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  • Four Tricks (Hidden Empire) by Elizabeth Knight

    Four Tricks (Hidden Empire) by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I took some hard hits, but now it’s time to strike back. Marco Tesoro wanted a fight, and a fight is what he’s gonna get. The guy just doesn’t know when to stop. First he sent hitmen after me. Now he blew up my mother f-ing house. No one gets to pull that kind of shit and live—a fact he’ll be finding out soon enough...
  • 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: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 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 Cardinal Bird by Mia Smantz

    The Cardinal Bird by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Callie Jensen has always been a little bit different. She was made fun of for being a math-whiz in school up until she was kidnapped. Growing up in the crime world from a young age, she was turned into a language savant and a hacker-expert. She tried to do what she was told and keep her head down. .. but. .. that was easier said than done. Trouble seems to follow her like it's her middle name...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    book two coming this winter!
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Beautiful Prey by Phoenix Daniels

    Beautiful Prey by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Beautiful undercover Vice officer, Victoria Price, is on a mission to catch a serial killer that's targeting prostitutes walking the mean streets of Chicago. Billionaire Jack Storm sees the beautiful prostitute and considers breaking his own rule. .. No hookers. He is immediately captivated by the alluring woman strutting up and down Madison Avenue...
  • 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...
  • The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    A Complete, Binge-worthy Series filled with action, romance, and a healthy dose of sass. This set contains all three best-selling titles:. RED HANDED. THIEVES' HONOR. DAMNED SOULS. From Book One:. Forced to live with my ENEMIES. They think they OWN ME. But I own their HEARTS. Nico, Rush, and Beck are the three leaders of The Gentlemen...
  • More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    With the Mad Dogs put down, now it’s time to go for my longest running rival—the De León Cartel. The Mad Dogs are six feet under, but the monster itself isn’t dead, just wounded. One down, two to go and they only get tougher. Diego De León and I have never been friends—always looking for ways to take each other out. Now I have my excuse to blow his shit up...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    COMPLETE REVERSE HAREM SERIES. Rich boys don’t fraternize with the help. They don't torture the help. They don't crave the help. For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have lived on the edge of ruin, so when she finally gets a decent job offer, she moves us cross-country to take it...
  • Auction Me by Ivy Smoak

    Auction Me by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    My bestie has been kidnapped by a mafia boss. And now he’s going to auction her virginity. The most powerful, handsome men from all over the world have flown in to bid on her tonight. But I’m going to save her. It won’t be easy. I have to disable the security cameras, break into the mafia boss’s private suite on the top floor of the hotel, and then somehow get back out...
  • 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...
  • Healed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Healed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! KURT. Kurt’s an author. Okay, so that’s a slight understatement. He’s a 'prize-winning' author. His last book did A-okay and the world is making out he’s the next Aldous Huxley--bada bing bada boom. Still, fame has never been his end goal...
  • Smokey & Bandit: Rebel Guardians MC by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Smokey & Bandit: Rebel Guardians MC by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hannah Nelson has been running for a long, long time. Getting out of the dysfunctional household she was raised in, she knows if she doesn’t get out of the small-town she was living in, she’ll always be branded with the same brush her parents and siblings are. .. white trash, no-account, good-for-nothing pieces of filth. But Hannah has dreams of being an artist...
  • If You Were Ours by Melissa White

    If You Were Ours by Melissa White

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kinsley Wright didn't come from money, but her friendship with Mafia princess, Adriana Romano, flung her into a lavish world that was luxurious and intimidating all wrapped into one. When she gains the attention of wealthy mafia bad boys, Dane Moretti and Tyson Santoro, her world is knocked off its axis and seems to stop turning all together...
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    mafia  harems  super rich hero  bdsm  poly
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Charmed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Charmed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! SEAN. Sean's a genius. Not that he brags about it. An eminent criminologist, he rules his particular roost. More than just at work. At home too. See, back in college, Sean met four other guys. All geniuses, crazy prodigies who were going to set the world alight with their brilliance. .
  • Until I Keep You by Callie Stevens

    Until I Keep You by Callie Stevens

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Wanting one man you can’t have is bad enough. But wanting two is torture…I knew better than to fall for my latest client. But Nate Lyons is not easy to resist, and being his live-in physical therapist is an exercise in restraint. One I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull off. Enter Mason Lotts. Nate’s best friend. My very hot ex-boyfriend. The very man I have been trying to forget...
  • Deadly Passion by Holly Bloom

    Deadly Passion by Holly Bloom

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if the men I thought I loved want to ruin me? Escaping captivity should have given me the freedom I craved, but now I’m stuck in another prison. My sexy captors know my true identity, and they want to make me pay for my deception. The Dukes may have reunited, but dark secrets and cruel revelations have changed them. They’re broken, and so am I...
  • Baking and Blindfolds by Sylvie Haas

    Baking and Blindfolds by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cooking with my stepbrothers really heats things up. I'm a disappointment. A failure. A burden. That's how my billionaire father and his wife see me. After getting dumped and flunking out of college, there's only one place left to go: back home. The last thing I want is to see that look of utter disgust in my father's eyes and that smug smirk on my stepmother's face, yet again...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Fractured by L.M. Fox

    Fractured by L.M. Fox

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything about Katarina Kelly tells me to run. But this brazen, brown-eyed beauty has brought me to my knees. As an accomplished surgeon, I’ve managed my life with delicate precision. Meeting my needs without letting anyone get close has been a complex operation. Until her. I have no problem finding sultry women. Women without enough baggage to fill a jet plane...
  • 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...
  • Playing Defense by Julia Clarke

    Playing Defense by Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Scoring a coaching job with the Rebels was supposed to be a dream come true, a step toward achieving my goal of being the first female NFL head coach. But when three sexy-as-hell players blitzed their way into my life, I got distracted. I took my eye off the ball. And I’m at risk of losing it all, even the sport I love...
  • Twisted Queen by Penelope Black

    Twisted Queen by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    When I’m ripped from safety, catapulted into consciousness, and thrown into a nightmare, I come face-to-face with the cruel plot twist fate threw me. My fight-or-flight instinct kicks in, and when every road leads to chaos, there’s only one option. In my darkest moments, I promised myself I’d take what I want. And that includes them. My dark avengers. Protective. Possessive. Mine.
  • Her Royal Treatment by Kai Lesy

    Her Royal Treatment by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    It’s like being cherished. Worshipped and unbelievably fulfilled, by four of the most beautiful men I'd ever laid eyes on. All at the same time. The King ordered me to lock down. In my country, his word is final - especially for the Princess. I’m both infuriated and screwed! My anger transforms into curiosity when my eyes fall on my protectors. Four ex-military mercenaries. Brothers by war...
  • When We Fall by Shayne Ford

    When We Fall by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Trick or treat? Or triple treat? A walking contrast, my neighbor catches me at a low point in my life. We wouldn’t be more different, yet he is set to prove me wrong. I’m not the one to refuse a dare, although I may be in over my head. His proposal involves him, me, and his two best friends. They bet against me, and the prize is a secret. What I have to do to win is not what you think...
  • Edged by Blake Blessing

    Edged by Blake Blessing

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    They all want me. The nobody. Their savior. I’d always idolized them growing up, but since they forced me back, I see them for who they are. My four beautiful, angry boys grew into stubborn, selfish men. Men who take what they want with no regard for anyone or anything. Except maybe me. But I won’t let my feelings blind me. All four men are masters of manipulation and so incredibly toxic...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  cliffhanger  m-m  poly  new adult  menage  queer  length-medium
  • Saved by the Marines by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Saved by the Marines by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They never should’ve been protecting me. Now, they’re my only hope…. As the daughter of a US Senator, my life was never going to be normal. I thought I’d finally escaped out from my father’s shadow, but he dragged me back kicking and screaming...
  • 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...
  • Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    I was offered one last job. One last job and I would be free from owing anyone anything. It was enough money that I would be able to pay for my final semester of college and change my life forever. How could I say no to that? The job was straightforward: burn down an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Strathmore...
  • Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I hid my pregnancy for 9 months, but my secret's out now! We all have that friend—the one who can convince us to do anything. The one who gets away with everything. I’m not that friend. I’m the friend who lets my bestie convince me to go to a sex club, relax my better judgment for one night, hook up with three guys, and end up pregnant...
  • Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say everyone has a Scrooge in their life, and I unfortunately have two. Nate and Barron, my arrogant ex-stepbrothers, hate me. Like really hate me. Ever since my dad, their ex-stepdad, cheated on their mom for the fifth time, they’ve wanted nothing to do with me—or him. Not that I can blame them. Daddy has never been the standard father figure...
  • Alphahole by Ann Grech

    Alphahole by Ann Grech

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An eye for an eye—her identity, their lives. Vengeance will be sweet. And I will have it. My mother’s and brother’s killers will suffer. Ryder, my brother’s best friend, is by my side. He’s ready to help exact retribution. Together we will destroy the earth to find the culprits. But I want more. I want Ryder. I want us. All of us. I’m not the only one either. My guys want Ryder as much as I do...
  • Dark Devotions by Nichole Greene

    Dark Devotions by Nichole Greene

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once upon a time they were my best friends, my family, my soulmates. But this is no fairy tale and I have nothing left to lose. Beaten, bruised, scarred, emotionally traumatized. Olivia finally found a way to escape her sadistic husband. Now broken and penniless, with nowhere else to turn, she seeks out the four men who always protected her when they were younger...
  • Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Together. Apart. Where does it end? It started with the war. The war we’d wage upon the very man who’d raised me. The war which would either tear us apart or keep us together. We’d finally found our way to each other. The five of us gave in. It’d been inevitable from the start. Desire had forged us, but it was love which set us free. Made us into what we were. A family drenched in blood...
  • Their Dark Reign by Penelope Wylde

    Their Dark Reign by Penelope Wylde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    * You read about Nyx in Room Two, now follow her into Their Dark Reign for a dark, mafia reverse harem romance! I’ve always chased after the bad boy. My taste for the dark side has nearly killed me once. And now I am knocking on death’s door again, only this time the darkness stares back at me with the most gorgeous eyes. All three of them. Mafia underlords. Criminals...
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