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  • The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Emery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He’s even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends...
  • Can't Go Back by Debra Webb

    Can't Go Back by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The past and the present collide in the final installment of USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb’s Devlin & Falco series, threatening everything these two detectives care about.Birmingham detectives Kerri Devlin and Luke Falco arrive at the scene of a double homicide to discover that nothing makes sense...
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  • Code Name: Pisces by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Pisces by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My code name is Pisces. The stars say I’m independent, wise, and intuitive.Still waters run deep. I’m the leader of Zodiac Tactical’s guardian unit. We’re the bodyguards—the ones who stand toe to toe with danger and refuse to give any ground. We protect people who need it most.But what if who needs it most is a spoiled diva?I don’t normally take on movie stars...
  • Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose

    Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Deadly secrets lie beneath the murky waters of the Louisiana bayou in this pulse-pounding new romantic suspense novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose. There's no safe place for a child to hide when danger comes from every direction. Public prosecutor J.P...
  • Edge of Nowhere by Freya Barker

    Edge of Nowhere by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Open roads and honor meets poke bowls and self-controlI’m a homesick nomad.A protégé, a mountain man, an ally, and a seeker.My name is Wapi.I’m a work in progress looking to belong, and though my road has been a winding one, my heart has found focus.I’m a straightlaced hellcat.A princess, a fool, a target, and a handle.My name is Lindsey...
  • Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

    Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    For the first time in a long while, Emery Hazard’s life is good. His new business as a private detective is taking off. Things are good at home. He loves his boyfriend, John-Henry Somerset; he loves their daughter. He might even love the new friends they’ve found. There’s only one problem: Somers has been talking about marriage...
  • Bed of Roses by D.V. Fischer

    Bed of Roses by D.V. Fischer

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I never thought I'd fall for a murderer. As an old employee at a funeral home, Tegan's life had been full of corpses. When her parents died, she couldn't take being surrounded by death anymore. She had to get away, and to do that, she moved to a small, sleepy town in Utah. When Tegan rented a house sight-unseen, she had been told it would need a lot of work...
  • Two For The Show by Elizabeth Knight

    Two For The Show by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hey, it’s your girl Von again. Remember when I said hunting down those two Accardi heirs would be a piece of cake? Well… I found one of them, only to realize he’s a guy I hit and quit two years ago. What's even worse is the fact I still remember him. I never remember my flings, I’m the girl who scratches the itch and moves on...
  • Unholy Bonds  by Maya Raine

    Unholy Bonds by Maya Raine

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three serial killers connected by an unholy thread, tangled in a twisted chase for revenge and blood. In this game of hunters, who will become the ultimate prey?***He is every sin she wants to commit. Yara West spends her day as a Medical Examiner. At nights, she dons the mask of a twisted killer to satiate the demons in her head...
  • Finder, Vol. 1: Target in the Viewfinder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Vol. 1: Target in the Viewfinder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    While on assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld, photographer Takaba crosses paths with the dark and mysterious leader Asami. Asami takes Takaba captive, in an attempt to subjugate and possess him...
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    from hate to love  mystery  m-m  bdsm  queer  contemporary  mafia  dark
  • Calamity by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Calamity by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An abused child sought a home and discovered one in Rage MC. He was accepted, welcomed and finally found his place. He protected the old ladies, embraced Rages’ values and became their perfect prospect. Until the day he saw her. The Rage Princess nobody dared date. The moment he touched her, he knew she was his one. But they were too young, and he hadn’t earned his way. So he bided his time...
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    mystery  contemporary  bikers  dark  length-short
  • Pearl by Freya Barker

    Pearl by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    a privately-funded organization operating independently in the search for-and the rescue and recovery of-missing and exploited children. Although at times working in conjunction with law enforcement, GEM aims to ensure the victims receive justice...by whatever means necessary.____Operator Pearl; layered, mysterious, a protector. She masks as delicate, analyzes, and moves stealthily...
  • Copper by K. Webster

    Copper by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster, comes a new MC dark standalone novel!I’m a Fed.Rigid. Rule follower. One of the good guys. I uphold the law…when it suits me.My loyalty lies first with my brother, Koyn, and secondly with his motorcycle club.Jeremy Koynakov was the man I used to be. I’m Copper now. For a decade, I aided my brother in his quest for revenge. We thirsted for vengeance...
  • Hold Me For Now by Lexi Davis

    Hold Me For Now by Lexi Davis

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was supposed to be a cure. Not a connection.Kristi has always felt broken, like something inside her doesn’t work the way it should. Desperate for answers, she signs up for an experimental program—one designed to fix people like her.Under the guidance of a doctor, she expects structure, rules—something clinical.She doesn’t expect T...
  • Layered Lies by Kaylie Hunter

    Layered Lies by Kaylie Hunter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Two years after her son was abducted, Kelsey Harrison rebuilds a new life for herself. She opens a store, makes new friends, and settles into a peaceful existence. At least, that’s what she hopes the world believes.Behind closed doors, Kelsey hunts her enemies, living a life of lies. She hasn’t forgotten, hasn’t forgiven. She searches for answers still...
  • The Marriage Auction: Season One, Volume Four by Audrey Carlan, Samantha Brentmoor

    The Marriage Auction: Season One, Volume Four by Audrey Carlan, Samantha Brentmoor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Audrey Carlan, discover The Marriage Auction: Season One, Volume FourWhat would you do for three million dollars?Four young women enter into a clandestine auction to be married to the highest bidders. For no less than a million dollars a year, for three years, each woman will do what it takes to secure her future...
  • Hear No Evil by Ivy Fox

    Hear No Evil by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Evil cannot take hold of an unconsenting soul.Do not be amazed that hell is empty, since all the devils live here.One by one, they will meet their hellish fate.One down…Three to go.EastonA tyrannous society has discovered our most atrocious secret and decided to wage war on us.They’ve had their fun with Finn, and now it’s my turn to be their little puppet...
  • Hidden Ties by Jamie Begley, Sarah Brianne

    Hidden Ties by Jamie Begley, Sarah Brianne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hidden ties entangle those you love when you lead a double life…USA Today bestselling mother & daughter writing duo, Jamie Begley & Sarah Brianne, have collaborated again to give you Hidden Ties. An interweaved duet that holds two smoldering stories with the most cunning of men. Creed is loyal to no one, while Salvatore Lastra’s family ties run deep...
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    from hate to love  dark  contemporary  mafia
  • Mind Maze by K. Webster

    Mind Maze by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author K Webster comes a new dark enemies-to-lovers romance… They’ve shattered my mind, twisted my memories, and turned my world upside down.But the Crowne family isn’t finished with me yet.Haunted by Gareth’s death and trapped in their web of lies, I’m forced to keep playing their games...
  • Texas Bodyguard: Chance by Janie Crouch

    Texas Bodyguard: Chance by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She has secrets she prefers to keep hidden.Too bad he’s so good at getting to the truth.When a violent attack puts Maci Ford in the hospital, security expert Chance Patterson learns that she’s carrying his baby. Even though she ended their relationship, he’s determined to do whatever it takes to protect her and their child...
  • Last Resort by Janie Crouch

    Last Resort by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Janie Crouch. Previously published as Texas ChanceShe has secrets she prefers to keep hidden.Too bad he’s so good at getting to the truth.When a violent attack puts Maci Ford in the hospital, security expert Chance Patterson learns that she’s carrying his baby...
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    mystery  dark  suspense  pregnancy  contemporary  military
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    PLEASE DON'T SEND ME BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROMRipples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Queen of Vengeance by Jessica Jude

    Queen of Vengeance by Jessica Jude

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “What are you going to do when you find him?”I pause, unsure what my answer should be. But there’s only ever been one option. “Kill him,” I say.SlateLife’s taught me not to expect much. Handouts, fair treatment, a decent parking spot downtown. But dead last on that list? Lux Colombia-Clarke showing up at my door, looking like a damn fairytale with a score to settle...
  • Naked Truth by Lisa Renee Jones

    Naked Truth by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jax North. He's handsome, brutally so, and wealthy. Our first encounter is intense and sex is my escape. I go with it. I go with him and what a ride it is. And then, I say goodbye. Only you don't say goodbye to a man like Jax if he doesn't want you to. I've challenged him without meaning to. He wants me. I don't want to want him, and yet, I crave him. And he tears me down, my resistance, my walls...
  • The Direction of the Wind by Mansi Shah

    The Direction of the Wind by Mansi Shah

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answers about a mother she barely remembers.Sophie Shah was six when she learned her mother, Nita, had died. For twenty-two years, she shouldered the burden of that loss. But when her father passes away, Sophie discovers a cache of hidden letters revealing a shattering truth: her mother didn’t die...
  • Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn

    Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Previously 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...
  • Wishing Well by Lily White

    Wishing Well by Lily White

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy… Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  dark  contemporary  bdsm  length-medium
  • Gabby's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Gabby's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a heart-shattering tragedy, Tony Marino bottled up his emotions and gave more than twenty hard years to the SEAL teams. Now, he’s enjoying a later in life career in paradise in the Ellington Cove special security office.The best part? Working with their research expert, Gabby Ladd...
  • A Price to Pay by Raven Amor

    A Price to Pay by Raven Amor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One thing the Horsemen have learnedIs everything comes at a priceAnd now they are going have to payAs they prepare for war against a new enemyThey all know one thing for sure, this will change them forever.Lines will be crossed.Bullets will fly.Blood will be shed.Lives will be lost...
  • The Three Week Deal by Hannah Shield

    The Three Week Deal by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a smoking-hot firefighter with a wild side.And now, my obnoxious new roommate. When my apartment catches fire, I know I’m in for a hell of a day. It only gets worse when I meet my temporary new roommate—the same grouchy firefighter who just yelled at me. Matteo De Luca is a tattooed, loud-mouthed, alpha hunk of a man...
  • Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox

    Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’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...
  • Digger by Brooke Summers

    Digger by Brooke Summers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Coming October 27,...
  • Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me...
  • January's Ride with Six by Eve London

    January's Ride with Six by Eve London

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A rebel's heart and a biker's duty collide in a forbidden love that threatens everything.GingerLiving under the control of the Savage Bones is like existing in a cage where freedom remains just out of reach. The night I run, desperation fueling my steps, I crash into Six. He’s at the core of everything I’ve been told to fear...
  • How It Ends by Laura Wiess

    How It Ends by Laura Wiess

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Following her stunning and critically acclaimed novels Such a Pretty Girl and Leftovers , Laura Wiess crafts a riveting and emotionally powerful tale of beauty, destruction...and love. Seventeen-year-old Hanna has been in love with Seth for as long as she can remember, but now that she and Seth are in an actual relationship, love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  dark  abuse  length-medium
  • Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn, Mollie Stark

    Sixth Sin by Cora Kenborn, Mollie Stark

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Previously 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...
  • Break Me by C.D. Reiss

    Break Me by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book three - and the final in the...
  • If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, William Weaver

    If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, William Weaver

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingly back to the great age of narration--"when time no longer seemed stopped and did not yet seem to have exploded...
  • Dead of Wynter by Montana Fyre

    Dead of Wynter by Montana Fyre

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I’ve been underestimated my whole life. It’s just how it is when you grow up a mafia princess. I’ve never really cared before, always happy to play my role within the family. But when our enemy hits us where it hurts, the queen who lay dormant demands to be set free. I want revenge for what they’ve done to our family, and nothing can stand in my way...
  • THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe

    THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I woke up to my roommate and best friend missing. In her place was a note on my bedside table that read: You can only find me with your eyes closed.No one thinks a note like that is meant for them. I knew it was meant for me, a clue, a way to seek Justice. Whoever left me that note was hoping I didn’t let my parent’s legacy die when they did...
  • Wrath by Gwyn McNamee

    Wrath by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All I see is red.Blood.Pain.Rage.It consumes me.The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.I only have one purpose. End him and take back what’s mine. Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin...
  • The Society by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    The Society by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What happens when you're born into a secret society? When your great-grandfather was a founding member? Do you have a choice whether you stay or not?And the benefits that befall you with such a position? The easy college access and high powered positions - the multinational firms...
  • Explosive Union by Brooke Summers

    Explosive Union by Brooke Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never underestimate a woman who’s been hurt… The vengeance she has will be beautiful.Jade Gallagher has sacrificed more than most for her family.Being sent to prison for a crime she didn’t commit was only the beginning.Five years she spent biding her time and coming up with the perfect revenge plan for those that harmed her while she was incarcerated...
  • Bury Me with Lies by S.M. Soto

    Bury Me with Lies by S.M. Soto

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Stuck between life and death, Mackenzie is hell-bent on proving her innocence, and getting revenge on the men who murdered her sister. With one series of unfortunate events after another, Mackenzie must outrun her own fate—death.When secrets unravel and lies become twisted betrayals, Mackenzie finds herself in more danger than she could’ve realized...
  • Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after...
  • Collide-O-Scope by Andrea Bramhall

    Collide-O-Scope by Andrea Bramhall

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An unidentified woman is found murdered on the North Norfolk Coastal Path and newly promoted Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon and Kings Lynn's CID have the task of figuring out whom, how, and why. A job that's made more difficult when everyone of the forty residents in the village has something to hide and answers her questions with a string of lies...
  • The Afterthought by K.M. Baker

    The Afterthought by K.M. Baker

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I 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...
  • Error 404 by Rebelle Fleur, RebelleFleur00

    Error 404 by Rebelle Fleur, RebelleFleur00

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rebel Simmons was just a girl who was dealt a shitty hand in the game of life. Despite her harsh and abusive upbringing, she worked hard and studied harder. With an IQ of 252. she's a certified genius and is working towards her Masters's Degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University...
    Categorized as:
    from hate to love  mafia  dark  contemporary
  • Depraved Obsession by Morgan Elliott

    Depraved Obsession by Morgan Elliott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I hate the only man I've ever loved.Balor Murphy stole everything from me to save my family's honor.For five years, I've denied his very existence.A cruel twist of fate brings that denial to a screeching halt.Someone is watching me. Someone who wants me dead.He taunts me with cryptic messages and violent paintings.My brother’s best friend swears he can protect me...
  • Head First: A Second-Chance Romantic Suspense by Hannah Shield

    Head First: A Second-Chance Romantic Suspense by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He's protecting his former flame... But can he resist falling for her?Lana is about to begin the most important trial of her career. But her sexy star witness, keeps catching her eye. Even worse? They share a history. Years ago, they spent three incredible nights that she still can't get out of her head.Max Bennett hasn't been able to forget about Lana, either...
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