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Ryan Renewed by Sadie Kincaid
Jessie Ryan is happier than she had ever imagined she could be. Although baby making isn’t turning out to be quite as problem free as she’d expected, with her hotter than hell husbands by her side, she knows they can overcome any obstacles in their way. But, Jessie should know better than anyone how that kind of true happiness never lasts. Because pasts like hers just refuse to stay buried... -
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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Our Tricks by Elizabeth Knight
The gauntlet has been thrown, lines have been drawn, and sides have been chosen. Now it’s time to see who will win.Removing Diego from power was the last obstacle to getting to Marco—or so I thought. The deeper we dive into this mess, the clearer it is that Marco has been hunting me for a long time. He’s methodical, calculating, and knows how to use every pawn at his disposal... -
Pretty Vengeful Queen by Callie Rose
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... -
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Deviant by Sheridan Anne
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...Categorized as:
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Rebellious Rook by Brooklyn Cross
The rook’s heart is as cold as stone, but when the rock crumbles, the spoils are twice as sweet. Death follows me around like a dark cloud just waiting to strike. First, it stole my mother, then my aunt, and now my father is missing. Even though I’m told to walk away, and even though finding him shouldn’t be my top priority, the memory of him begging me to talk to him haunts my dreams... -
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...Categorized as:
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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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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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Ruin by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA new dark romance from the bestselling author of the Savage Falls MC series .My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.But not any longer.Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need.Because I’m not as innocent as they all think...Categorized as:
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Adrenaline by A.L. Woods
Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me... -
Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen 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... -
Pretty Little Lies by Hazel Grace
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was everything I ever wanted…And then she chose him. I’ve never met an ass like Bay Astor’s. And I mean that respectfully. From the first punch I saw her throw, to every sassy word that leaves her pretty lips, the word obsessed doesn’t even begin to describe the level of fixated I am.I want her to drive me like she does her car—reckless, hard, and absolutely hot as hell. So does Torin... -
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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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Dirty Crazy Bad: Book 1 by Siobhan Davis
A new dark college reverse harem romance from the USA Today & WSJ bestselling author of The Sainthood Series. In the secret society of The Luminaries, no sin will go unpunished… Sleeping with my boyfriend’s best friend, behind his girlfriend’s back, probably wasn’t my smartest idea. But Jase is mine, and it’s about time Julia knew it...Categorized as:
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Empire by Sheridan Anne
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. Dalton...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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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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...Categorized as:
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Break Me by Nina West, Avery Reid
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsListening length: 8 hours and 11 minutes. Henry Wolf is a deliciously wicked, sinfully handsome man who has done a very bad thing. Potentially. Worse, he owns me now - every inch of my body and a sizeable chunk of my stupid, naïve heart... -
The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne woman. Two Rivals. Countless secrets…Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want—almost...Categorized as:
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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... -
Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSin 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... -
Desire by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom... -
Vicious Deception by Elira Firethorn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 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... -
Black Light: Wanted by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life... -
Nicoli by Bella J.
We were only children when our eyes met for the first time. A connection sparked between us, and living under the same roof for the last fifteen years, growing up together only made it stronger. Nicoli Del Rossa sits next to his brothers at the table of the Dark Sovereign. And just like them, he’s not a good man...Categorized as:
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A Billion Vendettas by Jessa York
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEveWhat was supposed to be the happiest day of my life--wasn't.To say the least... -
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Deception by K. Webster
Sparrow is the businessman in a suit. Sully is the rebel. And Scout is the psycho. They’ve reigned as the Terror Triplets, using cruelty and intimidation to rule New York City society. Now they face a bigger challenge: the reclusive heiress Laundry Croft. It’s their job to work their way into her life. They need to make her trust them. Even while they keep their own secrets... -
The Truth Hurts by Sophie Dyer
Time; they say it heals all wounds. But what happens when time isn’t a luxury you can spare?Haunted by Luciano, I attempt to rebuild myself and forget what happened. But moving forward is easier said than done, especially when I’m no longer facing just one enemy. Revenge is no longer on my agenda. Now, I have to fight to protect those closest to me... -
Vicious Intentions by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere are no rules for men like them.Cain, Hunter, and Cristiano were heirs to some of the richest and most powerful families in the world, men who might as well have been kings. Ten years ago, they took an interest in me.Or at least that’s what happens in the fleeting memories I still have left after the car accident... -
A Cruel Tyrant by Logan Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI swore never to leave her alone. Now I'm regretting that oath.Our little cartel princess is growing up so fast. I never thought I'd be able to share my heart with anyone, but Cora changed that. And now she shares her heart with another. I could give her up, but I wouldn't dare. I know the hole she'll leave in my heart will fill with suffering and despair... -
Snakes & Lovers: Part Two by K.L. Coburn
I'M BACK IN HIS CLUTCHES.I always hoped that I would never be in this position again. Stuck, abused, taunted...AT THE MERCY OF HIS SICK MIND, AND EVEN SICKER GAMES.However, this time I am not alone. I have company in this hell. I also have four men willing to do anything to get me back.And they do. The six of us escape to recover from injuries and trauma. We plot, we learn, and we love...Categorized as:
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Nemesis by S. Massery
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...Categorized as:
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The Wild by Penelope Black
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the Las Vegas... -
Lose Me In The Shadows by Jo Brenner
*She thought it was over.*Kara believed she was free.Free to erase the brand left on her heart by the three men who thought they could own her. But when an enemy from her past reappears in her present, she’s forced to reckon with who she was—and who she’s become. The dark fire lit inside her by the men she left behind may be Kara’s only weapon against a predator intent on breaking her...Categorized as:
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Promised In Blood by Lilith Vincent
Four ruthless men. A virgin mafia princess to unite them. But first, there will be blood.On my seventeenth birthday, I learn a terrible secret about my family. My future is in the hands of four brutal men, and what awaits me at their hands is too terrible to imagine.Four men who desire me. Four men who vow to possess me. Four men who think they can destroy me...Categorized as:
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Signed for You by J.R. Dust
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo men, danger around every corner, and a missing brother. It's like her life has turned into a book . . . That's all Charlie can decide when she thinks about the events of the last few weeks. While she's thrilled to lose herself in her beloved romance novels, it's like she's living in one... -
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Lace Vengeance by Eve Dangerfield
Book three in the SNOW WHITE trilogy. This is a scorching romance between a woman and four beautifully dangerous men in which she never has to choose.WARNING: This book is intended for readers eighteen years old and over. It contains material that some readers could find disturbing. Enter at your own risk.. -
Boardwalk Kings (Boardwalk Mafia) by Jillian Frost
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’m indebted to the Boardwalk Kings...Dante, Nico, Angelo, and Stefan.Four ruthless Made men who own Atlantic City and everyone in it—including me.My father launders money for the Mafia and made the mistake of stealing from them.Now, they own me in every way, taking what they want, branding me with their blood-stained hands.They call me a good girl.The perfect captive... -
A Billion Decisions by Jessa York
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEveWho Exactly did I marry?When I finally discover the answer to that question--my world is tilted on its side.Again.This is not the life I signed up for.And I have no intention of sticking around.However, my husband has no intention of ever letting me go... -
His Prisoner by Misty Winters
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAntonioI captured her and like any a**hole, I won’t return her.She doesn’t belong in my world, but her father owes me money that he can't possibly pay.I don’t want the money. I want Mia.Her fiery, feisty charm has captivated me.She has become my obsession, my addiction, and my beautiful little prisoner.One taste and I don’t want to let her go...Categorized as:
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Dark OZ by Geneva Monroe
I’m off to find the Wizard, and I’m not going to let anyone stand in my way…Not my vicious Aunt Em, who wants me dead because I tried to expose her human trafficking ring. Not Westin Witcher, who is seeking payback after I killed her cousin. And especially not the dangerous group of smugglers running Yellow Brick Taxi... -
Deadly Obsession by Holly Bloom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing soon...Deadly Obsession is a dark, why choose, slow-build romance set in London's criminal underworld. This is book three in the Deadliest Love series...Categorized as:
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