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  • A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family...
  • Careless by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Careless by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On my 21st birthday, I know there's only one wish I'm making when I blow out my candles. . A chance with him. Only I'm his best friend's little sister, so that means I'm beyond off limits. And did I mention he's older? I'm ready to be seen as my own person and to take the next step. But I know it can't be with him. Yet when I'm backed in a corner, there's only one person I can call for help. Him...
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  • The Enemy’s Defector by SCARLETT SHELTON

    The Enemy’s Defector by SCARLETT SHELTON

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I betrayed my bloodline… for the man I should’ve feared. Nikolai Ivanov. My enemy. My obsession. My baby’s father. For thirty days, I hunted him. Through whispers. Blood. Silence. I found him broken. Tortured. Still fighting for us. One stolen night. One forbidden touch. Now his child grows inside me. Our secret. Our weakness. Our war. My uncle wants me dead. The Romanos want me silenced...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

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

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • The Consigliere by Stella Andrews

    The Consigliere by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My stepmother and her deranged lover stole our business. The Ortega Mafia is ours by birth but they have other ideas. With the help of my two brothers, it's time to steal it back and I have a secret weapon. Abigail Kensington . Billionaire’s daughter and Washington princess. The perfect woman who is definitely out of my league. A woman my target is obsessed with...
  • Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  betrayal  contemporary  mystery  length-medium  m-f
  • Lucas by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Lucas by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lucas Bennett hasn't been able to catch a break lately. At the top of his growing list of disasters is the ongoing feud with Jake, his former best friend. It hasn't helped that the two are also prospects competing against each other for the single spot with the Savage Kings MC...
  • Cruel Prince by Aidèe Jaimes

    Cruel Prince by Aidèe Jaimes

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the Devil and he handed me over to someone far deadlier. After the death of my father, his enemies came knocking on my door. Left with no other choice, I agree to an indentured contract, selling my body to a criminal in exchange for my life. Only he never meant to keep me as his own...
  • A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    No longer an heir. No longer a daughter. No longer a Crow. Now, I am a wife. An accessory. A toy. Ripped away from the men I love, they want to break me. Strip away everything that made me into who I am, and create something new. I was Caterina Corvo. But now, I am Caterina Asante. For them, I will fight. For her, I will endure...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins. Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now. Or so she thought. When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    AN UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER? My life is no fairytale. I’m no Prince Charming. She’s no Disney Princess. She’s the femme fatale in the story. Fuck. Marry. Kill. I chose the former. She chose the latter. My family chose the option neither of us wanted. For thirty-eight years, I waited to marry the right woman, and then I was forced to marry the wrong one...
  • Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel

    Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    An exciting and steamy standalone arranged marriage mafia romance from bestselling author B. B. Hamel. I shouldn’t have stalked my future husband. When he catches me staring at him in the gym—. He drags me into the sauna. And I’m in big trouble. When my brother the Don orders me to marry Brody Quinn, I agree to sacrifice my happiness for the Famiglia...
  • Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These three women are the toughest juries they’ll ever have to plead their case to. THIS BOX SET INCLUDES…. Clean Slate (Charity Case #0. 5). Moving two thousand miles away wasn’t my plan, but when family needs you, you come. Before I can head back to my hometown of Chicago though, I have two men to say good-bye to. Neither one of them will be happy to hear the news...
  • Stella by Mackenzy Fox

    Stella by Mackenzy Fox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From best selling author Mackenzy Fox comes the highly anticipated MC spin-off series from the Bracken Ridge. NOLA Rebels MC - (New Orleans Series Book 15). Stay tuned for the Blurb! The men of the NOLA Rebels MC will do anything for their club. They’re a brotherhood, a club who stands mighty, and above all else, they take care of business, New Orleans style...
  • Craving You by Avril Ashton

    Craving You by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A former thief set on revenge. A younger man cut off by his wealthy family. This marriage is in name only. Kannon Jeffers knows a thing or two about regret. Cut off from his powerful and influential family, he’s betrayed the last person he’d ever want to hurt. Now he’s alone, doing things he never thought he would for money...
  • Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Allegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment. .. except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission...
  • Nolan by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Nolan by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nolan Bishop has felt like an outsider in the Savage Kings MC ever since he gave up the nomad lifestyle to try and put down some roots. He’s a convicted felon, searching for his place in the world without screwing up his probation...
  • The Morning by London Miller

    The Morning by London Miller

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With twin brothers that are always at each other’s throats and an Albanian enforcer that thrives in chaos, holidays at the Volkov residence are always eventful, but Lauren Volkov is determined to make this Christmas the best one yet...
  • Lumberjacks of Blackbear Bluff Complete Collection by Lilah Hart

    Lumberjacks of Blackbear Bluff Complete Collection by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In Blackbear Bluff, North Carolina, a logging crew faces temptation from a new local bakery. The sweets aren't the only thing tempting them, though. Young, beautiful women come to town to work. .. and end up finding love along the way. It includes the books:. Battling the Mountain Man. Tempting the Mountain Man. Soothing the Mountain Man. Satisfying the Mountain Man. Thrilling the Mountain Man...
  • Gamble by Jessica Hall

    Gamble by Jessica Hall

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Returning home after work, Fallon discovers her father unconscious and their house overrun by men she doesn't know. The stakes are high, and the odds are stacked against her younger sister is on the brink of death, needing expensive medical treatment they can't afford. Driven by desperation, their father attempted the unthinkable – robbing the casino where Fallon works, only to fail disastrously...
  • Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NICOLE. I've always been the perfect daughter, sister, and friend. After all, my father and brother are Titans. We’re high society, so I have an image to uphold. Costa Rica was supposed to be just a last summer hurrah before the new semester began. It ended up being the night when the good girl did something bad. A one-time indiscretion...
  • Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares...
  • Hostile Vows : Souza Cartel by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom

    Hostile Vows : Souza Cartel by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today best-selling author, Autumn Archer, comes a Forced Marriage, Friends to Enemies to Lovers Dark Mafia Romance duet. In the criminal underworld, love is a distraction that will get you killed. Finding out I’m a mafia princess was an unpleasant surprise because it meant my coveted bloodline had sealed my fate...
  • Atonement by S.W. Frank

    Atonement by S.W. Frank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone must pay for their sins. Call it kismet, destiny, karma, fate or whatever the hell you like, payment will be exacted, the only question is at what cost? Atonement, Volume IV of the Alfonzo mob saga returns and in this edition, Alfonzo's choice not to kill a rat may eventually be his undoing...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Mafia Bride by L. Steele

    Mafia Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s No Knight in Shining Armor. Massimo Domenico Sovrano is arrogant, mean, full of swagger and oh so hot. As one of the most feared gangsters in Italy, he can have any woman he sets his sight on. But for some reason he wants me. The chemistry between us is off the charts. So I sleep with him on our very first meeting. Only, he betrays me. He breaks my heart. Which is why I lie to him...
  • Irish Rebel by L.K. Shaw

    Irish Rebel by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caitlín. After finally convincing my over-protective family to let me visit my uncle in Dublin, I know this may be my only chance to experience everything I’ve always wanted: Adventure. Excitement. Freedom. Until I’m introduced to the man assigned to be my bodyguard. With his silver-flecked hair and wicked scar, Roarke radiates power and danger. Everything I’m drawn to...
  • Van by Erin Trejo

    Van by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “He isn’t worth the tears, darlin’. No man is. Especially one that can hurt somethin’ as precious as you. ”. Van is and has always been a player, never wanting to settle down or have a family. Growing up with a houseful of sisters, he appreciates women, and one thing he won’t ignore is men hurting women. Chyanne is pregnant and escaping an abusive relationship...
  • Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He's determined to make me his. I'd prefer to shoot him instead. Catalina. Life has never been easy for me. Now, the mafia empire I ripped from my dead husband's hands has been destroyed from within. To survive, I must form new connections. But only one man has what I need: Marco. A man as ruthless as the husband I killed. A man as handsome and seductive as the devil. A man I can never trust...
  • Finan by Amy Davies

    Finan by Amy Davies

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When you grow up in the Rugged Skulls MC, you get everything dropped at your feet, women included. You are also expected to act a certain way, but for me, that persona was always something that didn't sit right with me. I'm just not like other bikers. People watching is my thing. I like deciphering what makes people tick...
  • Wirth by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Wirth by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Trouble is coming for the Dirty Aces MC when they least expect it. After a patch-over party turns into a near fatal shootout that injures several members, the Dirty Aces MC is left reeling. Wirth feels especially guilty since he wasn’t at the bar when his brothers needed him the most...
  • Accidental Blind Date by Mia Mara

    Accidental Blind Date by Mia Mara

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My blind date stood me up. But the hot silver fox at the bar? He gave my night a happy ending. Over. And. Over. But don’t let that charming grin fool you. He’s really not the nice guy he pretends to be. Turns out he’s actually my older brother’s best friend. A smooth-talking business shark trying to take over my little bookstore. I didn't know that when I ended up between his penthouse sheets...
  • The Bratva's Weakness by Cassi Hart

    The Bratva's Weakness by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    James. I‘ve inherited the family business –. Yeah, exactly, that kind. The kind you can’t just walk away from. So instead, I’m trying to make it legitimate. When I hop in the car of a complete stranger,. that’s when I realize how much I need to change. Because in order to keep Allie safe, in order to keep her mine,. I need to rewrite the rules. But other players in the game don’t agree...
  • The Mafia Enforcer's Temptation by Kristen Luciani

    The Mafia Enforcer's Temptation by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’d rather burn than belong to him. Too bad fate. .. and the Irish mafia. .. have other plans. Seamus Murphy is everything I was raised to destroy. Irish. Brutal. Unshakable. He killed my cousin. Stole my future. And now? He’s the man I’m being forced to marry. It started with a heist. One second I was stealing back my family’s crest—...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  from hate to love  contemporary
  • Mountain Daddy: A Dark Mafia, Age Gap Romance by Milli Rabbit

    Mountain Daddy: A Dark Mafia, Age Gap Romance by Milli Rabbit

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    I didn’t know our one-night stand left her pregnant. Can’t blame her. I’m not the type you take home to meet daddy. As a mafia leader, I’m not exactly marriage material. But the moment I saw her bent over in that tight mini skirt,. I knew I’d claim her for life. Curves wrapped in leather. A smile I would burn the world down to protect. We had one night. Then she saw me kill a man...
  • The Devil's Deceit by Tracie Delaney, Wander Aguiar

    The Devil's Deceit by Tracie Delaney, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christian De Vil ruined my life. I intend to demolish his. Six months of meticulous planning led me right into the lion’s den. My the charming and powerful third son of the De Vil Dynasty. Oh, he plays a good game, but I know what lurks beneath his dangerously smooth exterior. A killer. The man responsible for my parents' deaths...
  • Unwillingly Ours by Brook Wilder

    Unwillingly Ours by Brook Wilder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I was supposed to hate him. Instead, I gave myself to him. Aleksey Korolev destroyed my life, and that was before I was forced to become his bride. He humiliated me before he dragged me to the altar. He dishonored our vows before I could say “I do. ”. But then something unexpected happened. I fell in love with him. Somewhere along the line, I learned to forgive him for what he did...
  • Sweet Poison by Georgia Le Carre

    Sweet Poison by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hazel. There's a new man in town. He rolled in with his little girl a few days ago. A real head turner tall, dark, and impossibly dashing…. He sure turned my head one hot night not so long ago. .. and oh my, what a night it was? I waited for him to call, but he didn't. I get it. It was just a one night stand. Naturally, he's sent all the unmarried ladies in our little town into a baking frenzy...
  • Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder

    Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He destroyed my world when he corrupted me in his bed. By all means, I'm supposed to hate him. But somewhere along the line, the monster who stole me ended up stealing my heart. He promised me he would do anything to protect me. Anything to protect our baby growing in my belly. To keep me close. And never let me go...
  • Secret Offer by Stella Gray

    Secret Offer by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    We’ll marry her off to the highest bidder…but I’ll pay the price. The Agency is an open secret among men of a certain tax bracket. You need a wife who understands your lifestyle? We’ll hand-select options from the eligible daughters of men who’d love to cement a business alliance with you. Sometimes, the daughters don’t even know they’re being set up...
  • Anarchy by S.W. Frank

    Anarchy by S.W. Frank

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Charismatic New York Mob Boss Alfonzo Has Returned with a Vengeance! A designer drug has exploded on the Miami club scene, but it's quickly spread to the east and west coasts to become a new drug of choice among rich college kids and suburbanites. The potent drug is called, 'Anarchy', and also goes by the street names, Suburban Candy or Blue Fire, because of its sweet taste and euphoric high...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  betrayal  contemporary  length-short
  • Animus by S.W. Frank

    Animus by S.W. Frank

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A shooting on the steps of cathedral in Palermo, on a day of celebration has left scars in the hearts and bodies of the Giacanti family. Alfonzo cannot forgive the cowards who struck at men when women and children were present. An enforcer goes hunting as the injured lay wounded in hospital beds. It is the vow of an aching heart, which one man recites in silence...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our marriage was supposed to avert a war. But making a husband out of my enemy has turned out to be harder than I thought…. Damien Russo is fifteen years older than me, ten times as broody,. and stubborn to a fault. He also happens to be the new leader of the Russo Mafia and my reluctant husband-to-be. As far as arranged marriages go, this is not a bad deal...
  • Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little

    Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They say I’m the Terror of Tuscany, and that’s exactly what I’m going to be if anything goes sideways with this shipment that I’m expecting next Tuesday. The name’s Gio, and people call me a lot of things, but unprepared definitely isn’t one of them. But that’s absolutely what I am for the first time in my life when I come face to face with my new stepsister...
  • They Will Burn by Montana Fyre

    They Will Burn by Montana Fyre

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    The key to being queen is to never let them see you stumble. They betrayed me. They made me believe they cared for me, only to break my heart. And now I find myself in the hands of the only man more terrifying than the four men who handed me to him...
  • Radge by Esther E. Schmidt

    Radge by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meribeth - Chaos erupts, causing my parents to force me into an arranged marriage. When I try to coerce circumstances to take a turn, that’s when true mayhem strikes. Ramsey - She’s wild, crazy, and a streak of violence runs through her veins. But the headstrong, gorgeous redhead landing right in my lap is the key to executing a plot for vengeance...
  • The Ties That Bind by Jessica Ames

    The Ties That Bind by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elena. My life was planned from the moment I was born. I am to marry for my family, to cement old alliances and create new ones. I know I have no say in who will be standing at the end of the aisle, but I didn’t expect my father to sell me to a monster. Kane Fraser is known for his cruelty and his coldness. In a few weeks’ time he will become my husband and will have complete control over my life...
  • Irish Rogue by L.K. Shaw

    Irish Rogue by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anya. Five years ago I was sold. Used. Abused. Now, I'm broken. My loving family thinks a husband will fix me. I have no desire to get married, but I’ll give them what they want. Except it will be on my terms. And I know just the person to ask. Paddy. Getting married is at the top of the list of things I swore I'd never do. So there’s no way I’ll agree to Anya’s ridiculous proposition...
  • Heated Caress by E.C. Land

    Heated Caress by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve wanted her for longer than I should’ve. She’s off limits and I know it. Christian. Blood coats my hands and I don’t regret them being stained. Not when it comes to the reason behind it. Being who I am, I’m as cold-hearted as they come. I only care for those close to me. But even still I keep them at bay. There’s only one who gets under my skin, and she knows it...
  • Savage by Mya Grey

    Savage by Mya Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I promised my brother I would avoid trouble. Until I see her. My sworn rival’s daughter. The woman I’m going to make my bride. Rule #1: Don’t break the furniture. Rule #2: Do not insult the guests. Rule #3: Don’t f**k someone else’s wife in a restroom. Too bad I’m no good at following rules. I know I made a promise, but I’m goodat breaking promises...
  • Pike by Erin Trejo

    Pike by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Men aren’t supposed to make women cry, Jailbait. ”. With his birthday around the corner, Pike is a man questioning what he wants in life. His brothers in his club are his family, but maybe it’s time to find someone to share his life with. A bullet from an unknown assailant leaves Pike in the hospital, where he meets Feather, an ER nurse who he immediately recognizes as a kindred spirit...
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