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Away from the Dark by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNine months ago, Sara Adams awoke with no memory. The man holding her hand told her she’s a member of The Light, a tight-knit religious group led by the terrifying and charismatic Father Gabriel. As a woman in the community of The Light, her duty is to be unquestionably obedient and to submit to the will of her husband... -
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Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCAUGHT 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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![A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan]()
A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA 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... -
![Deny by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox]()
Deny by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI'll crucify every last one of them that hurt her.MalcolmI didn't think she was so important in my life until she was taken, and then everything changed. It became clear she was my entire world and my life revolved around her. I did everything I could to pull her from their evil clutches, and by the grace of God I found her in enough time.But I didn't find her soon enough. Sure, she was alive . -
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![King's Demands by Piper Stone]()
King's Demands by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI didn't ask her to be mine. I told her she already was.Julieta Morales hoped to escape an unwanted marriage, but the moment she got into my car her fate was sealed. She will have a husband, but it won't be the cartel boss her father chose for her.It will be me.But I'm not the kind of man who takes his bride gently amid rose petals on her wedding night... -
![Beneath His Robes by S.K. Pryntz]()
Beneath His Robes by S.K. Pryntz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs old desires resurface, the line between sacrifice and obsession blurs, threatening to draw them both into a place they cannot escape...I took a vow to God, to my faith, to my people. As a priest, I am bound by duty, but there’s something I can never escape—Ronan. He was my entire world... -
![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... -
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Hunted by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe was supposed to be a job. Then I made her mine. Hope Gracen was just another target to be tracked down... until I caught her. When I discovered I'd been lied to, I carried her off. She'll tell me the truth with her bottom still burning from my belt, but that isn't why she's here. I took her to protect her. I'm keeping her because she's mine... -
![No Way Back by Santana Knox]()
No Way Back by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTHERE’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... -
![Kisscut by Karin Slaughter]()
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsSaturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton--the town's pediatrician and medical examiner--finds herself entangled in a terrible tragedy... -
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The Last Party by A.R. Torre
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA 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... -
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Nix. by London Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you like a gift? Five little words ... They should have meant nothing, just a proposition made by a man Luna Santiago didn't know for reasons she didn't understand.Five little words was all it had taken to open her eyes and see the new life he offered.With five little words, Kit Runehart owned her... -
![My Name Is Tryst by Julie Anne Addicott]()
My Name Is Tryst by Julie Anne Addicott
On the outside, I am perfect. On the inside, something sinister lurks. I am sick and I cannot be cured. I use them, abuse them, then sell them to the highest bidder. But there’s Glen. He’s mine. My addiction, my sanity, my destruction. His touch calms the monster that lurks beneath my skin. If I continue on this path, I could lose him, and I refuse to let that happen... -
![Shamrock by Courtney Lynn Rose]()
Shamrock by Courtney Lynn Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifteen years ago, I became the President of the Emerald Isle MC . . . At the ripe age of twenty-two. It wasn’t supposed to go down like that, though. Back then, I was young and enjoying life— and freshly in love with the girl of my dreams. Faylinn O’Shea wasn’t just any girl. She was my Vice President’s daughter, my sister’s best friend, and a club princess— but she was mine... -
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![Escaping the Darkness by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters]()
Escaping the Darkness by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe came so close to escape.Or so it seemed.As soon as we turned around outside, we discovered how wrong we were.Sam isn't letting us go anywhere.I'm not the giving-up type. Despite the torture, I've found comfort and physical release in Drake. Thank goodness he's here to help me keep my sanity. I will find a way to free us and everyone here in the dollhouse... -
![Scorched by Yolanda Olson, Jennifer Bene]()
Scorched by Yolanda Olson, Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne father. Two brothers.But there can only be one perfect son.Luke. Pater. Dad. The man left behind more than just a legacy when he died, and ten years is a long time to be without a guiding hand. I’ve done my best, tried to follow the rules my father bestowed on me when I was young, and now I have to fulfill a promise.I have to bring Cleo home... -
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Pleasure & Prey: vol. 1 by A.J. Merlin
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...Categorized as:
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![Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole]()
Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEdwin 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... -
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Finding Claire Fletcher by Lisa Regan
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNewly divorced and with his career in jeopardy, Detective Connor Parks takes solace in the arms of a beautiful woman he meets at a bar. The next morning, Claire Fletcher is gone, leaving nothing behind but an address and a decade-old mystery... -
![Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen]()
Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen
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... -
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Acer by A.M. Hargrove
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow could a world so cruel and inhumane exist?Little did I know the one-time-job I’d taken would plunge me into a world filled with mob ties and illegal activities or bring me face to face with the woman of my dreams. Isla Chambers was a blinding vision wrapped in Kevlar and topped in a baseball cap with FBI stitched on it... -
![Ruin Me by Alta Hensley, Measha Stone]()
Ruin Me by Alta Hensley, Measha Stone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMy trainer. My keeper. Snatched up and given to Costello for training, I am to learn how to be perfect in the most wicked of ways. He calls me a Lullaby girl and tells me my fate is sealed. This underground house of ruin can easily destroy me. I wonder how much it has corrupted him. He promises to find a way out. I only have to obey him, follow him, trust him... -
![Tempt Me by S.K. Pryntz]()
Tempt Me by S.K. Pryntz
When you wear a mask long enough… you forget who you were before it.Fallon: She was born into a prison with velvet bars—wealth, prestige, perfection. But when her older brother dies, the weight of the family legacy lands squarely on her shoulders. The cost of survival? Erasing the girl she once was and becoming who they demand. Quiet. Controlled. Obedient. But then he walks in—her new professor... -
![In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon]()
In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a dark, dark wood there was a dark, dark house...Camping in the Jersey Pine Barrens may literally turn out to be a first date from hell for travel writer Tim and the cute cop who persuades him to revisit a past that Tim has done his best to forget... -
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![Melodic Madness by Natalie Bennett]()
Melodic Madness by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere’s a method in his madness. Alaric is as brilliant as he is beautiful, and twice as deadly. He’s been watching me. Studying me. He’d planned to keep me long before I arrived on his doorstep. His chaotic world is now the prison I’m forced to call home. A place where nightmares and reality are indistinguishable... -
![Stolen from the Hitman by Alexis Abbott]()
Stolen from the Hitman by Alexis Abbott
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI was supposed to protect her. Now, I'll kill the men who took her. I’m leaving my dark past behind me, where it belongs, and it seems like fate has finally smiled on me when she comes into my life. Innocent, pure, and with a bright future ahead of her, she’s the girl I always wanted and never deserved. Then, those scumbags steal her right from under of my nose... -
![The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden]()
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect... -
![Lincoln Hospital by Cassia Brightmore, Eric Battershell]()
Lincoln Hospital by Cassia Brightmore, Eric Battershell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the twenty-third day—he hunts, bringing the scum of the earth to justice; his justice. Ending up as a patient on Dr. O’Reilly’s table could either save your life or end it in the most horrific way. New York City. The infamous city that never sleeps; the place where dreams either shine brightly or shatter into razor sharp pieces of metal. For Dr... -
![Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett]()
Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlaric Schuyler.Enigmatic, cocky, and my new brother-in-law.He had cerulean blue eyes and a smile so beautifully devious it could entice the devil to do his bidding.We were never supposed to happen.One night changed everything, tying him and me together in a sordid twist of fate, trapping me in his dark, chaotic world.The lucid dreams and sick fantasies followed... -
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Filthy by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFractured. Unwanted. Filthy. I'm only good for sex. That’s what I've been trained for my whole life. I'm a puppet. I only know how to be your perfect fantasy. It’s the only life I’ve ever known … until him. I’ve been replaced, discarded like trash. Beaten, damaged, treated like an animal, I’m forced to leave the only home I’ve ever known... -
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Lost by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWe knew each other a lifetime ago. And then... We lost childhoods. We lost opportunities. We lost love. Fate is giving us another chance. But a chance at what? Because even though we’ve been brought back to each other under the worst of circumstances… We are still. So. Damn. Lost...Categorized as:
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Abducted by K.I. Lynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReleasing as part of the 2019 Sinister Fairy Tales Collection! The mafia never lets you go.I thought I was safe, free, but I never expected to find myself locked in a cage.I’m in his territory. His prison.The beast.A fate worse than death awaits me if I can’t get away, so when the opportunity of salvation presents itself I grab it, even if I’m unsure if I can trust the hand I’m holding...Categorized as:
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![Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters]()
Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 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... -
![Wicked Weapon by Cari Silverwood]()
Wicked Weapon by Cari Silverwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis book is part of a dark kinky fiction trilogy and may disturb some readers. The full warning is at the bottom. This is not a standalone read.Zorie is lost, again.Friends can become enemies and enemies can become friends.What is a man who declares himself your knight in cracked and bloody armor, when he seems to be leading you to your doom?Mavros, once known as Mister Black, has vanished... -
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![You Should've Kept Driving by M.A. Savino, Frina Art]()
You Should've Kept Driving by M.A. Savino, Frina Art
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Sick Remedies by Natalie Bennett]()
Sick Remedies by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsObsession. Heartbreak. Turmoil. That's how this story begins Sick fixation… Wicked temptation… Cracked facades slowly expose everything we hid from the other. All the pretty lies bleed into ugly truths. Rhett Sullivan? He doesn't exist. And Nova Markov? She's dead... -
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Wilt by Brooke Harper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe calls me his Rose.But he’s determined to see me wither away. My mother kept me hidden my entire life, never hinting at the vicious crime family I was born into.Or the dangerous men who were out for my head.So when I finally step into the pageant stage’s bright spotlight, he’s there waiting for me.Nikolai Wilder, the leader of one of the most powerful gangs on the East Coast.He is violent... -
![Whispers in the Dark (Dark Romance) by LeTeisha Newton, Laura Hidalgo]()
Whispers in the Dark (Dark Romance) by LeTeisha Newton, Laura Hidalgo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWe were bred in darkness. How else would we come to love? I was captured ... That's just the beginning of my tale. I've survived Purgatory, abuse, and near death. In that abandoned farmhouse I nearly lost everything, but Jacob saved me. We were trapped in this hell together, giving each other the strength to hold on. I fell into darkness with my captor's son. Until I left him behind... -
![Incendiary by Yolanda Olson]()
Incendiary by Yolanda Olson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWe both know that I’ve done my best to be a good father to these children.Sometimes, I felt like I had done right by them, but all I’ve ever had are disappointments.I’m going to give myself one more chance to get this right now that Darby is out of the way.Maybe they’ll listen, but I doubt it. It still doesn't change how I feel a family should be run... -
![Dangerous Intentions by Dori Lavelle]()
Dangerous Intentions by Dori Lavelle
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy name is Haley Macknight, and I've finally escaped my marriage from hell. But my husband, Jude Macknight, has murder on his mind. He will stop at nothing to get me back. Even from a distance, he's controlling the course of my life. It's only a matter of time before he finds me. Before he kills me... -
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Chased by Clarissa Wild
A new filthy dark romance by New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Clarissa Wild! I’m filthy rich … and ruthless. I live for the hunt. The chase. My desires aren’t exactly normal. But neither is she … The girl I bought. She’s innocent and blind. Perfect for all my wicked needs. Perfect to prove just how far I’m willing to go... -
![Embers by Yolanda Olson]()
Embers by Yolanda Olson
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEmbers is not a standalone.It is highly advised to read Inferno, Cinere, and Sparks first.I swore to myself that I would never love you.I promised my children that they wouldn’t suffer for my sins.But it’s so hard, Daddy.It’s hard to not love the man that gave me life. It’s hard to not love the man that’s taken care of me the only way he knows how... -
![Death Blooms by Yolanda Olson]()
Death Blooms by Yolanda Olson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI deal in beautiful things.I'm paid to create unique masterpieces and I enjoy my work.I'm the best there is because I'm patient, kind, and quick.I wear the mask of humanity when I need to, and I play the part of just another stranger walking past you on the street, but there's something I want that I can't quite seem to get my hands on... -
![The Good Husband by Lucian Bane]()
The Good Husband by Lucian Bane
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBen was a loving husband until his life and death operation brought sadistic psychological scars. Ben is facing two tragedies. First, he's going to die soon. Next, he's just learned his wife has been lonely in their marriage he thought was perfect.Ben is told about a dangerous surgery that could save his life but it would mean getting an entire head transplant... -
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Slasherazzi by Daniel A. Kaine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRecently promoted to Detective, Alex is out to prove himself and the Slasherazzi case is the perfect opportunity. Mutilated corpses are showing up across Tampa, and when the team discovers the newest victim was tortured alive, Alex becomes more determined than ever to stop the crazed serial killer before the horrific stabbings escalate further... -
![Dear Captor by Liz Lovelock]()
Dear Captor by Liz Lovelock
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever did I imagine I'd be the victim of a serial killer.Waking up in a blood stained cell wasn't how my first date with the sexy Detective Roman Blackwood was meant to turn out.My captor lives to inflict pain. He tells me the girls who came before me are no more, then makes me a promise. I'm next... -
![Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger prequel) by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman]()
Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger prequel) by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsBefore terror flowered in the attic there was a young girl. An innocent, hopeful girl... When young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall, she thinks her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for... -
![Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsAt last, Heaven would find the happiness she longed for...free from the scorn and contempt of her past! In her grandmother's fine, rich Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreamed of a wonderful new life of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes and most important, love. The pearls of culture, wisdom and breeding would now be hers... -
![Broken Hope by Nicole Fox]()
Broken Hope by Nicole Fox
A Dark Mafia Romance They kidnapped my wife and baby. I’ll go through hell to get them back. Eve was a pawn in a violent game. Until she became the queen of my world. She saved me from my own darkness. But now, my past is threatening to consume us both. I tried to keep her safe. Locked away like a princess in a tower... -
![Alexei: A Mafia Love Story: Dark Erotic Romance by R.E. Saxton, Kit Tunstall]()
Alexei: A Mafia Love Story: Dark Erotic Romance by R.E. Saxton, Kit Tunstall
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvailable at an introductory price of $0.99 for a limited time. Ordinary Tara Noland leads a boring existence until she sees something she was never meant to observe. Head of the Russian mafia in his city, Alexei Varnakov can’t let her go after she witnesses him murdering an underling. He should follow the code of the vory v zakone and eliminate her, but he can’t...
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