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Highball Rush by Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score
Rough around the edges Gibson Bodine takes his lone wolf image seriously. The tough guy. The bad boy. Gibson lives alone. Works alone. He doesn’t do love. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. In Bootleg Springs—home of moonshine and the nosiest neighbors in West Virginia—secrets don’t keep forever... -
Hexed by Emily McIntire
He's the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She's the witch who steals his heart.From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairytale of The Little Mermaid.Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn’t good enough for her parents, and she isn’t good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she’s cunning. Beautiful...Categorized as:
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Fierce Obsession by Sadie Kincaid
Jackson Decker - he is the perfect husband. The perfect father to my son. The perfect man. Fierce, loyal, protective and everything I’ve ever wanted. I’m happier than I ever imagined possible, but happiness is never easily won for people like me. Somebody, somewhere wants to ruin what we have, and to do that they’re willing to risk the wrath of the entire Montoya family...Categorized as:
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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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Tales You Win by Bea Paige
An Academy of Stardom spin off Grim A nickname given to me by my father, the Ruler of Tales, an East End underground fight club.Tales you win. Heads you lose.And the fighters of Tales never lose.As a kid I’d believed my father was a real king, like the ones found in myths and fairytales I once loved to read. The men he ruled were his faithful soldiers sworn to protect the club, him, me... -
Tempt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance 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... -
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... -
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
THE CHOSEN ONEBarrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all-the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it's not... -
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... -
Erase by Elizabeth Knox, London Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe’re not allowed to fall in love.DionEver 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... -
Dark Obsessions Anthology: Volume 1 by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’re watching. Waiting.Bound by their desires to own—the uncontrollable hunger that breaks rationality and brings forth their baser needs.To hunt. To take.Morals and humanity have no place in this game, one they’ll win at all costs.A hunter never apologizes. A man claims his woman without guilt or care for the consequences.And in this dark obsession, these demons will own your soul... -
Dark Knight by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI escaped from a cult only to be captured by the mafia…The last thing I expect after being kidnapped is to find out they aren’t even planning on keeping me. I'm going to be auctioned off.Apparently, natural blondes are a big seller.Too bad someone else bought me before the auction could even take place. The amount of money they must have spent on me makes me sick to think about...Categorized as:
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Wednesday: A Dark Monster Romance Novella by Adrian Blue
When Carmen takes a night security job at Oakwood Cemetery, she's desperate enough to overlook the warnings about previous guards who left without notice. The position comes with housing—a small cottage on the grounds—and after weeks of living in her car, she can't afford to be picky...Categorized as:
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Once a Myth by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 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... -
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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... -
The White Rabbit by Alta Hensley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLyriope doesn’t have a family. At least, not a family that recognizes her. She’s a secret bastard child of the infamous Bryant Morelli. And she wants a single experience of that glamorous lie. One evening when she can pretend to belong. A single gala where she can sneak inside.There are wealthy men. Powerful men. Dangerous men.No one is more dangerous than Nick Hudson... -
Mafia Vows by L. Steele
"I think you will find it worth your time to listen to my proposition.""What is it?" I scowl."Marry me. Of course, it’s only an arrangement …"Sebastian 'grumphole' Sovrano is ruthless, arrogant, and fixated on me.The first time we meet at a bar I dump my drink all over him.He retaliates by following me into the ladies' ..Categorized as:
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Vicious Vows by Sarah Bale
He’s ViciousOdin Vilulf.The one man I hate.The one I shouldn’t crave.He says he wants me.That can never happen.So why do I keep going to him?It would be so easy to say yes…Too bad he’s engaged to my mother.She’s MineAnna Aakre.She’ll be a perfect mafia princess.I want –need—to make her mine.But I’m playing a high stakes game.And Anna is my perfect pawn.She’ll hate me...Categorized as:
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Alpha Ruined by Liliana Carlisle
Bree knows she shouldn't go alone. She's an unmated Omega, but that's never stopped her before. She can't resist investigating a twisted love story while secluded in a tiny cabin in the woods. But someone else lurks in Green Woods—an obsessed, unhinged killer convinced Bree is his mate. She's the Omega he's been waiting for, and nothing will stop him from having her... -
Seal My Fate by Roxy Sloane
Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets… And desire.I came to Oxford to avenge my sister, but instead, I found a web of lies. Ancient loyalties. Fortunes built on sin.Riches they’d do anything to protect. I’m the one who could bring their empires crashing down...Categorized as:
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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... -
Savage Secrets (Bale’s Villainous Tales) by Sarah Bale
He’s Angry—because I ran from himI fled the city, hellbent on starting over without Malik Jafar in my life.I should have known it wouldn’t be easy.I should have known he would give chase.But there’s something that he doesn’t know.Something he’ll never forgive me for.When he shows up, I know the game is over.I’m about to be thrown into the lion’s den.And face the wrath of my best friend...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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Cross My Heart: A Spicy Dark Academia Romance by Roxy Sloane
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 28 ratings'Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets…And desire.' Discover the blazing hot dark academia romance saga from the USA Today Bestselling author - perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher! Anthony St Clair. The future Duke of Ashford.A reckless enigma… and my greatest temptation...Categorized as:
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Brutal Prince: Bonus Scene by Sophie Lark
Aida and Callum go to a Halloween event...Categorized as:
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Savage Impulses by Michelle Hercules
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEveryone knows to stay away from the heirs of Olympus Bay. They rule the city through savagery and blood like the heartless assholes they are.A streak of bad luck puts me on the path of the most ruthless of them all. Hades. The black sheep of the family, his reputation for debauchery and violence precedes him. No wonder he’s the king of Olympus U...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Beauty's Daddy by Jane Henry
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThey call me “The Beast” for a reason. Locked away in my cold, dark mansion overlooking the treacherous cliffs that haunt me, I want for nothing...except her. The moment she set foot in my lair, her fate was sealed. I will claim her, make her mine… I’ll be her daddy. Annabelle: He can buy anything he wants. He wants me. He’s a wealthy, domineering recluse; I’m dirt poor... -
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 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... -
Broken Beauty by Jaclin Marie
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAshI hated her. I thought I liked this.This summer seemed like such a blissful memory but god when I found out who she was I swear I saw red.Then I decided that I’m going to fucking ruin her.AriellaIf I knew what his last name was I swear I never would have spoken to him.I never would have spent my summer with Ash Jones...Categorized as:
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Dark Restraint by Katee Robert
Ariadne Vitalis is in trouble. She's betrayed her father—and his benefactor—and now she's left to rely on the questionable mercy of Olympus to keep her safe. As with everything in this city, mercy comes with a price. For Ariadne, that means a marriage to Dionysus. She has no choice but to agree, even if there's only one man she's ever wanted—a man she's feared just as much as she desires... -
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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... -
All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters
A 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... -
Toxic: A Dark Romance by Nicole Blanchard
My life has been a series of bad decisions.Marrying an abusive man was the first... but falling for a dangerous inmate where I’m a nurse may be the worst.He’s brutal, heartless, and twisted.But he’s also the only one to notice the bruises on my skin.His forbidden touch becomes my addiction.His drugging kisses my obsession...
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