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Rhapsody by Kenya Wright
*** From bestselling author Kenya Wright, comes a new series called the Butcher and the Violinist . *** In Paris, they called him Le Boucher . The Butcher of the Corsican. Jean-Pierre’s greatest gift was a lack of feelings. His past had ripped them away. But then he saw Eden. On stage, she played her violin, spinning his head with songs that he’d tried to forget... -
![Blizzard by Addison Jane]()
Blizzard by Addison Jane
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor Blizzard, the feeling of betrayal was one he knew well. His father was a long-time member of the Brothers by Blood MC. He believed the brotherhood came first, even before his wife and child. At first Blizzard didn't even blame his mother for walking out on them. That was until he learned that she’d hooked up with a member of another MC, leaving him behind to deal with the aftermath... -
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![Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight]()
Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter Gavin Pyre steps down from his position as crime lord, he and Lyla focus on picking up the pieces of their lives and creating the paradise they deserve.Note: This novella intersects with book 4, Awakened by Sin, so books should be read in sequence... -
![Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James]()
Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a STEAMY, WOKE UP MARRIED IN VEGAS, AGE GAP, MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived! Harley Jean—The pounding in my head wakes me— that and the fact that I have to pee. Must have been one hell of a bachelorette party last night... -
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![Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher]()
Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy sins will be her penance A Corrupt Gods prequelI came to this college for one reason—her.A cartel princess.Mexican royalty.Sworn enemy of the Colombian ranks I’m destined to climb.I’m meant to hate her.Destroy her name and sacrifice her innocence.But Lola Carrera isn’t the delicate flower her family thinks she is.And I just took a match to her ivory tower... -
![Sapphire Tears by Nicole Fox]()
Sapphire Tears by Nicole Fox
I’m caught between two dangerous men.My ex wants me back.My husband wants me dead.But the only life that matters to me is the baby in my belly.I tried running once, and that didn’t work.So it’s time for me to try something else: fighting.I’ll fight for myself, for my sanity, for my child.I’ll fight for hope.I’ll fight for love... -
![Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn]()
Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLove is the deadliest lie. Leighton I’m jaded. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow. My first taste of love was my first betrayal. Now, all I want is to start over, but they want my life. Everyone says all’s fair in love and war. Except I’m done playing fair. I’m tired of turning my back on his darkness when it’s the light that always burns me. I’ve danced with the devil... -
![Fang's Enlightenment by Ciara St James]()
Fang's Enlightenment by Ciara St James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThings refuse to quiet down around Tenillo for Fang and his club, the Ares Infidels MC. No matter how many bad guys they bring to justice, they find there are more in need of their kind of vigilantism. For Fang, that’s alright by him. He joins the Ares Infidels to be part of a brotherhood that’s bigger than just him and his club brothers. He joins to have a bigger family... -
![Aurora's Knight by Nichole Rose]()
Aurora's Knight by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new “family” is coming to Silver Spoon Falls, TX. The well-known Arakas men are looking to expand their operations, and the small Texas town is the perfect place to start a new, less-than-above-board business venture. Along the way, the dangerous, wealthy men are going to find a whole lot of trouble...and the sassy women who will bring the possessive crime bosses to their knees...Categorized as:
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![Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell]()
Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Bratva Boss wants me dead.Too bad I’m pregnant with his baby.I’ve run far and wide to escape the Devil’s rage.But it wasn’t long before he caught me.Now I’m standing in front of him bound and naked.About to face the consequences of my betrayal.With every inch of my skin exposed to his will,And my life flashing before my watery eyes,He draws my traitorous body under his spell... -
![Blood And Roses by Lylah James]()
Blood And Roses by Lylah James
Maria I was trapped. There was nothing left of me. Then he came and wanted to make me his. He saved me. He gave me a home, a family. He made sweet love to me. I was his Angel. He was my everything. I thought we would live happily ever after, but there are no happy endings in the mafia life. I found this out the hard way, as the blood flowed, red as roses… Lyov Angel... -
![Nikolai by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez]()
Nikolai by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNikolai Volkov has been groomed to one day rule his father’s Empire. Growing up in a crime family, you don't have many options. You live and die by the Volkov name.After connecting with his half-brother in the states, Nikolai chooses to step away from family obligations, to find what he feels has been lacking his whole life... -
![Revere by Bethany-Kris]()
Revere by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Legacy Novel She was once his liar. He was once her savior. Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back into the path of his past, but he only sees his future. Every king needs a queen... -
![Montana Lights and Mistletoe Nights: Gabriel and Alba by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez]()
Montana Lights and Mistletoe Nights: Gabriel and Alba by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCelebrate Christmas Kings of Retribution style.Gabriel has everything a man could want: his club, the love of a good woman, two kids, and another baby on the way.They are the light to his dark.Life is good.Trouble soon rolls into town, putting Gabriel’s family and club in danger.Driven by love and loyalty, Gabriel will stop at nothing to keep them safe... -
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![Embers by Nicole Fanning]()
Embers by Nicole Fanning
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the city of Chicago, power is a currency. In the right hands power can bring success, safety, and security. But in the wrong hands, it can mean danger, destruction...and almost always death. For nearly a century the Pace Family Mafia has held that power... -
![Blade by Sybil Bartel]()
Blade by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBattle born.SEAL.Loner.Ringing out of BUD/S was never an option. Third generation Navy SEAL, the Teams were in my blood. I earned my Trident, and a year later my brother earned his.As Tier One operators, the battlefield was our playground.Then I got a cryptic call. Enemy combatants, coordinated attack, no survivors, catastrophic loss—my brother was dead... -
![Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera]()
Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter a year filled with drama and danger, Erin and Ivan are ready to focus on the one thing they want the most--starting a family. When she has yet another negative test, Erin worries there's something wrong with her.Ivan urges his wife not to worry because it will happen when it's meant to happen. He hates seeing her stressed out and does whatever he can to make her happy... -
![Unruly by Bethany-Kris]()
Unruly by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe crime boss. The hustling queen. Cross and Catherine Donati have been married five years, but the life they’ve chosen still has things to teach them yet. One can never become too comfortable in their business. Trouble soon follows. The principe and principessa are all grown up … It’s tough being at the top... -
![Playing with Fire by Ria Wilde]()
Playing with Fire by Ria Wilde
OliviaDear future ex-husband, I loathe you.Malakai Farrow needs a wife, and I would have done anything to save the last piece of my family.Now I'm here, in his house, seeing firsthand how dangerous this man is.He's merciless.Brutal and cold.And my new husband.He tossed my life into the air and then watched it fall and shatter.So now, I'm going to make his life hell... -
![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: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe 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... -
![Mick Sinatra: Wooing Her Again by Mallory Monroe]()
Mick Sinatra: Wooing Her Again by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMick Sinatra rules the world with an iron fist. The boss of all bosses has never been anything but vicious. But when his youngest son faces imminent danger, and when his past catches up with him to the point that it could destroy his marriage, his iron fist is not enough. He faces ruin, and not just in his faltering syndicate, but in his faltering private life... -
![Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond]()
Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAN UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER?My life is no fairytale.I’m no Prince Charming. She’s no Disney Princess.She’s the femme fatale in the story.Fuck. Marry. Kill.I chose the former. She chose the latter.My family chose the option neither of us wanted.For thirty-eight years, I waited to marry the right woman, and then I was forced to marry the wrong one... -
![Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley]()
Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares... -
![Releasing The Silent Killer: Davide and India's Story by Sonja B.]()
Releasing The Silent Killer: Davide and India's Story by Sonja B.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am Davide Russo, Don of the Russo crime family. Some say I’m cocky, arrogant, and quick-tempered, and I own all that shit. Many don’t like me, but I could care less. In my business, you’re not in it to make friends, just money. You might be lucky to call some friends, maybe even associates. When a business deal goes wrong, I’m left with no choice but to take matters into my own hands... -
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![Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling]()
Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s hiding a dirty secret… and I’m going to use it to destroy her.RYDERNobody is as off-limits as her - Nicoletta Carlucci, my brother's wife to be.But Nicoletta doesn't want my brother. She wants me.Except she doesn’t know something - I’ve found out about her dirty little secret.Nicoletta isn’t who she says she is.She’s a filthy liar, and I’m going to expose her... -
![Puma's Pride: Demon Dawgs MC Las Vegas - Book One by K.L. Barstow]()
Puma's Pride: Demon Dawgs MC Las Vegas - Book One by K.L. Barstow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPuma You know what you get when you play ball professionally? Everything. Money. Women. Fame. Know what you get after a stupid mistake destroys your career? For me, I became the President of the Demon Dawgs Las Vegas Chapter. Which means I now have even more money, more women and a whole lot of infamy... -
![Dario DeLuca (Savage Bloodline) by Sade Rena, M.L. Preston]()
Dario DeLuca (Savage Bloodline) by Sade Rena, M.L. Preston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first lesson my father ever taught me was that power is the only currency, loyalty is the law, and always take what you want.When the Mayor of our city begs me to keep his precious daughter safe, I seize my chance to strengthen the DeLuca hold on the town.I’ll keep her safe, but it’ll come at a price.Mia Gordan, the sheltered heiress, must become my wife.She’s a stranger to our brutal world... -
![Protecting Mandy by Leslie North]()
Protecting Mandy by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven an ace mechanic can’t repair a broken heart… When Mandy’s father died he left her alone, heartbroken, and buried in crippling debt to an unscrupulous bookie. Now, Mandy’s the proud owner of an auto repair business whose only other mechanic just quit. Things couldn’t get any worse... -
![Brutal Heir by Piper Stone]()
Brutal Heir by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe evening started with dinner in Paris. It ended with me as his captive.When I went to an author convention, I didn't expect to find myself enjoying a rooftop meal with the sexiest cover model in the business, let alone screaming his name in bed later that night... -
![The Gatekeeper by Renee Rose]()
The Gatekeeper by Renee Rose
She’s my captive.My prisoner.I will make her talk.The bratva put a gun in my hand at age thirteen. Gave me freedom, a sense of belonging, and the family I never had.There’s no way I’m going to let this slip of a woman harm my boss.No matter how beautiful she is.How beguiling.How painfully fragile.Hurting a woman, however, is not possible.So I’ll find other ways to torture her... -
![Owned by the Irish Mafia Boss by A.L. Luca, Rosalie Rose]()
Owned by the Irish Mafia Boss by A.L. Luca, Rosalie Rose
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI was forced to marry the monster I hatedCade Burns, the most ruthless mafia boss in the cityAnd my brother's best friend...AriaAll I felt for him was hate:Cade Burns,The good-for-nothing Irish mob bossAnd childhood stain I tried and failed to purge.He was both my brother’s best friend,And the catalyst for my father’s death.Now, I was being married off to him like I was a pawn... -
![Nikolai by Sophie Lark]()
Nikolai by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEnemies From Birth…The Markovs and the Lebedevs have been bloody rivals for generations.Nadia Lebedev is the ultimate forbidden fruit: a mafia princess engaged to another man.From the moment I see her, I want her for myself.Every day that passes, I become more obsessed with her... -
![Deceptive by Arianna Fraser]()
Deceptive by Arianna Fraser
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'm promised to Don Giovanni Toscano to create an alliance between his famiglia and the Morozov Bratva. I'm expected to step into my role as a Mafia bride and give up my dreams of a normal, happy life.I'm having second thoughts.Unfortunately, Giovanni is exactly the man everyone thinks he autocratic, lethal, and he never accepts less than what he thinks he's due.Which in this case, is me... -
![The Deliverance of Dilan by Kathy Coopmans]()
The Deliverance of Dilan by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDilan Levy. The mysterious man The man with a war to end. The man who was put behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The man who disappeared after he was shot. The man who fell for the woman. The innocent woman. He’s back to deliver his rightful revenge. Anna Drexler. He saved her life. Took a bullet for her. Then left. For six long months, she’s tried to forget him... -
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![Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele]()
Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can...I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse... -
![Enrico by C.M. Steele]()
Enrico by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnricoShe wasn’t supposed to be on my radar. Another woman who was caught up in the traffickers’ sights, but one look at January and I’d become as lost as Dario and Alessio before me. I had no choice but to hunt her down and make her mine, even if that meant doing some illegal things. Nothing new to me anyway.JanuaryThe brute... -
![Embraced by E.C. Land]()
Embraced by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPleasure is what I enjoy the most. I can have anything in the world that I want, as many men with power do, but with power comes great responsibility.I'm to do as I'm told if I want to keep my life the way I like it, so a contract was presented to me . . . but not any type of contract--a proposal... -
![The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky]()
The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Jezebel Carter agreed to a spa session to appease her sickly sister, she expects one thing and one thing only: to leave tension-free. It’s a spa, after all. Instead, she leaves with memories of a gorgeous man with talented fingers, who probably doesn't work at the spa and is a possible pervert. Ramsey Stone is no pervert... -
![Maksim by Nicole Fox]()
Maksim by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe stole my wife from me. I stole his daughter from him. My sworn enemy murdered my wife in cold blood. I’ve spent years mourning what he took from me. Now, the time has come for revenge. His daughter thinks she escaped from her father’s underworld. But I’m coming to show Cassandra that she can never run from me. I’ll find her. I’ll claim her. And I’ll Make. Her. Mine... -
![Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake]()
Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake
**Like in the past I write genres the way I see them. This is my version of a mafia story...and believe me, book 1, only scratches the surface of the madness that's to come. **A twisted mafia romance about quiet wealth and refined darkness SiennaIt’s been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next... -
![Unruly Protector : A Hero Club Novel by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Unruly Protector : A Hero Club Novel by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn arranged marriage.A moment washed in blood.A heart fueled by vengeance.It all consumes the life of one Unruly Protector.Clemente accepted an arranged marriage as part of a deal to keep his sister safe. Though, he never expected the woman he was now connected with for life creating a weakness he never saw coming... -
![Sold to the Russian Bratva Boss by Rosalie Rose, B. Rose]()
Sold to the Russian Bratva Boss by Rosalie Rose, B. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy father sold me to a Russian thugBut I'll never accept him as my husband.Even if my darkest fantasies include his body against mine...OliviaHusband.Now, there’s a word I didn’t expect.But what was I meant to do?Disrespect my dead daddy?Be responsible for the collapse of his “empire”?F'ing Dimitri.The bastard might be my arranged “other half,”But the role ends there.If he so much as touches me... -
![Butcher of Belfast by Lena Little]()
Butcher of Belfast by Lena Little
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’m damn good at what I do, but what I do is pretty damn bad. I came to America to build my empire. Watch it flourish. Used the people beneath me as stepping stones to reach my goals. Then Brianna Declan walked into my life, and untangled every scheme I had. She was a hurricane that set the winds of change in motion, and I got swept away in her almighty power. But she’s had a bad hand delt to her... -
![Auctioned to the Kingpin by C.M. Steele]()
Auctioned to the Kingpin by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe rotten piece of work I once called my father was dead, but he didn't go quietly. He found one last way to mess with my life. This time it was going to cost me the family legacy if I didn’t comply. The devil was in the details and in his grave. Marry or my enemy inherits everything. With his final demand came a special Christmas gift with a note... -
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![The Dragon by Violette Dubrinsky]()
The Dragon by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK 2 Sequel to The Masseuse Never tickle a sleeping dragon… Past events have changed Ramsey Stone. In place of the warm, loving masseuse now stands a ruthless man with one pressing goal: revenge. No matter the cost, Ramsey will have his vengeance. Jezebel Carter has come to the realization that the man she knew and loved doesn’t exist... -
![The Man in Black: A Standalone Romance (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi]()
The Man in Black: A Standalone Romance (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrielle He consumed my mind. I never even crossed his. From the moment I met Michael, mysteriously brooding and dressed like a dark angel, there was something electric between us. Or so I thought. What I believed was a seductive and undeniably raw attraction has ended up being something else entirely, something I never foresaw... -
![Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott]()
Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me the Cosa Nostra Prince. The first son of the most dangerous Salvatore Mafia family. We run the crime. We take the money. We control the war.So when our ‘launderer’ decides to run with one hundred million dollars of our money, you can bet we’ll hunt them down. Only they’ve run to a place they think they’re safe. A place that’s heavily guarded.An island in the middle of nowhere... -
![My Retibution: Second Chance Series by S.K. Lessly]()
My Retibution: Second Chance Series by S.K. Lessly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say people come into your life either for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I had to agree.I married a wonderful woman. She enriched my life. She showed me the meaning of love and how to love. She became my lifetime, my forever. However, the love of my life was taken from me too soon and we never had a chance to see what life had in store for us.Losing her crushed my soul. I was lost... -
![Matteo by C.M. Steele, Bookin' It Designs]()
Matteo by C.M. Steele, Bookin' It Designs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatteoMy first kill was for her.From that day on, I knew I’d always protect my dangerous little viper. However, I didn’t understand how violently those protective instincts would change the day she turned sixteen. From then on, I protected not only her but our future. Vivian belonged to me and no one else. If you touched her, you’d pay.I killed for her again, but it was one of my own this time...Categorized as:
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![Caesar DeLuca by Sienne Vega]()
Caesar DeLuca by Sienne Vega
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA steamy interracial mafia romance about a deadly capo and the beautiful stranger he can't resist. Betrayed and left to die, I’m bleeding out in the snow the first time I see Ariana Rowe. She takes me in at my darkest hour and nurses me back to health. No questions asked. I should be plotting my revenge against my enemies and those who turned on me...
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