Books like 'Ruining Vanessa'

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  • Ryan Renewed by Sadie Kincaid

    Ryan Renewed by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 72 ratings
    Jessie Ryan is happier than she had ever imagined she could be. Although baby making isn’t turning out to be quite as problem free as she’d expected, with her hotter than hell husbands by her side, she knows they can overcome any obstacles in their way. But, Jessie should know better than anyone how that kind of true happiness never lasts. Because pasts like hers just refuse to stay buried...
  • Savages by Sheridan Anne

    Savages by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 53 ratings
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallSavages rising, watch how they fall.All of the heartache and all of the pain.Couldn't put me back together again. There’s nothing quite like the smell of a decaying body...
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  • Our Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Our Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    The gauntlet has been thrown, lines have been drawn, and sides have been chosen. Now it’s time to see who will win.Removing Diego from power was the last obstacle to getting to Marco—or so I thought. The deeper we dive into this mess, the clearer it is that Marco has been hunting me for a long time. He’s methodical, calculating, and knows how to use every pawn at his disposal...
  • Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose

    Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 42 ratings
    the blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Pretty Dark Vows .* They lied to me. They used me. They almost broke me.But I won’t let them win.I should have known better than to trust the Reapers. Should’ve known better than to let myself feel anything for them...
  • Pretty Vengeful Queen by Callie Rose

    Pretty Vengeful Queen by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    They hurt me. They fought for me. They claimed my heart.And now it’s my turn to fight for them.I never meant to fall for the three men who were once my enemies. There was a time when I would’ve happily danced on their graves, but now I’ll sacrifice myself to the devil himself if it keeps them alive.But I even if I have to marry Austin McKenna, I won’t let him win this war...
  • Deviant by Sheridan Anne

    Deviant by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 47 ratings
    Death is cruel. It’s unforgiving and brutal. It robbed me of the life I wanted to live and stole what little hope I had for the future. I was supposed to be something great. I was supposed to have it all … But a single bullet changed everything...
  • Steel & Hammer's Hellcat by Ciara St. James

    Steel & Hammer's Hellcat by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Archangel’s Warriors MC: Brothers by choice, not blood. Born to ride until they die. All they want is to ride free until lightning strikes them without warning. Consumed by desire, surrounded by danger, they find the “one” who will consume, enchant, frustrate, and ultimately love them. They only see each other...
  • Third Comes Vengeance by Lilith Vincent

    Third Comes Vengeance by Lilith Vincent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 51 ratings
    From purest pain comes sweetest vengeance.The city of Coldlake, where everything appears bright and sunny but beneath the surface is blood and darkness. A city where killers hide in plain sight and the ones you trust can turn on you in a heartbeat.My heart has endured pain, but in the arms of the Coldlake Syndicate I’ve known only sweetness. Their kisses are my joy and their love is my salvation...
  • Cruel Reign by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby

    Cruel Reign by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    The more I find out about the Boys of Ascendance Bay, the more questions I have…They have more secrets than I first thought, and getting to the truth is harder than digging my sister's grave. I have to persevere if I want answers, but keeping reality separate from the lies is getting more difficult by the day...
  • Relentless by Tracy Lorraine

    Relentless by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine. He came to save me… but what he finds could destroy him. I might have accomplished the impossible and walked back up those stairs. But I wasn’t naïve. Freedom didn’t await. Only more locked doors and nightmares. My captivity means nothing now...
  • Make Me Queen by C.R. Jane, May Dawson

    Make Me Queen by C.R. Jane, May Dawson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    With my mother in the Demon’s clutches, I’ll do almost anything to buy her more time. Like make a deal with the Demon. I’ll pay him with an enemy’s death for my mother’s life. Long ago, dear old dad took me on a camping trip with his serial killer bestie before he broke their pinkie promises. Now the Demon wants the man dead...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Reign Of Ruin by Santana Knox

    Reign Of Ruin by Santana Knox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    I lied…My name isn’t Cecilia. When the doors of my past were pried open, all of my skeletons came tumbling out. I’d lived my whole life thinking the worst had already happened, and nothing else could hurt me. I couldn’t have been more wrong.In the wreckage I’m reborn. I’ll do anything to get my revenge on those who’ve wronged me and the man who stole my throne, My uncle...
  • Briar Valley: The Complete Duet by J. Rose, Kim Bookjunkie

    Briar Valley: The Complete Duet by J. Rose, Kim Bookjunkie

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Come home, Willow.Your family is waiting for you.After spending a decade in an abusive marriage, I risked everything to escape the man who trafficked me as a vulnerable teenager.The words of a long-lost relative guide me back to Briar Valley with my little girl, in search of safety and a fresh start...
  • Watch Me Reign by K.C. Kean

    Watch Me Reign by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    There are some images that stay with you for the rest of your life, and mine are all stained with blood. This war has raged too long, but the next blood to be spilled will be at my hands.Leo, Ezra, Jameson, and Jagger have always been the most important things in my life, and now my heart is broken, my soul destroyed, and I’m taking no prisoners with my vengeance...
  • The Silence Lies by Sophie Dyer

    The Silence Lies by Sophie Dyer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Revenge; they say it’s best served cold, right? Well, that’s exactly what I intend to do. Enzo LaRosa was everything to me, my best friend, my second in command, and my enemies took him from me. After his death, I’m more determined than ever to make the enemy pay for what they did. But as the first female leader of The Bianchi family, I have a target on my back...
  • Why Don't You Keep Me? by Rae Knight

    Why Don't You Keep Me? by Rae Knight

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I told the guys I wanted to go back—to learn from my father—I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I knew Diablo wouldn’t approve of the fact that I have three men at my side. But I didn’t expect him to tear us apart piece by piece. He doesn’t need to kill Blaze, Ryder, and Thorne to take them from me. He just has to make me doubt them. And he knows exactly how to do it...
  • Black Creek by R.A. Smyth

    Black Creek by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Blood will be shed.Lives will be lost.Retribution will be dealt.I work in the darkness that is Black Creek.If there’s a secret to uncover, a package to deliver, or a story to be told, I’m your girl. I'll do whatever it takes to provide for my little brother.Once upon a time, The Feral Beasts ruled Black Creek with an iron fist, but they’re long gone now...
  • Burn Like An Angel by J. Rose

    Burn Like An Angel by J. Rose

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    “This documentary is your chance to set the record straight. All we want is the truth.”Harrowdean Manor is on fire.When a violent riot erupts, the fragile order inside the institute’s walls crumbles overnight. Mob mentality and chaos now reign.We’re in the eye of the storm.But the real war is in our minds.Amidst the anarchy, the true enemy lurks just beyond the barricades. Plotting. Preparing...
  • Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn’t understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them...
  • Wicked Surrender by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster

    Wicked Surrender by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Every moment of my life was planned out before birth…Family legacy dictates everything from type of education to suitability of friends to eligible marriage opportunities to the type of business I’m expected to go pursue. It’s more than just DNA, it’s also about birth order, gender, and unfortunately—the family name...
  • Unholy Trinity by Garrett Leigh

    Unholy Trinity by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    A full steam, page-turning Poly Romance. Why Choose one book boyfriend when you can have two? Satisfy your romantic cravings with this heart-pounding hurt/comfort love story.The vice-president of the Rebel Kings MC. The girl of his dreams. And the six-foot-five firefighter-turned-bodyguard they can’t resist. Nash It’s three in the morning, and we’re in her bed...
  • Traitor by Blake Blessing

    Traitor by Blake Blessing

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Our lives hang in the balance. Just when everything seemed to come together, our lives were damn near torn apart. It doesn’t stop there. We’re dealt blow after blow, and we’re struggling to hold onto each other. But I won’t let anything tear us apart. I won’t. Not Valentina. Not me. And certainly not the brothers. We’re going to survive this one way or another...
  • Immoral Games by Marissa Farrar

    Immoral Games by Marissa Farrar

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    I’ve been stranded in a cabin in the wilderness with my two gorgeous but damaged stepbrothers, and my overprotective stepfather.We’ve crossed boundaries that in normal society would never be traversed, and now we can never go back to what we were.We thought the biggest threat to our lives was Mother Nature.We were wrong.In desperation, we tried to reach safety, but a new danger has emerged...
  • Pretty Savages by Steph Macca

    Pretty Savages by Steph Macca

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    They say you can’t run from your past. But damn, I am determined to try.I had finally escaped as I had always planned. Things were going great - I had new friends, a job, and a new life.When I’m called back home to deal with an emergency, I do my best to fly under the radar. But I should know by now it’s never easy when it comes to the three Taylor brothers...
  • Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker

    Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying.I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave.I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down...
  • Ravaged Soul by J. Rose

    Ravaged Soul by J. Rose

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sabre Security saved my life.Now they want my soul as payment.After six years in captivity, forced to fight for survival, I thought I’d seen the darkest depths of humanity. The cartel broke me, forging a ruthless weapon from my shattered pieces.Not even freedom can heal those wounds...
  • Convict by Blake Blessing

    Convict by Blake Blessing

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Life had always been about right and wrong. No gray area. No exceptions. But my time with the bastard sons of the Institution were slowly changing my mind–forcing me to see that sometimes the only options available to someone were bad and worse. Their justice was different than mine and I struggled with it. Except now, they were gone. Every day I’d fought to leave them, to go home...
  • Dylan by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone

    Dylan by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Just because I’m new to the dark doesn’t mean I can’t embrace it…I used to have a decent life. A normal life. Then my mother decided to marry into the Irish mafia and everything changed.Suddenly, normal was in my rearview and I was stuck in the uppity hell known as Brooke Hollow Academy. The only upside I found was the brutally hot guy I met on day one.Dylan Blackthorne...
  • Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce

    Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm Everly Marrs, and my life has been a whirlwind of chaos and revelation. The men who kidnapped me, known as The Letters, upended everything I believed in. They showed me a world beyond my control, one where I'm not just a victim but a player in their dangerous games. From the day they took me, my neatly outlined plans for a future in social work, for love, for a normal life, all vanished...
  • Empire by Sheridan Anne

    Empire by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 32 ratings
    An Empire risen from blood and ash.Murder. Betrayal. Undisputable power.A sacrifice to be given. An innocent life to be lost.He made the solemn vow.The flesh of my flesh will perish in flames,but the blood will forever reign.-------All I wanted was a new life, a fresh start in Faders Bay.But fate hadn’t written my name in the stars, it was written in cold, murderous blood.Zade. Sawyer. Dalton...
  • 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...
  • hide me darling: A Dark MFM Stalker Romance by Maree Rose

    hide me darling: A Dark MFM Stalker Romance by Maree Rose

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Detective Hydessa Darling has grown up following in her mother’s footsteps, always feeling like she is in the shadows of those around her. Her mother is infamous for her affinity for murderers and their victims, and she didn’t raise her daughters with delusions of how the world truly is...
  • Savage Reign by Amanda Richardson

    Savage Reign by Amanda Richardson

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    Some people say you should forget the past, focus on the present, and dream for the future.That’s what I intend to do, because I want nothing more than to move on and start a new family–and a new life in Greythorn–with Silas, Damon, and Jude.But the past doesn’t want to die, and despite our reign, there’s one person who wants nothing more than to see our Kingdom fall...
  • Shame on Me by Aurelia Knight, Stephanie Hurst

    Shame on Me by Aurelia Knight, Stephanie Hurst

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    TristanI told Ivy I loved her, and she rejected me, again. She’s going to pay for that mistake. She won’t see the light of day until she begs my forgiveness.My mirror image should be on my side, but instead, he’s betrayed me, told me to give her up and let her go home. I am their home!He wants to paint me as a monster. They both do. But he’s no better, and I’ll prove it...
  • Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The ghosts of our past have come back to haunt us.Kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder, I’m promised to marry another man, a ruthless Mafia boss who has an ax to grind with the Salvatore brothers.And he wants to use me to get his revenge.The men we thought were hunting me are the least of our problems. As it turns out, the real monsters were right under our noses all along...
  • 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...
  • Hard Limits by Suki Williams

    Hard Limits by Suki Williams

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 40 ratings
    Call girls are meant to fuck the client then go home, not fuck them up, but I never minded getting my hands just a little dirty.Homeless teen turned prostitute turned elite call girl with some… unusual extracurricular activities was not what I’d set out to become, but survivors can’t be choosers...
  • 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...
  • Lost In The Light by Kerry Taylor

    Lost In The Light by Kerry Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rescued by the brothers she never knew, Addy has found some solace from the hellish nightmare she lived & survived for two long years. She now has a place to call home, family who will do anything to care for and protect her, and three guys who make her feel safer than she has ever felt in her life...
  • Bind Me by H.M. Slade

    Bind Me by H.M. Slade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They betrayed me, and now I'm left in the wake of the destruction.Cerberus made a promise to save Axton Harbor from the sickness that has corrupted it for far too long. And somehow, I became collateral damage in their quest for justice...
  • When We Play by Shayne Ford

    When We Play by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RAVENOne queen. Three Kings. One pesky agreement.Eight iron clad rules.But rules are meant to be broken, right?I can still win this... And if I do, I'll win big.My second chance at the prize comes with three hot-blooded billionaires who know the game better than I do.But my motivation surpasses their wit. By a long shot...Let the games begin...
  • Mafie Queen: Brutal Boys of the Mafie by T.R. Oldin

    Mafie Queen: Brutal Boys of the Mafie by T.R. Oldin

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Evie When I was a little girl, my mother used to tell me everything would be okay. Scary movie? Don’t worry, it gets better. You believe monsters are under your bed? Don’t worry, daddy will slay them...
  • Bloodlines by Bo Reid

    Bloodlines by Bo Reid

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Blood makes us a family, the blood just isn’t our own. Morana Valdis is finally free of her monster, or so she thinks. Living in the snowy mountains of Aspen Colorado with her family she no longer concerns herself with the spilled blood from her past...
  • Savage Queen by Eva Ashwood

    Savage Queen by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 43 ratings
    The thrilling final installment in The Dark Elite series!Betrayal has rocked the Novak Syndicate, and a new enemy has emerged from the shadows. The same question that haunted Damian Novak now haunts me too.Why?I’m terrified of what my hunt for answers might reveal, but I’ll do whatever it takes to bring down this threat. Because I have something to fight for now.Ciro, Hale, Zaid, and Lucas...
  • A Mayhem of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Mayhem of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Decide what matters to you, Caterina Corvo. And then decide what it is worth. Heir. Daughter. Enemy. Murderer. My Crows, my family, are no longer my safe space. My father waits for me to fail. My cousin Matteo stands at his shoulder, whispering his lies to steal my place as heir to the Corvo mafia family. I will not allow that to happen...
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