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  • The Scent of Winter by Tiffany Reisz

    The Scent of Winter by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    The 2016 Original Sinners Christmas story, free on December 20th. Kingsley Edge thought he was being driven to the airport. He never expected he'd be kidnapped and relocated to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, Maine to help Søren celebrate his birthday. But it's not quite the sexy party Kingsley hoped for...
  • On the Double by Cara Dee

    On the Double by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM. “It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength. ”. Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest...
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  • Lawless: A Dark Captive Why Choose Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Lawless: A Dark Captive Why Choose Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine. I found peace in the last place I expected, but it was a mirage built on lies and unfulfilled promises. I thought we somehow managed to find a way to co-exist in their little lair, but as usual I was wrong...
  • Twisted Fate by R.E. Bond

    Twisted Fate by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Helping the Psychos’ enemy should’ve gotten me killed. Slash would’ve dragged me to the Shed for my punishment too, if he hadn’t grown a conscience. How could he accuse me of being a snake when he was sleeping with me behind Skeeter’s back? There were so many secrets and lies between us all now. To make matters worse, Hunter and Marco kept appearing when I was alone...
  • From Evil: Books 4-6 by Pam Godwin

    From Evil: Books 4-6 by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    The Deliver Series continues with three dangerous romance thrillers from New York Times bestselling author, Pam Godwin: Devastate, Take, and Manipulate. Time to meet your next book boyfriend. Tiago Badell might be the scariest villain you've ever encountered, but he's also the sexiest. The notorious crime lord worships his new captive as deeply as he hurts her...
  • Own by Heather Long

    Own by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    The closer I get to the truth, the further away it feels. Every step I take is met with resistance—not just from the monsters still chasing me, but from the very men who have sworn to protect me. Especially Bones. Cold. Controlled. Ruthless. He watches me like I’m the problem he’s been ordered to solve, not the woman desperate to find her missing sister...
  • Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart

    Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Always Alchemy is a full-length book featuring a variety of extended epilogues for the following couples and their. Rafe and Belle. Zach and Maddy. Anton and Gen. Cal and Aida. Dex, Max and Darcy. Adam and Nat. You can expect fun, spice (obviously), glamour and ALL the feels!
  • Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak

    Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    The Black Hand. The syndicate of hardened criminals I planned on destroying. Things are not what they seem. Someone knows my secret, and it’s not someone I ever expected. He knows my truth, and he understands my need for vengeance—though he’s tried to convince me otherwise. What he doesn’t understand is if I don’t have justice, I’m nothing. I’m not Shay, not Celene...
  • Ruin by Caitlyn Dare

    Ruin by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A new dark romance from the bestselling author of the Savage Falls MC series . My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits. But not any longer. Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need. Because I’m not as innocent as they all think...
  • How Did You Survive Alone? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    How Did You Survive Alone? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Legacy Mobster. Fallon Maher is falling for the most unlikely person. Aspen is handsome, but he’s quiet, while Fallon is the opposite and talks enough to irritate everyone. The two men dance around their feelings, but when Fallon is injured while on a job for their boss, Aspen charges into the line of fire to help him. The Man Who Kills for The Irish Mob Boss...
  • Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose

    Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eighteen girls. Dead. Eighteen lives. Ended. Eighteen futures. Stolen. Harlow Michaels has only ever known her cage, and the nearby screams of dying victims that paint her reality. Held captive by the sadistic Pastor Michaels, she’s tortured and abused, until fate offers her the chance to escape. But freedom comes at a heavy cost...
  • Wicked Little Games by Lane Hart

    Wicked Little Games by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For over a year, I’ve been hiding from my ruthless mob boss father and lying to everyone around me. Jordan is a sweet, protective biker who thinks we eloped in Vegas the night we met. The truth is, he was just supposed to be my ticket out of my gilded prison. I had nowhere to go, so when Jordan asked me to live with him after we got to his home in Rockland, I reluctantly agreed...
  • Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker

    Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying. I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave. I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down...
  • Lawless by Tracy Lorraine

    Lawless by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    An all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine. I found peace in the last place I expected, but it was a mirage built on lies and unfulfilled promises. I thought we somehow managed to find a way to co-exist in their little lair, but as usual I was wrong...
  • One Flew Over the Omega's Nest: Part Two by Jessica Winters

    One Flew Over the Omega's Nest: Part Two by Jessica Winters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    They locked her up and threw away the key. But what they don't realize is they're locked in with her. Jo never thought she'd end up in the Cathedral, but her guys have a plan. What happens when her Mafia Boss brother, her fellow-patient-alphas, an alpha orderly, and a beta psychologist join forces? All hell breaks loose. And hell hath no fury like an Omega scorned. They can try to break her...
  • Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The ghosts of our past have come back to haunt us. Kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder, I’m promised to marry another man, a ruthless Mafia boss who has an ax to grind with the Salvatore brothers. And he wants to use me to get his revenge. The men we thought were hunting me are the least of our problems. As it turns out, the real monsters were right under our noses all along...
  • Penance by K.L. Taylor-Lane

    Penance by K.L. Taylor-Lane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Regret, remorse, repent. With the ghost of my past unexpectedly crashing back into my life, his presence threatening to tear through everything I’ve built, I’m quickly losing grip on my sanity. Voices start to whisper, infecting me with their poison as I struggle to battle against them. Mentally forced down into the deepest pits of hell, phantom hands trying to bury me in the fiery decay...
  • Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Her Mafia Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    I was an innocent virgin. They didn't care. Even good girls sometimes need a little discipline. But they're going to do much more than just spank me. They're going to make me be a very, very naughty girl for them. First she will blush. Then she will beg. Protecting her is our job. Taming her will be our pleasure. By the time we are done with her, she won't just be screaming our names...
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    bdsm  menage  mafia  daddy-kink  reverse harem  dark  abuse  abduction
  • Thick Skinned by C.M. Wondrak

    Thick Skinned by C.M. Wondrak

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    The Black Hand. The criminal organization that owns everyone in Cypress, a group of people who rule the city in blood and blackmail. My plan is to take them down. Whether it’s one by one or all together, I will watch the Black Hand burn for what they did to my family five years ago. For my parents, for my brother… this vengeance is for them. I have both Jameson sons wrapped around my fingers...
  • The Saint by Delaney Dare

    The Saint by Delaney Dare

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    They say I’m theirs. They say they aren’t ready to let me go. Too bad they only bought me for a night. Selling my virginity is an easy decision. I need money, and the masquerade auction is the perfect opportunity to make enough cash to get far away from Chicago and the family who turned their backs on me. I thought I knew what to expect until I saw them standing before me. Imposing. Dangerous...
  • Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds

    Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Sin used to run this city until Vengeance ran them out. Too bad they didn’t get them all. Like a parasite, they linger, and while they’re still here, nobody is safe. Freedom means nothing if I’m constantly watching not only my back but the backs of the people I care about. And with every day that passes, that list of people grows, no matter how hard I try to fight against it...
  • Fall by N.V. Roez

    Fall by N.V. Roez

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens to the broken? … Honestly, I don’t know. My past is catching up to me from all directions. I’m stuck between the girl I was and the woman I want to be. Everyone is blaming me for what happened to Micah, but nothing is as it seems. People are after me, and debts have to be repaid. That’s not the hardest pill to swallow, though...
  • The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob

    The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    One woman. Two Rivals. Countless secrets…. Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want—almost...
  • Kings of Kink by N.O. One

    Kings of Kink by N.O. One

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Why Choose Standalone Novel. Sometimes a queen needs a king…or three. My name is Madelina Mancini and as the younger sister to New York City’s most powerful mafia don, I’ve lived most of my life in the family’s protective bubble. Until I didn’t. Until evil found me and tried to destroy me. Happiness seemed impossible when all I felt was emptiness...
  • Raven by Leah Steele

    Raven by Leah Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Secrets are revealed, and I’ve never felt so betrayed. We had a plan, a good fucking plan, and with one explosion it all went to shit. Only, it wasn’t the bomb I set off that left destruction in its wake, it was the truth about my men. They've been hiding details about my life, and until they decide to share every last truth, they're choosing to live life on the edge of my blade...
  • The Queen by Ivy Clyde

    The Queen by Ivy Clyde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This is our time to rule. Victor has taken his father’s throne but the violent, unforgiving mafia world will not let him rule without testing his limits. Victor. River. Alexei. Each man holds a piece of my soul in his hand. Struggling to stay sane in the shitstorm blowing all around me, I must not forget my loyalty and duty to my team mates who are watching me. Waiting for me...
  • Bound by Ruin by Misti Wilds

    Bound by Ruin by Misti Wilds

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    and when nothing remains but smoke and ash, she will cloak herself in ruin and learn to breathe in the dark. Bound by Ruin is book three of the Brutal Beauty series. Why choose, Russian mafia, dark romance.
  • Bloodlines by Bo Reid

    Bloodlines by Bo Reid

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Blood makes us a family, the blood just isn’t our own. Morana Valdis is finally free of her monster, or so she thinks. Living in the snowy mountains of Aspen Colorado with her family she no longer concerns herself with the spilled blood from her past...
  • Forced Submission Bundle 2 by Alexa Riley

    Forced Submission Bundle 2 by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    BONUS: Bundle includes never before seen epilogues for all three stories! Taking What’s His. Driving a truck and hauling cargo from coast to coast can be lonely. Sly’s been looking for a pet to keep him company, and late one night on the side of the highway, he finds her. Cameron is scared something bad is going to happen to her, but then he comes along, and she feels relieved...
  • A Billion Vendettas by Jessa York

    A Billion Vendettas by Jessa York

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Eve. What was supposed to be the happiest day of my life--. wasn't. To say the least. Now that my future is more uncertain than ever,. Will I ever find my way back to true happiness?
  • Sweet Possession by Lucy Smoke, A.J. Macey

    Sweet Possession by Lucy Smoke, A.J. Macey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I had a chance, once, to play the good girl. I could’ve kept my mouth shut and stayed out of the line of fire. Had I done that, more people might’ve been hurt. So, I came forward and subsequently, I lost everything I’d ever loved. I lost my family. I lost my home. I lost my identity. I lost … them. But now they’re back. At least, I think they are...
  • Sinfully Mastered by Serena Akeroyd

    Sinfully Mastered by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For little Miss Naughty, the words 'behaving' and 'love' never belonged in the same sentence. .. *. Marina is wicked. Right down to her core. She doesn't care for the rules, is the ultimate rebel without a cause, but when she loves, she loves true. So, when the few people she actually gives a damn about get hurt because of her, the guilt is immense...
  • Pleasure to Earn by H.N. DeFore

    Pleasure to Earn by H.N. DeFore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book 3 in the Sins and Secrets Club World. Following a fast divorce and betrayal from her ex-husband, Anita’s learned how to hate herself. Pleasure isn’t a given, and she isn’t ready to lose parts of herself to make another person happy anymore. When she needs security cameras installed to monitor her house, Russell finds out her ex has a knack for showing up and beating on the door...
  • A Cruel Tyrant by Logan Fox

    A Cruel Tyrant by Logan Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I swore never to leave her alone. Now I'm regretting that oath. Our little cartel princess is growing up so fast. I never thought I'd be able to share my heart with anyone, but Cora changed that. And now she shares her heart with another. I could give her up, but I wouldn't dare. I know the hole she'll leave in my heart will fill with suffering and despair...
  • Ace of All Hearts by Lola King

    Ace of All Hearts by Lola King

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Rose. They call it Stockholm Syndrome. When you develop positive feelings toward your captor. But I’m a genius. I’m smart, I’m cunning, and I know that would never happen to me…right? He promised he would find me if I escaped, and Viktor Volkov always keeps his promises. I now have sixty days to say my goodbyes. Sixty days of freedom left before I have to go back to him for good...
  • Lesson In Trust: Part Two by Kay Elle Parker

    Lesson In Trust: Part Two by Kay Elle Parker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Is this a fairytale or is it reality? From one strength to another, Callie’s relationship with her Daddies is growing exponentially. Not only has she found the kind of love she’s always dreamed of, it seems that love is contagious, connecting both Elias and Evander together as well. Balanced between her Dark Daddy and her Golden one, she finds peace in their embrace, safety in their kisses...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  age difference  daddy-kink  menage  alpha male  mafia  m-m-f  m-m
  • Lace Vengeance by Eve Dangerfield

    Lace Vengeance by Eve Dangerfield

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Book three in the SNOW WHITE trilogy. This is a scorching romance between a woman and four beautifully dangerous men in which she never has to choose. WARNING: This book is intended for readers eighteen years old and over. It contains material that some readers could find disturbing. Enter at your own risk. ..
  • Sacrilege: A Forbidden Dark Romance Anthology by Beck Knight, Delaney Dare

    Sacrilege: A Forbidden Dark Romance Anthology by Beck Knight, Delaney Dare

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Corruption. Sin. Greed. Temptation. Nothing is sacred. Not the priest who looks at you with hunger etched into his rugged face. Not the nun who hides her secrets in the scars on her arms. Definitely not the theology professor who keeps his student long after class is over. A different kind of worship. A wicked type of praise. A devil's paradise and an angel's ruin...
  • Boardwalk Kings  (Boardwalk Mafia) by Jillian Frost

    Boardwalk Kings (Boardwalk Mafia) by Jillian Frost

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m indebted to the Boardwalk Kings. .. Dante, Nico, Angelo, and Stefan. Four ruthless Made men who own Atlantic City and everyone in it—including me. My father launders money for the Mafia and made the mistake of stealing from them. Now, they own me in every way, taking what they want, branding me with their blood-stained hands. They call me a good girl. The perfect captive...
  • A Billion Decisions by Jessa York

    A Billion Decisions by Jessa York

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eve. Who Exactly did I marry? When I finally discover the answer to that question--my world is tilted on its side. Again. This is not the life I signed up for. And I have no intention of sticking around. However, my husband has no intention of ever letting me go.
  • His Prisoner by Misty Winters

    His Prisoner by Misty Winters

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Antonio. I captured her and like any a**hole, I won’t return her. She doesn’t belong in my world, but her father owes me money that he can't possibly pay. I don’t want the money. I want Mia. Her fiery, feisty charm has captivated me. She has become my obsession, my addiction, and my beautiful little prisoner. One taste and I don’t want to let her go. Mia...
  • Ravaged by Them by Kelli Callahan

    Ravaged by Them by Kelli Callahan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My betrayal will cost me everything. .. Family or love. Love or family. I was forced to choose. And I betrayed the two men I claimed to love. I should have known the bars weren't strong enough to hold them. My betrayal left wounds that wouldn't heal. It turned them into monsters that craved vengeance. Against me. Against my family. Regretting my choice is no longer enough...
    Categorized as:
    menage  bdsm  m-f-m  contemporary  dark  suspense  military  poly
  • Theirs as Payment by Piper Stone

    Theirs as Payment by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Taking me was business. Keeping me was personal. Until mere moments ago, I was a doctor heading home after my shift at the hospital. But that was before I was forced into the back seat of an SUV, then bared and spanked for trying to escape...
  • Lessons in Revenge by Natalia Lourose

    Lessons in Revenge by Natalia Lourose

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I was ready to die the night I walked into Nic Colombo’s restaurant with a loaded gun and the insatiable need to avenge my father’s death. But sometimes, life has other plans. Lessons to be taught. Stories to be told. And that night both paths were set into motion. Turns out, the Colombo brothers make great teachers. In exchange for my life, one would teach me how to hate...
  • Charity's Redemption by Ann-Marie Davis

    Charity's Redemption by Ann-Marie Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    With betrayal staring her down and duty pulling her in, Charity’s list of scores to settle is longer than ever. Retribution ends in death - but not by her hands. A change of direction - and her mark - explosively backfires. Trust is one of the few luxuries she can’t afford now, and the supposedly innocent may be hiding enough secrets to take down a family...
  • Kept by Cate Corvin

    Kept by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I already had to leave college once to care for my sick mother. Thanks to the Second-Chance Scholarship, I have one last shot to finish my degree at Bourdillon University, a prestigious academy for the arts. But the three professors who control my future don't see a student, or an assistant librarian. They see prey. The Dean of Students, gentleman on the outside, beast on the inside...
  • Their Virgin Prize by Loryn Fox

    Their Virgin Prize by Loryn Fox

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I never imagined selling myself to a trio of billionaires, but it’s only one night in exchange for the rest of my brother’s life. How can I say no? The deal is sell my V-card at auction—oh, and allow the taking of my innocence to be livestreamed, too—in exchange for the cash I need to save my brother...
  • Meadow by April Skye

    Meadow by April Skye

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Matthew —. My control was slipping as I carried Allison to safety, not ready to think about the restraints I would put in place if she tried to enact our original agreement. She had wanted to be in the room when we eliminated the Goblin that had murdered her husband and to go home, back to the remnants of her life, after it was done...
  • A Billion Secrets by Jessa York

    A Billion Secrets by Jessa York

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nick. The more I learn about Eve, the more I want to protect her. Even after she betrays my trust in the worst possible way. She’s mine. And I’ll ruin anyone and anything who dares to get in our way. Eve. Nick helped me in my time of need. And how did I repay him? I’d rather not say…. He makes it clear that I belong to him. And no one else. When his best friend shows up, my emotions are tested...
  • Cruel Summer by Quirah Casey

    Cruel Summer by Quirah Casey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    I thought I was in hell, then summer came. I never saw the truth coming. And when it did, it destroyed the last piece of humanity I had left. The Costa family have tormented me for months. They’ve manipulated every shred of the person I once was. They’ve turned me into their favorite play toy. And now that I know the truth…. Come death or worse, I’ll destroy the Costa Family.
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