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  • Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    "Don't tell me you actually believe Asami is in love with you?" The gorgeous and devious Fei Long has kidnapped Akihito and taken him all the way to Hong...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  suspense  queer  m-m  rape  contemporary  dark
  • Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise, but like so many powerful men, he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist. Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and, although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men, he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  mafia  age difference  queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  rape
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  • Dissent: A Charity Romance Anthology by Brighton Walsh, Kennedy Fox

    Dissent: A Charity Romance Anthology by Brighton Walsh, Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    For National Read a Book day, DISSENT is available in eBook and paperback!DISSENT is a charity romance anthology with NEW, never before published content from over 150 authors of all romance genres. All proceeds from the eBook and paperbacks will be donated to organizations benefiting reproductive rights in the United States, particularly in areas where people need them more than ever...
  • Twittering birds never fly, vol. 5 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering birds never fly, vol. 5 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Yashiro è un capo yakuza innamorato dai tempi del liceo del suo migliore amico, Kageyama. Purtroppo per lui, Kageyama è già legato sentimentalmente a un altro uomo, e a Yashiro sembra non restare che rassegnarsi...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mafia  age difference  dark  m-m  abuse  contemporary  death
  • Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Chinese crime lord Fei Long comes to Japan hoping to lure freelance photographer Akihito into his web of intrigue and sex. But when his friends fall prey to Fei Long's diabolical schemes, Akihito has only one person he can ask for help, the person he despises more than anyone else on Earth: the Yakuza boss Asami, who once made Akihito his sex slave...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  suspense  queer  m-m  contemporary  rape  dark
  • Tango Down by Cara Dee

    Tango Down by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Renegades #4 Romantic Suspense Enemies to Lovers Action MM“This is it, baby. Run.”The murder in Joel Hayward’s eyes wasn’t merely a reflection of the rage within. It was a promise to the men who had kidnapped his daughter. The one person—this amazing slip of a girl—who showed Joel every single day that there was good left in the world.He was running on fumes. He was desperate...
  • 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 4] by Kou Yoneda, ヨネダコウ

    囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 4] by Kou Yoneda, ヨネダコウ

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise, but like so many powerful men, he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist. Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and, although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men, he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  age difference  queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  abuse
  • On the Double by Cara Dee

    On the Double by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go...
  • Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE When a 911 call goes wrong and a young man goes missing, it falls to Malcolm and Seong-Jae to investigate the responding officers when Internal Affairs' internal politics leave the case compromised and the officers aren't willing to talk...
  • The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The boys are back, and an old face from Seong-Jae’s past plunges BPD Detectives Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon from a two-month suspension right into the depths of hell — and into one of the most horrific, grisly cases of Malcolm’s life. He's never seen anything like it...
  • 17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Second part in the Stockholm Syndrome trilogy:Some mistakes are too enormous and some people are too stubborn for anything to work except running away, but the world is never as big as you need it to be and eventually you can't help circling back to where you started...
  • All We Are by Jessie Walker

    All We Are by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Pride.Will and Waylon have been through hell and back—more than once. But they’re still standing, still loving each other, still embracing their found family. And that’s something Will is stupidly proud of. He’s happier than he’s ever been, and more in love than he ever thought possible. He just hopes he can find a way to make Waylon believe in them as much as he does.Pride...
  • Finder, Vol. 1: Target in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Vol. 1: Target in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    During a routine journalism assignment, Akihito Takara is captured by the mysterious Asami, a powerful leader in Japan's underworld society...
  • Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Renegades #2 • Romantic Suspense • Stockholm Syndrome • Hurt Comfort • Action • MM“The best intelligence is the knowledge that your enemy doesn’t know you have.”Crew Finlay’s ego had taken a hit or two. He couldn’t lie. As a Marine, he’d been one of the best. As a private military contractor, he’d…messed up a bit. Or failed spectacularly. Whatever...
  • Deep Spiral by Cole McCade

    Deep Spiral by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE A deadly, unstable shooter. A trap Malcolm and Seong-Jae can't escape. And more than one life on the line as they find themselves facing down one of the Golden Ratio Killer's proxies in a high-stakes hostage situation that could ramp up the serial murderer's mathematical body counts exponentially. And if Malcolm and Seong-Jae aren't careful, they'll be among the tally...
  • Hard Angle by Cole McCade

    Hard Angle by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Unsettled tensions from the last case come to a head as Seong-Jae reveals his secrets — but will it be enough to repair the fractures in his relationship with Malcolm?Especially when their only promising lead on the Golden Ratio Killer's identity falls apart, along with any hope of returning home to Baltimore and to their life together.When their primary suspect turns up dead.....
  • Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol. 6 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol. 6 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Yashiro and Doumeki have finally crossed the line that for so long they dared not. Doumeki confronts the fact that Yashiro is irreplaceable to him, while Yashiro realizes his own contradictory feelings for Doumeki. Because he values him, he can't let him go. Because he values him, he must let him go...
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    queer  mafia  age difference  contemporary  dark  m-m  abduction  abuse
  • Dragon by K. Webster

    Dragon by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes a new motorcycle club dark standalone MM romance novel!They created this monster when they took me as a teen.Abused me, tortured me, psychologically ruined me.I was once innocent, fragile, and good.Now I’m older and everything wicked.The worst of the worst...
  • His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Easily bored, completely manipulative, and utterly deadly…and that’s just in bed.As an assassin for the Castellani Family, I live for the thrill of the job. I'm devoted to my Family and my Don, because they keep me safe.To Leo Bernardi, I'm a monster. A killing machine. And a puppet that his Family can use for their own ends. To me, Leo is just a pawn in a game that I'm playing. A means to an end...
  • Divine Proportion by Cole McCade

    Divine Proportion by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    While Captain Anjulie Zarate y Salazar faces a crisis of loyalty at home, Malcolm Khalaji faces another crisis in Los Angeles—one that will test him to his absolute limits.And that crisis is named Yoon Eun-Ji...
  • Black and Brown by A.E. Via

    Black and Brown by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace’s composed, yet lethal disposition balances his partner Mirage’s impulsive nature, creating a duo—the second-generation Brown Ravens—with the potential for greatness. Grace was one of the most decorated sharpshooters in the Marines. He’s fiercely committed to righting the wrongs that plague the world and protecting the innocent...
  • Devil by Silvia Violet

    Devil by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A Dark Mafia Romance Devil is a mobster with a dangerous secret... There's a cop who hates him. A cop he caught and released. A cop he can't get out of his mind after the one forbidden night they shared...
  • Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the king of Atlanta’s underworld used to have its perks, but lately all undercover agent Renzo Vega has seen is the downside. Someone is auctioning off women in his city, and he’s damn sure not about to let that offense stand. Just as he’s set to make a move, Renzo’s club is ambushed and he’s shot. Unsure of who to trust, he turns to the one man he definitely knows wants him dead...
  • Rogue Launch by Cara Dee

    Rogue Launch by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Renegades #1 Romantic Suspense Enemies to Lovers Action MM“We will find you, darling. Stay strong. We will find you.”This was exactly what Elliott Jones needed. A nice barbecue with family and friends. The moving trucks were parked outside his new ranch, and he was ready to start fresh. Again. Despite the regrets he lived with, he tried to focus on the good things in life...
  • Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 33 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...
  • Matchstick Men by Adira August

    Matchstick Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sometimes it's the cop who needs to hit the floor... Haunted by the worst case of my career, I knew only one way to exorcise the images from my mind, the victim from my soul ... Inside the club, I scanned the room. He was here—Camden Snow—a sex god in the guise of unpretentious youth...
  • The Interrogation (Hunt&Cam4Ever) by Adira August

    The Interrogation (Hunt&Cam4Ever) by Adira August

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter’s most twisted killer. Cam’s most dangerous case.A STAND-ALONE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERIf you like a master gamesman for a detective and a few twists in your criminal cocktail, you want to read this...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  queer  m-m  mystery  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... ..
  • Unmask You by Avril Ashton

    Unmask You by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Theirs is a perfect marriage. Until a home invasion exposes secrets, lies, and shatters everything Elias and Lucky hold dear. Too many bodies. Rivers of blood. Elias Kote sees them all in his sleep. Only the love of his husband and daughter keeps him alive and fighting. This contract killer is exhausted and weighed down by all the lies he tells every day. Who he is. What he does...
  • King's Virtuous Son by Ki Brightly

    King's Virtuous Son by Ki Brightly

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The “Innocent” Twin Hunter Tanner is a prospect for the Kings of Men MC. The club president, King, shocked Hunter with the news that he is Hunter’s biological father. King was the only man who had ever kept Hunter safe, and he’d taken King’s attention the wrong way—only to be devastated to learn they were related. Now he’s pissed off...
  • Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Demon by Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Falling in love with an obsessive serial killer was the last thing on my to-do list.I was born into a world of villains, so it came as no great surprise when my brothers fell for the most twisted monsters of all. A sociopathic fixer. A psycho sadistic cop whose name belongs in the dictionary next to corruption.Maybe I’m the one who’s crazy, thinking I could have any semblance of a normal life...
  • Dig Your Grave by Avril Ashton

    Dig Your Grave by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    An unanswered phone call. An empty bed. And a loud clock ticking down the seconds before Daniel Nieto’s heart—the one he recently discovered he still possessed—gets broken again. His lover is gone. Taken by an unknown enemy, one who hasn’t yet realized that Daniel would willingly stride into hell to get his Diablo back...
  • Liar Liar - Part two: D'Arco Mafia Duet by Jaye Pratt

    Liar Liar - Part two: D'Arco Mafia Duet by Jaye Pratt

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    They didn’t come for me.I wanted Killian to be the one to take my life, but five months later, nothing.I’m still alive.They promised they would follow me to the ends of the earth if I left.They lied.Now, I have no choice but to go back and clear my name.I plan to walk in with my head held high and give them evidence that will force them into hearing me out...
  • Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KITDodging bullets and jumping from two story buildings are things I’d only ever seen in movies.Never would I have expected that this would become my life.I keep deadly secrets for the man I love.I’ll follow him across countries to have his back.Why am I willing to risk everything for him?Because of the look in his eyes when I purr for him.SULLYWorking with Kit is my greatest joy...
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
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    bdsm  queer  contemporary  m-m  dark
  • Triangulation by Cole McCade

    Triangulation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Less than a day. Less than a day of peace, of calm, of comfort before the white rabbit returns to tear Malcolm and Seong-Jae's lives apart. An eerie video presents them with a deadly ultimatum, which leaves our intrepid pair racing to discover the identity of the latest victim — and desperate to protect their families from the threat hanging over their heads...
  • boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this stunning conclusion to the tale first begun in Boys for Sale...Having escaped from Javier and The School House, Tavi is now on the run as he tries to survive on the streets...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  abuse  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • The Sin Eater by Onley James

    The Sin Eater by Onley James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Waylon Boone is no stranger to danger. As the headmaster of the Watch, an elite school hidden in the desert where the wealthy send their psychopathic children to become the perfect covert operatives, he's trained killers, spies, and manipulators...
  • Desire by Jenn Bullard

    Desire by Jenn Bullard

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom...
  • Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after...
  • Black Lies by K.A. Merikan

    Black Lies by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "That man is not your fairytale ending." Griffith has spent two of the most amazing years with his boyfriend Mark, who is undoubtedly The One. Mark is everything Griffith could want in a man. Sexy, kind, always there for him, showering him with gifts and anticipating his needs...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  queer  mystery  m-m  dark  angst  contemporary
  • If the Seas Catch Fire by L.A. Witt

    If the Seas Catch Fire by L.A. Witt

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sergei Andronikov was a child when the Mafia wiped out his family, leaving him with nothing but a hunger for revenge. Years later, through ruthless strategy and tireless patience, he’s a contract killer working for the three families ruling Cape Swan… and he’s nearly in position to bring them all down from the inside.Domenico “Dom” Maisano is Mafia royalty, a made man… and a hitman...
  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell . He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  queer  m-m  contemporary  abuse  angst  dark
  • Tell No One by Barbara Elsborg

    Tell No One by Barbara Elsborg

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s not every day that a total stranger asks Tag if he’s…ahem…well endowed. Of course he’s not going to say no. When he’s offered a life-changing amount of money to go to a party, he’s not going to say no to that either, even though he suspects sex will be involved. But sense prevails and Tag decides to stick to his principles and not go, except things take an alarming turn...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  age difference  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  mystery
  • The King's Boy by Aja Foxx

    The King's Boy by Aja Foxx

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ~ King ~ I was sent to New York City to take over as the head of the Irish mob. It was a job that many wanted, but few were qualified for. I was qualified, but I didn't want the position...until I met a man that challenged all of my preconceived ideas about people. I just needed to figure out if Spencer was as crazy as he seemed or if he was a spy sent by my enemies.~ Spencer ~I admit it...
  • King’s Pawn by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    King’s Pawn by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Badass Biker BodyguardFresh from behind bars, Bishop, a Kings of Men MC member, settled into his old life. He made his way through a parade of men, and he was left completely unsatisfied, despite his warm welcome home. In prison, Bishop had been Destiny’s protection, and Destiny paid for his safety—in physical favors...
  • Dark Soul Vol. 4 by Aleksandr Voinov

    Dark Soul Vol. 4 by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In "Dark Rival I," the noose tightens around Stefano Marino's neck. While Silvio and Franco are off taking care of the Russian problem, mutiny brews in Stefano's crime family. It soon becomes clear he can trust only one man in his life, but whether he can hold on to Silvio-and what it might cost his marriage-are questions for which he has no answers...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  mafia  suspense  bisexual  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark
  • Jealousy, Vol. 3 by Scarlet Beriko

    Jealousy, Vol. 3 by Scarlet Beriko

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The prequel to the popular yakuza rom-com Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato!A yakuza head finds himself ensnared in the unwavering attentions of a sometimes impetuous but always cunning schemer...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • His Bane by Courtney W. Dixon

    His Bane by Courtney W. Dixon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    PLEASE READ THE BLURB AND WARNINGS IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO TRIGGERS!He is mine. I don't care how long it takes. I will have Malik Amin. Sullivan BeauchampSome people call me a monster. A psychopath. As if I care what others think. So what if I relish in the mayhem of slaughter or enjoy feeling the life blink out of someone? I am who I am...
  • You Always You by M.E. .

    You Always You by M.E. .

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Whatever happened in your past, did not happen. And I am your only future.I am obsessed with you; you're obsessed with me.You hurt me to comfort me.You break me to put me back together.And I do the same to you.I am addicted to you; you're addicted to me.You told me this would be a bad idea.You warned me of the heartache.And I did it anyway.I like you; you like me.When I see you, my sun rises...
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