Books like 'The Betrayal'

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  • Queen Crow by J. Bree

    Queen Crow by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 53 ratings
    It was never supposed to be like this.My darkest secret has just been sent to the one person I was desperate to hide it from and now it’s too late to take it back. The damage has been done.With Atticus’ life in the balance and three new members about to be sworn in to the Twelve, the stakes have never been higher...
  • Poison Roses by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Poison Roses by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 126 ratings
    You know that saying, things can’t possibly get worse? They always can. I thought I’d hit rock bottom when I turned sixteen. The day I broke my first love's heart, ending things before I could ruin his career as a rock star. But damn, was I wrong. Things got progressively worse from that moment on, until now...
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  • Rule: A Dark MC Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Rule: A Dark MC Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Red Ridge Sinners MC series from bestselling author Caitlyn Dare continues…The truth is out—I’m in love with three Sinners.Zach, Jax, and Diesel might want to make me theirs but there’s still too many secrets between us, ones that could ruin everything.Ones that could break us.They might rule my body.Own my heart.But ultimately, they have the power to break me...
  • Sinners Reign by R.E. Bond

    Sinners Reign by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *This series is unpublished and has been rewritten with brand new plot and books added to the series. This edition does not follow the updated storyline. The wars have ended, and we are finally at peace.I never thought I’d be glad to not have to shoot at someone.I guess I’m not that crazy after all.The Psychos and Devils have expanded business, and things are running smoothly...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  menage  alpha male  angst  dark  poly  bad boys  pregnancy
  • Finale by Bea Paige

    Finale by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 32 ratings
    From the gutter to the stars...Dance has always been the answer to everything.It soothed my soul, kept me sane, gave me purpose.It brought the Breakers back to me. It healed us.This time dance isn’t enough.It’s time to face our enemies. It’s time I fight back.But at what cost?My soul? The death of everyone I care about?All I can be certain of is this..
  • The Throne of Lies by Candice M. Wright

    The Throne of Lies by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When people think of Saylor Adams, They think of the boy whose life she ruined The football superstar whose future was forever altered by a secret A secret that followed him to his grave. Dubbed a bad seed and a liar,Saylor was the girl we warned our sons aboutBack before she ran away amid a storm of rumors and accusations...
  • Delirium by Katie May

    Delirium by Katie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    ELLIE New secrets and shocking revelations have brought me and my guys closer together. We must work as a team to bring down the Paragons of Prosperity once and for all. But with one of my men presumed dead, another being actively recruited by the cult in question, and the other three chasing lead after lead, I fear we may be in way over our heads...
  • Lawless: A Dark Captive Why Choose Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Lawless: A Dark Captive Why Choose Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine.I found peace in the last place I expected, but it was a mirage built on lies and unfulfilled promises.I thought we somehow managed to find a way to co-exist in their little lair, but as usual I was wrong...
  • Lyrical by Bea Paige

    Lyrical by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 ratings
    From the gutter to the stars…Dance is in my blood.Once upon a time it ran through their veins too. Xeno, York, Zayn, and Dax.The Breakers and I were a crew until bad decisions and circumstance ripped us apart.Now the Breakers are back.And they’ve brought trouble.They’re not here at the Stardom Academy to dance.They’re here on a mission for Jeb, the leader of the Skins...
  • Unseen  (Joker's Wild Novella) by B. Livingstone, Indie Black

    Unseen (Joker's Wild Novella) by B. Livingstone, Indie Black

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when the dutiful wife is pushed too far?Rebellion and Freedom.While the whole world searches for the senator’s missing housewife,Zoey crafts a plan to guarantee she steers clear of their radar...
  • Lawless by Tracy Lorraine

    Lawless by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    An all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine.I found peace in the last place I expected, but it was a mirage built on lies and unfulfilled promises.I thought we somehow managed to find a way to co-exist in their little lair, but as usual I was wrong...
  • Perfect Little Revenge by K.G. Reuss

    Perfect Little Revenge by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    Desperate. Broken. Unhinged. Vengeful.I’m dead to them.I was buried in a forest, never to be thought of again.Or so I thought.Being stuck in this nightmare, I’m desperate to break free.My whole life seems to be a prison, and with my kings gone, I have a new warden.And this warden is now the kings biggest enemy...
  • Vice by Mila Sin

    Vice by Mila Sin

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Have you ever inadvertently flashed fifteen thousand people on a live stream? No? Just me? Damn.Hi, I’m Sage. MavenOfMischief, former escort, current junior at Steiner University. And four months ago, my carefully constructed online gaming persona went viral...
  • What Is Love by Ashley N. Rostek

    What Is Love by Ashley N. Rostek

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    I can’t remember a time my skin was not blemished with black, purple, and blue.I don’t know what it’s like to breathe without the weight of fear on my chest.From a young age, I mastered how to lie and how to hide my pain behind a practiced smile. I was never told, but I’ve always known that I need to cover my punishments beneath pretty, pastel clothes and white pearls...
  • Wanted Girl by Lexie Winston

    Wanted Girl by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 ratings
    Things are looking up for Harlow in the Summers household. She’s working toward establishing a solid relationship with her father and his children are coming around to the fact that she will be a permanent fixture in their lives. In fact, you could say things are starting to look very good for Harlow.Unfortunately, someone wants her as desperately as the Summers men.Wants her dead that is...
  • Breakers by Bea Paige

    Breakers by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    From the gutter to the stars...Dance brought us back together.Our pain and hurt bled out with every movement, with every step across the dancefloor.The Breakers never expected to love me again and I never believed we could get past our pain.Yet here we are.My Breakers are mine once more.But nothing is ever that simple when it comes to us.True happiness only comes when you’re free.Free to love...
  • Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    It started with an Obsession… We knew from the moment we saw her that she would be ours, and we used all of our means of Seduction to prove it to her... However, with our way of life comes trouble. It didn’t matter how much Devotion we had, it wasn’t enough to keep her safe, and now we’re here. We’re fighting for our lives and everything we never knew we’d have...
  • Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart

    Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Always Alchemy is a full-length book featuring a variety of extended epilogues for the following couples and their Rafe and BelleZach and MaddyAnton and GenCal and AidaDex, Max and DarcyAdam and NatYou can expect fun, spice (obviously), glamour and ALL the...
  • Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak

    Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    The Black Hand. The syndicate of hardened criminals I planned on destroying. Things are not what they seem. Someone knows my secret, and it’s not someone I ever expected. He knows my truth, and he understands my need for vengeance—though he’s tried to convince me otherwise. What he doesn’t understand is if I don’t have justice, I’m nothing. I’m not Shay, not Celene...
  • Ruin by Caitlyn Dare

    Ruin by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A new dark romance from the bestselling author of the Savage Falls MC series .My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.But not any longer.Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need.Because I’m not as innocent as they all think...
  • Deceptive Truce by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster

    Deceptive Truce by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Life has been a series of exquisite disasters…Do you ever lie to yourself? I do. Making friends has been the cruelest choice I ever inflicted upon myself. I like to say I don’t regret it, and for the most part that’s true.I resent it.I despise him because he left me behind, following another battle in this war we’ve been waging...
  • Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis

    Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    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...
  • Pretty Little Lies by Hazel Grace

    Pretty Little Lies by Hazel Grace

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was everything I ever wanted…And then she chose him. I’ve never met an ass like Bay Astor’s. And I mean that respectfully. From the first punch I saw her throw, to every sassy word that leaves her pretty lips, the word obsessed doesn’t even begin to describe the level of fixated I am.I want her to drive me like she does her car—reckless, hard, and absolutely hot as hell. So does Torin...
  • Beneficial Misfortune: The Lawson Legacy by Sara Hinds

    Beneficial Misfortune: The Lawson Legacy by Sara Hinds

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    6 months ago, I started over.Living alone in a huge city is better than being stuck in a small town where everyone knows your ex cheated on you.Here, nobody knows who I am except the kids I teach, and I much prefer it this way.Until a well-dressed man changes everything...
  • Reese by Candice M. Wright

    Reese by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to the Candy shopWhere poison never tasted so sweet...Being a Candy Girl is more than just a job, it’s who I am.But before I became ReeseI was known as Malice, the street kid who killed a man before disappearing without a trace.Now seven years later a serial killer is using those same streets as his hunting ground...
  • All For Him by Kelly Finley

    All For Him by Kelly Finley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Silas Van de May —You know the fairytale where the princess leaves her glass slipper behind?This version is tragic; the details are darker.It was a clunky shoe and her demon was real.And I’m the forbidden prince who ran after her, but I never found my wounded princess.It’s been years and now I’ve got billions. I’m the heir to a southern fortune...
  • Penance by K.L. Taylor-Lane

    Penance by K.L. Taylor-Lane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Regret, remorse, repent.With the ghost of my past unexpectedly crashing back into my life, his presence threatening to tear through everything I’ve built, I’m quickly losing grip on my sanity.Voices start to whisper, infecting me with their poison as I struggle to battle against them. Mentally forced down into the deepest pits of hell, phantom hands trying to bury me in the fiery decay...
  • Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was an innocent virgin. They didn't care.Even good girls sometimes need a little discipline.But they're going to do much more than just spank me.They're going to make me be a very, very naughty girl for them. First she will blush. Then she will beg.Protecting her is our job. Taming her will be our pleasure.By the time we are done with her, she won't just be screaming our names...
  • Thick Skinned by C.M. Wondrak

    Thick Skinned by C.M. Wondrak

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    The Black Hand. The criminal organization that owns everyone in Cypress, a group of people who rule the city in blood and blackmail. My plan is to take them down. Whether it’s one by one or all together, I will watch the Black Hand burn for what they did to my family five years ago. For my parents, for my brother… this vengeance is for them. I have both Jameson sons wrapped around my fingers...
  • The Saint by Delaney Dare

    The Saint by Delaney Dare

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    They say I’m theirs. They say they aren’t ready to let me go. Too bad they only bought me for a night.Selling my virginity is an easy decision. I need money, and the masquerade auction is the perfect opportunity to make enough cash to get far away from Chicago and the family who turned their backs on me.I thought I knew what to expect until I saw them standing before me.Imposing.Dangerous...
  • Mercy by Ruby Vincent

    Mercy by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    MaverickThe more answers I unearthed, the less I understood. I stepped into this game not knowing the rules, and now, they’re playing me to their beat.Old faces reappear. New friends circle. I got closer to the puppeteer as they got ever closer to me. And when they struck, I wasn’t ready.ValentinaA queen sacrifices for her subjects. A president makes the hard decisions...
  • Fall by N.V. Roez

    Fall by N.V. Roez

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens to the broken? … Honestly, I don’t know. My past is catching up to me from all directions. I’m stuck between the girl I was and the woman I want to be. Everyone is blaming me for what happened to Micah, but nothing is as it seems. People are after me, and debts have to be repaid. That’s not the hardest pill to swallow, though...
  • Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Never feed your fears, Saoirse, because if you do, they will eat you alive.Those were the last words my mother uttered before the masked men arrived.She begged me to run, to save myself from the past she kept hidden.But here's the thing, the past doesn't stay buried forever, and somebody has to pay the price for the choices she made.All the King's horses and all the King's men..
  • Kings of Kink by N.O. One

    Kings of Kink by N.O. One

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Why Choose Standalone NovelSometimes a queen needs a king…or three.My name is Madelina Mancini and as the younger sister to New York City’s most powerful mafia don, I’ve lived most of my life in the family’s protective bubble.Until I didn’t.Until evil found me and tried to destroy me.Happiness seemed impossible when all I felt was emptiness...
  • Raven by Leah Steele

    Raven by Leah Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Secrets are revealed, and I’ve never felt so betrayed. We had a plan, a good fucking plan, and with one explosion it all went to shit. Only, it wasn’t the bomb I set off that left destruction in its wake, it was the truth about my men. They've been hiding details about my life, and until they decide to share every last truth, they're choosing to live life on the edge of my blade...
  • The Queen by Ivy Clyde

    The Queen by Ivy Clyde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This is our time to rule.Victor has taken his father’s throne but the violent, unforgiving mafia world will not let him rule without testing his limits.Victor. River. Alexei.Each man holds a piece of my soul in his hand.Struggling to stay sane in the shitstorm blowing all around me, I must not forget my loyalty and duty to my team mates who are watching me. Waiting for me...
  • Snakes & Lovers: Part Two by K.L. Coburn

    Snakes & Lovers: Part Two by K.L. Coburn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    I'M BACK IN HIS CLUTCHES.I always hoped that I would never be in this position again. Stuck, abused, taunted...AT THE MERCY OF HIS SICK MIND, AND EVEN SICKER GAMES.However, this time I am not alone. I have company in this hell. I also have four men willing to do anything to get me back.And they do. The six of us escape to recover from injuries and trauma. We plot, we learn, and we love...
  • Reconcile by Leah Steele

    Reconcile by Leah Steele

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I always thought it was best to keep my darkness hidden, outta sight, outta mind. But my stalker has been showing me the errors of my ways. He’s been guiding me into nurturing that side of myself, and now that it’s been set free, there’s no going back. I’ve killed three people, and with each new kill, I learn more about myself. But I crave more than the bloodshed...
  • Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds

    Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Sin used to run this city until Vengeance ran them out.Too bad they didn’t get them all.Like a parasite, they linger, and while they’re still here, nobody is safe.Freedom means nothing if I’m constantly watching not only my back but the backs of the people I care about. And with every day that passes, that list of people grows, no matter how hard I try to fight against it...
  • Bound by B. Livingstone

    Bound by B. Livingstone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Every story has a beginning.Some just start off bloodier than others.My story begins with the devil sporting a crooked halo over his horns, heralding pain and punishment in the name of unjust penance.Nurturing words turned into sour admonishments.Loving touches morphed into colorful bruises.I became his sacrificial lamb.Offered to his right hand man.Trained and conditioned.Bound...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  poly  reverse harem  contemporary  dark  abuse
  • Sheltered by M. Sinclair

    Sheltered by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    How do you put a price on your life?After laying witness to the cold-blooded murder of my entire family, I did what any rational person would do... I ran.Our name, power, and vast wealth meant nothing now. I was on the run, filled with the fear of always looking over my shoulder, wondering when they would come to collect my life...
  • Widow by April Skye

    Widow by April Skye

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Allison—My world was wrapped in the comfort and security of Devon and the life that we were building together after overcoming infertility. He was the better half between us, and I was excited to bring another part of him into the world through our child...
  • Deception by K. Webster

    Deception by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Sparrow is the businessman in a suit. Sully is the rebel. And Scout is the psycho. They’ve reigned as the Terror Triplets, using cruelty and intimidation to rule New York City society. Now they face a bigger challenge: the reclusive heiress Laundry Croft. It’s their job to work their way into her life. They need to make her trust them. Even while they keep their own secrets...
  • Sinfully Mastered by Serena Akeroyd

    Sinfully Mastered by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For little Miss Naughty, the words 'behaving' and 'love' never belonged in the same sentence... * Marina is wicked. Right down to her core. She doesn't care for the rules, is the ultimate rebel without a cause, but when she loves, she loves true. So, when the few people she actually gives a damn about get hurt because of her, the guilt is immense...
  • Cirque Obscurum by K.A. Knight, Kendra Moreno

    Cirque Obscurum by K.A. Knight, Kendra Moreno

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    Tell me your nightmares. . .One night changes everything.Ember doesn’t know how, but on the brink of death, she calls to them. They come in the darkness, like phantoms in masks, and rescue her from her pain. But that rescue comes with a price. Her soul. She must give all she is to the Cirque, where it doesn’t only house you, it owns you...
  • Charity's Vengeance  by Ann-Marie Davis

    Charity's Vengeance by Ann-Marie Davis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Deep in hostile territory, her life is on the line… When the missing girl is found, Charity must wade into enemy territory to save her. The danger escalates and she must decide whether to waive her standing moral code or keep to it, defying an order...
  • A Cruel Tyrant by Logan Fox

    A Cruel Tyrant by Logan Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I swore never to leave her alone. Now I'm regretting that oath.Our little cartel princess is growing up so fast. I never thought I'd be able to share my heart with anyone, but Cora changed that. And now she shares her heart with another. I could give her up, but I wouldn't dare. I know the hole she'll leave in my heart will fill with suffering and despair...
  • Meadow by April Skye

    Meadow by April Skye

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Matthew —My control was slipping as I carried Allison to safety, not ready to think about the restraints I would put in place if she tried to enact our original agreement. She had wanted to be in the room when we eliminated the Goblin that had murdered her husband and to go home, back to the remnants of her life, after it was done...
  • Entwined by Leah Steele

    Entwined by Leah Steele

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Are you really here searching for a hint of what hides within the pages of this book? If so, then you haven't been paying attention. I'm motherfucking Raven—no last name. Revenge seeker. Assassin. All around badass extraordinaire. But above all, possessive as fuck over my men. This might be the conclusion of my story, but in truth… It’s only beginning...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  reverse harem  dark  contemporary  poly
  • Strangers by Cassie James

    Strangers by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Whose idea was it to give an outsider her crown? In Patience, power is everything—and now Juliet’s got more of it than she ever wanted. But this time around, there’s far more at stake than a questionable family mystery. When love is on the line, Juliet will have to decide when to fight and when to walk away. You can never go back to being strangers...
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