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  • Reluctant Surrender by Measha Stone

    Reluctant Surrender by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    I took her to protect her. I'll be keeping her as my bride.As her thong is ripped off and my belt lashes her beautiful bare backside for the first time, I can tell Maggie Dudek is finally starting to realize that defying a man like me has consequences.Painful consequences.Rigging a high-stakes poker game put her in danger, but that's not why she's face down on my bed...
  • Kansas by K.L. Savage

    Kansas by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Instincts are all we have to rely on.And mine were spot on.There are a few things I don’t like to talk about in life.My father.And Kansas.I hate him, and I hate that godforsaken state.To this day, I haven’t loved because there’s a fear.An inkling.An instinct that I will be just like him.I convinced myself our blood was rotten, tainted, and sour...
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  • Spiders in the Grove by J.A. Redmerski

    Spiders in the Grove by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Izabel and Naeva find themselves right where they wanted to be in Mexico: captured and held in the slave compounds owned by the Ruiz family. But the two are soon separated and forced into very different—but equally dangerous—situations...
  • Tiernan by Jane Henry

    Tiernan by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When I knew Aisling, she was my sister’s best friend. Young.Innocent.Wild.But that was then.Now I’m hardened and ruthless.A bare-knuckle boxer. An enforcer for the Clan.And that carefree girl is a slave to her addictions with demons in her eyes.And I want her.When she witnesses a murder—a murder I committed—I have no choice but to take her.I’ll keep her silent.I’ll keep her hostage...
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    mafia  bdsm  spanking  suspense  dark  contemporary  angst  alpha male
  • The Savage by Stella Andrews

    The Savage by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ivan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage.Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her.I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals.She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...
  • Lone Star by Lauren Gilley

    Lone Star by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From London, England to Amarillo, Texas, Michelle Calloway – now Michelle Snow – has spent her whole life with the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club. The last two years, she’s served as the first lady of the Texas chapter, keeping the books and overseeing the club’s expanding legitimate businesses, including the bar named for her husband: Tastes Like Candy...
  • Surrendered Innocence by Measha Stone

    Surrendered Innocence by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He didn't ask for my surrender. He took it...
  • Savage by Stoni Alexander

    Savage by Stoni Alexander

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    REVENGE SERVED HARDMy friends call me Jericho. My enemies know me as Reaper. Ain’t nothin’ more important than family. So, when my baby bro is gunned down in front of me, I go on the hunt to settle the score. Fury drives me forward. Sleep becomes my enemy. I’m out for blood.I work alone. No spotter. No backup. I get you in my sniperscope, you’re already dead...
  • Heir by V.T. Do

    Heir by V.T. Do

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kai Madden.My angry, broken Prince.Heir to the notorious King’s Men MC.He had the world at his fingertips.Until he didn’t. I’m running away from home.Running away from the monsters trying to get to me.Then Kai shows up and turns my entire world upside down.He shows me what it means to be protected by him.To belong to him. But there are bigger villains at play...
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    insta-love  bdsm  suspense  mafia  dark  contemporary  abuse  bikers
  • 30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back.SERGEI30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits.My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist.But my precious prize doesn't know what I know.Nobody has ever won a war against me.Nobody has ever bested me.And she's not going to be the first.Good luck, little Willow..
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  suspense  dark  captive  contemporary
  • A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers

    A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This book is an interconnected standalone within the Ends World. While you don't have to read the Ends Duet before reading this book, it is recommended that you do in order to understand the entire Ends World up to this point.CarolinaI didn’t mean for anyone to get hurt.That wasn’t my intention.And I knew he would come for me...
  • King of Pain by Piper Stone

    King of Pain by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My vows didn't make me his. My body did. Diego Santos may be wealthy, powerful, and sinfully gorgeous, but his slick veneer doesn't fool me. I know his true nature, and I had planned to end this arranged marriage before it even began. But it wasn't Diego waiting for me at the altar...
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    spanking  mafia  suspense  bdsm  dark  alpha male  contemporary  m-f
  • King's Demands by Piper Stone

    King's Demands by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I didn't ask her to be mine. I told her she already was.Julieta Morales hoped to escape an unwanted marriage, but the moment she got into my car her fate was sealed. She will have a husband, but it won't be the cartel boss her father chose for her.It will be me.But I'm not the kind of man who takes his bride gently amid rose petals on her wedding night...
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    suspense  mafia  spanking  bdsm  m-f  abduction  dark
  • Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole

    Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He kidnapped me to avenge my husband. The husband I’ve never loved. The cruel man my father forced me to marry to teach me a lesson. My husband didn’t think twice about how to carry out those lessons. Now, I’ve gone from one prison to another. My captor is just as ruthless as my husband. He’ll kill, torture, and do everything to hurt my family until no one is left. Except for me...
  • King of Savagery by Piper Stone

    King of Savagery by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Deceiving Maxim Nikitin is dangerous. Defying him could cost me my life. I was sent in undercover, but my low-level clearance as an FBI translator hadn't prepared me for his merciless power. Called a savage beast, his brutal hold over Miami was legendary. I hadn't anticipated the effect of his ice-blue eyes or the passion the Devil exuded...
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    suspense  mafia  spanking  length-long  m-f  dark
  • Corrupt Gods Collection by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Corrupt Gods Collection by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thrilling arranged marriage mafia romance collection where every choice has a consequence…A Santiago is a lesson in ruin.A Carrera bleeds for revenge.Thalia Santiago is the daughter of my enemy.A beautiful rebel with a single cause.Impulsive.Fearless.And ripe for her father's undoing.I recognized her the moment she stepped into my casino...
  • Once A Villain: A Dark Assassin Romance by Saige Parker

    Once A Villain: A Dark Assassin Romance by Saige Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Morally grey? Try pitch black so dark they nicknamed him The Reaper.Axel Hawthorne—Axe, is more monster than man. A bloodthirsty assassin with no mercy, no heart, no soul.The nightmare lurking in the underworld my father commands. No one escapes his wrath.And now? I'm his.Trapped in his sick game of revenge.There's no escape. No hope...
  • Hunted by Piper Stone

    Hunted by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She was supposed to be a job. Then I made her mine. Hope Gracen was just another target to be tracked down... until I caught her. When I discovered I'd been lied to, I carried her off. She'll tell me the truth with her bottom still burning from my belt, but that isn't why she's here. I took her to protect her. I'm keeping her because she's mine...
  • Master Thor by Ann Jensen, Rogue London

    Master Thor by Ann Jensen, Rogue London

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Desperate times call for desperate measures.When I hit rock bottom I found Club Midgard was looking to hire. I knew nothing about BDSM when I interviewed with a man I couldn’t have dreamt up if I’d tried.In his world women are protected.In his world women are honored.In his world lay safety and happiness.ONLY if I gave him my submission...
  • Ruthless King by Bianca Cole

    Ruthless King by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    I ignored Aida's warnings, and now I’m ensnared in a ruthless man’s trap. When I went to give Fabio Alteri a piece of my mind, I never expected the visit to take a forbidden turn. Aida told me not to go but in a drunken fury I visited the dangerous don. Angry that this man would tear my friend from me the way he did—his own daughter. Then, our eyes met and it felt like he set my soul on fire...
  • Taken by Him by S.R. Jones

    Taken by Him by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He took me like a thief in the night, but I was already his from the moment I laid eyes on him. Maxim Volkov. A name I had never heard before but one that my heart now beats for.He’s not an easy man to love. He’s hard. Brutal. Unforgiving. A weapon forged in the fire and pain of his early life. I will take that weapon and use it to bring down all who betrayed me...
  • Ruthless Prince by Piper Stone

    Ruthless Prince by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Alexandra is a senator's daughter, used to mingling in the company of the rich and powerful, but tonight she will learn that there are men who play by different rules. Men like me. I could romance her. I could seduce her and then carry her gently to my bed. But that can wait...
  • Reclaiming Lola by Kylie Kent

    Reclaiming Lola by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ⚠⚠⚠This is a dark romance containing scenes that could be triggering to some. This is not for the fainthearted.⚠⚠⚠LolaThey want me to be her. Lola.I’m not though. I haven’t been that girl for the last ten years.My childhood was stolen from me.And the monsters who took me, they make the devil look like a saint.I was nothing more than a slave, trapped in a nightmare with no way out...
  • Sinning for Santa by Sarah J.D.

    Sinning for Santa by Sarah J.D.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went to church to confess my sins, but found my life in the devil's hands. His ultimatum—confess my depravities, or dig my own grave.Devon Marx has decided to keep me as his Christmas treat, stealing me from my life and taking me to the town he calls hell. Every time I try to run he catches me, his strength far outmatching mine as he forces me to submit...
  • Ruined by A.K. Evans

    Ruined by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hanna Briggs was just as riveted to the news as the rest of the town when a seemingly innocent man was murdered. The difference was that while they all prayed for justice, Hanna felt relief.But then someone else Hanna knows is murdered. And another. And another.Leo Webb is the lead investigator on the case, helping the local police department to find the person responsible for the deaths in town...
  • Ruined by A.K. Evans

    Ruined by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hanna Briggs was just as riveted to the news as the rest of the town when a seemingly innocent man was murdered. The difference was that while they all prayed for justice, Hanna felt relief.But then someone else Hanna knows is murdered. And another. And another.Leo Webb is the lead investigator on the case, helping the local police department to find the person responsible for the deaths in town...
  • Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His obsession. Her salvation.At my lowest, I accept an unimaginable clean up a murder scene to earn one-hundred-grand.Problem is, my employer doesn’t plan on letting me survive the night.That’s when I meet Lanzo Torrent. He’s gorgeous, chaotic, frustrating, and my only salvation. He says he can save my life, but I have to trust him first.Lanzo drags me into his war...
  • Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I made my name and my fortune carrying out every hit with absolute precision. But this time it wasn’t a job, it was personal, and something went horribly wrong. This time there was a witness...
  • Nikolai: Through The Devil's Eyes by Shandi Boyes

    Nikolai: Through The Devil's Eyes by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nikolai Popov was raised in a criminal entity that's as bigoted as it is violent. A byproduct of a woman pushed to the brink, he's lived a hard and fast life that often sees him facing a line-up, yet he's not spent one night behind bars.After a confrontation with a known enemy, Nikolai stumbles upon an angel precariously balancing on the balustrade between good and evil...
  • Mine to Shield (Protection) by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Mine to Shield (Protection) by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this broken FBI agent and young professor work together to take down a dangerous cult despite their rocky past or will their true identities be exposed, threatening their lives and future together.Going undercover with the FBI to infiltrate a dangerous cult was the last thing I expected during my week off from teaching. But here I am...
  • Vengeful by Kristen Luciani

    Vengeful by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One single gun shot threw my life into upheaval. An assassination that will bring my family to its knees.It’s up to me to avenge the murder.An eye for an eye…that’s my MO.I have one job to do, and it may be my last.Find my father’s killer and make him payBefore he finds me.But there’s one problem - one incredibly sexy obstacle I never saw coming.Tali Severinov.I’ve met my match with this woman...
  • Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • His Perfect Little Hacker by Everly Raine

    His Perfect Little Hacker by Everly Raine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Getting hacked into wasn’t on Betsy’s list of things she wanted to happen to her. Getting kidnapped a couple hours later and being held against her will wasn’t either. But both of those happened to her. Finding out the man who kidnapped her was a Daddy Dom, something she had been longing for her whole life...
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    mafia  forced proximity  suspense  dark
  • Dirty Empire by K.A. Tucker, Alex Kydd

    Dirty Empire by K.A. Tucker, Alex Kydd

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From internationally bestselling author K.A. Tucker comes the dark and sexy Empire Nightclub series Mercy Wheeler and Gabriel Easton’s sordid tale continues in Dirty Empire as Mercy finds her loyalties tested and Gabriel’s attempt to break free of his family’s legacy comes with unexpected consequences...
  • The Bratva's Captive by Jane Henry

    The Bratva's Captive by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    For the Bratva, retribution is the law. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. A life for a life. But the man who killed my beloved deserves a fate worse than death. He’ll live knowing his only daughter was captured by a monster... That he’s utterly powerless to stop me. Olena Baranov will be my prisoner. My retribution. My undoing. Vengeance will be mine...
  • Becoming His Pet by Measha Stone

    Becoming His Pet by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Get flowers. That’s all I was supposed to do. Seemed easy enough, but as I would soon see, nothing involving Nora would be easy.Within five minutes of meeting her, we run for our lives. She’s not overly informative, but I know she’s in danger. Keeping her safe would be easier if she would tell me the whole truth, tell me exactly what we’re running from. But I know how to get her to be honest...
  • Dark Throne by Shanna Handel

    Dark Throne by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I want him. And I hate him. I've known him my whole life.He's the boy who loved to torment me,pulling the ends of my braids. But when he catches me on his family's property,He does worse than that. I plan to pay him back for his punishments,but my little prank goes awry.I've made a terrible mistake, angering our family's deadly rivals. My obedience is demanded to make amends...
  • Shiner's Light by E.C. Land

    Shiner's Light by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Blurb Coming...
  • Mafia Fire by Shanna Handel

    Mafia Fire by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A dark mafia...
  • Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn, Mollie Stark

    Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn, Mollie Stark

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Previously published as Starlet by Cora KenbornHollywood. Mafia. Love. Lust. Secrets. Corruption.From USA Today best-selling author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies-to-lovers retelling of Anastasia.They call me America's Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA's most infamous crime. I'm not any of those things.He forced me into the spotlight...
  • Savored Innocence by Measha Stone

    Savored Innocence by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Today I called him my fiancé. Tonight I'll call him daddy.When I claimed to be Roman Romanov's fiancé, I just wanted a Russian to leave me alone at a club. I didn't know another bratva boss was upstairs at that very moment trying to get Roman to marry his daughter, and definitely I didn't expect to end up going home with Roman that night...
  • The Arrangement by K.C. Crowne

    The Arrangement by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    He's nearly twice my age.He may have k*lled my ex-boyfriend.And his scandalous offer leaves me speechless. An intimidating Russian mobster arrives at my door...Demanding settlement for debt my horrible ex left in my name.Maksim, with his piercing dark eyes, sparks a fire within me.He proposes the repay him with my body.  I refuse instantly—yet the proposal lingers, haunting my restless nights...
  • Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Dark Mafia RomanceI claimed her to send a message. I'll keep her for my pleasure.Valencia Rivera was given to me for a night to seal a deal offered to me by her father, but after that pact was broken I decided she was mine to keep. She thought she had a say in the matter, but she found out otherwise when the first stinging lash of my belt landed on her beautiful bottom...
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    suspense  mafia  spanking  contemporary  anal sex  dark  m-f
  • Twisted Obsession by Dani René

    Twisted Obsession by Dani René

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Coming soon from USA Today bestselling author, Dani René, is a steamy arranged marriage, mafia romance that crosses the line between obsession and love.Obsession. It’s a sickness she brought upon me. And I’m about to make her pay. I shouldn’t bring her into my world. But it was my father’s wish, it was the ultimate revenge on our enemies. A poised, pristine princess, too pure for this life...
  • Monster by Dani René

    Monster by Dani René

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René, brings you the first book in her chapter of the Royal Bastards MC World.They call me a monster for a reason. I left my morals behind long ago, and I forgot what empathy feels like. Emotions get you killed, and I’m tired of watchin’ people die. Not anymore, not under my rule. When Father Donahue calls on the club for help, we step up...
  • Kings of Kink by N.O. One

    Kings of Kink by N.O. One

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Why Choose Standalone NovelSometimes a queen needs a king…or three.My name is Madelina Mancini and as the younger sister to New York City’s most powerful mafia don, I’ve lived most of my life in the family’s protective bubble.Until I didn’t.Until evil found me and tried to destroy me.Happiness seemed impossible when all I felt was emptiness...
  • The Darkest Descension by Courtney Lane

    The Darkest Descension by Courtney Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This is not a romanceThe Breaking Insanity saga concludes with an explosive and bittersweet ending….With the world around them spinning out of control, Nikki and Eric will decide how far they are willing to descend to obtain what they want the most.Nikki faces a tough situation that changes everything she thought she knew and tests her fragile limits...
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    bdsm  mafia  vengeance  dual-pov  suspense  dark  abuse  alpha male
  • Scotch (The Devil's House MC) West Virginia: Biker Romance by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Scotch (The Devil's House MC) West Virginia: Biker Romance by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashby ‘Scotch’ Feilding returned from the military not feeling like a hero, but as a man fractured by the horrors he witnessed, a shadow of the man he once was. Unable to fit into the normalcy of ordinary life, he finds solace in the roar of engines and the brotherhood of The Devil’s House MC, serving as their tech wizard...
  • Queens and Monsters by Aleatha Romig

    Queens and Monsters by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mafia/cartel, arranged marriage, forbidden, possessive hero, sheltered heroine, he falls first, dangerous romanceReinaldo RoríguezEmiliano RuizBoth are dangerous, deadly, and powerful. Both are second-generation soldiers proving themselves in the Roríguez cartel.Both want me.Of course, I wasn’t told until it was too late. That’s the way things work in the famiglia...
  • Beautiful Mistakes by Cora Kent

    Beautiful Mistakes by Cora Kent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Branded by betrayal, fueled by revenge—I’m back to destroy the brother who banished me.The Castiglione name once ruled the Midwest mafia, but Saverio erased me like I never existed. Five years in exile only sharpened my hunger for vengeance. Now, I’ll burn his empire to the ground—but I need the most dangerous weapon I can Raiden Drake...
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