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The Complete Twisted Series Set by Ana Huang
Twisted LoveAlex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. A crack. A melt... -
![Real Girl by Sheridan Anne]()
Real Girl by Sheridan Anne
Lucien Valentine must die.It’s the thought that’s kept me going for four long years. I’ve imagined it, dreamed about it, relished in it. I want it so bad, but the question is, do I have what it takes to make it happen?Taking a life isn’t for the faint-hearted. Just ask Lucien, he knows.He’s taken me back to where it all started and I know exactly how it’s going to go... -
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![Out of the Dark by Danah Logan]()
Out of the Dark by Danah Logan
LillyMy name is the only truth they didn’t take from me.Betrayed by my family, my desperate need for answers put me back on his radar.The one person who was never supposed to find me.Again.I was unprepared for the world I got thrust into—the connection we shared.The deeper I dug, the more unstable my future became.With Rhys as my anchor, I will fight to bring my past out of the dark... -
![Wild Girl by Sheridan Anne]()
Wild Girl by Sheridan Anne
Have you ever known what it feels like to die?It’s not great. Trust me, I don’t recommend it.I’ve always said that my life is about surviving, but I didn’t realize how true that was until the devil sent me soaring off a bridge with the love of my life and lodged a bullet through my thigh.It’s not my time to die... -
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![Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine]()
Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.My life has been full of half-truths tangled in lies—I’d been to hell and back more times than I could count... -
![Forever Golden by Rachel Jonas, Lessa Lamb]()
Forever Golden by Rachel Jonas, Lessa Lamb
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWest Golden—Fierce protector. The one.The cocky jock I once wanted to kill with my bare hands is now the only one I trust with my heart.In a city full of corruption and dark secrets, knowing who’s on your side gets harder to determine every day. Especially now that Vin’s on the warpath, passing out threats he fully intends to see through to the end... -
![Reckless Lies by Nikki J. Summers]()
Reckless Lies by Nikki J. Summers
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say when you die, your whole life plays over in your mind like a Hallmark movie. A rose-tinted reflection to remind you what a great life you’ve led.But for me, that wasn’t the case.There was no romantic, nostalgic ending for me.All I had was pain, darkness, and despair on the day I died, dragged by fire into the depths of hell. That’s where I live now. A shadow of the man I used to be...Categorized as:
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![Naked or Dead by A.E. Murphy]()
Naked or Dead by A.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSmall town, small-minded people, small expectations, and big A-holes.Lilith Deville is the new enigma at Lakeside Preparatory Academy, a prestigious high school by a river and not a lake, which makes sense, not. Already she hates it despite its beautiful landscape... -
![The Empathy series Box set by Ker Dukey]()
The Empathy series Box set by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis is the entire Empathy series including, Empathy, Desolate, Vacant and Deadly. This is a dark romance series...read with caution. Blake: I am a brother I am a police detective I am a contract killer I don’t want to love I don’t want to feel I don’t want … EMPATHY... -
![Rush and Ruin by Catherine Wiltcher]()
Rush and Ruin by Catherine Wiltcher
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher comes the first part to a seductive new mafia romance duet…My Protector. My Ruin.Ella:Edier Grayson is the King of Shadows.A ruthless sinner. A beautiful liar.On the eve of my eighteenth birthday, he kissed my lips and painted the stars in the sky for me, but when I woke the next morning he was gone...Categorized as:
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![Foxes by Suki Fleet]()
Foxes by Suki Fleet
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Dashiel’s body is found dumped on an East London wasteland, his best friend Danny sets out to find the killer. But Danny finds interaction difficult and must keep his world small in order to survive...Categorized as:
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![Fall With Me by Lucy Smoke]()
Fall With Me by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIsaac Icari: The God of Hazelwood University. My stepbrother.My lover.My enemy.It was dangerous to let myself be swept up by him but he’s a drug that I crave.I should have walked away the second I realized what he was involved with, when he revealed who his father truly was.Now it’s too late.We should have known better. Get too close to the sun and you get burned... -
![Cruel Legacy by Dakota Lee]()
Cruel Legacy by Dakota Lee
A NEW LIFEThat’s what the move to canyon falls was supposed to offer me. A chance to leave my past behind.But day one I manage to paint a target on my back and the vindictive boys who run this school, Pax, Finn and Holdendecide to turn me into their personal punching bag.They try it all. Liquidated accounts. Public humiliation. Every prank and act of horror designed to break me.I’ve endured worse...Categorized as:
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![Their Will be Done by Logan Fox]()
Their Will be Done by Logan Fox
I didn't just make a deal with the devil...I sold my soul to FOUR of them.TrinityWho knew within days of arriving at Saint Amos I'd land myself on the Brotherhood's radar?Not me.Not them.Possibly not even the Universe herself. (Of course she's female - I've never met a man as ruthless as her)The Brotherhood tried to get rid of me. It didn't work.They tried to get me on their side... -
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![Never His Girl by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne]()
Never His Girl by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWest Golden--Football star. Playboy. Dead to me.Nothing puts the final bullet in a girl’s rep like a leaked sex tape. Especially one starring her and the cocky quarterback who’s had it out for her since day one. Yep, you guessed it. That girl is me.At Cypress Prep, West is king, but all I see when I look at him is the wicked prick who gets off on trying to break me.His plaything.Go ahead... -
![Lovely Vicious by Sara Wolf]()
Lovely Vicious by Sara Wolf
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 51 ratings1.Don't talk about love. 2.Don't think about love. 3.Thinking and talking about love leads to Love, which is the enemy... For 17-year-old Isis Blake, the list has one goal: to ensure she never falls in love again. Ever. As Isis and her mom settle into their new home in Buttcrack-of-Nowhere, Ohio, Isis is rockin' the purple hair and a beat up old car..Categorized as:
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![Wreck Me by Leia King]()
Wreck Me by Leia King
Obsessive. Merciless. Vicious.They’re trying to ruin me.Coming back here was a mistake.They’ve made sure of that.Enrolling in Luxington University was supposed to be a fresh start.To escape my past and all the dark and twisted things I’d been caught up in.But on my very first day all that is put in jeopardy.I accidentally put myself on their radar.Three psychopaths who excel at mind games... -
![The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIt's Ella's senior year of high school and she and her best friend Linds plan to make it the best year ever. At Brock Cochran's end of summer pool party, the girls vow to have as much fun as possible before they head off to different colleges next fall. But when Ella is mysteriously attacked on her way home from the party, everything changes... -
![Heresy by Lily White]()
Heresy by Lily White
Sixth CircleHeresyAlso Known as Shane CarterThere are no rules with this man.No courtesies.No acceptable behaviors he’ll conform to in order to be accepted.He marches to his own beat.Gives the finger to expectations.And does whatever pleases him because nobody can control him.Arrogant.Aggravating.Absolute Chaos.Shane is the last person you want walking into your world... -
![Wrong Crowd by Lisa Helen Gray]()
Wrong Crowd by Lisa Helen Gray
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy entire world was turned upside down the day my mum died. I feared what my life would become when an aunt I never knew about came swooping in and threw me into the unknown. She was rich. I couldn’t even afford a pack of gum. We were complete opposites, yet I wanted a fresh start in life, and she was promising to give me that. I just had to live with her for a year, until I graduated college...Categorized as:
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![The End of Gods by Con Template]()
The End of Gods by Con Template
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn every Kingdom, every government entity, and every secret society, there is an epic era that defies the boundaries of times and immortalizes itself in the history books. These unforgettable eras are unpredictable by nature and rare in occurrence. The centuries may come and go and such an extraordinary era may never grace the lives of those who live for it... -
![Dirty Twisted Lord by Jordan Grant]()
Dirty Twisted Lord by Jordan Grant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWe are godless heathens. We are kings. And we will never be dethroned. — Killian — It’s spring semester, my last at the Asylum. Hydrotherapy. Electroshock. I’ve tried all the fringe methods. Still, they call me a sadist, a sicko, deranged. In here, though, I am lord. I found the new girl on her knees in the campus chapel. She must not have heard. Salvation is dead. Kneel before me, sweetheart...Categorized as:
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![Remember Me Forever by Sara Wolf]()
Remember Me Forever by Sara Wolf
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIsis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, forty-three weeks, and two days. Or so she thinks. The boy she maybe-sort-of-definitely loved and sort-of-maybe-definitely hated has dropped off the face of the planet in the face of tragedy, leaving a Jack Hunter–shaped hole. Determined to be happy, Isis fills it in with lies and puts on a brave smile for her new life at Ohio State University... -
![Wrong-Way Romance by Sheri Cobb South]()
Wrong-Way Romance by Sheri Cobb South
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf there's one boy at Maplesville High that Darby Haynes can't stand, it's Bruce Edwards. Darby first met him when his car plowed into hers at a busy intersection. She's been running into him --literally--ever since. It doesn't matter that Bruce is a hunk and that most of the girls at school have crushes on him. To Darby he's nothing but a clumsy, conceited jerk... -
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![His to Keep: A dark psychological romance by Lydia Goodfellow]()
His to Keep: A dark psychological romance by Lydia Goodfellow
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsStolen in broad daylight on her way home from school, for Ava Hanlon, the nightmare is only just beginning. So young and achingly naïve, Ava is no match for her depraved new master, Father Mathew Aaron, a well-respected priest, and a man hellbent on consuming her innocence to the very last drop.There is no hope. No light. There is only Callum...Categorized as:
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![Interim by S. Walden]()
Interim by S. Walden
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratings~A lot can change in the space between devising a plan and carrying it out. That space is called the INTERIM.~ High school seniors Jeremy Stahl and Regan Walters aren’t friends. Not even close. He’s a picked-on, picked-apart loser outcast. She’s a cool kid running with the popular crowd. It’s unlikely they’d ever speak to one another. Too bad he’s madly in love with her... -
![Firefly Wedding, Vol. 1 by Oreco Tachibana]()
Firefly Wedding, Vol. 1 by Oreco Tachibana
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSatoko is bound by duty to marry a noble, but can’t escape the assassin who has her in his sights.Afflicted with a heart condition, Meiji-era noblewoman Satoko is determined to secure a marriage that will benefit her family before she dies. But before she can realize her goal, she’s targeted by a mysterious assassin named Shinpei... -
![Wicked Promises by S. Massery]()
Wicked Promises by S. Massery
I made a promise to Caleb, and I intended to keep it.I just didn’t anticipate the aftermath.One betrayal.One lie.One devastating cover up.It’s all out in the open now, and this time, I’m not running away.The secrets I hold are enough to destroy us.The truth is supposed to set us free—but we aren’t destined for freedom.This is a dark high school bully romance with mature content and themes... -
![Pretty When You Lie by Anne Roman]()
Pretty When You Lie by Anne Roman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJuniper Wild is a liar.With her full lips, pretty blue eyes, and angelic face, she might have fooled everyone else in our small town, but not me. I know the truth about her - that she's a spoiled, selfish liar. Five years ago, she shattered my dreams with a single lie. And just when I thought she was gone for good, she shows up again, still hiding something... -
![Scarred, Part 3 by Kylie Walker]()
Scarred, Part 3 by Kylie Walker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter agreeing to attend a Gala in New York with Derek, Chloe stumbles into her worst nightmare. Vince Donovan...District Attorney of New York...Jesse Donovan's father. RUN... is the only thought firing in her head. When Derek finally catches up with her, she realizes that her world has been flipped upside down and out of control. Chloe now decides to let the flood gates open... -
![Ava: A Dark Bully College Romance by Leslie Luckie]()
Ava: A Dark Bully College Romance by Leslie Luckie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAva The minute we walked through the gates of Blackheath Academy I knew we weren’t welcome. It was us against them. The Club Brats against the Elite. Bastian de Trafford was their ringleader, but I wasn’t about to go down without a fight. Only - that fight would be so much easier if he didn’t look like a god of old...Categorized as:
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![Stay Baby Stay by Don Both, Maria O'Hara]()
Stay Baby Stay by Don Both, Maria O'Hara
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDu bist hin- und hergerissen zwischen dem Licht und der Dunkelheit. Aber du brauchst die Dunkelheit. Du brauchst den Abgrund. Du brauchst mich. Spiel nicht den Löwen, wenn du nur ein kleines Kätzchen bist. Du gehörst mir, Emilia. Jetzt und für immer. Bleib! Der finale Teil einer Reihe, die dich süchtig machen wird... -
![Dark Romeo by Sienna Blake]()
Dark Romeo by Sienna Blake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI’m a good girl. Daughter of the Police Chief. A detective desperate to solve her mother’s murder.Until I spend a wild no-holds barred night with a mysterious man. No personal details. No last names. No tomorrows. Except… he lied. About everything. Now this Mafia King has claimed me. And he won’t stop until I’m his “good girl”... -
![Paper Dolls by Sienna Blake, Hanna Peach]()
Paper Dolls by Sienna Blake, Hanna Peach
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy life comes down to this. Two faces. One choice.Salem is my twin sister. She loved me. She protected me. She forgave me, even after I failed her. I just got her back after searching for three long, lonely years.Then there’s Clay. Sweet yet intense and nursing a dark past of his own, he’s all the redemption I don’t deserve. He wants to open me up and know the insides of my soul... -
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![Hells Bells by Naomi Porter]()
Hells Bells by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNaomi Porter is raising the stakes and entering the darkness with her new dark MC romance, Hells Bells. The gritty, angsty, and dark stand-alone is set in the Knight's Legion MC universe. You won’t want to miss this book! His name is Rocky Jones. Dark, disturbingly delicious, and domineering, his piercing gray eyes tempt and disarm. But he doesn't affect me anymore—well, maybe a little... -
![War by Nat Logan]()
War by Nat Logan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe remembers her as a spoiled brat. She’s used to being in charge. When their chemistry ignites will they find their strength together?Warrick “War” Shields is all about doing the right thing. With storied careers in the military, police, and as a detective, he takes over from his dad as leader of their motorcycle club with hopes to help people trapped in abusive situations... -
![Like You Know by Kaydence Snow]()
Like You Know by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fourth, and final, book in the Devilbend Dynasty series...Categorized as:
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![Right Behind You by Gail Giles]()
Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. But the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret... -
![A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner]()
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsFaulkner’s most famous, most popular, and most anthologized short story, “A Rose for Emily” evokes the terms Southern gothic and grotesque, two types of literature in which the general tone is one of gloom, terror, and understated violence... -
![Dark Heart by Ella James]()
Dark Heart by Ella James
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA devastating love story, coming summer 2020.--I thought he was the white knight. Looking back, it makes sense. I was young and needed saving. Luca was my strength. He could take on anything—the world, for me. They say first love cuts the deepest. Ours became a blade that bled me out. It turns out I didn’t know a villain when he held my heart in his hands. Now it’s darker—more like his... -
![Vicious Little Snakes by Trilina Pucci]()
Vicious Little Snakes by Trilina Pucci
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCaroline Whitmore is cunning, inconsiderate, and ruthless.Despite that, I can’t recall a day when I haven’t thought about her at least once. On paper, we’re a perfect match—Only on paper. In real life, we’re a disaster. She hates me. Hates the way I dress—everything I say. My basic existence. But what I hate is more complicated. Because I’m a moth to a gorgeous, petite, brunette flame...Categorized as:
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![Twisted Abel by T.L. Hodel]()
Twisted Abel by T.L. Hodel
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived a young prince in search of a princess.... pfft, just kidding. This isn't that story.I may be a prince but I sure as hell didn't need no princess. My brother fell down that hole, and look at him now. Tied down with a ball and chain. No thanks. I prefered to fly solo. There was no one but me and the blood and screams of my victims... -
![Treachery Prequel by Lily White]()
Treachery Prequel by Lily White
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE PREQUEL NOVELLA FOR TREACHERY HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO BOOK ONE AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON ITS OWN. To read the prequel, you can now find it in Treachery (Antihero Inferno #1)Ninth Circle.Treachery.Also known as Tanner Caine.He is a temptation with cold, dark eyes. A man with a seductive smirk and a body built for pure sin. The linchpin of a group of wealthy bad boys known as the Inferno... -
![Tarnished Vow by R. Holmes]()
Tarnished Vow by R. Holmes
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI came to St. Augustine with secrets.Running from a life that was going to kill me.I was after a clean slate, what I found was so much worse.And he goes by Sebastian Pierce.He was untouchable. A king with a tarnished crown. The rich boy who collected hearts. The last thing I could ever need, but the only thing I seem to want.He’s my student. I’m his teacher.He’s my downfall. I’m his weakness...Categorized as:
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![Mad Love by Hannah McBride]()
Mad Love by Hannah McBride
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI TRIED TO BE MADELAINE.It started with a twin switch that was supposed to be temporary. It ended with me being locked up in an asylum, hidden from Ryan Cain, the man I love more than life. Vowing to avenge my sister's murder may have resulted in my captivity, but there's one truth that still remains:I'LL ALWAYS BE MADISON.We underestimated what my father was capable of, and now I'm on my own...Categorized as:
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![Forget Me Always by Sara Wolf]()
Forget Me Always by Sara Wolf
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAll warfare is deception. Even in high school. It’s been nineteen days since Isis Blake forgot about him. The boy she can't quite remember. She's stuck in the hospital with a turban-size bandage on her head, more Jell-o than a human being should ever face, and a tiny bit of localized amnesia. Her only goal? To get out of this place before she becomes a complete nutjob herself...Categorized as:
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![Redesigning Fate by A.M. Wilson]()
Redesigning Fate by A.M. Wilson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI left everything behind in order to be free. I should have known better than to think it would be so easy. All it took was one day at my new job. He came for me. I used a stranger to deter him, and in doing so, realized my heart began to beat again. Elias Brooks put me back together after Travis Dawson tore me apart... -
![The Debt by Molly O'Keefe]()
The Debt by Molly O'Keefe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLOVE AND SECOND CHANCES ARE NOT FREE For the five kids who live at St. Jude’s Home for Court Placed Juveniles, life is a nightmare. Carissa, the youngest, has been there the longest. And barely speaks. Rosa is sixteen and pregnant. Simon keeps his head down and studies, hoping to get back the life he lost... -
![Brake: A Serialized Dark Romantic Suspense by Skye Callahan]()
Brake: A Serialized Dark Romantic Suspense by Skye Callahan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's no stopping as the bitter feud between brothers, Colt and Devlin, speeds out of control. From Colt's pawn to Devlin's captive, Aubrey is caught even deeper in their pact to destroy one another. Imprisoned in darkness, she fights for her life--and her sanity. Her only hope is a cocky and sadistic car thief who is already wrestling with his own demons... -
![Depravity by Matilda Martel]()
Depravity by Matilda Martel
A dark mafia...Categorized as:
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