Books like 'Dangerously Kept: A McDermott Empire Novel'

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reverse harem  poly (3+ people)  age play  mafia  suspense

  • Volatile King by Brooklyn Cross

    Volatile King by Brooklyn Cross

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    The King's Damaged Heart Was Tainted With Darkness, But Not Even He Could Resist The Radiance Of His Queen. Determined to shut Ren Davies out, I clung to the ghosts of a past that no longer existed. I watched in horror as my pieces toppled, one by one, succumbing to her charms. The binds only tightened the harder I fought to pull away. But fate laughed in my face. .. because I’d already fallen...
  • Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Violence chose me a long time ago…. Survival isn’t everything. I’ve fought to protect my family. I’ve bled for them, killed for them, and gone to jail for them. There is no fight I will not take on for them…. I’ve been waging this war since I was seven years old. The only thing that’s changed is the battlefield itself...
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  • House Rules by Evie Rae

    House Rules by Evie Rae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Everyone in this town owes something to the casino. My father owed everything—including his life. Now he’s dead, and his debt has come for me. I offer the mob a I’ll uncover what the four sons of Titan Wynn Casino are hiding. In exchange, they erase what my father owed. They say yes. But there’s a catch—I have to get close. Enter the. Conrad. Storm. Maverick. Atticus...
  • The Wren by Penelope Black

    The Wren by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the firstborn King, I should be the heir of the Irish Syndicate. Instead, my father wants to marry me off to the highest bidder to fund a war I don’t believe in. My carefully controlled life starts to unravel, spiraling out of control faster than I can stop it. And then I meet them and everything stops for a moment...
  • Slateview High - The Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Slateview High - The Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "You're in our world now, Princess. You're ours. ". My whole life, I’ve been groomed as American royalty, raised to be the perfect daughter of the wealthy elite. On my sixteenth birthday, my father bought me an Aston Martin. And on my seventeenth birthday, the Feds took everything away...
  • Caught in the Crossfire by R.E. May

    Caught in the Crossfire by R.E. May

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Keep your enemies close…and your arch-nemesis closer. Max is the last person I want by my side, but he’s all I have when a new enemy comes after me. Another one of my father’s mistakes I must atone for. My ticket to freedom means working together, but our temporary truce has an expiration date—after that, the gloves are off...
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died. For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right. Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge. Only revenge. Eight years of not really living at all. While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me...
  • Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first? It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules. The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back...
  • Broken Kings, Books 1-4 by Nikita Parmenter

    Broken Kings, Books 1-4 by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Complete Series! *** This is a spin off of the Finding My Home series, Jynx’s story. You don’t need to read the Finding My Home series to enjoy this one! ***. Bow Down. My life got turned upside down when I got an inheritance from the grandmother I never knew existed...
  • Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m going through a bit of a rough patch. I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death. She guarantees it’ll be gruesome. The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent...
  • Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The plan was to go on one kickass tour, not fall in love with seven rock stars haunted by a tragic past. As the lead singer of my band, I’m thrilled when it’s finally time for us to go on tour. But instead of a fun road trip, I’m bombarded with complaints from my two bandmate sisters, who happen to think that nothing I do is good enough...
  • Fight by Nikita Parmenter

    Fight by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So many things have been revealed over the past few hours, and I have a feeling there are more revelations to come. Once I’ve gotten over the huge personal revelation, that I was not even slightly prepared for, we then have to find out who’s killing the parents and whether they pose a threat to us as well...
  • Dangerous Vows by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Vows by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The difference between a vow and a promise? Promises were broken. Between the truth and lies, I’d found the dark confession I’d been too afraid to acknowledge. I was tired of hiding behind fear, the lies holding me back too much. It was time to drop the mask completely and embrace the reality that had been staring me in the face. Except now, I was the one with the secret...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  mystery  m-f  length-long  poly  reverse harem  m-m-f
  • Baby Makes 7 by Kai Lesy

    Baby Makes 7 by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A family of seven! ? How did I get this freaking lucky? ”Before meeting Kellan, Fallon and Luke, I was a homeless single mother. Escaping an abusive ex, with two small children to feed. The gorgeous men of my dreams offered more than just shelter in their spectacular mansion;They gave me love, a sense of belonging, and…A beautiful baby boy...
  • Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What do you do when your best male friends are fighting over you? Not just as a nanny to their little ones, but as a lover, as a girlfriend, as someone to protect and keep and share? Harper Hayes is a nerd on a mission. She has to finish innovating her revolutionary new virtual reality software, so she can license the tech to the highest bidder. Only her timeline is tight...
  • Sully by Penelope Black

    Sully by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “Do you believe in the butterfly effect? ”. There comes a time in your life when you’re faced with a choice. One that has the potential to alter the course of your life. I answered my mother’s call that day and everything changed. The path I chose was a turnpike masquerading as a meadow, and the tolls I paid have been grave. So I made a promise to myself that I will have my vengeance...
  • Her Saints by Sarah Bale

    Her Saints by Sarah Bale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Hurt…. I’m the girl with a broken heart. I’ve spent years making sure no one got too close to me, but one night changed everything. The men that I love have sent me away, where they say I’ll be safe. They couldn’t protect me from getting hurt and it gutted them. Lonely…. I should be ecstatic. The money I earned from working at the club ensures that I’ll be taken care of my senior year at college...
  • Shared by 3 by Barbi Cox

    Shared by 3 by Barbi Cox

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    As their love deepens, the shadows of disapproval cast by Hunter and Chase's father threaten to darken their path. This outdated mafia leader, bound by rigid tradition, believe that his sons' devotion to one woman brings shame upon the family name...
  • The Echo of Violence by Candice Wright

    The Echo of Violence by Candice Wright

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My daddy was the president of an outlaw MC. My Uncles, a motley crew of dangerous bikers. I thought we were invincible. Until a brutal act of violence destroyed everything. My home, my family, and my identity were all gone in the blink of an eye. Leaving behind a tangled mess of emotional and physical scars. It took years for me to rebuild myself;...
  • Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lying to yourself was the most dangerous game of all. I’d once thought the only thing that mattered was the truth. But perhaps I’d been naive. Learning to navigate life with my eyes open, I’d found things weren’t as they seemed. The good guy didn’t always get the girl, the right thing wasn’t always easy to spot, and the bad guy wasn’t always the villain. Life was more about perception than truth...
  • Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Mafia Billionaire Romance. I didn't ask for a daddy. They decided I needed two. When they caught me putting my nose where it didn't belong, they didn't just teach me a lesson. They bared my bottom and spanked me like a naughty little girl. Then they made me call them daddy. This bad girl needs a firm hand. From both of us. She was playing a dangerous game and she had to be punished...
  • Crazed by Blake Blessing

    Crazed by Blake Blessing

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She’s dirty now. Just like us. In just the span of a few months, I’ve seen the power their enemies hold, that every puppet has its strings, and so many people want a piece of the boys. It’s the worst time to be reunited, but it’s taught me that this connection we feel, it’s not enough. I’m done fighting against them and I want it all...
  • Daddies’ Little Spitfire by Everly Raine

    Daddies’ Little Spitfire by Everly Raine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Hedda went through a traumatic event that changed her. Pulling into herself, she visited Springfield, Missouri to get away from everything. She knew it was a risk coming to Missouri when Oliver and Leo were there, but she didn't plan on seeing them. Fear and guilt gripped her life each day, pulling her further and further away from reality. Oliver and Leo worried about Hedda...
  • The Vacation Toy by Krista Wolf

    The Vacation Toy by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When a booking mistake traps Brooke in paradise alongside three sizzling ex-competitors from the Insane World Race?  The only thing left to do is enjoy the ride. We were supposed to be reaping the fruits of our labor; an all-girls trip to a breathtaking beach-side villa in Tahiti...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense. But it might be the only thing that saves us. After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling. Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but. There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust. The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Loved by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Loved by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is the final part in the QUINTESSENCE series. DEVON. Devon’s a mathematician. Unlike his brothers--by choice, if not blood--his genius puts him on the kooky side of intelligent. So much so, their household of five was born back when the guys met in college...
  • Reborn In Blue by M.J. Knight

    Reborn In Blue by M.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A felon's daughter. A abusers victim. That's how I have seen myself the last ten years. Not Anymore. That night was the last straw. I’m starting over but not somewhere new. I'm going back to where it all began. How many times in your life do you get the chance to flirt with four sexy bad boys? Exactly! So when you do, you go for it! Enter the steamy Sons of Fortune...
  • Reap What You Sow by Katya Ensmore

    Reap What You Sow by Katya Ensmore

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Renegade Reapers’ reputation is on the line. Someone is trying to ruin everything we’ve worked so hard for. Get this: that’s not even scratching the surface of my current problems. The one guy I want is trying to avoid me like I have the plague. The other one I shouldn’t want is willing to put aside everything he stands for to be with me...
  • Hell to Pay: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

    Hell to Pay: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Who hurt Hellena Michaels? Once they find out, there will be hell to pay. Sanctum Harbor seemed like a fresh start, but this opulent town hides a darkness as black as my past. One risky deal gone wrong, and suddenly I'm in debt to the mob and stalked by a shadowed figure who seems to know my every move. Just my luck. Then there are the...
  • Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I woke up in an unfamiliar room, broken and bruised, with no memory of how I got hurt. I’m grateful LJ and Wolfe were there to nurse me back to health. Everything’s different when I get back to school. The Dean covered up the truth about Mayhem Night. Called it a sorority prank gone wrong. That won’t stop me from getting answers. Based on our history, The Trium is at the top of my suspect list...
  • Drop His Mask by Sage RelleAnne

    Drop His Mask by Sage RelleAnne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayal has a bitter taste. It needs to be sweetened with a heavy dose of revenge. Before he was the Host, he was just a man in unrequited love, trying to keep his promises. Raven isn't done escaping death. She isn't done with this country. She isn't done with this game. And she isn't done with doing what she does best. Being underestimated...
  • Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A biker gang wants me to have their baby? This must be some wild joke. It all started with a flirty chat with Kai, the leader of the Iron Serpents MC. One wild night led to something I never saw coming: I was pregnant. I thought I’d be raising my child alone, but the gang makes a shocking offer: they need an heir, and they promise to support me throughout my pregnancy...
  • Her Sinners by Sarah Bale

    Her Sinners by Sarah Bale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Ghosts…. I’m the girl with a past that’s come back to haunt me. I’ve spent years trying to move past the trauma that he inflicted on me. There were moments I didn’t think I’d live to see the next day. I thought he was dead. I was wrong. So wrong. Enemies…. The Devil’s Regents MC have sworn to protect me at all costs. But they don’t know the monster we’re facing...
  • Oath by Heather Long, Wander Aguiar

    Oath by Heather Long, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Blood. Fury. Desire. That’s how our oath was made—and how it will be kept. They say war changes people. I say it reveals them. Over the past few months, I’ve watched the men I once called my captors become something else entirely—my fiercest allies, my deepest weakness, and the only ones I trust when everything goes to hell...
  • Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I’m not a good girl, not really. I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass--not when I have someone counting on me. So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place as soon as I turn eighteen. But the past has a way of catching up to us...
  • Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston

    Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    When the party that was supposed to shed light on the underground world of Summerville went pear shaped and revealed the death of a team member they ended up with more questions than answers...
  • Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first? It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I’d come to trust. The ones I was starting to love. My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together. I’m caught between two worlds...
  • Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew that coming home to them would be painful. I had no idea that it was only the beginning. After coming together to deal with the syndicate that followed me home, the guys went their separate ways once again. As I struggle to forgive and forget the past, they do as well. It all gets so much worse when an attack on the nightclub Wolfe and Ace own sets off a chain of horrific events...
  • Gilded Kisses by Penelope Wylde

    Gilded Kisses by Penelope Wylde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They are my father’s best friends. My untouchable godfathers. And the three villains who possess my heart. But my father doesn’t give a damn. “They touch you again and I’ll end all of you. ”. Mirsha, Luther and Viper play the heroes and fade into the darkness, leaving me with a gut-wrenching ache. Now I’m engaged to a sadistic mobster I’d rather stab than marry...
  • Claimed by the Bratva Brothers by Kai Lesy

    Claimed by the Bratva Brothers by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It started with a simple mistake. A knock on the wrong door. If we were better men, we’d have turned her away. But we’re not. As Russian Bratva brothers, we had no business pursuing a naive librarian like Lyric. She’s innocent. Pure. Gentle. We’re ruthless bastards who take what we want. And we took her innocence. Watched her tremble. Heard her beg for more. But once wasn’t enough...
  • Stepbrothers in the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Stepbrothers in the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m a people pleaser through and through. There is 1 thing that will make my stepbrothers happy…pleasing me. Who am I to deny their happiness? !? ! And my own! ;) My four stepbrothers have very different ideas of what I should be studying and where I should get my lessons. I say I should be studying for my science degree, while they say it should be sex ed...
  • Tattooed Hearts by Kris Butler

    Tattooed Hearts by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    The Tattooed Hearts Completed Duet in one book. Includes Riddled Deceit and Smudged Lines with an all-new bonus ending that leads into the next Novella for Lennox and gang that will be coming this summer. Riddled Deceit Blurb. You might never see my name in lights or flashed across the stage, but my roots were southern, my eyes bright, and my sass a mix of feisty-sweet...
  • INVICTUS by Marian Andrew

    INVICTUS by Marian Andrew

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My boyfriend of two years dumped me for a wealthy Manhattan socialite. Desperate for a distraction, I found it with the incredibly hot and spicy Archer St John, a frequent guest of the hotel I work at in London. After an unbelievably perfect night with him, I woke up next to a pool of blood that wasn’t mine. Archer was gone, and so were his clothes and every trace of him...
  • Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I hadn’t kissed him, we’d be dead. My chance encounter with the brutally handsome mob boss and his two best friends throws me into a dark underworld I never wanted to visit. As a nurse, I’m used to healing wounds, not falling for men who cause them. But it’s too late—the powerful mafiosos are all I can think about. Cesare is in charge, both in and out of the bedroom...
  • Dangerous Love by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Love by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In the end, there was nothing more dangerous than love. “Atticus was all in, and well, I guess I was all in with the mafia. ”. If you’d asked me six months ago if this was what my life would look like, I would’ve politely told you that you were insane. But now, the mafia, or the men in it, had become my world, and I was learning to embrace the darkness I’d long ignored...
  • The Vendetti Empire: Capo dei capi – Ruthless Matteo Vendetti by Sapphire Knight

    The Vendetti Empire: Capo dei capi – Ruthless Matteo Vendetti by Sapphire Knight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They’re the Vendetti crime familia, the most powerful mafia name in New York. .. Matteo Vendetti is a man who gets what he wants. As heir to the Vendetti Empire and the capo dei capi’s throne, he’s only required to do one thing. He must get married to prove that he’s matured and is stable enough to take over...
  • Her Dirty Mafia by Mika Lane

    Her Dirty Mafia by Mika Lane

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Vegas mafia’s hottest men. Dangerous and demanding. They dragged me right into their world and into their beds. I wasn’t looking for the sexist mob guys in Vegas. They found me. One is quiet. Observant. His gaze burns my soul. His touch sears everything else. The other is explosive and volatile. So, I stayed out of his way. Until I couldn’t. The last seemed so normal...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  humor  urban  reverse harem  poly  length-short
  • Saved by Her Mountain Daddies by Shae Sullivan

    Saved by Her Mountain Daddies by Shae Sullivan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dangerous ex, an innocent virgin, and the three mountain daddies who will do anything to protect—and please—her. Welcome to Crooked Crest…. Pepper. Cold, wet, and shivering on a frigid mountain. That's where my cheating ex left me. I’m only hours away from death when I’m saved by a knight in…flannel. Actually, there’s three of them to be exact...
  • Lavish by C.M. Stunich

    Lavish by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A house of lies and secrets. It's inside those walls that I find myself trapped. I'm more than just the princess to a mafia kingdom—I'm the future queen. Three lovers. One traitor. An endless stream of betrayal. One is like a wolf, the other a coyote, and the last a fox. Three dark bosses of the New York underworld and they're all mine. Although I must remember: they all bite...
  • Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Four seek their fifth. The hunter devours his prey. Who will lose first? It started with an impossible choice. One I had no wish to make from a person I'd only just come to know. So many of our decisions had led up to this moment. Perhaps it was the way we’d come together which threw my life so off balance. Leaving me with the final say in a matter I wanted no part of...
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