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  • The Ruthless by J. Bree

    The Ruthless by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 56 ratings
    Everything has changed. The time away from my family was supposed to be about finding myself, finding out who I am now that I am free, but nothing in our world is easy and some lessons are the hardest to learn. I can’t trust anyone. With two open spots on the Twelve that have to be filled, loyalties won’t just be tested, they’ll be pushed to the limits. No one is safe once they step into the Game...
  • Deity by Sheridan Anne

    Deity by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 65 ratings
    Betrayal cuts deeper than any knife stabbed through your back. It slices through you and makes you wish for the sweet demise of a bullet shot straight out of Carver’s gun. I trusted them.  King, Cruz, Grayson and Carver were not only the Kings of Ravenwood Heights, but the kings of my heart and now … they’re my executioners. They took away everything I had...
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  • 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...
  • Chaos & Carnage by R.A. Smyth

    Chaos & Carnage by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    Blood will be shed. Lives will be lost. Freedom will be won. I might have my brother back, but Giovanni still runs free, and his alliance with the Grim Bastards is causing chaos in the streets of Black Creek. Now, more than ever, it is important for us to work as a team, but tensions are at an all time high...
  • Beautiful Soldier by E.M. Moore

    Beautiful Soldier by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 45 ratings
    In the Heights, everyone fears the Heights Crew. I wish I had the luxury. I can’t afford to run away from them, I have to run to them. Why? Because now they’re my only chance at survival. Johnny, Brawler, Oscar, Magnum—I hope we can all come together to get out of this. It’s going to take a lot more than luck to free me from the wrongs I’ve been accused of...
  • Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz

    Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Callie Jensen has officially taken a step into the world of romance, but even that can't be uncomplicated. She's pretty sure that more than one guy is showing interest in her, and with no experience on the matter, she's not sure how to handle it. It certainly doesn't feel normal. However, the harem she seems to be building with the Delta members is the least of her worries...
  • Cruel Reign by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby

    Cruel Reign by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 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...
  • Pretty Vengeful Queen by Callie Rose

    Pretty Vengeful Queen by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 53 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...
  • Revenge by Nikita Parmenter

    Revenge by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    Ever’s been taken by Blake, the last thing she saw was two of her men covered in blood lying on the floor. We’re finally going to know why Blake wants her so badly. Will she survive? Will the guys get to her in time? Or will it all be over? With their allies by their sides, it’s time to end this! No one threatens what’s theirs without deadly consequences. This has been going on for too long...
  • The Body Counter by Anne Frasier

    The Body Counter by Anne Frasier

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From a New York Times bestselling author comes the chilling follow-up to the Thriller Award winner The Body Reader. Months after discovering the mastermind behind her own kidnapping, Detective Jude Fontaine is dealing with the past the only way she knows how: by returning to every dark corner of it...
  • Strokes by Bea Paige

    Strokes by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He told me I was his muse. He lied. Anton Sachov, the artist, the man who only sees in monochrome. He wants something from me. Something precious; the meadow green of my eyes, the rich mahogany of my hair, the creamy white of my skin, the stark red of my blood, even the darkness of my soul. And he will do anything to get them. Including the unthinkable, locking me away...
  • Summer and Smoke by Coralee June

    Summer and Smoke by Coralee June

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Summer Bright is just a name on a tombstone. A whispered mystery on the long-forgotten Woodbury Lane. Her ghost teases me with fear and perfection. She knows I’m not strong enough to do what I should’ve done years ago. The Bullets are united once more, bonded by their demand for blood. There’s a vulnerability in their friendship, though. Gavriel craves control. Blaise fears losing me...
  • The Red Cardinal by Mia Smantz

    The Red Cardinal by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After their last encounter, Nikolai Ivanov proved that he's done toying aroung and is finally making his move. Callie Jensen and everyone she loves are more at risk than ever before. It's going to take the entire team working together if they all want to make it out alive...
  • Ravaged Soul by J. Rose

    Ravaged Soul by J. Rose

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Love and Lead by Coralee June

    Love and Lead by Coralee June

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    One. We’re alive, for now. Two. Gavriel’s totally lost control. Three. Santobello is hunting us. Four. Someone will die.
  • Relentless by Tracy Lorraine

    Relentless by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  vengeance  m-f-m  new adult  contemporary  dark  abuse  mafia
  • 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 [?] · 14 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...
  • Burn Like An Angel by J. Rose

    Burn Like An Angel by J. Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 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...
  • Beneficial Misfortune: The Lawson Legacy by Sara Hinds

    Beneficial Misfortune: The Lawson Legacy by Sara Hinds

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    6 months ago, I started over. Living alone in a huge city is better than being stuck in a small town where everyone knows your ex cheated on you. Here, nobody knows who I am except the kids I teach, and I much prefer it this way. Until a well-dressed man changes everything...
  • Deviant by Sheridan Anne

    Deviant by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 54 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...
  • Steps by Bea Paige

    Steps by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    My dream of becoming prima ballerina is dead. Dropped by the Royal Ballet, I return home to my empty house in Cornwall with nothing but ghosts, and memories of a past I am desperate to forget. It takes months of depression before I pull myself out of the bleakness and attempt to start living again...
  • Damaged by Sheridan Anne

    Damaged by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 54 ratings
    Play with fire; you’ll get burned. Play with me; I’ll get even. Dynasty came roaring into my life, bringing four of the most incredibly delicious men I’ve ever laid my eyes on, but along with it came a life that I was never expecting. This world is filled with corruption. There are secrets and lies around every corner...
  • Unholy Trinity by Garrett Leigh

    Unholy Trinity by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 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...
  • Nemesis by S. Massery

    Nemesis by S. Massery

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    A new darkness is seeping into Sterling Falls, and I’ve drawn its ire. When a masked stranger declares he wants our ruin—mine, my brother’s, the whole town’s—I hope he’s bluffing. A series of escalating events later, and it’s clear the threat is very present. It’s not only present, but it drags up old nightmares from my past...
  • Deceptive Truce by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster

    Deceptive Truce by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Life has been a series of exquisite disasters…. Do you ever lie to yourself? I do. Making friends has been the cruelest choice I ever inflicted upon myself. I like to say I don’t regret it, and for the most part that’s true. I resent it. I despise him because he left me behind, following another battle in this war we’ve been waging...
  • Convict by Blake Blessing

    Convict by Blake Blessing

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 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...
  • 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...
  • Sheltered by M. Sinclair

    Sheltered by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    How do you put a price on your life? After laying witness to the cold-blooded murder of my entire family, I did what any rational person would do. .. I ran. Our name, power, and vast wealth meant nothing now. I was on the run, filled with the fear of always looking over my shoulder, wondering when they would come to collect my life...
  • Own by Heather Long

    Own by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    The closer I get to the truth, the further away it feels. Every step I take is met with resistance—not just from the monsters still chasing me, but from the very men who have sworn to protect me. Especially Bones. Cold. Controlled. Ruthless. He watches me like I’m the problem he’s been ordered to solve, not the woman desperate to find her missing sister...
  • Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Rule the Night by Sadie Hunt

    Rule the Night by Sadie Hunt

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    I consent to be hunted. I consent to be stripped. I consent to be marked. I consent to be owned. These are the things I agree to when I sign up for the Hunt in the tunnels under Blackwell Falls. But none of that prepares me to be hunted by the three masked men known as the Blackwell Butchers. They’re huge. Inked. Deadly. And they’ve claimed me as their prey...
  • Anarchy at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Anarchy at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 108 ratings
    There’s one mistake you don’t make at Prescott High, not unless you want me to ruin you. Do not touch my beautifully broken Havoc Boys. Harbin, Fadler, Channing-Blackbird, Montauk, and Park. Death stalks the halls of Prescott High. Once upon a time, my best friend betrayed me. For over a year, I let that two-faced bitch go. But not anymore. This time, she’s stirred up the devil in me...
  • Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose

    Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eighteen girls. Dead. Eighteen lives. Ended. Eighteen futures. Stolen. Harlow Michaels has only ever known her cage, and the nearby screams of dying victims that paint her reality. Held captive by the sadistic Pastor Michaels, she’s tortured and abused, until fate offers her the chance to escape. But freedom comes at a heavy cost...
  • Chaos Crown by Ruby Vincent

    Chaos Crown by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chaos Crown description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers.
  • Rotten Men by Ivy Fox

    Rotten Men by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    PrideA sin every made man is born into. With a branding iron, our souls are scorched into believing there is no greater virtue than our syndicate pride—we kill and bleed to keep its honor. Yet, some might say pride comes before destruction—a haughty spirit before a fall. I say there are far more devastating ways to push someone into the fiery pits of hell...
  • 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...
  • Endless Devotion by Emily Klepp

    Endless Devotion by Emily Klepp

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I grew comfortable in the silence of my thoughts. I thought it was safe to move past my trauma. But did I ever really move past it? Me. .. Sadie Graves. .. confronting my trauma and moving forward in a healthy way? Hell no. I shoved all those memories into a tiny little box and forced it to the back of my mind where it has sat for a year...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  reverse harem  bdsm  contemporary  dark  rape  abuse  poly
  • Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis

    Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too. All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer. When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye. Thankfully, I've got plenty of knowledge, and muscle, in my corner:...
  • Nevermore by A.K. Graves

    Nevermore by A.K. Graves

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Leonor died, she didn’t see a light. There were no angels, no pearly gates. She didn’t see anything at all, just a cold, dark void. But she did hear music…. Leonor heard her music, the music she made with The Ravens, and she was glad it was waiting for her in the end. Until everything went eerily silent, and she was pulled from the afterlife and thrown into the life after...
  • 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...
  • Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 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...
  • liar byrd by Marleigh Kassidy

    liar byrd by Marleigh Kassidy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I'm trusting three broken men to save me. .. They want a maid. I need a hiding place, a sanctuary to escape a monster haunting my every step. I’m used to holding my breath whenever anybody reaches out, flinching away from anyone who steps too close. Large men set my nerves on edge like nothing else. I thought I would never recover from a betrayal I didn’t see coming. Until them…...
  • Mercy by Ruby Vincent

    Mercy by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Maverick. The more answers I unearthed, the less I understood. I stepped into this game not knowing the rules, and now, they’re playing me to their beat. Old faces reappear. New friends circle. I got closer to the puppeteer as they got ever closer to me. And when they struck, I wasn’t ready. Valentina. A queen sacrifices for her subjects. A president makes the hard decisions...
  • Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds

    Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Sin used to run this city until Vengeance ran them out. Too bad they didn’t get them all. Like a parasite, they linger, and while they’re still here, nobody is safe. Freedom means nothing if I’m constantly watching not only my back but the backs of the people I care about. And with every day that passes, that list of people grows, no matter how hard I try to fight against it...
  • Why Don't You Save Me? by Rae Knight

    Why Don't You Save Me? by Rae Knight

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    We will get her back. No matter the cost. Tori’s been taken. Nico's done the unthinkable—kidnapped her right from under our noses. We’ve spent years fighting for her, trying to prove that we’re the ones who deserve her, and just when we managed to have her the way we've wanted, he’s got her. He’s using her. Telling her to say she hates us, that she never loved us...
  • Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 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...
  • Karma by Amber Nicole

    Karma by Amber Nicole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to the dangerous and enticing world of the Belladonnas — where the women may be beautiful, but they’re more deadly than anyone could ever imagine. Assassins. Women for hire. Is there really a difference? These women dress for success…and that success is usually found while standing over the bodies of their targets...
  • 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: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
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