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  • Lakestone - tome 1 by Sarah Rivens

    Lakestone - tome 1 by Sarah Rivens

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 36 ratings
    Dans la tranquillité trompeuse de la ville d'Ewing aux États-Unis, Iris, confinée à la bibliothèque, est plongée dans ses révisions. À des kilomètres de là, un mercenaire affronte le froid tranchant de la nuit, aussi glaciale que le cadavre qu'il vient d’enterrer. Ils n’ont rien en commun, pourtant tous deux ont le même objectif : amasser assez d'argent...
  • Born in Blood Collection Volume 1 by Cora Reilly

    Born in Blood Collection Volume 1 by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The first four books in the bestselling Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles in one big book! Bound By Honor. Bound By Duty. Bound By Hatred. Bound By Temptation.
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  • Kansas by K.L. Savage

    Kansas by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Instincts are all we have to rely on. And mine were spot on. There are a few things I don’t like to talk about in life. My father. And Kansas. I hate him, and I hate that godforsaken state. To this day, I haven’t loved because there’s a fear. An inkling. An instinct that I will be just like him. I convinced myself our blood was rotten, tainted, and sour...
  • Indebted Series 4-6.5: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters

    Indebted Series 4-6.5: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This edition contains the last four:. Third Debt. She healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this together. The rules of this ancient game can't be broken. Nila Weaver no longer recognises herself. She's left her lover, her courage, and her promise. Two debts down. Too many to go. Fourth Debt. We'd won...
    Categorized as:
    super rich hero  suspense  abuse  dark
  • 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...
  • The Nomad by Amelia Shea

    The Nomad by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Broke and bitter, Karia Mitchell is just done. So damn tired of it all. After spending a decade in a loveless and toxic marriage, she’s finally breaking free and rebuilding her life. The prospect of starting over at forty-one is gut wrenching, but she’s willing to do whatever it takes as long as she’s rid of her ex...
  • Bound by Aleatha Romig

    Bound by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web...
  • Chaos by Eva Simmons

    Chaos by Eva Simmons

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    When I find my fiancé cheating on me, I make the mistake of turning to the one man who wants to destroy my ex more than I do… his brother. Once upon a time I was torn between the two of them. Dean Graham laid his heart on the line and asked me to choose him, but I couldn’t for reasons he can never find out about. He left town and I haven’t seen him since...
  • 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 Savage by Stella Andrews

    The Savage by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ivan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage. Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her. I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals. She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...
  • Detained by Luna Mason

    Detained by Luna Mason

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Frankie. I don’t have to hide behind a mask anymore. I rule New York, and now all I have to do is finish what I started ten years ago. To destroy the man who took my life from me. No one can get in my way. That is until I am arrested for murder and have my first taste of Detective Zara O’Reilly. The woman hell bent on ruining my plans...
  • Erik's Refuge by Nyssa Kathryn

    Erik's Refuge by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The choice is simple…surrender or perish. In the blink of an eye, he became her everything. Her hero. Her savior. Her whole world. Hannah and Erik are finally building the future she’s longed for…but it doesn’t include a family. Erik’s already felt the pain of losing a child before he even experienced the joy of holding them in his arms. It’s not something he’ll risk again...
  • Protective Phlox by Brooklyn Cross

    Protective Phlox by Brooklyn Cross

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I‘d let her walk out of my life once before, but this time, she wasn’t getting away. Savannah Freeborn was mine. I was a mafia boss’s son and she was an FBI agent, so I should’ve kept my distance. But, I didn’t. The moment I touched her I knew that my fate was sealed. We were never meant to be and as hard as I tried to get Savannah out of my blood, I couldn’t do it...
  • Stolen Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Stolen Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **An Age Gap Surprise Pregnancy Dark Romance**. “When can I touch you where no one else has? ”. One reckless text. That’s all it took to start a mafia war. She was untouched. And she let me watch her fall apart—moaning my name through the phone like I already owned her. So I married my wild Irish rose. Filled her with my seed. Marked her as mine. Then my father’s orders caught up to me...
  • Betrayed in the Dark by Ashley Elizabeth

    Betrayed in the Dark by Ashley Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayed. With one letter, that’s what he did to me,. irrevocably splitting my heart down the middle,. causing everything we once shared in secret to become nothing more than a distant memory. One I try desperately to forget. So, imagine my shock when my brothers stood before me. to tell me who my new bodyguard would be while I fought back tears,. pretending my heart had never belonged to him...
  • A Fractured Reign by Veronica Eden

    A Fractured Reign by Veronica Eden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Crows are more than nightmares lurking in every shadow. They’re a brotherhood. Family. When threats creep in, they’ll protect what belongs to them. Quinn. Does a wrong make a right? In my case, it has to. The Kings gave me no choice, no chance to fold. I betrayed the guy who believed he was protecting me while I gave his secrets away. Now we’re enemies once more...
  • Tank’s Unexpected Child by Aria Ray

    Tank’s Unexpected Child by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My world was the Savage Legion MC—until Ivy arrived, pregnant and seeking a fake husband for protection. I dove in, but why can't I stop fooling myself that it's real? I ain't holding back. I enjoyed the MC's perks and had my way with every vixen in our club and more. Marriage and babies? They weren't even a blip on my radar. But Ivy Monroe changed everything...
  • The Thief by Nikki J. Summers

    The Thief by Nikki J. Summers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five… minutes. That’s how long I was supposed to be there. Get in, get out. Job done. Four… guns pointed at my head. It wasn’t supposed to go down this way. Three… years old, and she clung to her mum as we sat huddled together on the floor, chained to the pipes on the wall. Two… choices, when my time finally came. To let it all play out or fight with everything I had...
  • The Devil's Crown-Part Two by Monica James

    The Devil's Crown-Part Two by Monica James

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All The Pretty Things Trilogy Spin-Off. With the enemy dead, my throne awaits my return. But the reason I’m still standing is being held captive by another foe.
  • Scarred Angel by Elle Maldonado

    Scarred Angel by Elle Maldonado

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Where desire ignites between bullets, blood, and burning rubber. The man I last saw when I was just a girl came crashing back into my life—literally—after fourteen years. Same smile. Those same mesmerizing eyes. Only now, they’re darker, more haunted. He carries demons I can’t touch. And a past my father destroyed before I was born...
  • Web of Sin Boxed Set by Aleatha Romig

    Web of Sin Boxed Set by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Have you been Aleatha’d? ”. “Aleatha is back, better than ever. .. ” Six Chick Book Blog. Web of Sin boxed set is the deliciously intriguing collection that includes: SECRETS, LIES, and PROMISES. Welcome to the Sparrow Web world, Sterling Sparrow and Araneae McCrie’s trilogy:. SECRETS:. Sterling Sparrow has waited nearly two decades to claim his queen, the woman born to rule beside him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  bad boys  dark  abuse  alpha male  length-epic
  • Claimed by Z.L. Arkadie

    Claimed by Z.L. Arkadie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He tempted me. Now he owns my love. When I first arrived at Blackstone Ranch, Spencer Blackstone was a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Now I know him better. I know his darkness. His secrets. His devastating touch. And I gave him everything. But power comes at a price—and so does truth...
  • Hostile Devil: Giovanni & India Duet by Autumn Archer

    Hostile Devil: Giovanni & India Duet by Autumn Archer

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    6. Hostile Devil : A Dark Age Gap Mafia Romance (Souza Cartel: Giovanni). by Autumn Archer (Author) , Hostile Kingdom (Author). 4. 8 out of 5 stars (9). He's my devil. My forever. I've grown up around the Souza cartel, never fully realizing the brothers would never let me go. That the powerful gangsters around me would protect me at all costs...
  • Promised to the Killer by B.B. Hamel

    Promised to the Killer by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Her family tossed her aside like a broken doll. But she's my shining treasure and I'll kill to make her mine. Siena Bastone is going to die. She's the cast-off traitorous daughter of a minor mafia family with deliciously pouty lips and a wicked tongue. But after we spend one unforgettable night of sin in a hotel room, I can't walk away. I pull her from her family's clutches and make her my own...
  • Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart

    Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart

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

    Madness & Mayhem by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    A single night can change everything. Now I’m pregnant with a biker’s baby. I try to give Slash an out, but he claims me. He wants more. He wants us. He wants to protect me and our baby. Slash is rugged and virile, and I’m falling for him hard and fast. I know he’s not white-picket-fence material, but he makes me feel safe and adored. I never thought I’d be with a man like him...
  • Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose

    Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose

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

    Finn by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    His Power Rules the City—But She Rules His Heart. Finn O’Reilly. Finn O’Reilly Stern, powerful, confident. Oversees his hotel and his syndicate with a commanding presence and leadership, knowing any weakness could be used against him. And he has none. Except Una Murphy. The woman he lost his heart to and still loves, even though she wants nothing to do with him. Or so she claims...
  • 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...
  • Owned by Clarissa Wild

    Owned by Clarissa Wild

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    She escaped the mob boss, but he will always find his pet. My name is Harper, but to him I’m only Kitten. When Marcello Dellucci bought me from the auction, my life was destroyed. Locked away in his mansion, I became his precious pet. His needs are twisted. His kisses are dangerous. And his touch makes me come alive. But I can’t ever fall for this mafia man. This man who lied. Betrayed. Hurt...
  • 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...
  • Forbidden Love by Stella Gray

    Forbidden Love by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I chose to become a Bellanti… but no one walks away from the Bruno family. My life was planned for me, down to the smallest detail. I was to be a gift for a man loyal to my uncle, a pretty little prize. When I ran away, I did it for love. I should have known my uncle would never allow it. They say all’s fair in love and war, but sometimes they’re the same thing. And nothing about this is fair...
  • Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox

    Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He obliterated my heart. Now he's back for a second chance to reclaim me as his own. He was my dream date who crushed my hopes, taking my affection only to vanish from my life. A decade passed before fate thrust him back into my world. Now he vows to never let me go. His sensual caress melts my defenses. His kiss feels like salvation...
  • House of Heathens: The Complete Trilogy by Alta Hensley

    House of Heathens: The Complete Trilogy by Alta Hensley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A villain is made. A monster is hidden. A viper who is forbidden. Together, they are the Gods Among Men. Welcome to the House of Heathens. Within these walls, you are captive to a world of decadence and sin. Where dangerous secrets hide in the shadows. And a family tree with roots so twisted, they bind and strangle each unlucky generation...
  • Live for Me by Ember Nicole

    Live for Me by Ember Nicole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s hell bent on settling the score. He’ll do anything she asks. This is the third book in The Broken Bounty Series. It is not a standalone. The building blocks for this story begin with Break for Me by Ember Nicole. This is a dual perspective, dark romance and is intended for readers over 18 years of age. There are trigger/content warnings listed within the first pages of the book...
  • Final Vendetta by T.K. Leigh

    Final Vendetta by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    For five years, vengeance fueled me, keeping me alive through the darkness. Every move I made was calculated, every step bringing me closer to the justice stolen from me. But I didn’t see the cost — not until it was too late. My actions have put Imogene’s life in danger. The man I used to be can’t save her. The monster I became might destroy us both...
  • Watch Her Break by Emily Klepp

    Watch Her Break by Emily Klepp

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I was just an innocent girl back then, but I should have known better than to trust strangers on the internet. No one knows the secrets I keep locked away. My family and friends are clueless about how far I've fallen. They mean well, but none of them understand the situation I've gotten myself into. I built my entire world around the dream of a life with a man I'd never met...
  • Vain by Candice Wright

    Vain by Candice Wright

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Danger doesn’t always smack you in the face; sometimes, it sneaks up behind you when you’re not looking. That was true for actress Matilda Carson, at least. She had no idea that behind the smiley-faced notes she’d been receiving was a disturbed man courting infamy until it was too late...
  • Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His obsession. Her salvation. At my lowest, I accept an unimaginable clean up a murder scene to earn one-hundred-grand. Problem is, my employer doesn’t plan on letting me survive the night. That’s when I meet Lanzo Torrent. He’s gorgeous, chaotic, frustrating, and my only salvation. He says he can save my life, but I have to trust him first. Lanzo drags me into his war...
  • Nikolai: Through The Devil's Eyes by Shandi Boyes

    Nikolai: Through The Devil's Eyes by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nikolai Popov was raised in a criminal entity that's as bigoted as it is violent. A byproduct of a woman pushed to the brink, he's lived a hard and fast life that often sees him facing a line-up, yet he's not spent one night behind bars. After a confrontation with a known enemy, Nikolai stumbles upon an angel precariously balancing on the balustrade between good and evil...
  • 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...
  • Mine to Shield (Protection) by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Mine to Shield (Protection) by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this broken FBI agent and young professor work together to take down a dangerous cult despite their rocky past or will their true identities be exposed, threatening their lives and future together. Going undercover with the FBI to infiltrate a dangerous cult was the last thing I expected during my week off from teaching. But here I am...
  • Conquered by Piper Stone

    Conquered by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She made the mistake of wanting to work for me. Little did she know she was mine forever. A savage, brutal father, a man who enjoying hunting humans. In my mind, I was nothing like him. Except I was, a darkness festering inside of me. I'd done everything possible to expunge the Saint bloodline, a powerful mafia regime. But I quickly learned there was no escaping my past...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  super rich hero  suspense  dark  length-long
  • Mafia Billionaire's Surprise Baby  by Vivy Skys

    Mafia Billionaire's Surprise Baby by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I didn’t expect to fall for a ruthless mafia billionaire but he claimed me before I even met him. Now, I’m his fake wife and expecting his baby. Sal De Luca is a brooding shadow that my brother sent as my bodyguard. I should know better than to fall for my brother’s underboss. I try to avoid him, but I’m addicted to the way he worships my body...
  • His Perfect Little Hacker by Everly Raine

    His Perfect Little Hacker by Everly Raine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Getting hacked into wasn’t on Betsy’s list of things she wanted to happen to her. Getting kidnapped a couple hours later and being held against her will wasn’t either. But both of those happened to her. Finding out the man who kidnapped her was a Daddy Dom, something she had been longing for her whole life...
  • All That Glitters by Candice Wright

    All That Glitters by Candice Wright

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Life in a motorcycle club isn’t for everyone, but being a Raven is in my blood. The only things that matter to me are my brothers and my cut, then she walks into my life and rips up the playbook. I know I can’t keep her; club girls are for a good time, not a long time, so when the secret she’s been keeping lands at my feet like a bomb, I pull the pin, blowing up everything between us...
  • Twelve Mile Limit by Brandy Hynes

    Twelve Mile Limit by Brandy Hynes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Nothing’s more exclusive than Noire Underground. Serving the wicked and reaping rewards. Secrets. Lies. Soot and cinders. Rhythm. Blades. Games and gore. A knife like a claw and the strike of a needle. This hidden haven is a throne of chains. Maddox. Tessa Lockhart is what dreams—and nightmares—are made of...
  • Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

    Savage Knights by Jillian Frost

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

    Scarred by Eva Winners

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    SERIES BLURB When powers clash between the powerful, elite American families and billionaire mafia men. ✅ Mafia romance ✅ Hot Billionaires✅ Steamy sex✅ Violence Three orphans that grew up on the streets of Moscow among Bratva. Their experiences made them brothers. Their strength made them leaders. Three best friends on an unforgettable summer vacation find more than they bargin for...
  • The Boss by Piper Stone

    The Boss by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    To avenge my family's deaths, I agreed to marry a monster. Dimitrios Nomikos was an old family friend, a man considered the most dangerous person in Greece. He was also now my enemy. Wrapped in muscles and tattoos, he was darkness personified. The mafia king was as powerful as he was ruthless, feared by almost everyone. Craving him was forbidden but in his world, rules didn't apply...
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