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  • War of Hearts by Nina Levine

    War of Hearts by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I tried not to look at her. I tried not to want her. I tried not to love her. But she won this war of hearts and now I'm a man on my knees. This love may kill me. My president will see to that. No one touches his daughter. He's removed me from her life. He's sent me to hell where every day is a bloodbath. If he thinks he's won, he's wrong...
  • Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi

    Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    CAUGHT BETWEEN PLEASURE AND PANICAfter their trip to the police station and an intimate night together, Sangwoo decides he wants to know more about Bum. Their ensuing conversation leads to a trip to the amusement park and a night of drinking and sex. This new phase of their warped relationship teeters between thrilling and unnerving, leaving Bum overjoyed one moment and panicked the next...
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    horror  suspense  dark  queer  abuse  length-medium
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  • Untamed by M. O'Keefe

    Untamed by M. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Marriage has always meant violence. I don’t trust it, but it’s the only thing keeping me afloat in these dark undercurrents. I married for safety but I got the most dangerous thing in the world—Ronan Byrne for a husband.Now we’re returning to Bishop’s Landing to face our demons. Mine. His. We have real enemies to conquer, but it’s the fear in my heart that beats the loudest...
  • City Of Thieves by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    City Of Thieves by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    From Cora Kenborn and Catherine Wiltcher comes a new mafia romance where love is the most dangerous crime of all... This city tells a story of a man seeking vengeance… Renzo Marchesi gives me two choices when he walks into my art gallery: Help him find his brother’s killer or suffer the consequences. He’s a mafia prince… Heir to the Marchesi throne. A man consumed by his demons.Beautiful...
  • A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan

    A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A serial killer is terrorizing Sacramento, preying on happily married couples and unleashing unspeakable cruelties upon his victims. The ordeal rekindles disturbing memories for private investigator Lizzy Gardner, who barely escaped a serial killer clutches only years ago...
  • The Devil's Crown-Part Two by Monica James

    The Devil's Crown-Part Two by Monica James

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All The Pretty Things Trilogy Spin-Off With the enemy dead, my throne awaits my return. But the reason I’m still standing is being held captive by another foe...
  • The Last Party by A.R. Torre

    The Last Party by A.R. Torre

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre.Perla Wultz lives with her husband, Grant, and their precious daughter, Sophie, in a gated Pasadena community. Affluent, sociable, and accomplished, Perla plays the part of loving wife and mother to perfection...
  • One Fear by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    One Fear by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “My one fear is now my reality.” He didn’t offer his name when he fulfilled his need to include me as a player in his game. I’m number thirteen. Just a number given to the bitches who wronged him. I was blindsided. Stolen from my life. In his devilled eyes, I have a debt to pay…he wants my final breath to see us even...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  horror  dark  length-novella
  • Divine Proportion by Cole McCade

    Divine Proportion by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    While Captain Anjulie Zarate y Salazar faces a crisis of loyalty at home, Malcolm Khalaji faces another crisis in Los Angeles—one that will test him to his absolute limits.And that crisis is named Yoon Eun-Ji...
  • Deep Spiral by Cole McCade

    Deep Spiral by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE A deadly, unstable shooter. A trap Malcolm and Seong-Jae can't escape. And more than one life on the line as they find themselves facing down one of the Golden Ratio Killer's proxies in a high-stakes hostage situation that could ramp up the serial murderer's mathematical body counts exponentially. And if Malcolm and Seong-Jae aren't careful, they'll be among the tally...
  • Hard Angle by Cole McCade

    Hard Angle by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Unsettled tensions from the last case come to a head as Seong-Jae reveals his secrets — but will it be enough to repair the fractures in his relationship with Malcolm?Especially when their only promising lead on the Golden Ratio Killer's identity falls apart, along with any hope of returning home to Baltimore and to their life together.When their primary suspect turns up dead.....
  • Green Envy by Aleatha Romig

    Green Envy by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    “Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.” ~ EpicurusAt what age did I begin to question everything? As far back as I, Donavan Sherman, can recall, I saw the world, not through the rose-colored glasses of others—those spectacles worn by the individuals who see what surrounds them and are satisfied—but through vision hued by green...
  • Watch Her Bend by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Watch Her Bend by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For two long years, we kept our distance while also sitting on the same couch during my sessions. I kept my secrets tucked far away from my psychiatrist because revealing one thing would lead to the unveiling of my traumatic past. When I am forced to set aside my desire to weather this storm alone, Dr. Daxton Cooper is the one to catch me before I sink...
  • Final Vendetta by T.K. Leigh

    Final Vendetta by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For five years, vengeance fueled me, keeping me alive through the darkness. Every move I made was calculated, every step bringing me closer to the justice stolen from me.But I didn’t see the cost — not until it was too late.My actions have put Imogene’s life in danger. The man I used to be can’t save her. The monster I became might destroy us both...
  • The Chameleon by Amelia Shea

    The Chameleon by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two hundred fifty dollars. It’s exactly what Camille Gwin was worth twelve years ago when she was traded to the leader of the Underground to pay off a debt. Barely an adult, she was initiated into the harsh reality of a new world. The Underground. Camille knows how it works. Play the game or get played. Her rise in the Underground came at a cost...
  • Whitlock by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark

    Whitlock by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Complete 24690 and Welcome to Whitlock 24690 White Out (24690 series, book 2) 27001 (Welcome to Whitlock, 24690 series 2.1) 27009 (Welcome to Whitlock, 24690 series 2.2) 27011 (Welcome to Whitlock, 24690 series 2...
  • Sully by Dani René

    Sully by Dani René

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I walked away from Clover once before. She was too young, and I was too much of a bastard to hurt her. But now she's all grown up, and she's mine.As much as I want to protect her, to keep her safe, I'm not a good man. I've done things I'm not proud of, sold my soul to a devil who's comin' to collect...
  • 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...
  • Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Plenty of people make jokes about what they would do if a serial killer made them their target, but how many of them would beg for their lives if faced with the inevitability of death? How many would be triggered into a trauma response out of basic instinct? None of them understand true pain until all their tears have dried up and the numbness takes over...
  • To Catch A Rook by Cora Flynn

    To Catch A Rook by Cora Flynn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    For thirty-one years, I’ve worn as many labels as designer a young heiress, a business mogul, the Queen of Carlisle.But none of these titles gives me the same satisfaction as when I see the hunger in their eyes.The blond, brooding Viking, who keeps his hold on me from afar and refuses to let me go...
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    age difference  suspense  mafia  m-m  poly  queer  dark  reverse harem
  • No Way Back by Santana Knox

    No Way Back by Santana Knox

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    THERE’S NO WAY BACK FROM WHAT WE’VE BECOME. There is no way back. There is no way. No way back. Not from what we’ve become; Bloodthirsty, vengeful, vile. Some women strive to make their men better, I VOW TO MAKE HIM WORSE. With each life we take, we fall deeper into our own sinister desires. We were never looking for a way out, but in this prison? There is no way back from what we’ve become...
  • Birdie's Biker (Royal Bastards MC) by Misty Walker

    Birdie's Biker (Royal Bastards MC) by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Vegas is where good people go to sin. Reno is where the bad ones go.Amidst the drugs, weapons, and trafficking, a murder-for-hire market has emerged. And my motorcycle club is right in the thick of it.If you can pay, we have a million different ways to solve your problem...
  • 27009 by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark

    27009 by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Welcome to Whitlock” Genre: Pitch Black Welcome (interjection) : 1. A word of greeting, as to ones’ arrival at a destination. Whitlock ((noun) : 1. A subterranean fortress within the base of a mountain, housing slaves for the cruel use of Masters who have purchased them through an auction. For reference, see to the 24690 series as you will get to experience the world first-hand...
  • Luck of the Devil by Marie James

    Luck of the Devil by Marie James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m good enough to protect her. I’m good enough to die for her. But, I’m not good enough to touch her? I may be the Vice President of the Ravens Ruin MC, but her brother, the President, has given all of us orders that she’s off-limits. It’s for the best, really...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  age difference  dark  bikers  m-f  length-medium
  • 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...
  • Gears by Mackenzy Fox

    Gears by Mackenzy Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    GearsI’m a Prospect.Nothing special.Nothing to anyone, except to her.She’s my V.P.’s sister, and she’s older than me.She’s off limits.And as much as I try to keep my distance, she keepscoming around.Showing up places where she shouldn’t be.Like my bed.It’s no secret that she could undo me.Take everything from me.Like my soul isn’t already tortured enough.Now I have to betray my club...
  • Conor Thames 2 by R.J. Lewis

    Conor Thames 2 by R.J. Lewis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlotte Miles waited. For eight long years she clung faithfully to Conor Thames, longing for his release. But rehabilitation doesn't come easy, and when Conor is finally released, he is not the same man he used to be. With love and determination, Charlotte battles to reclaim the man she loves and knows still lives inside him.For years Conor Thames lived in hell...
  • 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...
  • MasterMind by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    MasterMind by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MasterMind is a STANDALONE, but it's suggested that you read Mad Girl (The Chronicles of Anna Monroe) and Never Far if you wish to connect more with the characters. Being a victim was something Anna Monroe knew all too well. When three girls go missing, she’s pulled back into the haunting memories of her past. Not just as a captive to a serial killer…but as a killer, herself...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  abuse  rape  length-medium
  • Savage Justice by Penelope Wylde

    Savage Justice by Penelope Wylde

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    *A full length 80,000-word dark Bratva mafia romance novel. It's the first in the series and opens up the SONS OF BRATVA SAVAGES world that ends with a HEA for this couple and opens up the story for book two.They call him the god of war. Damaged. Lethal. Ruthless to the point of savagery.They’re not wrong...
  • Ruthless Vows by Victoria Ellis

    Ruthless Vows by Victoria Ellis

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Romeo & Juliet have nothing on a made mafia member and the one woman he was supposed to stay away from.Dante De SantisI took an oath in blood–one that binds me to the mafia until my dying breath.I vow to live and die by the family. Murder. Extortion. Manipulation…it’s all in an honest day’s work.I didn’t know who she was when she walked into my sex club, but I damn sure do now...
  • Borgata by Katarina E. Tonks

    Borgata by Katarina E. Tonks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Samantha finds herself imprisoned in a world of illegal trade and criminal activity, where she must face the consequences of her actions and repay her father's debt. She also will try to resist a mob boss, who understands her on a much deeper level than her heart can allow...
  • Onyx Heart by Mya Grey

    Onyx Heart by Mya Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    💥Plotting to kill someone is one thing. Learning he’s your baby’s father? Well, fate's got a f*@ked-up sense of humor. I had one Send Leonid Kuznetsov to his grave. The man they call "The Raven."The monster who killed my brother.For years, I've dreamt of the moment I'd stand over Leonid Kuznetsov's body, the man responsible for my brother's death, And watch as the light faded from his eyes...
  • Pleasure & Prey: vol. 1 by A.J. Merlin

    Pleasure & Prey: vol. 1 by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    DepravedThere’s nothing out there.That’s what I keep telling myself while I walk back from a campfire to my isolated cabin.BrutalNothing bad happens at summer camp.That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie.ViciousOne, two, he’s coming for you...
  • Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole

    Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Edwin Allen Mercer I want them all to read my words. And they do. Every last blood-stained sentence, they've read and praised me for. They love the gore and violence, the realness. And I get a sense of power with it all because I know a secret: the victims in my books—they’re real and have all died on my table. And maybe that’s why the last book had such awful reviews...
  • Pure Evil by Stella Andrews

    Pure Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I breathe vengeance and taste pain. Beneath the tailored suits and silk shirts beats a heart with no mercy. My billions lie on top of broken souls and tortured endings. I am evil and I accept I always will be. My plan. To hide behind innocence to play my enemies at their own game and bring them down. I have the perfect weapon. I rescued an angel who believes I am a good man...
  • Alarick by Bella Jewel

    Alarick by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR COMES A BRAND NEW BIKER SERIES!! Briella’s life has never been perfect, but she’s always been exactly where she wanted to be. When her mother marries into the King’s Descendants Motorcycle Club, everything she thought she knew is about to change. A world she didn’t even know existed is going to consume her...
  • Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the nightmarish confines of the Puppet Master's Playhouse, a place of unrelenting horror, I am a prisoner, haunted by unspeakable childhood torments. This house, under the control of the Puppet Master, a sadistic architect of suffering, subjects me to a relentless barrage of psychological and physical trials, echoing the darkness of my past...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  captive  insta-love  length-medium
  • The Wrong Drive: A Suspenseful Holiday Romance by Annie Wild

    The Wrong Drive: A Suspenseful Holiday Romance by Annie Wild

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome to a holiday from hell. Emersyn All I want is a secluded getaway.Instead, I get a wrong turn, a fortnight blizzard, and...A malevolent, enticing, and unstable stranger. Merry Christmas to me.Here's to unwrapping his insanity...And trying not to lose mine.TurnerI come here when I lose my grip.I come here so I can wreak havoc alone.Instead, I get an unplanned and unwanted gift...
  • Dark Siren by Cassandra B. Andreucci

    Dark Siren by Cassandra B. Andreucci

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    There’s a war brewing in the underworld. And she’s stumbled into the middle of it all.Enzo Herrington is the head of the most powerful family in the city. But behind all of that wealth and privilege, is a crime lord with a brutal reputation.He shouldn’t want to possess the beautiful woman in front of him, but he’s the King of Sin and takes what he wants...
  • His Broken Queen by Ella Jade

    His Broken Queen by Ella Jade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her decision to choose me has deadly consequences.The alliance that gave me my bride is over. I couldn’t trust her family, and now they have vowed to come after me… after us.The division among the top mafia families is mounting, as they must choose between two feuding organizations. The conflicts leave us vulnerable to a dangerous enemy. One that could bring us all down...
  • The Reaper by Kally Ash

    The Reaper by Kally Ash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mine is the last face my enemies see…They call me the Reaper.The hitman for my clan, I live in the shadows. I am the executioner of those marked for death.I have one rule - no strings. No attachments. Nobody who can be used against me.Until her.As she tries to save my life, I condemn hers by bringing death to her door. She’s innocent in all this...
  • Ruin by V. Theia

    Ruin by V. Theia

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SOMETIMES, WHAT YOU DON’T WANT, TURNS OUT TO BE SOMETHING YOU NEED.As the Diablo Disciples Enforcer, Ruin is formidable. He’s surly, unapproachable, and carries vengeance like a bad mood.There was nothing he longed for in life.Until a stunning stalker caught his attention.And he was changed forever.And then the game was on.For a year, he shadowed and kept her a secret from everyone...
  • Chill by AJ Merlin

    Chill by AJ Merlin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One month. That’s all it takes for everything to unravel.For weeks, I try returning to normal, to forget the men who turned me into a killer against my will. At first, I convince myself I could be happy—at least I think I should be.But I’m not. I can’t be.When I find them, I realize what they’re doing. If I want them—if I want this—I have to accept what they truly are.Monsters...
  • You Should've Kept Driving by M.A. Savino, Frina Art

    You Should've Kept Driving by M.A. Savino, Frina Art

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When brothers Griffin and Benny spot a beautiful woman stranded on the roadside, they can't believe their luck.Finding victims for their lucrative human trafficking business isn't usually this easy.But she's no ordinary woman and attempting to break her will cost them more than they could have ever imagined.Benny wants to get rid of her.Griffin wants to keep her.She has plans for them both...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  abuse  death
  • Broken Beginnings by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Broken Beginnings by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The night I saved her eight years ago I knew a choice had been made.Years later and I can’t manage to let her go.She’s barely eighteen, virginal, and kind.Touching her would be a sin, but letting another man have her would destroy me.Every time I close my eyes I see her, standing there, she’s afraid of me, afraid because of that fateful night… she doesn’t know the lengths I’ll go to protect her...
  • Bystander by Sassa Daniels

    Bystander by Sassa Daniels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Dark Bratva...
  • Wild & Free by K. Webster

    Wild & Free by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This special edition HARDBACK includes both The Wild and The Free plus a small, never published before bonus at the end. The Wild I brought them to the wilderness because we couldn't cope with our reality. The plan was to make a new life that didn't include heartache. No people. No technology. No interference. Just us. A chance to piece together what was broken...
  • Scar by Liv Brywood

    Scar by Liv Brywood

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I ruin everything I touch, and right now, all I want to touch is her...Demons lurk in the dark corners of my heart. My obsession with vengeance is a living, breathing monster in my soul. The moment Julia bursts into my clubhouse looking for protection, she’s doomed. Not because of the predators chasing her, but because of me...
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