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  • The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it...
  • Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Falling for each other was never part of the plan…. Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…. Especially not the men under her care. Mason Ross is a born guardian...
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  • Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil...
  • Mind Games by Nora Roberts

    Mind Games by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits. As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s...
  • Twisted Devil by Nikki Landis

    Twisted Devil by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Royal Bastards MC is mine. My club. My family. My salvation. And I will do anything to protect it. I'm brutal. Crazy. Ruthless. And I won't apologize for it. I never believed I would love anything as much as being SAA and taking the Devil's Ride. Becoming a Reaper and patching in with the RBMC were the best decisions I ever made. Until I met Nylah. The feisty nurse owns my black soul...
  • Eternally Mine by Nikki Landis

    Eternally Mine by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I made a promise. When my best friend died, I swore to protect his younger sister. Laramie was off-limits. She wasn't mine, and she never would be. It didn't matter what I wanted because I couldn't touch her. When she's attacked and almost kidnapped, I swear to keep her safe. When she's thrust into the club's war against the Scorpions, I beg her to follow orders...
  • Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis

    Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes vengeance isn't enough. There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law. When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains. They call me Wraith for a reason. When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in. I move through the shadows and strike without mercy...
  • Rise of the King: Volume Two by RJ Kane

    Rise of the King: Volume Two by RJ Kane

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    The relationships between Sephie, Adrik, and all five bodyguards continue to grow stronger as they face more challenges from the other bosses in the city. As each new layer of conspiracy is uncovered, the danger to the city and its people grows, but so do the bonds between the group...
  • Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

    Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    “In another life, she was my forever. ”. An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store...
  • Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis

    Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Destiny is formed from chaos . . . My luck has run out. Everything that I thought I was, all that I had, has been ripped away. My ol’ lady is gone. My club is at war. And my enemies? They’re closing in. I’ve got nothing left. The only thing keeping me from unleashing Hell is my daughter. and the young woman who stepped up, caring for her when I couldn’t...
  • The Biker's Wish by Nikki Landis

    The Biker's Wish by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From shadow, I was born, and from shadow, I will rise . .. They took my angel from me. She's gone, and I have to live every single day knowing she died and I couldn't save her. Stefanie was my first love. The girl that understood my darkness and balanced it with her light. Her ghost is everywhere I look. Her last breath carved into my heart, leaving nothing but a jagged scar...
  • Violent Bones by Nikki Landis

    Violent Bones by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Royal Bastards MC / Royal Harlots Crossover. Bones:. Violence is a normal part of my life. I’ve lived it, one way or another, since the day I enlisted. In the Corps, they called me Ace. A sharpshooter, I never missed. But after I retired, I felt restless, searching for meaning until I found Hope’s Refuge. Mercy took a chance on a cocky Marine...
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    bikers  mafia  paranormal  dark  contemporary  bad boys  abuse  fantasy
  • Bloody Mine by Nikki Landis

    Bloody Mine by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The past can always come back to haunt you. Bodie has learned that the hard way. Two months ago, he met a ghost from his past and everything was turned upside down. Sasha rocked his world. To keep her safe, he'd do anything. Bodie's never been afraid to seek vengeance. Now there's more reason than ever. He's always been a wildcard. A man who makes his own luck...
  • Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis

    Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I've always been a selfish bastard. As president of the RBMC I've learned how to live and ride hard. I take life one day at a time, never looking back at my past. But I've got a dark and deadly secret. One that could ruin any chance I have with the one woman who owns my black soul. Trish Holloway. She's been my weakness since the day we met...
    Categorized as:
    bikers  mafia  paranormal  contemporary  dark  bad boys  abuse  fantasy
  • Lord of Vengeance by Piper Stone

    Lord of Vengeance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He's a monster wrapped in opulence and style. And I became the target of his obsession.  I was used to dangerous men, the kind nightmares were made of. Cruel and heartless. Cunning and merciless. I'd seen it all as the sheriff of a small resort town in Alaska. But nothing had prepared me for the brutality and death erupting in my jurisdiction because of him...
  • Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry

    Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The darkest deeds often happen in plain sight; the harshest truths sound like lies. Kailai Reed has drowned beneath the weight of other people’s emotions her entire life. She protects herself by hiding away from everyone, except for her close friend, associate (and forbidden crush) Hideo Tanaka...
  • Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis

    Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A dual perspective mc romance from twin brothers Rael & Chrome. Chrome:. Everything is finally falling into place. I’ve reunited with my twin. The woman I love has become my wife. And to top it off? I’m now patched into the RBMC in Tonopah. With my ol’ lady Cameron, I move to Nevada to start our new life together...
  • Debts and Diamonds by Bea Paige

    Debts and Diamonds by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    Arden, Lorcan and Carrick are the men everyone fears. .. They are known as the Deana-dhe. Dealing in debts, they steal information and they manipulate. To them I am Cyn. I’m their original sin. The mute girl they never wanted to be drawn to. The girl who put a spell on them, who became their cailleach. You see, I’m a modern day witch, skilled in the art of alchemy...
  • Dangerous As Sin by J.L. Beck, L.K. Shaw

    Dangerous As Sin by J.L. Beck, L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When you love a villain, do you become one too? In a world of black and white, the gray in between just got more inviting. Laws are easily broken when you know how to bend them to your will, and so are we at the hands of these dangerous as sin men...
  • The Pact: Paranormal Romance by Delta James

    The Pact: Paranormal Romance by Delta James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Gavan Drummond is the most powerful man in Scotland, he is neither pure nor innocent. Can I trust him to save my company? My family has been making single malt whiskey for centuries and has a world-renowned reputation. A rival has been trying to put us out of business and acquire both our distilling methods and our land...
  • Liars and Liaisons by Sav R. Miller

    Liars and Liaisons by Sav R. Miller

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    I met his brother first—while trying to avoid mine. By the time the agoraphobic, unhinged, and musically-gifted Grayson James came crashing into my life, I was deeply infatuated with his elder sibling. But that didn’t stop him from ruining everything. He stole something that wasn’t his to have. Something I hadn’t known I was giving him...
  • One Fateful Night Bleeding Hearts, #2 by Michelle B.

    One Fateful Night Bleeding Hearts, #2 by Michelle B.

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AMAZON TOP 30 BEST SELLER! He was everything my mom neglected to warn me about, and I was everything he hated about his mother. I spent one reckless, lust filled night in the back of a man’s SUV in the alley behind my job on a whim. A revenge tryst in retaliation against my husband for his brutal sins against me turned into more as the hours passed between us. Months later, we met again...
  • Ouija by Emmaleigh Loader

    Ouija by Emmaleigh Loader

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ava:. Kidnapped by a serial killer with an affinity for pain and madness. Lost to a world created by a sick and twisted monster. I died there, in the belly of the beast. But as the Fates willed it, I came back to life. Now I’m under the King’s Wolves protection, fighting to determine what is real and what are broken delusions. Hunted by the man who thought that he had killed me...
  • Reign of Hellfire: Why choose, dark romance by N. Owens

    Reign of Hellfire: Why choose, dark romance by N. Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready of not, here we come. We survived the Trials. Kinda. But the battle isn’t over yet. Things get a little dicey for a moment but when nightmares from my past join the fray, I know this battle might just be a war. Now my new men and I must figure out a way to get ahead of the game and fast. Because the remaining heads of the Hellfire Society aren’t letting up...
  • Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The tranquility of Prophet is shattered when a local trail rider is killed and whispers of wolf packs and murder spread like wildfire. Three months after the murder of Mike Bressett, the sleepy town of Prophet faces another tragedy—the death of Billy Odette, a well-liked Makah man who ran trail rides for the tourists...
  • Drawn to Death by Kat Shehata

    Drawn to Death by Kat Shehata

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ghosts visit Evelyn in her dreams. The secrets of the dead could get her killed. The city is ripe with crime, and the freshly dead need help solving their murders. Evelyn is a reluctant medium who channels the dead through her art. Leo is a skeptical homicide detective who believes in evidence, facts, and witness testimonies—when the information comes from the living, not the dead...
  • Vengeance by C.Y. Jones

    Vengeance by C.Y. Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never thought I'd be that girl. The one that would sacrifice myself, but I did. For him, for love. Now I'm in Hell, and O'Donnell is King of this Underworld. Revenge was my mission, now Vengeance is my goal. Warning: 18+ This is a Dark RH, and contains strong language and certain triggers.
  • The Secrets That Kill by Kristen Luciani

    The Secrets That Kill by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When your best friend's sister becomes your obsession. .. When a complicated assassination job comes my way, I finally get the chance to get my revenge on the woman who put me behind bars. My best friend's younger sister. Sweet, naïve, and innocent, Ivy becomes the unsuspecting accomplice in a cruel and twisted game that will destroy her as well as my target. Only one thing threatens my plan...
  • War, Unjust by Veronica Lancet

    War, Unjust by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Continuation of book 1. Not a standalone. "You should have never been born. ". Getting told that daily has a way of messing with one's head. But I didn't let it. I had my siblings. I had a secret best friend who understood me. I had hope. Until I didn't. One by one they all left. Abandoned me. Betrayed me. One by one they turned me into who I am today...
  • Sinful Saint by Lana Sky

    Sinful Saint by Lana Sky

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Traumatized by a family tragedy, Frances “Frey” Heywood resorts to committing the unthinkable—only to be saved at the eleventh hour by a man more troubled than even she can comprehend. Daze Keaton is bad news. A criminal and a drug dealer, he’s a far cry from the safe harbor Frey craves, but all her doubts pale in the face of the way he numbs that cold, broken place inside her...
  • Their Property by Crystal Ash

    Their Property by Crystal Ash

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    The men I want are forbidden. What’s worse? I want all three of them. My father isolated me while chaos swept the country. All my life, he hid me away like a precious jewel for being too curious, too attracted to danger. Then I got myself kidnapped. My saviors are three brutal men on roaring motorcycles--the Sons of Odin MC...
  • 그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    레진코믹스에서 연재 당시 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP1을 기록하며 웹툰 독자들과 BL마니아들의 인기를 끌었던 『그 끝에 있는 것』이 드디어 아르테팝에서 단행본으로 출간됐다. 웹툰『그 끝에 있는 것』은 완결이 된 지 일 년이 되어가지만 여전히 레진코믹스 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP3을 유지하며 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 작품이다. 한국뿐만 아니라 미국, 중국, 일본에서 연재하며 연재된 국가에서 모두 높은 순위를 유지하고 있다. 또한『그 끝에 있는 것』을 원작으로 한 러브시뮬레이션 게임이 제작될 정도이니 작품의 재미와 인기를 가늠해 볼 수 있을 것이다. 『그 끝에 있는 것』은 한국 BL장르의 발전을 볼 수 있는 작품이다...
  • Craving Control by Bella Faust

    Craving Control by Bella Faust

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Previously banned as an ebook on Amazon, Apple Books, and Draft2Digital, this 90,000-word dark and steamy psychological suspense novel is the prequel to Bella Faust's Duplicity Trilogy. A brutal, one-sided, “love” story, Craving Control, is the tale of one man's battle against his obsessive tendencies and one woman’s fight to survive him...
    Categorized as:
    bikers  vengeance  mafia  dark  rape  contemporary  m-f  suspense
  • Bloodthirsty by Cassandra Featherstone

    Bloodthirsty by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    “Forgive me. ”. Those were Professor Arnaud’s final words before I sliced through his neck. His was the first head I took, but it wouldn’t be the last. Severing my connections to l’Academie d’Invisible was harder, but eventually, I escaped and built a reputation of my own. Infamy suits me, and the harsh lessons of my childhood have served me well. I’m untouchable, undetectable, and untraceable...
  • No Such King by Coralee June

    No Such King by Coralee June

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    A puppet, a prince, and a playboy. One arranged marriage. Three men I must keep at arm's length. Prince August is arrogant, toxic, and viscous. I want nothing to do with the man that was once my best friend. I fled this kingdom four years ago, planning to never return. But the king is dead. The kingdom is in chaos. And I’m trapped in an arranged marriage I want no part of...
  • The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the tourist town of Wharton, on the coast of Lake Superior, Tess Bell is renovating her old family home into a bed-and-breakfast during the icy dead of winter…. As the house’s restoration commences, a shuttered art studio is revealed. Inside are paintings Tess’s late grandfather, beloved and celebrated artist Sebastian Bell, hid away for generations...
  • Fallen Prey by Jen Stevens

    Fallen Prey by Jen Stevens

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    I've stared into the face of Death, falling victim to her deceptively sweet lullaby. Until she released me from her icy grip without any warning, sending me stumbling back out the other side to continue on as if nothing happened. When I come to in the hospital as their mysterious John Doe, I discover that the past year of my life never happened at all. But I remember all of it...
  • Deceitful by Cora Reilly

    Deceitful by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, a young woman with special powers might be the only person able to stop him. As part of a secret branch of the FBI, Tessa is sent on a mission to impersonate Madison, a local teen and the last victim of the brutal attacker, to find the killer before he strikes again...
  • Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop

    Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    National bestselling author Anne Bishop’s novels have been hailed as “genuine gems” (SF Site) and “lavishly sensual” (Library Journal). In her highly anticipated second book in the Tir Alainn Trilogy, she weaves a dazzling tale of romance, high adventure, and thrilling fantasy...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  fantasy  dark  paranormal  fae  witches  magic
  • Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She's been watching us for a while now. .. Now you see her. Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now you don't. Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church...
  • Their Hallowed Queen by Carly Claire

    Their Hallowed Queen by Carly Claire

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m the final girl. Or at least, I was, three years ago after my best friend was murdered in a haunted house on Halloween. Her death set off a chain reaction that culminated in me running from home and never looking back… until now. The last few months, I’ve known someone was watching me, following me, sneaking into my apartment. I just couldn’t prove it...
  • Das geheime Turmzimmer: 2 CDs by Laura Andersen

    Das geheime Turmzimmer: 2 CDs by Laura Andersen

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for seven hundred years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public trust, and book lover and scholar Carragh Ryan is hired to take inventory of its historic library...
  • Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward...
  • Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Xander. Love makes you weak and vulnerable. He vowed long ago to never feel that way again. But when he rescues a woman who’s been held hostage, she challenges all his beliefs. The attraction is staggering. The urge to keep her near him, to keep her safe, is overwhelming. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t resist her...
  • To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies. Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie. Later–. Malicious Spirit: I dare not scare or frighten my sweetheart…...
  • His Doll by Rainelyn

    His Doll by Rainelyn

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A haunting love that knows no boundaries. But will it last? -Her-. My life wasn’t easy. It had never been. Being dragged away from the only person I could trust, and sent to a house far away from society, taught me something; never trust anyone. They took me to a place filled with nightmares and terrors, a place where children were forced to behave like dolls...
  • Taken by the Kingpin by Winter Sloane

    Taken by the Kingpin by Winter Sloane

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Carver: A decade ago, an angel made the worst mistake of her life. Yasmin saved a monster. The broken man she knew has become the most feared man in the city. And I’m done waiting. Her pathetic excuse of a father owes me a shitload of money and I intend to collect her as payment. The moment I saw her, I knew what she was. Mine. Yasmin: I wasted my entire life cleaning after my father’s messes...
  • Reckoning by Ellie Sanders

    Reckoning by Ellie Sanders

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They broke me. Abused me. Treated me like trash and left me to die…. A dark, sexy, revenge romance. I survived everything they put me through and when my brother came back from the dead, I thought it was over. I thought I could move on. Except they’re still here, in Verona, they’re still living free and with every day that passes I feel that insult more and more...
  • Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christopher Borgasian has spent the last seven months painstakingly breaking up with a lover he's adored for three years: heroin. Now he's trying to make it on his own-without the drugs, without the family that rejected him for being gay, and, seemingly, without a friend in the world...
  • The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska

    The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rebecca Reis considers abandoning her career as a novelist until she begins writing about convicted serial killer Thomas Eisenbrey. Nicknamed the Hunter because of his penchant for targeting groups of hunters in the forest, Eisenbrey is the worst kind of psychopath. He is crafty, aloof, at times possessing a charm that is almost hypnotizing, and he’s wheedling his way into her mind...
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