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  • It Hurts Me by Penelope Sky

    It Hurts Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    My husband of two years tells me he wants an open marriage. I'm stunned. I'm hurt. And I'm livid. I don't want to be married to a man that wants to open our bed to other people. But then I get a flat tire in the pouring rain and a sexy-as-hell gentleman helps me out. My husband is in the game, so one look at the skull ring on this gentleman's left hand tells me exactly who he is...
  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*tThis is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way...
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  • A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family...
  • Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Carter: I was grateful for my second chance at life and discovering a family I never knew existed. Relocating my company and myself from South Carolina to Los Angeles brought me closer to them. They were all happily married, except my brother Gabriel, who was engaged to the love of his life. I didn’t trust women, and for good reason...
  • The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I hate Felix Malone with all my heart and soul. He’s the second born son of a murderous don.The newest leader of the Malone mafia family now that his father is dead.But if I could have hoped a change in management would mean a positive shift for the notorious crime family, then I’m proven wrong as Felix quickly settles into his new role and lays scourge on New York City...
  • Knocked Up by the Bratva by K.C. Crowne

    Knocked Up by the Bratva by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    It started with the chase for a perilous criminal...And ended with his baby in my belly.  Luka Antonov may be a man of mystery, but one thing's He's even more dangerous than his reputation.And while I romance the tall, dark and mesmerizing criminal undercover...I find myself wishing for so much more than what I came for.Now I'm left with three VERY  unsettling realizations.1...
  • Sinful Bride by Naomi West

    Sinful Bride by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    This baby is COMING.And Pasha is nowhere to be found.At this point, I'm starting to lose track of how many people are trying to ruin my life.My parents.My ex and his mistress.Pasha's enemies (and believe me, there are a LOT of those).But Pasha abandoning me in the hardest moment I've ever faced is the cherry on top.He swore he'd be here... but he's not.Until, suddenly, he is...
  • Bratva Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Bratva Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My dark secret?The single dad who hired me as a nanny makes me want to rip off his clothes.But that’s not the dark part. I took the job to get close enough to take him down.Six feet under to be exact.“I know a little bit of self-defense.”It’s a lie of course.I could easily kill a man nine different ways with the tip of a ballpoint pen.Dimitri Antonov may be a devoted father...
  • Betrayed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Betrayed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "What do you want with me?" "Everything. I want f--ing everything. " I lost a bet; now I'm his. His to own. His to claim. Nothing but property. But I'm only beginning to understand the truth. I can choose my own fate. And claim a future I never thought was possible. I just can't let Enzo lie to me anymore. I have to find the truth. Even if it kills me...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Allegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment... except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission...
  • Trapped by Lies by Ella Miles

    Trapped by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life is nothing but lies. And turns out, Enzo wasn’t the only one who lied to me. I don’t know who to trust anymore. But my future relies on determining the truth from the lies. I’ve tried to escape. But somehow I’m more trapped than ever. And I’m more his than I ever thought possible. This is book 3 in the Truth or Lies series. It ends on a cliffhanger...
  • Going Rogue by Amelia Shea

    Going Rogue by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Quinn O’Malley’s less than stellar life drags her even deeper, plummeting her into a dark abyss when her misfortune designates her Enemy Number One to the devil himself.After an altercation and deal gone wrong, Quinn finds herself living on borrowed time, at the mercy of a notorious, ruthless, and unpredictable King of the Underground. She has nothing of worth to bargain with except her life...
  • The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jane and Eric de Vries. Often enemies. Sometimes lovers. Husband and wife. Or are we? I wore the dress. We said the vows. And somehow it became more than just a stunt to collect his billions. A promise bound by love more than hate. Until the bastard left me at the altar. Now my errant husband has disappeared, leaving me to unravel his secrets, one by one...
  • Filthy Wicked Psychos: Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Filthy Wicked Psychos: Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    I was the girl no one looked at twice. Until they saw me.My whole life, no one has had my back. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars.So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have my innocence...
  • STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Kindle Unlimited Bundle... Enjoy the complete Stone Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) JACK Running from her past, Raelyn ends up at the doorstep of security firm owner, Jack. Needing help and shelter, Jack offers her both. Under attack, they can’t help the connection that builds between them...
  • Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray

    Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    An entire campus knows my name. Women throw themselves at me, hoping I’ll take them home that night. Whispers from the NHL say I’m the one to watch. And the weight of each game is on my shoulders because if our opposing team scores … that’s on me. All the things that keep me up at night are probably someone else’s dreams...
  • I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Together they are nothing more than madness,but they say there’s always some madness in loveSix years elapsed since he shattered her life. Four years since she’s brought him to his knees.Now, Ace is the youngest boxing champion in the world – a force to be reckoned with. He’s dangerous, heartless, and always gets his way.Calla moved to New York to chase her career...
  • Mafia King's Secret Baby  by Vivy Skys

    Mafia King's Secret Baby by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm about to marry my worst nightmare, and he doesn't know I have his daughter.Elio Rossi is a dream on paper.He's rich, handsome and head of his family's multi-billion dollar business.He's also a ruthless Mafia Don, and my older brother's best friend.But even that isn't a huge issue to me.No, Elio is my nightmare because he used to be my dream man.We've been betrothed since childhood...
  • A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    No longer an heir. No longer a daughter. No longer a Crow. Now, I am a wife. An accessory. A toy. Ripped away from the men I love, they want to break me. Strip away everything that made me into who I am, and create something new. I was Caterina Corvo. But now, I am Caterina Asante. For them, I will fight. For her, I will endure. But every day, it becomes harder to remember who I used to be...
  • Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre

    Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    AngeloTwo things should have told me staying in this job was a mistake.How she looked.How she talked.But the inner voice that had always kept me safe and one step ahead was drowned out by the fire in my veins. But getting Involved. Not an option.Even though thinking of her curves kept me awake at night.I'd never guarded a woman before, let alone the Boss's daughter...
  • Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel

    Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An exciting and steamy standalone arranged marriage mafia romance from bestselling author B. B. Hamel.I shouldn’t have stalked my future husband.When he catches me staring at him in the gym—He drags me into the sauna.And I’m in big trouble.When my brother the Don orders me to marry Brody Quinn, I agree to sacrifice my happiness for the Famiglia...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins.Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now.Or so she thought.When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Heartless Savage by Terri Anne Browning

    Heartless Savage by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He calls me his heart.Tells me the only reason he closes his eyes at night is so he can see me in his dreams.Our months apart are torture for both of us, but at least I get to hear his voice every day.Each summer, he’s all mine.Every minute he can spare, I’m right beside him, and our families just smile knowingly.Ryan has responsibilities, though. One day, my mafioso prince will be the king...
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    suspense  new adult  mafia  bikers  contemporary
  • The Angel Duet by Sadie Kincaid

    The Angel Duet by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Contains an exclusive extended epilogue! Dark AngelI was never supposed to fall in love with Gabriel Sullivan. He has always been off limits in more ways than one.But, for all the reasons we should be apart, there’s one that keeps drawing me back to him – he is the only man I’ve ever loved.And every stolen glance, every smile, every brush of his fingertips, only make me want him more...
  • Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stolen by Truths is book 4 in the Truth or Lies series. It continues Enzo and Kai's story...
  • Runaway: Wolfes of Manhattan Three by Helen Hardt

    Runaway: Wolfes of Manhattan Three by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riley Wolfe is finally free from her past.So why is she still running?Coming to terms with her father’s death and her own implication in his murder has sent Riley reeling, so she does what she does best. She runs. Not only from her home but from herself, ending up in a small town in Montana...
  • London Bridge by Nana Malone

    London Bridge by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Halfway around the world wasn’t far enough away to keep my best mate’s sister safe from our enemies... or my touch. I will have her. Even though she’s the beauty and I’m the beast. Emma Varma remembers me as the black hearted prince of Eton prep... but the hardened man I’ve become won’t be so easily burned.Her return to London has nothing to do with me and everything to do with retribution...
  • Embers by Nicole Fanning

    Embers by Nicole Fanning

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 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...
  • The Closer by K.C. Crowne

    The Closer by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never saw her coming… She appeared in my world an enigma. A lethal assassin who slips poison into the veins of her targets. And a single mother with a softness beneath her armor. Now, she's trapped within my reach. Stubbornly silent, she guards her secrets fiercely, Her dual life is a puzzle I'm determined to solve...
  • The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’ll make her pay for her father’s crimes before taking revenge on the brothers who abandoned him.Zayn Becker has struggled to protect his little brother in the aftermath of the car accident which claimed their parents’ lives. They lost everything that night except for each other...
  • Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Allegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment... except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission...
  • Secret Baby Next Door by K.C. Crowne

    Secret Baby Next Door by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    We met on a bumpy flight.But it was nothing compared to the night we shared. No regrets. Except one. I didn't get her contact info.Now Piper's my new next door neighbor.And her sweet little girl has my eyes. As a surgeon I crush all obstacles.But I'm falling for a woman I barely even know - all over again.Her smile, her lips, the way her luscious curves make my mouth water...
  • Infatuation by Jane Henry

    Infatuation by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm in love with Timeo Montavio.If only it were that simple.He's my best friend. Practically my brother-in-law...And a cold-blooded killer.I mourned his loss when he vanished from my life six months ago.But now he's back, and he's no longer the boy I once knew.There's a darkness in his eyes that chills me to the bone...
  • 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • Mafia War by L. Steele

    Mafia War by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    My husband is a made man, a villain, the boss of the Mafia...He stole me from my normal life and catapulted me into the center of the underworld.He imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free.It's wrong of me to be attracted to the viciousness in him.And yet I can't... won't stop until he loves me back.It's why I returned to him.It's why I allowed him to use me..
  • The Hate Vow by Nicole French

    The Hate Vow by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Eric der Vries. Looks like millions. Worth billions. A body like the David with a mind to match. Unfortunately for this wayward heir, to keep his money, he needs a wife. And of all the women in the world, he chooses me. Too bad I’ve hated him for five years, since he took all my tears and tossed me away...
  • Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vengeance was something I’d been waiting all my life to deliver. It would be sweet and worth every risk I’d taken to get to this point. I was moments away from pulling the trigger, taking the life of the man who’d cost my father his… And then she was dragged into the room, struggling and fighting for freedom. The moment I set eyes on Tavia, everything changed...
  • One Big Dare by J.P. Comeau

    One Big Dare by J.P. Comeau

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m a busy executive, waiting to become CEO someday.So, I have zero patience with grumpy gadzillionaires.Until my BFF begs me to join one on a project.And I make an exception.Don’t get me wrong, Ryder is hot as hell.Muscles for days.Perfect smile.Swoon worthy.Jerk.At our first meeting the bickering commenced,When he accused me of being high maintenance...
  • Finn by L.K. Shaw

    Finn by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m a member of the wealthiest and most powerful family in Dublin.We rule the city and I can have anything I want.Except something is missing from my life.When I meet Teagan, I realize what it is.Her.From the beginning, I’m all in.But she’s running scared from someone who hurt her and has no interest in romance or love. When he comes for her, I offer my protection...
  • After Dinner Drinks by Ainsley St. Claire

    After Dinner Drinks by Ainsley St. Claire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He knew she was the one…until they made him walk away. Now she’s in danger and there’s nothing going to hold him back.Morgan:My side hustle for the CIA changed my life and not in a good way.I was only supposed to feed the government information on fringe groups.But when her life was in danger, I broke it off to protect her.Claire is beautiful, sexy, strong, and I miss her every day...
  • No Mercy : A West Side Story by M.J. Fields

    No Mercy : A West Side Story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jersey Shore’s most villainous anti-hero is brought to his knees in this raw and gritty romantic standalone novel by USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields“They may see a villain, but I see a hero who was broken and will rise again.”Like a storm, Marcello Effisto tore through most of his life, wreaking havoc on those who opposed him … unapologetically...
  • Fortress of the King by Mackenzy Fox, Dakotah Fox

    Fortress of the King by Mackenzy Fox, Dakotah Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I TRIED TO WARN HER.From the moment I laid eyes on Rayne Michaelson I knew she had to be mine.She’s heaven sent. An Angel. She’s nothing like me.They call me the King of Boston.There is nothing the Medici crime family cannot obtain.Wealth. Property. Fast cars. Women. Anything.Nothing is off limits. Except her.She’s a mystery. A ghost. And she holds secrets of her own...
  • Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AN 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...
  • Fallen Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Fallen Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She is my beautiful mistake.One night in a bar, I dropped my guard and found her.It was almost a night to remember, but fate intervened.The next day, she walked into my office as my new accountant.She is nothing like the wild, sexy, deliciously depraved woman I met the night before. The one who wore lust well and tasted of sin.This woman is as cold as ice, and I'm the man holding the flame...
  • The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One If you've been waiting to buy all the volumes of Book One of The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Volumes 1-4, the time has now arrived. By popular demand, Latrivia S. Nelson is proud to announce a compilation of the first four of the twelve volumes from the Medlov Crime Family Short Stories Series...
  • The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There just isn’t enough time for Dmitry. America's favorite fictional crime boss, Dmitry Medlov, had a very macabre start to his larger-than-life existence...
  • Retaliation: An Alpha Billionaire Romance by Lauren Landish

    Retaliation: An Alpha Billionaire Romance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrea His charm is contagious... and I've just been infected. For years I've been abused by my father, ruthless billionaire Peter DeLaCoeur. Now he wants me dead. If I want to survive, I need to surround myself with those I trust. Simple right? Not if sexy heir Carson Sands has anything to say about it. He shows up out of nowhere, armed with family secrets...
  • Truth in Pieces by R.C. Boldt

    Truth in Pieces by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author RC Boldt melds sizzling romance with this unique tale of intrigue and deceit that will keep readers guessing until the very end...Ruthless. Cunning. Deadly. That’s Nico Alcanzar, Miami’s biggest drug cartel leader.And I’ve found myself directly in his crosshairs. He plans to use me to eliminate his number one competitor...
  • 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 ratings
    She’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...
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    multicultural  suspense  mafia  contemporary
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