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Empire Nightclub #1-4 by K.A. Tucker
One visit to her father in prison—convicted for a murder he didn’t commit—and she's attracted the attention of the last man she'd ever want knowing that she exists.This bundle includes all four full-length books in the highly addictive Empire Nightclub series!Sweet MercyGabriel FallenDirty EmpireFallen EmpireThis series is intended for mature audiences... -
Bound by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web... -
City Of Thieves by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher
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...Categorized as:
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In Havoc Lays Chaos by Samantha Barrett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPain.Loss.Revenge.Are you ready to get to know the Dark Knight's twins? Will they be as dark as their father or will they follow after their mother?Are you ready for the final?*In Havoc Lays Chaos is the final book in the Memento Mori series... -
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Torian by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom International bestselling author, Eden Summers, comes a seductive forbidden romance destined to leave you breathless. I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resemble the devil so closely it frightens me.We were meant to hate each other.To despise and detest.But his appeal is so much greater than the playboy smile and body built for sin.What I'm doing is wrong.What I'm feeling is immoral... -
Protective Phlox by Brooklyn Cross
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI‘d let her walk out of my life once before, but this time, she wasn’t getting away. Savannah Freeborn was mine. I was a mafia boss’s son and she was an FBI agent, so I should’ve kept my distance. But, I didn’t. The moment I touched her I knew that my fate was sealed. We were never meant to be and as hard as I tried to get Savannah out of my blood, I couldn’t do it...Categorized as:
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Mercy For Reaper by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHolly After one of my worst days working at the hospital, all I want to do is drink wine straight from the bottle while soaking in the tub. I’m about to make my own wish come true when I hear a pained groan coming from inside what should be my empty house. My terrible day gets even worse when I find a strange man bleeding on my bathroom floor as he fades in and out of consciousness... -
Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe kidnapped me to avenge my husband. The husband I’ve never loved. The cruel man my father forced me to marry to teach me a lesson. My husband didn’t think twice about how to carry out those lessons. Now, I’ve gone from one prison to another. My captor is just as ruthless as my husband. He’ll kill, torture, and do everything to hurt my family until no one is left. Except for me...Categorized as:
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Runaway by bazookah
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝.𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤... -
Perfectly Imperfect Complete Set by Neva Altaj
A collection of the first three books in the Perfectly Imperfect Series.PAINTED SCARSI get anything I desire.And I want this perfectly imperfect little manipulator.She doesn't know it yet,But I am not letting her go.The deal - is off.BROKEN WHISPERSThe most beautiful woman of the Italian mafia,And the Bratva's most feared monster... -
Angel of Darkness: An Italian Mafia romance by Stephanie Amaral
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlood runs thicker than water, mine thicker than most. But my heritage weighs heavily on my sense of self, a misfit in a circle of Men of Honor.A Mafia princess without a crown. A queen without a reign.Great lessons come from ruin, as unraveled truths and shattered illusions break me beyond repair.But from ruin came bold decisions... -
Harder Betrayal by Penelope Sky
I knew a relationship with Cauldron wouldn't be easy.But I underestimated just how challenging it would be...Categorized as:
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Taken by Him by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe took me like a thief in the night, but I was already his from the moment I laid eyes on him. Maxim Volkov. A name I had never heard before but one that my heart now beats for.He’s not an easy man to love. He’s hard. Brutal. Unforgiving. A weapon forged in the fire and pain of his early life. I will take that weapon and use it to bring down all who betrayed me...Categorized as:
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Greed by Eva Charles
An arranged marriage, warring families, a criminal enterprise, a ruthless antihero, and a heroine with a secret so devastating it could topple an empire. Dark Temptations—where a dangerous billionaire and a young heiress play a high-stakes game of love and lust. Wealth, power, and greed. A modern-day, steamy, romantic suspense series... -
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Daddy's Orders by K.C. Crowne
I knew he wanted to punish me for my father’s dealings…I just never expected to enjoy it.A dark past hardened me, scarred me,Making it difficult to give a d*mn about relationships.Then comes along Emily.Fifteen years younger.The innocent virgin and daughter of the man I despise.She's twenty-three and drop dead fu*king gorgeous.My trousers tighten the moment we meet...Categorized as:
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Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreviously published as StarletHollywood. Mafia. Secrets. Corruption. A dark and twisted enemies-to-lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart.Hollywood royalty. The last of an era.Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime.I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight.Dominic McCallum—a torn page from my tainted past...Categorized as:
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Whiskey Poison by Nicole Fox
The hottest man I’ve ever seen is now my new boss—and I’m stuck in a house with him…Until one of us cracks.I’ve got debt—yeah, I know, so does everyone else on Planet Earth.But the bills I’m paying keep my dad and my grandma alive.So it’s pretty messed-up for Timofey Viktorov to use them as a threat to keep me under control.Not that he cares... -
Green Envy by Aleatha Romig
“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... -
Vengeful Hearts by S. Lexi
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErika grew up on the streets of New York City. When her baby sister got kidnapped by the most extensive human trafficking ring in the area and eventually murdered, she swore to avenge her death. Blaise grew up in the Italian Mafia; his father was the don...Categorized as:
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Vengeful Hearts by S. Lexi
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErika grew up on the streets of New York City. When her baby sister got kidnapped by the most extensive human trafficking ring in the area and eventually murdered, she swore to avenge her death.Blaise grew up in the Italian Mafia; his father was the don...Categorized as:
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House of Heathens: The Complete Trilogy by Alta Hensley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA villain is made.A monster is hidden.A viper who is forbidden.Together, they are the Gods Among Men.Welcome to the House of Heathens.Within these walls, you are captive to a world of decadence and sin.Where dangerous secrets hide in the shadows.And a family tree with roots so twisted, they bind and strangle each unlucky generation...Categorized as:
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Final Vendetta by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor 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... -
Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis obsession. Her salvation.At my lowest, I accept an unimaginable clean up a murder scene to earn one-hundred-grand.Problem is, my employer doesn’t plan on letting me survive the night.That’s when I meet Lanzo Torrent. He’s gorgeous, chaotic, frustrating, and my only salvation. He says he can save my life, but I have to trust him first.Lanzo drags me into his war...Categorized as:
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Nikolai: Through The Devil's Eyes by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNikolai Popov was raised in a criminal entity that's as bigoted as it is violent. A byproduct of a woman pushed to the brink, he's lived a hard and fast life that often sees him facing a line-up, yet he's not spent one night behind bars.After a confrontation with a known enemy, Nikolai stumbles upon an angel precariously balancing on the balustrade between good and evil... -
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Savage Beast by Kristen Luciani
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe Stole My Kiss…Right Before He Stole Me.The second my brother’s ex-best friend tore off my clothes, I was obsessed. His ripped muscles, seductive smirk, and bad boy charm made my knees weak and everything else tingle ever since we were teenagers.I always dreamed I’d become the center of his world.I guess I should have been more specific about my wish.He ruined me...Categorized as:
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Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’LL SHOW HER WHAT A DEVIL DOES WHEN AN ANGEL FALLS INTO HIS LAP.I met her the day I killed her father.She stood there, soaked in his blood, and swore she’d make me pay when the time was right.Twenty years later, that day has come.She’s beautiful now.A dark temptation I never expected.But Renata Lombardi is in far over her head.Because she thinks this is a game of kill or be killed.She’s wrong... -
Mafia Crown by L. Steele
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMine to destroy. Mine to ruin. She belongs to me...He’s my second chance.The man with the face of my first love.A terrifying and magnetically gorgeous man with brutal blue eyes.An outlaw whose very presence sucks the air from my lungs.A monster who doesn't remember his past, whose soul is shrouded in scars, pain, and darkness.A villain who refuses to acknowledge my very existence...Categorized as:
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Till Death Do Us Part by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsArranged marriage, enemies to lovers, Mafia/cartel romanceAs the only daughter of the Kansas City capo, at eighteen years of age, I was given to the son of my father’s consigliere, a man who was expected to accomplish great things for the famiglia. Things didn’t go the way we planned. There wasn’t love. My husband was a traitor, a part of a coup against the famiglia. My husband is dead. I’m free...Categorized as:
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Sins and Secrets by Kira Cole
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDesperation sends me to the auction where the only thing I have to sell…is myself.The Marchetti Mafia runs this town. My dad has been under their thumb for years as the Boss’s personal consigliere. After facing death multiple times he’s now hanging on by a mere thread and I worry the next injury will be his last. They always say once you join the family you’re in it for life...Categorized as:
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Angel's Promise by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEverett Ramses came into my life like a hurricane on a dark New Orleans night. With a deep voice and penetrating gaze, his mere presence tingled my nerves and twisted my insides much like the city’s legendary stories of spirits and ghosts. As the ruler of New Orleans, Everett Ramses lives life hard and takes what he wants without apology.He wants me to be his queen...Categorized as:
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Valetti Crime Family: Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFive steamy, contemporary romance books.One binge worthy collection.Valetti Crime Family includes all five of the full-length, standalone romances from the Valetti Mafia series, featuring filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys. Happily Ever Afters and no cliffhangers... -
The Bratva's Captive by Jane Henry
For the Bratva, retribution is the law. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. A life for a life. But the man who killed my beloved deserves a fate worse than death. He’ll live knowing his only daughter was captured by a monster... That he’s utterly powerless to stop me. Olena Baranov will be my prisoner. My retribution. My undoing. Vengeance will be mine...Categorized as:
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The Scotch Series: The Complete Series by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor a limited time only -- Get all 3 books in The Scotch Series in one boxset The Scotch King Joseph Ingram made the mistake of stealing from me—four million dollars. He took my intelligence without paying for it. And thought he could get away with it. Think again. Now I’ll take something from him—something irreplaceable. His sister. Collateral... -
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Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn, Mollie Stark
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPreviously published as Starlet by Cora KenbornHollywood. Mafia. Love. Lust. Secrets. Corruption.From USA Today best-selling author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies-to-lovers retelling of Anastasia.They call me America's Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA's most infamous crime. I'm not any of those things.He forced me into the spotlight... -
Monster by Dani René
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René, brings you the first book in her chapter of the Royal Bastards MC World.They call me a monster for a reason. I left my morals behind long ago, and I forgot what empathy feels like. Emotions get you killed, and I’m tired of watchin’ people die. Not anymore, not under my rule. When Father Donahue calls on the club for help, we step up...Categorized as:
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The Thief by Zoe Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI will stop at nothing to get the information I need. No matter how much she fights me… I will win in the end. My little thief cannot steal away, I don’t care how hard she tries. Daddy’s in charge now. She either follows my rules, or there will be consequences… painful ones. This is a dark romance daddy dom series. There are no sweet hugs and kisses from these domineering daddies... -
The Con-Artist by Zoe Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIf I have to hurt her to get what I want... I will. No is not an option. My little con artist is about to learn I run my criminal enterprise with an iron fist. She is no exception. She will do as Daddy tells her or there will be pain. Little does she know how much I will enjoy inflicting it. This is a dark romance daddy dom series...Categorized as:
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Siren by R.J. Lewis, A.R. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCaptain James Erickson was once a prince but is now cursed and bound to the sea. With a reputation for being fearsome and ruthless, he has weathered many storms. But nothing could have prepared him for the storm that took his entire crew—a storm conjured by a siren, a creature believed to be extinct.Consumed by revenge, Captain Erickson is determined to find the siren who destroyed his crew...Categorized as:
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Obsessive Union by Brooke Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe moment he met her he knew she was different… He never expected her to become his obsession.Gabriella Sanchez has lived her life in the shadows. Being born as a product of an affair, Gabby spent most of her life without her father. He provided everything for her…except his time.Alessio Bianchi has always been seen as the youngest of the Bianchi’s. The screw up. The little kid...Categorized as:
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The Afterthought by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI never planned to return to Dune Valley. The drugs. The gangs. The life people lead. It's something I thought I left in the past when I packed up and set off to the unknown. For seven years I was free from all the painful memories that come with that town. Until now.When the Sheriff called to tell me, I have a 17-year-old-sister, I had no choice. I had to return.My plan was simple... -
Sins of Sorrow by A.R. Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom author A.R. Rose comes a modern Romeo & Juliet Reimagining packed with tension, angst, and romance. Sins of Sorrow is Book 1 in the With a Kiss Duet.Vinnie:Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ended in tragedy, so I’m not sure why I think our story will be any different.Every time our paths cross, I find myself inexplicably drawn to him.The mysterious man who’s part of a rival family... -
Beautiful Mistakes by Cora Kent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBranded by betrayal, fueled by revenge—I’m back to destroy the brother who banished me.The Castiglione name once ruled the Midwest mafia, but Saverio erased me like I never existed. Five years in exile only sharpened my hunger for vengeance. Now, I’ll burn his empire to the ground—but I need the most dangerous weapon I can Raiden Drake...Categorized as:
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Double Standards by L. Hope
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWe were different in so many ways, polar opposites, stark contrasts; he was night and I was day.Axel fought the law while I represented it and we could never have be more opposite.You know what they say about opposites, though, and as much as I keep telling myself this is wrong, everything feels right. We all have double standards... -
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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... -
The Cleaner by Brooke Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey call me The Cleaner My job? Make bodies disappear without a trace.I've done it for years—killed to protect my family, my crew. And I'd do it all over again without a second thought.Then there’s her—Lisa Turner. She’s the perfect storm that I didn’t see coming.I met her years ago, a broken girl with eyes that screamed for salvation... -
Pride by Nikki J. Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne man wants her.The other wants her dead.When Emma Belmont is invited to attend an exclusive gallery event to represent her newspaper, she sees it as an opportunity to achieve the promotion she's always dreamed of. She doesn't realise that a night bound for success will result in total and utter devastation.A damning newspaper article.A tortured artist who hides his identity...Categorized as:
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Beauty and the Beast: Dark Mafia Romance Boxset by L. Steele
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratings"Run my Beauty... If I catch you, you are MINE..."Michael Byron Domenico SovranoThe Capo of Sicily's notorious Mafia company.My father owed him,so he took me to repay the debt.And married me to further his own ambitions.I hate him, I am determined to resist him.But what happens when I begin to fall for my new husband..Categorized as:
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One Kill by N.O. One
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy past defines me, it drives me.Every minute of every day it fuels my adrenaline and reminds me that I’m still alive.Especially now that it's back to taunt me.Barely a shadow of my former self, I am the sole proof that my family ever existed.The only survivor.I am “J”.One letter, one sound, unworthy of a full name.Until today.Today, I am Jordyn O’Neill and this is my story...Categorized as:
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Vicious Union by Ivy Davis
He’s a massive grump… and he’s now my husband.Emilio De Luca is part of the Italian mafia with his brothers.He’s also the biggest jerk I have ever met.When we enter into an arranged marriage, I’m not happy.I don’t want a man who is going to hold me back in life.But my body is drawn to him despite my brain wanting nothing to do with him...Categorized as:
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