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  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye.Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
  • The New Girl by A.J. Rivers

    The New Girl by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes starting over is simply letting go of the past...Heartbroken and in need of a fresh start,Carrie Sweet packed up her car and headed to Juniper Springs.On the road to the idyllic town with a new journalist job waiting,she encounters one roadblock after another.Stranded on the side of the road, a handsome stranger stops to offer her help...
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  • A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid

    A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    A weekend at the lake house for Jessie and Shane should be nothing but fun, right? Except when Shane makes his wife a bet that she's too stubborn to refuse, and one he's about to regret. Which one of them is going to win as they drive each other crazy? Because Jessie Ryan lives to push his buttons and any Ryan fans know he has many...
  • Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a STEAMY, WOKE UP MARRIED IN VEGAS, AGE GAP, MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived! Harley Jean—The pounding in my head wakes me— that and the fact that I have to pee. Must have been one hell of a bachelorette party last night...
  • The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience...
  • The Camorra Chronicles Box Set by Cora Reilly

    The Camorra Chronicles Box Set by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twisted Loyalties: Fabiano was raised to follow in his father’s footsteps as Consigliere of the Chicago Outfit – until the man abandons him. Left to fend for himself, Fabiano is forced to fight for a place in the mafia world. As a ruthless street fighter, he quickly earns his place as the new Enforcer of the Las Vegas Camorra – a man to fear...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  suspense  contemporary  length-epic
  • At the Edge with You: A Small Town Hockey Romance by Toni Aleo

    At the Edge with You: A Small Town Hockey Romance by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never thought I’d see her again.Fable Winthrop was my only partner on the ice. I’d been the hockey player turned figure skater overnight, and she was the prim, proper ice princess who didn’t take my crap.I did everything to make her smile, I worked hard to get her the gold, and I loved every moment of it...
  • Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time...
  • Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I was his wife… but he left me.He broke my heart once, and if given the chance, he’d probably do it again.Which is why I’ve tried to get over him.I’ve dated, I’ve tried to let loose, but no matter how hard I try, my thoughts always return to Nash.Every guy I meet I compare to him.He was always overprotective and possessive...
  • Worship Your Queen by Penelope Sky

    Worship Your Queen by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    London is a lot more useful than I anticipated. She gets me what I need like a pro. With her by my side, I feel like I can do anything.My need for revenge is dimmed. My anger is contained. But her brother is still a problem. She wants me to let him go.I'm not sure if I can...
  • Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  contemporary  mystery  betrayal  length-medium
  • King of Iron Hearts by Giana Darling

    King of Iron Hearts by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The King of Iron HeartsIs a fable now A tale they tell children About a man made of metalWhose heart burned so boldly It melted him from the inside out  This is a book about a man who feels too much and the woman who loves him...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bratva Boss wants me dead.Too bad I’m pregnant with his baby.I’ve run far and wide to escape the Devil’s rage.But it wasn’t long before he caught me.Now I’m standing in front of him bound and naked.About to face the consequences of my betrayal.With every inch of my skin exposed to his will,And my life flashing before my watery eyes,He draws my traitorous body under his spell...
  • Seducing the Doctor  by J.A. Low

    Seducing the Doctor by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He wasn't supposed to be forever.One night of passion with Miles Hartford was all it took to turn my world upside down and change it forever. He was supposed to be nothing more than a good time and a great memory. Except now, those two pink lines say otherwise. She wasn't who I thought she was. That night she lied to me. She pretended to be someone else...
  • Part of Me by Kelly Elliott

    Part of Me by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Fishing for the TruthSeasiders,News on the docks is Sutton Bradley may be adding new stock to her little boutique store, Coastal Chic, on the square. Now, I can neither confirm nor deny that it is sexy lingerie, but seeing as Ms. Bradley has been seen on more than one occasion in the company of Brody Wilson, who, let me remind you, was voted as the catch of the season...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins.Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now.Or so she thought.When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • March's Ride with Priest by Eve London

    March's Ride with Priest by Eve London

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the heat of danger, a solemn vow sparks a forbidden love that rides on the edge of rebellion.Rae:On the cusp of my dream of becoming a teacher, Priest crashes into my life like a storm I never saw coming. He's my father's best friend, the brooding biker sworn to protect me, a guardian whose world of danger and desire is leagues from the life I've planned...
  • Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isaac Perry has spent the majority of his life wearing the Devil Hounds MC patches. As president, he’s used to making tough decisions, even the occasionally vicious ones. He doesn’t have to take orders from anyone anymore. He never bends, never breaks, until she literally stumbles into his life.Holly Garrison is young. Too young and innocent for an outlaw like Isaac to lay a hand on her...
  • Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elle Roberts wants two things in life:One—to find out everything there is to know about the mysterious spy who keeps kissing her, andTwo—to stay off her mob family’s radar.That isn’t too much to ask, is it? It’s not like she wants to win the lottery, or live in a Star Wars movie, or be Chris Hemsworth’s personal bather...
  • Weeping Roses by Stella Andrews

    Weeping Roses by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our eyes met across a deserted graveyard.The rain weeping on the thorny rose he tossed into the ground.As the lightning struck overhead, I knew my life was about to change.My inner voice screamed at me to run. You have something he wants. The sense of danger was more ominous than the storm, but I couldn’t run if I tried.I didn’t know her secrets were included when I inherited my aunt's fortune...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  contemporary  suspense  length-medium
  • Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These three women are the toughest juries they’ll ever have to plead their case to.THIS BOX SET INCLUDES…Clean Slate (Charity Case #0.5)Moving two thousand miles away wasn’t my plan, but when family needs you, you come. Before I can head back to my hometown of Chicago though, I have two men to say good-bye to. Neither one of them will be happy to hear the news...
  • The Chase by A.J. Rivers

    The Chase by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former pilot, now restaurateur, Eric Bentley has spent years rehabilitating his body after a traumatic head injury left him unable to fly again.When he runs into Nicole Lambert, a geriatric nurse tending to his father’s medical needs, he can’t help but think about their past.The two couldn’t be more different.He dreamed of soaring the skies and traveling the world...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  contemporary  suspense  length-medium
  • Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    CherryReeling with the sudden knowledge that not only was my adoption twenty years ago illegal, but I’m not even a legal US citizen, I’m desperate for help after an ICE agent threatens me with deportation if I don’t tell her where my suddenly MIA parents are. But they’ve disappeared, leaving me to face the consequences of their actions...
  • Tully by Jane Henry

    Tully by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Don't let her mousy appearance fool you... McKenna Byrne is fire. Hot tempered. Passionate. All-consuming. She seared my soul from our very first kiss. Once, she wanted a chance at independence. A life away from the Clan. Then danger threw us back together, And when McKenna and I collide... We ignite. Now I'm forced to claim her. To make her a full-fledged woman of the Clan...
  • They Will Burn by Montana Fyre

    They Will Burn by Montana Fyre

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    The key to being queen is to never let them see you stumble. They betrayed me. They made me believe they cared for me, only to break my heart. And now I find myself in the hands of the only man more terrifying than the four men who handed me to him...
  • Sweet Tooth by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Sweet Tooth by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Mix one handsome farmer with a handful of a rebellious chef to create a sizzling hot combination for one lucky Daddy.Elizabeth Annalise Milford's family doesn't understand her dedication to organic foods or her desire to provide the community with healthy, delicious meals...
  • Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She may be promised to a stranger... But we know the truth. Rosa Rossi is mine. Mine to have and to hold, No matter the cost. If we're discovered, My life is forfeit, And she'll be exiled forever. But I know... I see through every glance sent my way I feel every pulse of her heart. And my heart beats with hers...
  • Shattered Cradle by Nicole Fox

    Shattered Cradle by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    I joined the Mile High Club and ended up pregnant.If only the story stopped there.But no—it gets worse.It gets so much worse.Because the man who swept me off my feet thirty thousand feet in the air didn’t pick me at random.He chose me for a purpose.A very specific purpose.And when Aleksandr Makarova decides he wants something…He gets it.No matter what—or who—he has to break in the process...
  • Joker  by Harley Wylde

    Joker by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cleo -- My family put me through hell, and I escaped the only way possible… by marrying a biker locked up in prison. Joker gave me his name and a way to hide from my family. Until the day they find me… Now it’s time I return to the husband who doesn’t want me and hope he doesn’t find out all my secrets -- because if he does, I have a feeling he’s going to make me leave...
  • Tangled Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Tangled Roses: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My job is to keep her alive. To ensure her heart beats long enough to reveal the identity of my father's killer. Her job is to revive a heart that froze a long time ago. Gabrielle Adams is a person of considerable interest, both to me and the Russian assassin who wants to add her to his kill sheet. I am the only one standing in his way because I must keep her alive for my own reasons...
  • Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares...
  • Beyond Just Us : A Single Parent Marriage of Convenience Romance by Kimberly Kincaid

    Beyond Just Us : A Single Parent Marriage of Convenience Romance by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Remington’s most cynical doctor is about to get upended by two little words:I DO.Tess Michaleson runs her ER like she runs her life—no pretenses, no exceptions.As a single mother, she can’t afford anything less.As a woman who’s been burned by love?She can’t believe in anything more.Her son and her job are the center of her world.That’s all Tess needs...
  • The Wiseguy by Piper Stone

    The Wiseguy by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was considered taboo, but to a ruthless man like him, I became an obsession. I'd had a crush on Maddox Cormier for as long as I could remember. As beautiful as he was dangerous, he was the wisely of my father's mafia regime. I was considered the one thing he couldn't touch, still a little girl in the man's eyes...
  • Her Giant Lumberjack by Clara King

    Her Giant Lumberjack by Clara King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a seven-foot giant who feels like a beast.She’s a curvy beauty looking for her happily ever after.DukeLife isn’t easy when you look like a monster.With my scarred face and hulking frame, people see a freak, not a man.So I keep to myself, rarely leaving the safety of my workshop.Then Ariana walks into my life.She wants me to build her a bookcase. Sounds easy enough...
  • Nikolai: What's Left Of Me by Shandi Boyes

    Nikolai: What's Left Of Me by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Blurb to come. . .The gripping third and final installment in the Russian Mob Chronicles.Author Warning: Due to adult content this book is not recommended for those under the age of 18...
  • Loved by the Mountain Man by Sadie King

    Loved by the Mountain Man by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s a scarred military hero. She’s the young, innocent woman forced to spend a night in his cabin…My unit came back to Wild Heart Mountain to heal and to hide. I’ve been doing a lot of hiding until I meet Hailey.I’m scarred, I’m damaged, and I’m way too old for her. But the curvy and quirky Hailey makes me feel alive. She brings hope and joy back to my life...
  • Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He kidnapped me to save me, but now we must fight our desires, or risk losing everything. As a mafia princess, I have no choice when my father arranges my marriage to a terrifying stranger. But there's someone even more Dante Bianchi, the devastatingly handsome, ripped, and intensely brooding mafia enforcer working security the night my husband-to-be goes too far...
  • Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He's determined to make me his. I'd prefer to shoot him instead. CatalinaLife has never been easy for me. Now, the mafia empire I ripped from my dead husband's hands has been destroyed from within. To survive, I must form new connections. But only one man has what I need: Marco.A man as ruthless as the husband I killed. A man as handsome and seductive as the devil.A man I can never trust...
  • Disgrace by Bethany-Kris

    Disgrace by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Siena Calabrese is no longer the prized daughter of la famiglia. Her transgressions against her brothers and family have stained more than just her reputation. Her best chance at keeping breath in her lungs would be to sit down and shut up like she was taught to do. She definitely shouldn't be feeding information to her family's enemies...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  suspense  contemporary
  • Fierce Sinner by Lisa Lovell

    Fierce Sinner by Lisa Lovell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’d call it the worst night of my life, but I’d be lying.The worst nights are yet to come.I vowed to resist the Devil’s silky charm,His savage intentions,His untamed lust.He thinks he can just take whatever he wants.Well, I’m about to show him how wrong he is.Even if I have to endure his sick punishment.Or his belt across my aching bottom...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  contemporary  suspense  length-novella
  • The Bratva's Weakness by Cassi Hart

    The Bratva's Weakness by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JamesI‘ve inherited the family business –Yeah, exactly, that kind. The kind you can’t just walk away from.So instead, I’m trying to make it legitimate.When I hop in the car of a complete stranger,that’s when I realize how much I need to change.Because in order to keep Allie safe, in order to keep her mine,I need to rewrite the rules.But other players in the game don’t agree...
  • Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    EnricoShe wasn’t supposed to be on my radar. Another woman who was caught up in the traffickers’ sights, but one look at January and I’d become as lost as Dario and Alessio before me. I had no choice but to hunt her down and make her mine, even if that meant doing some illegal things. Nothing new to me anyway.JanuaryThe brute...
  • Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams

    Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is Volume VI of a six-volume serial novel. A marriage of convenience has never been like this. Just before her eighteenth birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was twelve. The first item is the hardest--"Get married"--so she turns to the only man she knows who can help...
  • Tiger Lily: Part Three by Amélie S. Duncan

    Tiger Lily: Part Three by Amélie S. Duncan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Healing Two Hearts. Creating One Memory. Lily loves Jonas but implicit trust is another matter. After all they've been through, she still can't believe he'll stay no matter how deep, how dark her secrets. With her ex, Declan, up to his worst, Lily's embarrassed and ashamed...but she's underestimated Jonas. He has brains as well as beauty...
  • Wanderlust by Daisy Prescott

    Wanderlust by Daisy Prescott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New Title and Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00KVLMPFQ#1 Top Rated Book in Humorous Women's FictionTop 20 Humorous Women's Fiction Best SellerRomantic Comedy Best SellerWanderlust was previously published as Missionary Position.It might take sparks flying on three continents, but this professor is about to get an education of her own...
  • Vowed To Be Yours by Cassi Hart

    Vowed To Be Yours by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    AlexeiI’ve worked hard to keep my organization as legitimate as possible after my father ran it into the ground, racking up debt after debt. It hasn’t been easy keeping things clean and above the table, but I’ve managed to do it while making sure the people underneath me are taken care of and respected, all while paying off what my father owed...
  • Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Two hearts, one bed, no looking back. Daisy: When the hottest boy band on the planet gets back together for an epic reunion tour, there’s no decision to make. I’m going. It’s been ten years since I’ve had the chance to hang out with my groupie besties. They don’t know it yet, but my parents are forcing me to settle into a life they’ve pre-planned, right down to the man they want me to marry...
  • Hot Ink Anthology by Carrie Ann Ryan, Cari Quinn

    Hot Ink Anthology by Carrie Ann Ryan, Cari Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Forever Ink by Carrie Ann RyanMontgomery Ink, #1.5The idea of a May-December romance has never looked so hot when it comes to broody lawyer, Morgan and sizzling tattoo artist, Callie. Between conniving family members, blondes with too much time on their hands, and their own misgivings, trust in the bedroom and out of it won't come easy...
  • Dating a Cougar II by Donna McDonald

    Dating a Cougar II by Donna McDonald

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Firefighter and eco entrepreneur Walter Graham II is tired of dating beautiful, but unsettled women who don’t know what they want from life. He wants to date a woman who’s as smart as she is attractive—someone who can talk about interesting things—someone confident about her work...
  • Unraveled by Mj Fields

    Unraveled by Mj Fields

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I let my inhibitions go, and they fell in the wrong place. I didn’t know he would be my unraveling. I didn’t know he was twenty-five.”

 A single mother often lives by certain rules, and Angela Petrov has made certain to adhere to hers: Mom first, career second, and no man will meet her child unless they will be in her life long-term...
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