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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...
  • Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Getting stranded in the snow without cell service wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened to Eloise Rivers. Being saved by the man who’d led her on more than once was...
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  • Montana Rain by Josie Jade

    Montana Rain by Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Psychiatrist Rayne Westerfield has found purpose in helping patients, especially those with PTSD, heal at the Resting Warrior Ranch. For her, there’s no greater calling than equipping people to fight the worst of their demons. But she’s never allowed anyone to help her fight her own. She’s kept her distance. Kept herself buttoned up tight...
  • Hot Rebel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Rebel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A rebel on the run…. Victoria Royal is a traitor. Or so the U. S. government believes. Victoria was once a promising sniper in the Army, but now she’s gone rogue—worse, she’s just landed in the middle of a Hostile Operations Team mission in the desert and blasted it all to hell. Nick “Brandy” Brandon doesn’t expect to run into Victoria when he’s bugging out from a mission gone wrong...
  • 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...
  • Lucas by Elle James

    Lucas by Elle James

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Former Delta Force Operator, Lucas LeBlanc, has lost everyone he’s ever loved and is afraid to commit his heart to anyone. He believes he’s the black cloud, the bad luck killing off the people he dares to love as family, friend or lover. After leaving the military, he joins Brotherhood Protectors where he hopes he can put his combat training and skills to work helping others...
  • The Don by Stella Andrews

    The Don by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Most fairy tales include a dark figure. The wicked stepmother dressed all in black wearing her anger for all to see. I. n my story she is dressed in innocence and fragility. Soft, gentle, sweet and loving, hiding her black heart beneath perfection. She came into the family and seduced three brothers. Then she married their father who sent them away...
  • 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: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 22 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...
  • Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Heading to Ashland, Kentucky, where his ex-wife’s family lives, is not in Jenner’s plans anytime soon. But, given a War Dog is potentially in trouble, well, Jenner will even face his past. Arriving at a small bed-and-breakfast, he meets a woman more interesting than anyone he’d met in a long time...
  • The Consigliere by Stella Andrews

    The Consigliere by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My stepmother and her deranged lover stole our business. The Ortega Mafia is ours by birth but they have other ideas. With the help of my two brothers, it's time to steal it back and I have a secret weapon. Abigail Kensington . Billionaire’s daughter and Washington princess. The perfect woman who is definitely out of my league. A woman my target is obsessed with...
  • The Don by Stella Andrews

    The Don by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Most fairy tales include a dark figure. The wicked stepmother dressed all in black wearing her anger for all to see. I. n my story she is dressed in innocence and fragility. Soft, gentle, sweet and loving, hiding her black heart beneath perfection. She came into the family and seduced three brothers. Then she married their father who sent them away...
  • Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline...
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  • Atoning Conviction by Greer Rivers

    Atoning Conviction by Greer Rivers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PHOENIX. Their screams haunt me. I’ve tried to drown them out,. But now I’m forced to fight my demons in this hell. Shackles remind me I’m a hostage. That my pain isn’t a nightmare. This time, the screams are my own. Only one thing gets me through it all. Brown Eyes. She is my strength and my downfall. But does she want to be rescued? I used to be haunted by the evil in my nightmares...
  • Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson

    Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, My Best Friend's Girl and The Brighton Mermaid. Pieta has a secret. Ten years ago, Pieta survived a weekend with a sadistic serial killer. She never told anyone what happened and instead moved on with her life...
  • Reign of Royal by Samantha Barrett

    Reign of Royal by Samantha Barrett

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You know him as the son of Bishop and Kiara Murdoch, heir to the New York and Miami mafia but now you are about to know him as the Don of the Memento Mori. Are you ready for the reign of the heir? Buckle up and get ready for Royal Murdoch and the Memento Mori. .. . Blurb and Cover coming soon. ..
  • A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 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...
  • 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...
  • Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold. But it might cost you everything you love. In this heart-racing romantic suspense, a sister desperate for answers and a newly recruited FBI agent desperate to prove himself team up on a high-risk mission. Olivia King. Days missing: 1,345 days...
  • Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elle Roberts wants two things in life:. One—to find out everything there is to know about the mysterious spy who keeps kissing her, and. Two—to stay off her mob family’s radar. That isn’t too much to ask, is it? It’s not like she wants to win the lottery, or live in a Star Wars movie, or be Chris Hemsworth’s personal bather...
  • Final Justice by Fern Michaels

    Final Justice by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Sisterhood - Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle - have risked everything in the name of justice, including their own freedom. Their most recent mission promised to reward them with the ultimate prize - a presidential pardon and a chance to leave their enforced exile. But as they've learned too many times before, life doesn't always turn out as planned...
  • I Choose You by Weston Parker

    I Choose You by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The ugly duckling from my high school is back in my life and she’s all I can think about. Unfortunately, she’s off limits. Work rules. Tell that to my naughty thoughts and constant raging desires. When my dad decides he’s getting married, I need a date for the event. She’s the only one I’d want on my arm, in my bed, my lap… you get the picture...
  • Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels

    Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    PULL A FAST ONE? NOT ON THE SISTERHOOD'S WATCH . .. There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook --- and doing one of their friends dirty is at the top of the list. That's the mission of the Sisterhood, seven women who would do anything to help out one of their clan, especially when it means righting a wrong. And Isabelle Flanders has definitely been done wrong...
  • Cross Roads by Fern Michaels

    Cross Roads by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Sisterhood Will Not Be Broken. It's been a year and a half since the women of the Sisterhood received their presidential pardons, but the freedom they craved has come at a high price...
  • Tell Me to Lie by Charlotte Byrd

    Tell Me to Lie by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    There was a time when my debt was the only link we had. There was a time when I couldn’t tell him how much I loved him and he couldn’t tell me. There was a time when I thought I could never have enough money. Now, everything is different. Nicholas Crawford is a stranger who is becoming more strange with every moment. I used to think I could make a life with him, but now I’m not so sure...
  • Lethal Justice by Fern Michaels

    Lethal Justice by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    SMART WOMEN . .. BRILLIANT CHOICES. The women of the Sisterhood are fun, smart, sassy, and determined to get their way every time. But most of all, they are the best friends a woman wants by her side in good times and bad. Meeting once again in Myra Rutledge's beautiful Virginia home, they're ready to face a new challenge and right a vicious wrong . .
  • The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan

    The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A bomb explodes on a sunset charter cruise out of Friday Harbor at the height of tourist season and kills everyone on board. Now this fishing and boating community is in shock and asking who would commit such a heinous crime—the largest act of mass murder in the history of the San Juan Islands...
  • SEAL's Fake Girlfriend by Leslie North

    SEAL's Fake Girlfriend by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Danger and desire go hand in hand…. When her little sister Robyn is kidnapped, Rhianne Carlson promises herself she’ll do anything to bring her home safely. Even if it means reluctantly teaming up with private security agent and former Navy SEAL Eric Cruz. Despite his smoldering good looks and undeniable talents, Rhianne has never trusted this sinfully sexy agent...
  • 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...
  • Broken Bridge by Nana Malone

    Broken Bridge by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One miscalculation. One misstep had cost me everything. I lost my sister and my wife. I will burn down the world to get them back. Even if I have to become someone they fear. Forget vows, forget brotherhood. All I have left is rage. I have made promises I intend to keep. I will right the wrongs of The Elite, ensure vengeance for Emma, even if it cost me my soul.
  • Mr. Romantic Romeo by Jacob Parker

    Mr. Romantic Romeo by Jacob Parker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Did Juliet stab Romeo in the back? Mine did. Love is a fickle thing. You think you find it while on a beach on a business trip, and you’re wrong. The beautiful girl that’s captured your attention has been sent there by her father, a rival of the great Manhattan family—my family. She laid the trap real good, and thanks to the her curves and beautiful smile, my dumbass fell right into it...
  • Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • Cherry Brandy by L.J. Evans

    Cherry Brandy by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being on the run with only one bed is no excuse to touch her…until touching is the only choice. A quirky rock star and her fierce Secret Service agent fight a forbidden attraction. As the Vice President’s daughter and his current assignment, Leya Singh is completely off-limits...
  • Royal Haze by L.J. Evans

    Royal Haze by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I pledge allegiance to her…and only her. The stunning conclusion to The Painted Daisies series. Singer and lead guitarist Nikki Rani will do whatever it takes to keep her mom and her band safe, even if it means keeping secrets about her friend's murder. She failed her loved ones once and won't be taken in again by a ridiculous story. There are no fairy tales in her future...
  • 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...
  • Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NICOLE. I've always been the perfect daughter, sister, and friend. After all, my father and brother are Titans. We’re high society, so I have an image to uphold. Costa Rica was supposed to be just a last summer hurrah before the new semester began. It ended up being the night when the good girl did something bad. A one-time indiscretion...
  • Beautiful Sinner by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Sinner by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When I first set eyes on Sevastian Kozlov, I didn't realize several years later I'd be forced into marrying him. He was the epitome of a beautiful sinner, but as the princess of an Italian mafia, he was considered the enemy. The moment I realized the deal struck between our respective fathers was to form an alliance with the Bratva, I knew I was obligated to honor my father's wishes...
  • Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When 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...
  • Hostile Vows : Souza Cartel by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom

    Hostile Vows : Souza Cartel by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today best-selling author, Autumn Archer, comes a Forced Marriage, Friends to Enemies to Lovers Dark Mafia Romance duet. In the criminal underworld, love is a distraction that will get you killed. Finding out I’m a mafia princess was an unpleasant surprise because it meant my coveted bloodline had sealed my fate...
  • Cornered Coyote by Dianne Harman

    Cornered Coyote by Dianne Harman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Gripping tale that is as Sweet as a Ballerina and as Pugnacious as a Pitbull! The silver bird gleamed in the blue sky, as the early morning sun bathed it in soft golden hues. Flight 714 was on the last leg of its journey, having burned close to fifty thousand gallons of jet fuel on its trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to Los Angeles...
  • 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...
  • Mafia Bride by L. Steele

    Mafia Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s No Knight in Shining Armor. Massimo Domenico Sovrano is arrogant, mean, full of swagger and oh so hot. As one of the most feared gangsters in Italy, he can have any woman he sets his sight on. But for some reason he wants me. The chemistry between us is off the charts. So I sleep with him on our very first meeting. Only, he betrays me. He breaks my heart. Which is why I lie to him...
  • Rival Desires by M. S. Parker

    Rival Desires by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Rival Desires, where the rivalry is fiery, but the romance? It's downright scorching. Meet Cory charming, socially awkward, and co-owner of the established Palo Alto finance firm Gracen & McCrae. Enter Rylee Palmer, the brilliant, enigmatic head of the new game-changer in town, Palmer Money Management...
  • Maddox's Truce: Special Edition by Heather Slade

    Maddox's Truce: Special Edition by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Hatfields and McCoys have nothing on the Butler and Avilla families. The feud between the families has been going on for decades and doesn't look like it will end anytime soon. But neither the feud, nor the fence between the wineries can keep two determined young lovers apart...
  • The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was a summer to remember…so why did she forget everything? Summer of ‘99 - At her family’s holiday beach cabin, Abigail Clement spent her days falling in love with a local boy, Jacob Givens. It was a whirlwind romance, until the two of them saw something they shouldn’t. The next day, Jacob disappeared. A mystery that shook the town to its core. Abigail hasn’t been back to the cabin since...
  • Protecting Peyton by Becky Muth

    Protecting Peyton by Becky Muth

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her dog saved his life. Can he repay the debt by finding her missing brother? Peyton McIntyre’s brother is missing. Local police claim they’re looking into it, but hope dwindles as days pass without answers. Worse still, her only chance of finding him may depend on a rookie cop who left a terrible first impression...
  • The Singular Obsession Collection: Books 1-6 by Lucy Leroux

    The Singular Obsession Collection: Books 1-6 by Lucy Leroux

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Danger and Obsession—a forbidden office romance, a woman in danger, a secret identity and so much more. .. Read All Six Novels of the Singular Obsession Series from 7-time Readers’ Favorite Medalist Lucy LerouxMAKING HER HISFor almost five years, Alex has had one obsession, and she could be his undoing...
  • High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A fellow FBI agent with an old grudge picks Simon as the instrument of his revenge. And he knows the hidden truth behind one of Simon's closest-kept secrets. .. or does he? On the other side of the world, two steps ahead of a ruthless, implacable foe accidentally set on his trail by Simon, Jeremy Archer is running for his life. .
  • Payback  by Fern Michaels

    Payback by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right...
  • The Jury by Fern Michaels

    The Jury by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The Jury Even reeling from the loss of one of their own, the Sisterhood is always prepared to rally behind a new friend. For years, Paula Woodley has suffered the broken bones and shattered self-esteem caused by an abusive marriage. But what can she do? Her high-profile, Washington power-broker husband is not a man to be crossed. Or so he thinks...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: 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...
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