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Warped Minds by Elena Lawson
One, two, the Crows are coming for youThree, four, time to settle the scoreFive, six, Rook will get his fixSeven, eight, accept your fateNine, ten, this is your end.Warped Minds is the fourth and final book in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Twisted Games... -
Savages by Sheridan Anne
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallSavages rising, watch how they fall.All of the heartache and all of the pain.Couldn't put me back together again. There’s nothing quite like the smell of a decaying body...Categorized as:
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Revenge by Nikita Parmenter
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... -
Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCallie 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... -
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Beautiful Soldier by E.M. Moore
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... -
Damaged by Sheridan Anne
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...Categorized as:
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Love & Power by Elizabeth Knight
Love is what started this whole thing. A man who loved two women. A mother who sacrificed herself for her daughter. A daughter who will stop at nothing to take down those who killed and threatened the ones she loves. I’ve been told all my life that love was a weakness in our world. That couldn’t be further from the truth, but that’s only half of what I need to finish the job... -
Chaos & Carnage by R.A. Smyth
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... -
Strokes by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe 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... -
Relentless by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAn 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... -
Summer and Smoke by Coralee June
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSummer 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... -
Blood & Heartache by Elizabeth Knight
** Please be advised this book has major triggers please read authors note**Blood has been spilt, my heart has been broken, and there are traitors in our midst. What a great way to start as the new leader of the Caprioni Family.Just when I thought I’d finally have everything I’d ever dreamed of, it was torn away from me...Categorized as:
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The Red Cardinal by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter 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...Categorized as:
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Cash by Ruby Vincent
They ripped me from my safe, perfect world and bound me in chains.Now it's Cash's turn. The cold, hard, analytical leader has a problem he needs me to solve, and he's not asking.I'm driven deep into the world of cons and corruption. I can't tell if anything around me is real. Least of all the smiling, pleasant people.Someone is playing us for a fool, and it might be me...Categorized as:
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Disobedient Pawn by Brooklyn Cross
Never underestimate the power of a pawn.My life seemed pretty perfect until I turned twelve. Then everything was destroyed with a fainting spell, a doctor’s visit, and a diagnosis that rocked me to my core. Now at seventeen, I am being shipped to a new country and school with no support from my father... -
Reign Of Ruin by Santana Knox
I lied…My name isn’t Cecilia. When the doors of my past were pried open, all of my skeletons came tumbling out. I’d lived my whole life thinking the worst had already happened, and nothing else could hurt me. I couldn’t have been more wrong.In the wreckage I’m reborn. I’ll do anything to get my revenge on those who’ve wronged me and the man who stole my throne, My uncle... -
Cardinal Rose by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCallie finally found a home. It's everything she's ever dreamed of - friendship, family, and a healthy dose of romance, which Dr. Harper repeatedly reminds her is a good thing since it will help her deal with her most recent loss. So, why can't she be happy? That reason comes in the form of one Russian mob boss named Nikolai Ivanov... -
No Place Like Home by Geneva Monroe
Condemned by lies. Driven by vengeance. Bound for death.Mine will be the first public execution in a century. Only problem is, I’m innocent.Well, mostly.A single bullet shattered my world, bringing down the men who swore to protect me, and stealing my newfound freedom. The Wizard promised salvation, but the only thing I have now is a prison cell and a date with a guillotine... -
Steps by Bea Paige
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... -
Love and Lead by Coralee June
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOne. We’re alive, for now. Two. Gavriel’s totally lost control. Three. Santobello is hunting us. Four. Someone will die... -
Broken Trust by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
They think they own me now. They think they’ve won, and that I’ll be their good little soldier. Four dangerous, damaged, messed up boys. There used to be five, but one of them died, and I’m starting to suspect he was murdered. I didn't ask for this. No one would ask to be played, manipulated, seduced and betrayed. But that’s what happened, anyway. It wasn’t enough for them to break me...Categorized as:
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The Silence Lies by Sophie Dyer
Revenge; they say it’s best served cold, right? Well, that’s exactly what I intend to do. Enzo LaRosa was everything to me, my best friend, my second in command, and my enemies took him from me. After his death, I’m more determined than ever to make the enemy pay for what they did. But as the first female leader of The Bianchi family, I have a target on my back...Categorized as:
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Vile Wicked Eyes by Candace Wondrak
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Stella. I used to be empty, broken, a shell of a person watching as days passed me by.But then I found out the truth. What I’d done. What I wanted to do again. My three killers took me and shook my world upside-down, stopping only when I faced the fact that I was just like them.A brute. A monster. A beast with an innate craving to make others bleed... -
Sheltered by M. Sinclair
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... -
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Fractured Dynasty by Penelope Black
It was supposed to be my happily ever after.For the first time in a long time, there was a promise of peace. So my Italian heirs and I made plans—big, life-changing plans, and tried to move on with our lives.But I was naive to think that there weren’t snakes lying in the grass, just waiting for the opportune time to strike.It was a blow no one saw coming... -
Black Creek by R.A. Smyth
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBlood 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... -
Burn Like An Angel by J. Rose
“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. Preparing...Categorized as:
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Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak
The Black Hand. The syndicate of hardened criminals I planned on destroying. Things are not what they seem. Someone knows my secret, and it’s not someone I ever expected. He knows my truth, and he understands my need for vengeance—though he’s tried to convince me otherwise. What he doesn’t understand is if I don’t have justice, I’m nothing. I’m not Shay, not Celene...Categorized as:
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Vicious Deception by Elira Firethorn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt wasn’t supposed to end like this. The guys’ enemy wasn’t supposed to gain the upper hand. But now Elliot, Rhett, and Oliver have been captured and separated by Ludo Holloway. If they make one wrong move, the consequences will be disastrous. The only thing they can do is comply with Holloway’s wishes and do their best to secretly find a way to escape... -
Vengeance & Sin by Sara Hinds
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNever stop surviving. For as long as I can remember, this has been my life. Be who they want, do what they want, and keep their attention on me. If all they see is me, the other girls are safe, making it all worth it. I would do anything to keep them from going through what I have. Over the years, I’ve changed hands and owners. I’ve lied, killed, and fought, but the goal is always the same... -
The Sweetest Note by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I wanted was to live life on my terms, inspire others, and love Turner and Roark.br> I was surprised when Derek popped back into my life, but willing to forgive when I realized my mother caused him so much pain. I couldn’t blame him for hating me, but I can demand better.And then… my life shattered... -
Convict by Blake Blessing
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...Categorized as:
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Dylan by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone
Just because I’m new to the dark doesn’t mean I can’t embrace it…I used to have a decent life. A normal life. Then my mother decided to marry into the Irish mafia and everything changed.Suddenly, normal was in my rearview and I was stuck in the uppity hell known as Brooke Hollow Academy. The only upside I found was the brutally hot guy I met on day one.Dylan Blackthorne...Categorized as:
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Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm Everly Marrs, and my life has been a whirlwind of chaos and revelation. The men who kidnapped me, known as The Letters, upended everything I believed in. They showed me a world beyond my control, one where I'm not just a victim but a player in their dangerous games. From the day they took me, my neatly outlined plans for a future in social work, for love, for a normal life, all vanished... -
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Mafie Trials: Brutal Boys of the Mafie- Book 2 by T.R. Oldin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer I finally know the truth. There's been a hidden player on the board—moving pieces from behind a curtain. Now that the veil has burned, it’s time to start a new game... -
Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI 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... -
Thick Skinned by C.M. Wondrak
The Black Hand. The criminal organization that owns everyone in Cypress, a group of people who rule the city in blood and blackmail. My plan is to take them down. Whether it’s one by one or all together, I will watch the Black Hand burn for what they did to my family five years ago. For my parents, for my brother… this vengeance is for them. I have both Jameson sons wrapped around my fingers... -
Lies and Other Drugs by Coralee June
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition of ASIN B07L92X791Killing my brother’s murderers has become my latest obsession. Against the advice of my alcoholic therapist, I've left my life behind, moving across the country with just two goals in mind: Take down the elite Ivy League School that covered up my twin brother’s death, and seek revenge on the ones responsible...Categorized as:
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Crooked Heart by Candace Wondrak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBlood. Death. Control. A girl with a crooked, vengeful heart like me wasn’t made for a happy ending. It’s me again. Lola Harding, the Night Slayer, the girl who f*cked up and killed a crime lord’s son. The Lucianos are using me however they like, and that’s fine. It’s kind of fun to never know when you’re going to breathe your last breath. But… now they know the truth. My truth... -
Savage Knights by Jillian Frost
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe 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... -
Liar Liar - Part two: D'Arco Mafia Duet by Jaye Pratt
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... -
Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNever feed your fears, Saoirse, because if you do, they will eat you alive.Those were the last words my mother uttered before the masked men arrived.She begged me to run, to save myself from the past she kept hidden.But here's the thing, the past doesn't stay buried forever, and somebody has to pay the price for the choices she made.All the King's horses and all the King's men..Categorized as:
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Kings of Kink by N.O. One
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA 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... -
Raven by Leah Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSecrets 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... -
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Lost In The Light by Kerry Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRescued 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
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey 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... -
Lethal Vengeance by Stella Brie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVengeance is the name your soul screams when it shatters. It’s a call into the darkness, a promise to Death himself, to abandon the light until death is served to those who wronged you.Three years ago, they took the only person who mattered and dumped her like trash in the desert. Justice failed Quinn. Vengeance would not.Two enemies. One down, one to go...Categorized as:
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Mafie Kings: Brutal Boys of the Mafie by T.R. Oldin
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHerI watched him murder my parents. He thinks I’ve disappeared, but the truth is I’ve been biding my time. Training. Searching. Waiting. Now I finally have a shot at revenge, but one thing keeps me from grabbing onto it. Is it worth it if it costs me everything?The KingsWe are a unit, a team. Brothers forged in fire. Raised within the Bratva, we’re destined to one day lead... -
Healing Souls by Jessa L. James
GraysonIt’s been six months since Harley bolted, and everyone’s been on edge. Six months of worry, strain, and unanswered questions about a girl we barely know but are all drawn to like moths to a flame. So when Harley shows back up unexpectedly, our entire world is shifted on its axis, and everything we’ve ever known changes.Above all else, she’s changed... -
Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEighteen 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...
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