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  • Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the world of NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Aurora Rose Reynolds. See how the Mayson clan began. You've read their sons' stories, now it's James and Susan's turn. Experience the boom all over again in this action-packed novella of insta-love and suspense from Author CP Smith...
  • Perfect Sinner by Maggie Cole

    Perfect Sinner by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m the mafia princess Nolan O’Malley hates to love.The moment we collide, he wants to destroy me.He should. My blood is that of his arch enemy.I’m unsure if the war raging inside him or me is stronger.Instead of running away or ending me, he keeps me close.He watches my every move, and monitors each threat my estranged family delivers to me...
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  • Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A recluse discovers that what he endured and survived was orchestrated by one evil man. With nothing left to lose, Zachary wakes up and chooses vengeance.Charlotte Simmons may pretend to be innocent, but everything she has was bought with money made from my suffering.I intend to uncover her family’s sins and expose them to the world.Lying about who I am? She doesn’t deserve the truth...
  • A Risqué Engagement by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    A Risqué Engagement by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the surface, Corinne Thomas has the world at her fingertips. As a stewardess for one of the largest airlines, Corinne travels the globe, gaining a glimpse of what most people only fantasize about. Adventurous by nature, her daring persona allows her the freedom to take risks and live her life, at times, in complete anonymity...
  • Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NASH Parker Sawyer fell into my life like a bomb. The first sight of her hit me like an explosion, changing everything. My mind, my heart, my life. The goals I thought I had and the dreams I thought I wanted. Nothing was the same after Parker. The night I fell in love with her, I let her get away. This time, there's no escape. Parker can run but she won't get far. This time I have a plan...
  • Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When the livelihood of the Savage Kings MC is threatened, Cannon Erikson steps up. He’s ready to do whatever it takes to win the war the former police chief started thanks to his twin, Conrad’s involvement with the chief’s daughter.Cannon’s determined to ruin the chief’s political aspirations, starting by backing his opponent in the race for mayor...
  • Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight

    Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After Gavin Pyre steps down from his position as crime lord, he and Lyla focus on picking up the pieces of their lives and creating the paradise they deserve.Note: This novella intersects with book 4, Awakened by Sin, so books should be read in sequence...
  • Darragh's Dilemma by Ciara St James

    Darragh's Dilemma by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The O’Sheerans aren't what most might expect a mobster family to be like, however, make no mistake, when it counts they have no problem making those who threaten those they love and protect disappear. The days of being outright feuding mobsters have been tamed, but they’re still the largest Irish mobster family in the US...
  • Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tyler “Ty” Scott finally gets his book! When Cassie Dixon gets threatening letters, there’s only one person who can help - her best friend’s sexy cousin...
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • Burning Roses by Stella Andrews

    Burning Roses by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you burn a rose the ashes cling to your soul as charred fragments of insanity. It takes seconds to walk away, your future stolen by ruthless vanity. The scent is sweet, but the thorns cut deep. Your lies are all that's left to keep. A whispered word extinguishes the flame. Your heart will never be the same again. You try to re-light the fire in vain. Your tears destroy like acid rain...
  • The Don's Doorstep Baby  by Ashlie Silas

    The Don's Doorstep Baby by Ashlie Silas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The billionaire, the don, and the cute kid on the doorstep... the end. Or so I thought.I never expected to see him again but here he is, his presence as commanding as ever.His features are just as strikingly handsome as they were years ago.My relationship with Xander was a rollercoaster destined to crash so, I saved us both the trouble and left.My only regret is the one thing I had to do...
  • Avalanche by Cambria Hebert

    Avalanche by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Don’t get caught in the surge. Through a bullet hole in a wall, I watch a man bleed to death. Those responsible think their crime died with the victim, until I identify them. What’s a girl to do when she’s being hunted by murderers witness protection can’t even stop? Run. My only refuge is a place I vowed to never go again...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  poor heroine  m-f  sports  new adult
  • Shadow by L. Wilder

    Shadow by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    She brought light into my world of shadows.  New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan's Fury Memphis series. Even as a kid, I knew the kind of hell the world could dish out. I grew to expect the worst and learned to face it head on...
  • The Sexy Billionaire by J.A. Low

    The Sexy Billionaire by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Giorgio I’ve always been the dutiful son, living my life for everyone else but me. So, walking in on my fiancée with someone else during our engagement party should have filled me with devastation, but instead, I felt relieved...
  • Boink by Winter Travers

    Boink by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Letting his president's sister get kidnapped was not Boink’s finest hour as a member of the Fallen Lords MC. Now it’s time to pay the price protecting the very woman who distracted him from his job in the first place. Mayra needed a safe place to land and the Fallen Lords clubhouse was the perfect solution, until her past puts everyone in danger...
  • Judge: Royal Devils MC Colorado by Erin Trejo

    Judge: Royal Devils MC Colorado by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Years ago, Judge helped a young girl in desperate need.As a man, he now watches over her from afar, ensuring she’s safe.As a young girl, Ava was a victim of a brutal attack, and those responsible were jailed.However, Ava always maintained another man was present, but no one believed her.When those who attacked her are available for parole, Ava and Judge are thrust into each other’s orbit...
  • Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone

    Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His offer made me blush. Taking it made me his. I was warned about Frederick Duvall. I was told he was dangerous. But I never suspected that meeting the billionaire advertising mogul to discuss a business proposition would end with me bent over a table with my dress up and my panties down for a shameful lesson in obedience. That should have been it...
  • Eoghan by Kate Randall

    Eoghan by Kate Randall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a fighter, but I’m a criminal who will do whatever it takes to steal her heart.GemmaI rose from the ashes of my childhood like a phoenix, and never looked back.The last thing I need is the cocky bad boy of the Monaghan family barging in and turning my carefully constructed life into chaos.He’s everything I shouldn’t want, nothing I was prepared for, and the only thing I crave...
  • Brutal Heir by Piper Stone

    Brutal Heir by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The evening started with dinner in Paris. It ended with me as his captive.When I went to an author convention, I didn't expect to find myself enjoying a rooftop meal with the sexiest cover model in the business, let alone screaming his name in bed later that night...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  alpha male  spanking  mafia  m-f  audiobook
  • The Gatekeeper by Renee Rose

    The Gatekeeper by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    She’s my captive.My prisoner.I will make her talk.The bratva put a gun in my hand at age thirteen. Gave me freedom, a sense of belonging, and the family I never had.There’s no way I’m going to let this slip of a woman harm my boss.No matter how beautiful she is.How beguiling.How painfully fragile.Hurting a woman, however, is not possible.So I’ll find other ways to torture her...
  • Indecent Invitation by Piper Stone

    Indecent Invitation by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The contract didn't make me his. He did.I shouldn't be here.My clothes shouldn't be scattered around the room, my bottom shouldn't be sore, and I certainly shouldn't be screaming into the sheets as a ruthless tycoon takes everything he wants from me.I shouldn't even know Houston Powers at all, but I was in a bad spot and I was made an offer.A shameful, indecent offer I couldn't refuse...
  • Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I don’t have time for my mother’s games or her menagerie of mammals, reptiles, and god knows what else. At least, I don’t think I have time for them until I meet her trusted veterinarian, Amelia. Suddenly, it seems I’m extremely interested in the wellbeing of my mother’s furry and scaly friends, so much so that I visit the vet’s office on a daily basis...
  • Loving The Enemy by Jordan Silver

    Loving The Enemy by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When Emily Bronsons’ daddy dies, this daddy’s girl and darling of the social set finds herself broke and alone, except for a mother who’s always been neglectful at best. She’s had to release the household staff and is down to selling her designer rags to keep her head above water. She blames one man for all her troubles. The man who’d taken over her family’s business...
  • Big Beefy Kingpin by Cassi Hart

    Big Beefy Kingpin by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    When you play a game of chance sometimes you win… and sometimes you start a mafia war.Five years ago, I fled Las Vegas with nothing besides the clothes on my back–vowing never to return...
  • Taunt Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Taunt Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She was always mine … whether she wanted to be or not Ten years ago I allowed another man to take her to pay her families debt. Fighting for her would have started a war. I thought life was complicated then. Now she’s back in my life and brings more than I bargained for. I live by a code: Always stay in control. Yet, I’ve never been able to say no to her...
  • Alette by pourthemoon

    Alette by pourthemoon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The cold man fell in love with the kind girl because he knew that she deserved the world and that he wanted to be the one who gave it to her. ♡Alette Faye was a sweet girl. She was exceptionally kind and had an air of simplicity. Between her part-time job at the bakery, her classes, her time spent tending to her flowers and walking in the fields, she didn't get the opportunity to experience much...
  • Scary Hot by Kd Robichaux

    Scary Hot by Kd Robichaux

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alpha former-military biker.Quirky office manager of a vet clinic.When their best friends meet and have a whirlwind romance, they get swept up in it and have a hot tryst of their own.It leads to a surprise pregnancy—and a soul-deep connection—neither see coming...
  • Sinning in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Sinning in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is not a standalone. Book one must be read before you read this one. Life in Vegas was no fairy tale. Prince Charming turned out to be a well-dressed frog, and my dark knight cuffed me to his bed. One left his mark on my body; one left his mark on my heart. Both taught me an important lesson: the high-stakes games they play in Sin City are too rich for my blood...
  • King of Cruelty by Piper Stone

    King of Cruelty by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He didn't ask me to be his bride. He made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I've been on the run from Constantine Thorne since I saw him kill a man nine years ago, but when he finally caught up with me he offered me a deal. Marry him and he will keep me safe. I didn't realize he was the monster I'd feared until I was already his bride...
  • Bratva Beauty by Sabine Barclay

    Bratva Beauty by Sabine Barclay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She can pretend not to notice…They say I’m the best looking in my family. I couldn’t care less.But her…She takes my breath away.Not everyone sees her the way I do. That’s fine by me because she’s mine.I pity those who think they can come between us.I won’t stop until she’s at my side. Mine to touch. Mine to love. Mine to push to her limits then bring her back.She’s my everything...
  • Ruling the Mob by Kristen Luciani

    Ruling the Mob by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fear Makes You Weak. Weakness Gets You Killed. Nico This life. It becomes more toxic every day. There is no escape for me or the ones I love. I've done things to claim my rightful place. I've taken care of those who challenged that place, and I've made a mortal enemy in the process.Now he's back, just like I always knew he would be. He's angry, tortured, and out for blood.Perfect...
  • King's Temptation by Piper Stone

    King's Temptation by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He didn't ask permission. He just made me his.I didn't think I needed Dimitri Kristoff's protection, but it wasn't up to me. With a kingpin from a rival family coming after me, he took charge, took off his belt, and then took what he wanted.He knows I'm not used to doing as I'm told. He just doesn't care...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  mafia  spanking  audiobook
  • Beautiful Seduction by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Seduction by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He saved my life. Then he claimed me as his.In my late-night hunt for the perfect pastry, I never expected to be the victim of a brutal attack... or for a brooding, blue-eyed stranger to become my savior, tending to my wounds while easing my fears. The electricity exploded between us, turning into a night of incredible passion...
  • Beautiful Villain by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Villain by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What he wants, he keeps... whether the Irish mafia likes it or not.When I knocked on Kirill Sabatin's door, I didn't know he was the Kozlov Bratva's most feared enforcer. I didn't expect him to be the most terrifyingly sexy man I've ever laid eyes on either..
  • Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera

    Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    after Nikolai IIFree read from website - http://www.roxieriverawriter.com/news..
  • The Pakhan by Piper Stone

    The Pakhan by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was too perfect to resist. So I made her mine.When Caroline Randall showed up at my door with the Italian mob after her and nowhere else to go, I took her in. Then I took off my belt and taught her what happens to naughty girls who get themselves in over their heads and need their best friend's dad to bail them out.I'm a Russian mafia boss and she's half my age...
  • The Deliverance of Dilan by Kathy Coopmans

    The Deliverance of Dilan by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dilan Levy. The mysterious man The man with a war to end. The man who was put behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The man who disappeared after he was shot. The man who fell for the woman. The innocent woman. He’s back to deliver his rightful revenge. Anna Drexler. He saved her life. Took a bullet for her. Then left. For six long months, she’s tried to forget him...
  • Be My Babygirl by Shanna Handel, Jane Henry

    Be My Babygirl by Shanna Handel, Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A billionaire daddy, an accidental escort, and a one-night stand...It's only supposed to be a visit to Vegas,Inspiration for my next romance novel. But when I'm mistaken for an escort...By the city's most famous billionaire...I find more than inspiration.He makes me call him daddy.Pushes my boundaries.Demands my submission...Makes my body hum like the Vegas lights...
  • Struggling For Justice by Debra Kayn

    Struggling For Justice by Debra Kayn

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Let's roll… Natalie Oman's husband murdered his brother before committing suicide, leaving her a widow and struggling for her share of Meghoni Mine. She spends her time avoiding her remaining brother in law and his irrational agenda that someone else murdered both Oman brothers...
  • BRASH: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by S.C. Daiko

    BRASH: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by S.C. Daiko

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m cast away on a tropical island with a dirty, damaged alpha-hole. Women swoon over him. I’m not one of them. I hate him. And I see right through those indigo-blue eyes. Brash is hurting. But that doesn’t give him the right to be a douchebag. Especially now that I’m all he’s got here. A mafia princess who knows how to set someone straight. I will bring him to his knees...
  • Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My soul was drawn to him. It isn’t about the danger or his dark beauty, it’s the connection I feel – the feeling of home I have with him even though I am miles away from it. Megan, Mobster’s Vendetta The mob underworld never changes. It hides itself deep in the cities. The rules, people, and danger are identical no matter where you go. Sometimes I wish things were different, but they're not...
  • Bodyguard's Obsession by Mink

    Bodyguard's Obsession by Mink

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Nothing surprises me anymore. At least nothing did … Until she fell into my arms. Fiona is young, beautiful, and a superstar. It’s my job to protect her from her crazy fans and one particularly dangerous stalker. It’s not my job to watch every little move she makes, to hang on her every word, and to imagine what it would be like to get a taste of her...
  • Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When someone close to Viktor Baran becomes a target of an assassin, he vows a hellfire of a payback. But the enemy is cunning and avoids the trappings of the digital web, preferring to strike out from the shadows. Drawing on old-fashioned cloak and dagger methods to investigate the enemy’s hatred for the Guardians, he uncovers a link to a past he is reluctant to revisit...
  • Pakhan's Salvation by V.F. Mason

    Pakhan's Salvation by V.F. Mason

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rosa My life changed in the span of twenty-four hours. My family had tried their best to make my world as familiar as possible yet something about their touch and words always felt wrong. Only in my dreams, in the arms of the amber-eyed stranger, I found solace. Until the Pakhan of Bratva showed up, claiming I belonged to him. Pakhan Rosa Giovani became mine...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  alpha male  mafia  m-f  length-short
  • A-List F*ck Club: Part 1 by Frankie Love

    A-List F*ck Club: Part 1 by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Life is hard enough as it is. A little p*ssy, a little c*ck—if that’s the something sweet you need to help make the medicine go down, open wide baby, and I’ll pour it right in. When country-girl-turned-supermodel Juliana shows up at my club, she doesn’t want anything to do with a place so dangerous...
  • Pursuit / Power / Passion by Fiona Davenport

    Pursuit / Power / Passion by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pursuit: Brandon DeLuca's relentless pursuit of Carly O'Reilly after she flees New York isn't really due to the orders of his mafia boss cousin. The feisty redhead is his, and he's done trying to pretend otherwise. Now that he's admitted the truth to himself, he just needs to convince her to put her life in his hands-and her body in his bed...
  • Jameson's Debt by Victoria Gale

    Jameson's Debt by Victoria Gale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carina:I never took an interest in the family business…… until it took an interest in me.Now, it threatens my freedom, my family, and my life.I’m on the run and only one man can save me.Jameson:I gave up the life of a mafia boss years ago.I never wanted back in. Never wanted more than my brother’s in Forever Midnight...
  • Taken and Tamed by Celeste Jones

    Taken and Tamed by Celeste Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Taking her was business. Taming her will be personal.When Quinn crossed a powerful mob boss and nearly got herself killed for the second time since she decided to play dangerous games in my world, I didn't just take matters into my own hands.I took her.Then I took off my belt.I could pretend all this was just to keep her safe, but that's not the truth...
  • Unspoken: A Short Story by Stephanie John

    Unspoken: A Short Story by Stephanie John

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My first rule of business–never mix it with pleasure. Ever. One unexpected encounter with a new employee and that fundamental rule was forgotten. With a single touch, Kara Collins obliterated the order of my disciplined life, forcing me to question everything I believed in. Intuition told me I needed her, ensuring I couldn't forget my second rule. Trust my instincts. Always...
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