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  • 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...
  • Wasted Lust: Sasha by J.A. Huss

    Wasted Lust: Sasha by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A GIRL WITH REGRETS. .. Sasha Cherlin died the night she let Nick Tate walk out on her for a life of crime. Her very essence was destroyed when they broke their promise to one another. A MAN WITH REMORSE. .. Nick Tate made his choice with her future in mind. He loved Sasha enough to know that leaving her behind was the only way to keep her safe. A PATH TO REVENGE. .
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  • Extreme Risk by Jane Blythe

    Extreme Risk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Can she accept an offer of help from a patient she’s attracted to? Dr. Piper Hamilton is used to keeping on the fringes. She knows what it's like to be responsible for the death of someone you love and she'd do anything to protect herself from feeling that pain again...
  • Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose

    Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • 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...
  • Killman Creek by Rachel Caine

    Killman Creek by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 63 ratings
    Every time Gwen closed her eyes, she saw him in her nightmares. Now her eyes are open, and he’s not going away. Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids from her ex-husband, serial killer Melvin Royal, and his league of psychotic accomplices. But the war isn’t over. Not since Melvin broke out of prison. Not since she received a chilling text…. You’re not safe anywhere now...
  • Luca by Eden Summers

    Luca by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Luca dragged me from hell and delivered me to salvation. At least that's what I thought. I hoped this would be a new life. A fresh start. But the pain followed. I'm certain the monsters did, too. I'm told it's paranoia. Trauma. PTSD. Nobody believes my truth. But they'll soon learn. We all will. Because as much as I want to forget the mantra from my nightmares, it hasn't stopped being true...
  • Rescuing Isabelle by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Isabelle by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Keeping her safe from a deadly cartel might be the easy part of our relationship…. As a former NAVY SEAL and Guardian, rescuing Isabelle LaCroix was my job. Falling for her was not. But that didn’t stop me. Boy, did I fall hard. Just my luck… Izzy isn’t looking for happily ever after. Especially not with a guy like me...
  • Ugly by Marie James

    Ugly by Marie James

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hooking up with a cop was supposed to be fun. How joking with Detective Lennox Maison about her handcuffs transformed into her actually arresting me was something I could’ve never predicted. I thought it was a joke at first, but what kind of person would joke about the murder of a local woman? Lennox claimed I was the last one to see her alive. I should have an alibi...
  • The Boss by Stella Andrews

    The Boss by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ★★★★★ The dark was never so good I am The Boss I make the rules and punish those who break them. I am good at my job. I arranged a marriage of the darkest kind. A business deal to align myself with a powerful family to start a war. The contract is clear. Be my wife in public and strangers in private. And then I met her. Jasmine Rossi. Reluctant mafia princess and rebel without a cause...
  • Paragon by Sybil Bartel

    Paragon by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t get to covet. I bled duty and honor, and my mission was singular—eliminate. So when I saw her, I didn’t think twice. She was trespassing. I was trained to kill. I drew. But I didn’t pull the trigger. I gave her an order… to kneel...
  • Watch Your Back by Karen Rose

    Watch Your Back by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    A cold case reopened. A murderer re-emerging more deadly than ever before…. Baltimore Homicide Detective Stevie Mazzetti has suffered losses no woman should have to endure. And, despite it all, she’s still a fighter. When she learns that her ex-partner might have miscarried justice, she’s determined to put the past to rights, even when she becomes a target...
  • Raven by K.L. Savage

    Raven by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Not even the holidays can make a bastard like me feel better. The guys are all gone for Christmas, but I decide to stay. I'm hunting a horrific serial killer and I can't afford to lose him. I'm regretting that decision when I find her:. Beaten, bloodied, and left out in the snow to die. Who is she? That's the problem. Not even she knows...
  • The Demon by Stella Andrews

    The Demon by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They call me The Demon for a reason and Eliza Ortega is about to find out why. A runaway mafia princess who stumbled from one nightmare to an even bigger one. She has something I want and I intend on collecting. I will stop at nothing to deliver my promise and if there are casualties I will consider it a good day at the office. My hobby is testing limits...
  • The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

    The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case. When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation...
  • Still Burning by Abbi Glines

    Still Burning by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Not looking for closure. I don’t close a good book until the story ends. ”. And ours started when I was sixteen. Eighteen years later, we had become different people, living another life than the one we had imagined then. One without each other. Having Rome Bower back in my life had been more than a blast from the past. My soul had felt at home again...
  • Cold Deceit by Toni Anderson

    Cold Deceit by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    A tenacious forensic anthropologist needs protection from an elite FBI HRT operator as they search for a ruthless killer in this Romantic Thriller by New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson. When forensic anthropologist Zoe Miller stumbles across a murder victim in the blisteringly hostile Sonoran Desert, she triggers a chain of events that puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer...
  • 30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back. SERGEI. 30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits. My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist. But my precious prize doesn't know what I know. Nobody has ever won a war against me. Nobody has ever bested me. And she's not going to be the first. Good luck, little Willow. .
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  dark  bdsm  captive  contemporary
  • A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers

    A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This book is an interconnected standalone within the Ends World. While you don't have to read the Ends Duet before reading this book, it is recommended that you do in order to understand the entire Ends World up to this point. Carolina. I didn’t mean for anyone to get hurt. That wasn’t my intention. And I knew he would come for me...
  • Layered Lies by Kaylie Hunter

    Layered Lies by Kaylie Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 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 End of Games by Tara Brown

    The End of Games by Tara Brown

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    See you at Christmas! The words are still burning a hole in Evie Evans' mind and undergarments. Not that she really has time to think about it. Not with the world ending, as always, and the kids' school starting back up. But when Evie and the team stumble upon something no one expected, her and Servario are reunited much sooner than anticipated. Only the reunion is not the one they had planned...
  • Ten by Roxie Rivera

    Ten by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ten years ago, Nisha Jackson survived her serial killer husband but lost something precious during her escape. Since then, she’s built a successful life for herself. She has a beautiful home, a grumpy cat, beloved friends, and a career that brings her joy. There’s only one thing she wants to complete her life—Anton Vasiliev...
  • Luca by Eden Summers

    Luca by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Luca dragged me from hell and delivered me to salvation. At least that's what I thought. I hoped this would be a new life. A fresh start. But the pain followed. I'm certain the monsters did, too. I'm told it's paranoia. Trauma. PTSD. Nobody believes my truth. But they'll soon learn. We all will. Because as much as I want to forget the mantra from my nightmares, it hasn't stopped being true...
  • I'm Watching You by Karen Rose

    I'm Watching You by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    I Know Their Crimes. Star prosecutor Kristen Mayhew has a dangerous secret admirer. He seems to know her every thought, her every move. He sends her letters. And he kills the criminals she herself is powerless to stop. I Hunt Down the Guilty...
  • The Chameleon by Amelia Shea

    The Chameleon by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two hundred fifty dollars. It’s exactly what Camille Gwin was worth twelve years ago when she was traded to the leader of the Underground to pay off a debt. Barely an adult, she was initiated into the harsh reality of a new world. The Underground. Camille knows how it works. Play the game or get played. Her rise in the Underground came at a cost...
  • 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...
  • Pretty Evil by Stella Andrews

    Pretty Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the cage door opens, freedom is a difficult temptation to ignore. Serena VieriMafia princess, protected her entire life for a very good reason. There is a target on her back. Her family believed she was better off not knowing but with knowledge comes a certain kind of power that she could sure use right now...
  • 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 Chance. 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...
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    mystery  suspense  military  dark  pregnancy  contemporary
  • A Shade of Evil by Stella Andrews

    A Shade of Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold. Shade Vieri has no mercy. No compassion and no empathy. He is cruel, enigmatic, and deliciously dark. His instructions are clear. Find the Achilles heel of the enemy and destroy it. The enemy is a woman who slides across his soul like spun silk. A breath of fresh air in a dark, depressing world...
  • The Final Hour by London Miller

    The Final Hour by London Miller

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Three months pass without incident, leading Mishca and Lauren to believe they can finally move on from the past and build a life together. . .. but enemies both old and new lurk in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to strike. When a dangerous threat presents itself, Lauren is forced to turn to the one person that would rather see Mishca dead than live happily ever after. . .
  • Worth of Waste by Bethany-Kris

    Worth of Waste by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    DeLuca Duet, Part Two. The Chicago Mob is the same as it has always been—violent, greedy, and excessive. The Outfit families have turned their backs when they were needed the most one too many times, but Dino DeLuca didn’t expect anything different. His whole life has been lived for the Outfit—for his family. He has a whole new set of reasons to live and fight now...
  • The Last Party by A.R. Torre

    The Last Party by A.R. Torre

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre. Perla Wultz lives with her husband, Grant, and their precious daughter, Sophie, in a gated Pasadena community. Affluent, sociable, and accomplished, Perla plays the part of loving wife and mother to perfection...
  • Tangled up in Hate by Charlotte Byrd

    Tangled up in Hate by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Epic love requires an epic sacrifice…. A long time ago, I borrowed money from a very powerful family. I paid my debt, but they have come for more. They want everything that I have built and they will hurt her if I refuse. Harley doesn’t understand why I have to break her heart. She hates me, but at least she’s okay…for now...
  • The Company by J.A. Huss

    The Company by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Some people are above the law. Those people are called COMPANY. Twenty-eight-year-old James Fenici has been an assassin since he was sixteen. He's amassed debts and favors from countless Company brothers and participated in hundreds of Company jobs. But there are not enough favors in the world to clear his debt and make him worthy of the only girl he's ever wanted...
  • The Rogue by Kimberly Kincaid

    The Rogue by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The scars that cut deepest are the ones beneath the surface…. Detective Addison Hale is a survivor. The armor she uses to hide her scars keeps her safe on the job, and holding people at arm’s length is a small price to pay when there’s a stalker on the loose. Especially since he’s after the sister of impulsive firefighter Ryan Dempsey, who she had a scorching-hot fling with two months ago...
  • Guarded from Sabotage by Gia Cobie, Operation Alpha

    Guarded from Sabotage by Gia Cobie, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never imagined my life could fall apart so quickly. It all started when my credit card was stolen. I chalked it up to bad luck. A minor annoyance. Until more things started happening—fraudulent loans taken out in my name, my bank accounts drained, and I was even accused of a crime I couldn’t possibly have committed. And it became terrifyingly clear this wasn’t just bad luck...
  • 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...
  • Born Evil by Stella Andrews

    Born Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some devils come dressed in sharp suits with eyes that seduce and a check box beside every wish you ever had. Some victims come dressed in innocence and ignorance, disguising a soul of pure fire. I am Troy Remington. Ruthless billionaire with a heart of steel. I offered Laura Kincaid the job of a lifetime for a very important reason...
  • Vengeful by Kristen Luciani

    Vengeful by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One single gun shot threw my life into upheaval. An assassination that will bring my family to its knees. It’s up to me to avenge the murder. An eye for an eye…that’s my MO. I have one job to do, and it may be my last. Find my father’s killer and make him payBefore he finds me. But there’s one problem - one incredibly sexy obstacle I never saw coming. Tali Severinov...
  • Demi by Shandi Boyes

    Demi by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought we had it all figured out. If you play by the rules, you can’t lose, right? Wrong. We sided with the law, believing it would do us no wrong, only to learn a badge doesn’t make a man honorable. We won’t make the same mistake twice, but if we can’t trust the law, who else can we turn to? Demi is book six in the bestselling Italian Cartel Series by Shandi Boyes...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  death  dark  contemporary  abuse  length-medium
  • Have Mercy by Hannah Shield

    Have Mercy by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The only way to save his best friend’s sister…is to marry her. Ruby Whitestone just found her ex’s dead body. And the police think she did it. But as a single mom, she knows how to fend for herself. No fairytale hero is going to swoop in to save her. Not her brother, the Bennett Security bodyguard. Certainly not Chase, a West Oaks police officer and her brother’s best friend...
  • The Party is Over by Lisa Renee Jones

    The Party is Over by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sometimes a girl just has to get stabby. .. Lilah has sworn she's done with that side of her personality. Then again, maybe not. The Party Is Over is the eighth book in the ongoing Lilah Love series:. Murder Notes. Murder Girl. Love Me Dead. Love Kills. Bloody Vows. Bloody Love. Happy Death Day. The Party Is Over.
  • Cautious: A small town romance by Candice Wright

    Cautious: A small town romance by Candice Wright

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Callie Young is tired of living out of a suitcase. Looking for a safe place to land, she finds herself in the small town of Tempest, where the homes look like doll houses, and the men look a lot like G. I. Joe. Men like Blake Price. When Mr Tall, dark and lickable, stumbles across Callie on a dark, stormy night, the spark between them is enough to cause an inferno...
  • Hung Up by Hannah Shield

    Hung Up by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    He’s her brother’s ex-best friend…And the only man who can protect her. Former Navy SEAL Noah Vandermeer has few regrets. But Danica is one of them.  She’s the girl he never forgot, even though he was supposed to. Even though her brother was once Noah’s best friend—and now considers Noah his sworn enemy...
  • Ruthless Heir by Aidèe Jaimes

    Ruthless Heir by Aidèe Jaimes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    If love is the deadliest weapon, I’m about to discover just how much I can bleed. My father always warned me against falling in love. That all it would bring is pain and betrayal. But when I meet Noah and his golden gaze trails over me like a fiery tongue that heats my skin, I want nothing more than to prove him wrong. I should know better...
  • Dead of Wynter by Montana Fyre

    Dead of Wynter by Montana Fyre

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 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...
  • Filthy Marcellos: The Complete Collection by Bethany-Kris

    Filthy Marcellos: The Complete Collection by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Filthy Marcellos: La Cosa Nostra is not just a choice of regime and routine, it’s a culture. Born as mafia royalty, the Marcello brothers were raised ingrained with the beliefs and rules of what it meant to be a Mafioso prince. It is for life. Their status is considered a given right. They will always be these people. They will always be Marcellos. Family first. God second...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  dark  contemporary  audiobook
  • Beauty & the Rose by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Beauty & the Rose by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The conclusion to the Beauty's Beast trilogy. They say the gods will accept no small sacrifice. To appease them you must give your all. I’ve sacrificed everything. Lived through loss, and learned to love. To take the beauty with the pain. The rose with the thorns. This love story isn’t perfect, but it’s ours. We’ll hold onto it forever. And hope our forever is longer than a day.
  • False Hope by Meli Raine

    False Hope by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    She thinks she’s fooled me. But I’ve known all along. Almost. Lily is hiding something, a secret so big, she came out of a year-long coma and her first instinct was to lie. Who does that? Someone who is afraid. No—not afraid. Terrified. And it’s my job to take that fear away. My partner and I have spent countless man-hours hunting down the cold-blooded killer who did this to her...
  • The Price of Honor by Aleatha Romig

    The Price of Honor by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE PRICE OF HONOR: The making of a man. From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the haunting story of love and honor. An epic tale of devotion and sacrifice spanning thirty years, bidding the characters, as well as readers to ponder the questions. .
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