I found out the hideous truth. When a man I considered a friend betrayed me in the worst possible way. The scars on my body burned anew every single day as I only craved one thing. Revenge. And to execute it I had to strike him where it would hurt the most. His family...Categorized as:
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A Tale of Vengeance: Part 1: A Dark, Mafia, Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Vengeance Compilations) by Michaela Jackson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRevenge is a dish best served cold. And this one has been chilling for a while. But she’s hiding something. A better man would just trust her. I’m not a better man. I’ve let her go twice. Once by choice. Once by force. I won’t let her go again. Vengeance will be mine. With her as my queen. No one will stop it. Not even her. This is parts 4-5 of a 5 part dark romance series... -
Owned by Liliana Carlisle
I've been stolen by a monster. Cold and calculating, he's nothing like the knight in shining armor I hoped would rescue me. He tortures me with his hands and mouth, my inner Omega calling to him even as hate pulses through my veins. He's the leader of the Saviors, the brutal Alpha bastards that kidnap Omegas like me. Every part of me belongs to him and him alone. I'm his to touch. His to take... -
Brutal Prince: Bonus Scene by Sophie Lark
Aida and Callum go to a Halloween event.Categorized as:
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Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde
He wants her submission. She demands his secrets. Hades has acres of diamonds and precious little patience for a world that has stolen his compassion. So, when lifegiving medication is withheld from him, Hades steals something more valuable—the daughter of his enemy—and holds her for ransom. The night Persephone left home, she had just one thing on her freedom...Categorized as:
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Love After Never: A Steamy, Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance: Empire Bay Book 1 by Melanie Kingsley
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEven the blackest souls need love… Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived. I’ve never seen a man like him before. Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect. If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits... -
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Hearts by Kyra Irene
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlamed for the deaths of her ex-fiancés, Rosalie Clarke has a reputation as the Outfit’s very own. black widow. But in a world where powerful men gamble with lives, Rosalie can’t tell if she’s. cursed or if her exes’ blood is on someone else’s hands. Max has always been there, a brooding, protective constant in Rosalie’s life. He’s her father’s... -
Entangled by Vera Kane
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’ve lived the last several years of my life under the control of my step-mother. Every decision taken away from me, completely suffocating me. At eighteen, she sold me off to the highest bidder and traded one gilded cage for another. I’ve never been anything but a dollar sign to her. Until two years later Kade Luchetti kidnapped me from my tower, making me yet another dictator’s rag doll...Categorized as:
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Love After Never by Melanie Kingsley
Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEven the blackest souls need love… Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived. I’ve never seen a man like him before. Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect. If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits... -
All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA USA Today bestselling, gripping and heart-wrenching romantic suspense. I get why Beauty fell in love with the Beast, but it doesn't change who Carter is. There's no magical rose or kiss that will turn him into a prince. All Carter Cross will ever be is a beast. A cold-hearted and ruthless, mafia king, trapped in a castle of his own making I'm the daughter of his enemy and his new possession... -
The Black Fox by Brianna Hale
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor fifteen years I was the Black Fox, the hero of Spain, the good-luck devil. I made my enemies dance to my tune and fall to my sword. The day must come when every hero hangs up his cape, and for me, it was the day I outsmarted the curse. I would not die for love, because I didn’t love the woman I married. Valeria Hernandez didn’t love me. Then I met her. Lolita...Categorized as:
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