Books like 'Guarded Hearts'

Readers who enjoyed Guarded Hearts by Emily Klepp & Jade Katzchen also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

poly (3+ people)  reverse harem  suspense  mafia

  • The Crown of Fools by Candice M. Wright

    The Crown of Fools by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    The fates hadn’t always been kind to Sunshine...Abandoned as a baby with nothing more than a blanket and a nameKatia ‘Sunshine’ Jones knows what it feels like to be alone.With her childhood spent navigating the foster system,She finally finds a home in the arms of a boy who becomes her entire world...
  • The Heir of Shadows by Candice M. Wright

    The Heir of Shadows by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There was a little girl, who had a little gun, pointed right at the center of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very goodBecause if she was bad, she was dead...
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  • The Wren by Penelope Black

    The Wren by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the firstborn King, I should be the heir of the Irish Syndicate.Instead, my father wants to marry me off to the highest bidder to fund a war I don’t believe in.My carefully controlled life starts to unravel, spiraling out of control faster than I can stop it.And then I meet them and everything stops for a moment...
  • Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Violence chose me a long time ago…Survival isn’t everything. I’ve fought to protect my family. I’ve bled for them, killed for them, and gone to jail for them. There is no fight I will not take on for them…I’ve been waging this war since I was seven years old. The only thing that’s changed is the battlefield itself...
  • Slateview High - The Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Slateview High - The Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "You're in our world now, Princess. You're ours."My whole life, I’ve been groomed as American royalty, raised to be the perfect daughter of the wealthy elite.On my sixteenth birthday, my father bought me an Aston Martin.And on my seventeenth birthday, the Feds took everything away...
  • Sully by Penelope Black

    Sully by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Do you believe in the butterfly effect?”There comes a time in your life when you’re faced with a choice. One that has the potential to alter the course of your life. I answered my mother’s call that day and everything changed.The path I chose was a turnpike masquerading as a meadow, and the tolls I paid have been grave.So I made a promise to myself that I will have my vengeance...
  • Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first?It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules. The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back...
  • Theirs by Serena Akeroyd

    Theirs by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Perry was a nobody. A nothing. Until she met him and became THEIRS. Farmers' stock with curves as thick as her Tennessee accent, Perry didn't expect much out of life. She had a cause she fought tooth and nail for, a career that meant everything, and a best friend who meant the world to her. Of course, that best friend wasn't just anyone...
  • Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m going through a bit of a rough patch.I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death.She guarantees it’ll be gruesome.The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent...
  • Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The plan was to go on one kickass tour, not fall in love with seven rock stars haunted by a tragic past.As the lead singer of my band, I’m thrilled when it’s finally time for us to go on tour. But instead of a fun road trip, I’m bombarded with complaints from my two bandmate sisters, who happen to think that nothing I do is good enough...
  • Healing Shattered Hearts by Kerry Taylor

    Healing Shattered Hearts by Kerry Taylor

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Olivia Byrd spent eight years of her childhood at the hands of a monster. Now that monster is gone and she is finally free of him, but she has been left with so many unanswered questions...
  • Her Saints by Sarah Bale

    Her Saints by Sarah Bale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Hurt…I’m the girl with a broken heart. I’ve spent years making sure no one got too close to me, but one night changed everything. The men that I love have sent me away, where they say I’ll be safe. They couldn’t protect me from getting hurt and it gutted them.Lonely…I should be ecstatic. The money I earned from working at the club ensures that I’ll be taken care of my senior year at college...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense.But it might be the only thing that saves us.After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling.Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but.There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust.The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Single Mom for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Single Mom for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three big biker Daddies are about to rock the world of one lonely, single mom.“Mommy? Who’s that?”When I come home to find a massive, unconscious biker in my driveway, there’s only one man I dare call for help.Far too young, I ran away and put my trust in the wrong man, a slick jerk who laughed in my face when he found out I was pregnant...
  • Dangerous Vows by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Vows by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The difference between a vow and a promise? Promises were broken.Between the truth and lies, I’d found the dark confession I’d been too afraid to acknowledge. I was tired of hiding behind fear, the lies holding me back too much. It was time to drop the mask completely and embrace the reality that had been staring me in the face.Except now, I was the one with the secret...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  mystery  m-f  length-long  poly  reverse harem  m-m-f
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died.For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right.Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge.Only revenge.Eight years of not really living at all.While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me.A home...
  • The Echo of Violence by Candice M. Wright

    The Echo of Violence by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My daddy was the president of an outlaw MCMy Uncles, a motley crew of dangerous bikersI thought we were invincibleUntil a brutal act of violence destroyed everythingMy home, my family, and my identity were all gone in the blink of an eyeLeaving behind a tangled mess of emotional and physical scars...
  • Fight by Nikita Parmenter

    Fight by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    So many things have been revealed over the past few hours, and I have a feeling there are more revelations to come.Once I’ve gotten over the huge personal revelation, that I was not even slightly prepared for, we then have to find out who’s killing the parents and whether they pose a threat to us as well...
  • Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lying to yourself was the most dangerous game of all.I’d once thought the only thing that mattered was the truth. But perhaps I’d been naive. Learning to navigate life with my eyes open, I’d found things weren’t as they seemed. The good guy didn’t always get the girl, the right thing wasn’t always easy to spot, and the bad guy wasn’t always the villain. Life was more about perception than truth...
  • Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Mafia Billionaire Romance. I didn't ask for a daddy. They decided I needed two.When they caught me putting my nose where it didn't belong, they didn't just teach me a lesson.They bared my bottom and spanked me like a naughty little girl.Then they made me call them daddy.This bad girl needs a firm hand. From both of us.She was playing a dangerous game and she had to be punished...
  • Daddies’ Little Spitfire by Everly Raine

    Daddies’ Little Spitfire by Everly Raine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Hedda went through a traumatic event that changed her. Pulling into herself, she visited Springfield, Missouri to get away from everything. She knew it was a risk coming to Missouri when Oliver and Leo were there, but she didn't plan on seeing them. Fear and guilt gripped her life each day, pulling her further and further away from reality.Oliver and Leo worried about Hedda...
  • The Vacation Toy by Krista Wolf

    The Vacation Toy by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When a booking mistake traps Brooke in paradise alongside three sizzling ex-competitors from the Insane World Race?  The only thing left to do is enjoy the ride.We were supposed to be reaping the fruits of our labor; an all-girls trip to a breathtaking beach-side villa in Tahiti...
  • Reborn In Blue by M.J. Knight

    Reborn In Blue by M.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A felon's daughter. A abusers victim. That's how I have seen myself the last ten years. Not Anymore. That night was the last straw. I’m starting over but not somewhere new. I'm going back to where it all began.How many times in your life do you get the chance to flirt with four sexy bad boys? Exactly! So when you do, you go for it! Enter the steamy Sons of Fortune...
  • Her Sinners by Sarah Bale

    Her Sinners by Sarah Bale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Ghosts…I’m the girl with a past that’s come back to haunt me. I’ve spent years trying to move past the trauma that he inflicted on me. There were moments I didn’t think I’d live to see the next day. I thought he was dead. I was wrong. So wrong.Enemies…The Devil’s Regents MC have sworn to protect me at all costs. But they don’t know the monster we’re facing...
  • Hell to Pay: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

    Hell to Pay: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Who hurt Hellena Michaels?Once they find out, there will be hell to pay.Sanctum Harbor seemed like a fresh start, but this opulent town hides a darkness as black as my past.One risky deal gone wrong, and suddenly I'm in debt to the mob and stalked by a shadowed figure who seems to know my every move.Just my luck...
  • Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I woke up in an unfamiliar room, broken and bruised, with no memory of how I got hurt.I’m grateful LJ and Wolfe were there to nurse me back to health.Everything’s different when I get back to school.The Dean covered up the truth about Mayhem Night. Called it a sorority prank gone wrong. That won’t stop me from getting answers.Based on our history, The Trium is at the top of my suspect list...
  • Sacrifice & Redemption by Sara Hinds

    Sacrifice & Redemption by Sara Hinds

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Everything in life is dangerous.The only way to survive is to be more dangerous.All my life, people have underestimated me, but I made a promise that I intended to keep, no matter the sacrifice, even if it meant giving my life.Lies, secrets, and greed make people desperate, but it’s not the only thing that can drive people to madness.I never intended to care, much less have others care for me...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  reverse harem  new adult  poly  length-long
  • Drop His Mask by Sage RelleAnne

    Drop His Mask by Sage RelleAnne

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Betrayal has a bitter taste. It needs to be sweetened with a heavy dose of revenge.Before he was the Host, he was just a man in unrequited love, trying to keep his promises. Raven isn't done escaping death. She isn't done with this country. She isn't done with this game. And she isn't done with doing what she does best.Being underestimated...
  • Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A biker gang wants me to have their baby? This must be some wild joke.It all started with a flirty chat with Kai, the leader of the Iron Serpents MC. One wild night led to something I never saw coming: I was pregnant.I thought I’d be raising my child alone, but the gang makes a shocking offer: they need an heir, and they promise to support me throughout my pregnancy...
  • Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I’m not a good girl, not really. I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass--not when I have someone counting on me. So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place as soon as I turn eighteen. But the past has a way of catching up to us...
  • Defile by Eve Newton

    Defile by Eve Newton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Waking up after my accident, I discover how far up the creek I am without a paddle. My body and soul defiled, I need to get back to my men, but things take a turn for the better and my daring rescue becomes a bloody need for revenge...
  • Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first?It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I’d come to trust. The ones I was starting to love.My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together.I’m caught between two worlds...
  • Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew that coming home to them would be painful. I had no idea that it was only the beginning.After coming together to deal with the syndicate that followed me home, the guys went their separate ways once again. As I struggle to forgive and forget the past, they do as well. It all gets so much worse when an attack on the nightclub Wolfe and Ace own sets off a chain of horrific events...
  • Gilded Kisses by Penelope Wylde

    Gilded Kisses by Penelope Wylde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They are my father’s best friends.My untouchable godfathers.And the three villains who possess my heart.But my father doesn’t give a damn. “They touch you again and I’ll end all of you.”Mirsha, Luther and Viper play the heroes and fade into the darkness, leaving me with a gut-wrenching ache.Now I’m engaged to a sadistic mobster I’d rather stab than marry.I have no choice but to turn to them...
  • Claimed by the Bratva Brothers by Kai Lesy

    Claimed by the Bratva Brothers by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It started with a simple mistake.A knock on the wrong door.If we were better men, we’d have turned her away.But we’re not.As Russian Bratva brothers, we had no business pursuing a naive librarian like Lyric.She’s innocent. Pure. Gentle.We’re ruthless bastards who take what we want.And we took her innocence.Watched her tremble. Heard her beg for more.But once wasn’t enough...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  reverse harem  military  poly  length-medium
  • Stepbrothers in the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Stepbrothers in the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m a people pleaser through and through. There is 1 thing that will make my stepbrothers happy…pleasing me. Who am I to deny their happiness?!?! And my own! ;) My four stepbrothers have very different ideas of what I should be studying and where I should get my lessons. I say I should be studying for my science degree, while they say it should be sex ed...
  • Tattooed Hearts by Kris Butler

    Tattooed Hearts by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    The Tattooed Hearts Completed Duet in one book. Includes Riddled Deceit and Smudged Lines with an all-new bonus ending that leads into the next Novella for Lennox and gang that will be coming this summer. Riddled Deceit BlurbYou might never see my name in lights or flashed across the stage, but my roots were southern, my eyes bright, and my sass a mix of feisty-sweet...
  • Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I hadn’t kissed him, we’d be dead.My chance encounter with the brutally handsome mob boss and his two best friends throws me into a dark underworld I never wanted to visit. As a nurse, I’m used to healing wounds, not falling for men who cause them. But it’s too late—the powerful mafiosos are all I can think about.Cesare is in charge, both in and out of the bedroom...
  • Vicious Reign by Penelope Black

    Vicious Reign by Penelope Black

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    The conclusion to the Five Families...
  • Dangerous Love by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Love by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In the end, there was nothing more dangerous than love.“Atticus was all in, and well, I guess I was all in with the mafia.” If you’d asked me six months ago if this was what my life would look like, I would’ve politely told you that you were insane. But now, the mafia, or the men in it, had become my world, and I was learning to embrace the darkness I’d long ignored...
  • A Day of Chaos by Steph Macca

    A Day of Chaos by Steph Macca

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when I thought the broken pieces were finally falling back into place, my world shattered again.He's getting closer and this time he's promising to hurt anyone who stands in his way.Starting with the guys I am in love with.They saved me and now they are in danger because of it. He's determined to destroy me, to break me.I was so close to being free but chaos knows no mercy...
  • The Vendetti Empire: Capo dei capi – Ruthless Matteo Vendetti by Sapphire Knight

    The Vendetti Empire: Capo dei capi – Ruthless Matteo Vendetti by Sapphire Knight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They’re the Vendetti crime familia, the most powerful mafia name in New York... Matteo Vendetti is a man who gets what he wants. As heir to the Vendetti Empire and the capo dei capi’s throne, he’s only required to do one thing. He must get married to prove that he’s matured and is stable enough to take over...
  • Her Dirty Mafia by Mika Lane

    Her Dirty Mafia by Mika Lane

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Vegas mafia’s hottest men. Dangerous and demanding. They dragged me right into their world and into their beds.I wasn’t looking for the sexist mob guys in Vegas.They found me.One is quiet. Observant. His gaze burns my soul. His touch sears everything else.The other is explosive and volatile. So, I stayed out of his way. Until I couldn’t.The last seemed so normal...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  humor  urban  reverse harem  poly  length-short
  • Lavish: A Reverse Harem Miniseries by C.M. Stunich

    Lavish: A Reverse Harem Miniseries by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A house of lies and secrets. It's inside those walls that I find myself trapped. I'm more than just the princess to a mafia kingdom—I'm the future queen. Three lovers. One traitor. An endless stream of betrayal. One is like a wolf, the other a coyote, and the last a fox. Three dark bosses of the New York underworld and they're all mine. Although I must remember: they all bite...
  • Five Fathers by Kate Morgan

    Five Fathers by Kate Morgan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sin or piety. Those are the two things I’m choosing between when I walk up those stone steps and into the church. Heaven or hell. Pain or pleasure. But sometimes, pleasure brings more hurt than pain. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way and that’s why I’m doing this, giving up everything I know and love for a whole new life. A life dedicated to something, someone, other than myself...
  • Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Four seek their fifth. The hunter devours his prey. Who will lose first?It started with an impossible choice. One I had no wish to make from a person I'd only just come to know.So many of our decisions had led up to this moment. Perhaps it was the way we’d come together which threw my life so off balance. Leaving me with the final say in a matter I wanted no part of...
  • Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    I was offered one last job. One last job and I would be free from owing anyone anything. It was enough money that I would be able to pay for my final semester of college and change my life forever. How could I say no to that? The job was straightforward: burn down an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Strathmore...
  • Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I hid my pregnancy for 9 months, but my secret's out now!We all have that friend—the one who can convince us to do anything. The one who gets away with everything. I’m not that friend. I’m the friend who lets my bestie convince me to go to a sex club, relax my better judgment for one night, hook up with three guys, and end up pregnant...
  • Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say everyone has a Scrooge in their life, and I unfortunately have two.Nate and Barron, my arrogant ex-stepbrothers, hate me.Like really hate me.Ever since my dad, their ex-stepdad, cheated on their mom for the fifth time, they’ve wanted nothing to do with me—or him. Not that I can blame them. Daddy has never been the standard father figure...
  • Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Together. Apart. Where does it end?It started with the war. The war we’d wage upon the very man who’d raised me. The war which would either tear us apart or keep us together.We’d finally found our way to each other. The five of us gave in. It’d been inevitable from the start. Desire had forged us, but it was love which set us free. Made us into what we were. A family drenched in blood...
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