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  • Malachi by Grey Huffington

    Malachi by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When souls are tied, it’s never goodbye. A boy , I was, the day that I met you that summer evening, pulling your belongings out of the truck and into your new home. I knew it was love then. A whole man , I was, the day that you met me at the altar and agreed to love me until death do us part. A shell of a man , I’ve become since it did...
  • Malachi by Grey Huffington

    Malachi by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When souls are tied, it’s never goodbye. A boy , I was, the day that I met you that summer evening, pulling your belongings out of the truck and into your new home. I knew it was love then. A whole man , I was, the day that you met me at the altar and agreed to love me until death do us part. A shell of a man , I’ve become since it did...
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  • Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole

    Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The first two books in the Scarred Souls series, in one volume! RAZEOne man stripped of his freedom, his morals... his life. Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge..
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  dark  contemporary  fantasy  fighters  abuse  angst
  • Tempt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Tempt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love is a weakness for a man like me…Two years ago my enemies murdered my wife.They took away the mother of my newborn son.That’s how I became the beast…A merciless, heartless, soulless creature.That’s why I made the deal with Ava:Take her to repay her father’s debt…I couldn’t resist.Not when I saw she feared me as much as she wanted me.I wanted the beauty, a woman nearly half my age...
  • Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn

    Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine...
  • Seeking Vengeance by Eden Summers

    Seeking Vengeance by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her lies are as sweet as his obsession. He caught me spying on my enemies, but instead of betraying me, this dark-eyed stranger set his sights on seduction.He breaks down my walls with smoothly spoken Italian.Taunts me with his wicked promises.He says he wants to help. To give me a future, freedom, and, most of all, vengeance.Problem is, he has no idea who I really am...
  • Cas by Raven Amor

    Cas by Raven Amor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I see my reflection in those greens. Hating what I see, what I’ve become, who her family made me. The logical part of me knows she doesn’t wear my father’s blood, but all rational thought has deserted me. I hate her with every breath. Yet, she takes my rage, stopping me from twisting into an inferno. How can someone be your downfall and redeemer in one? WARNING: Adult content...
  • The Devil's Fire by Mariam El-Hafi

    The Devil's Fire by Mariam El-Hafi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Althaia grew up protected and sheltered, not knowing about the Mafia World, despite her father being a Mafia Boss. Her mother took her away when she was younger to protect her from the dark world.However, at her cousin's engagement party, she met... him. Damiano Bellavia. The ruthless and powerful Mafia Boss. The one her father had desperately tried to hide her away from...
  • Taken by Kristen Luciani

    Taken by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I watched it all happen.Our world, crushed in a hot second.I was too blinded by lust to stop the exploding bullets in time.They shattered my lifeAnd my love.I failed myself.I failed the boss.Worst of all, I failed her.But this story is far from over,And our enemies don’t like loose ends.Money and revenge – they want it all.I always knew they’d be back to finish the job...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  dark  dual-pov  fantasy  length-medium
  • Freed by Lacey Lehotzky

    Freed by Lacey Lehotzky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    ****** SPOILERS FOR CHAINED, LIGHT, AND DARK AHEAD**********When Izidora awakens to find six months have passed, her sole focus turns to revenge against Kazimir.Driven by a burning desire for retribution, she plunges into the depths of her magic, discovering that where light once existed, darkness now reigns...
  • A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne

    A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    “Forgive me…for I have sinned.”And nothing interrupts a good confession like a murder.Fiona Mahoney stands in the ashes of her hopes facing her tempting adversary, Inspector Grayson Croft. Her sins are about to spill from her lips, when he says the one thing that could dispel all thoughts of revelation or redemption...
  • Complete Innocence Boxset by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Complete Innocence Boxset by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m king of the criminal underworld. I always get what I want. And she’s my obsession. Cora is new to the city of sin. Her innocent blue eyes beg for me to claim her. But I’m not the billionaire she thinks I am. There’s a darkness within me. And Cora is a shining light. She’s beautiful. A virgin. I’m ruthless. A beast. She found me for a reason. She’ll be my queen...
  • Fractured by R. Phillips

    Fractured by R. Phillips

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "All of it existing somewhere in between everything."What is a life? A collection of memories? A series of glorious highs and heartrending lows? Is it a purpose, cumulative or singular? Or is it something more? Something beyond what is tangible or immaterial?Something beyond even what is found within us...
  • The Beginning Of Us by Lylah James

    The Beginning Of Us by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s something special about first love. It feels right; it looks right. It’s perfect in every way, until it isn’t.Grayson Hale — the hot nerd, my first love. He was an enigma. Both mysteriously complicated and beautifully broken. The vacant look in his eyes reminded me of my own, almost as if our misery called to one another. Colton Bennett — the sarcastic playboy, my second chance...
  • Mine by AJ Wolf

    Mine by AJ Wolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **Bloody Business Prequel**Mafia Family | Arranged Marriage | Enemies to Lovers A burning sneer, a snide remark, and a stolen kiss. Three distinct memories among a million others that stain my childhood with Remy Luciano. Sour gummy worms and a nickname. Two more memories and everything I loved to hate started blurring at the edges.A wedding dress made for another...
  • Nirvana In Neon by M.J Knight

    Nirvana In Neon by M.J Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We did it. Our enemies are just bad memories. Or so we thought. Can you ever really be safe from enemies when you and the men you love run the largest crime syndicate in the South? We were celebrating. Preparing. Our life was finally on track. Now new enemies come from the North. They think us weak… Little do they know I’m more bloodthirsty than ever...
  • Blood Tears by Sasha R.C.

    Blood Tears by Sasha R.C.

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TyCrime, Violence, and MiseryThree things I know very well. O promised myself that I would never let anyone get close to me. But then I saw her. Lyric. I have watched her for years and I can't deny my need for her, my desire. I need to protect her at any cost. I have killed for her, tortured for her.There is nothing I will not do to keep her safe. She is mine, she has always been mine...
  • Fyre and Ash by Logan Fox

    Fyre and Ash by Logan Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Healing was my obsession...until she walked into my classroom.For years, my art therapy classes have provided solace to trauma survivors.I’ve never questioned my motives before. Then her file crosses my desk.Charlotte Ash.Battered. Bruised. Broken.The devil who kidnapped her put this girl through seven days of hell before she could escape.The torture she suffered shows in her dead eyes...
  • The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet

    The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The riveting conclusion to the War of Sins Series! More secrets come to light in this stunning conclusion to Raf and Noelle's story. The events of the hacienda still haunt both lovers...
  • Redlined by Cala Riley

    Redlined by Cala Riley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RoxanneRacing and Ross are the only two things I thought I could ever count on. That is, until one of them sends me far away, making me lose the other.Now, stuck with a cousin I’m not sure even wants me here trying to pick up the scattered pieces of my life, all I want to do is find my own way...
  • The Curse of the Siren by S. E. Nielsen

    The Curse of the Siren by S. E. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There is but one lesson humans are slow to learn and quick to forget: the fae lie… When half-fae Bronwyn is caught fleeing the scene of a robbery, a Crusader arrow finds its mark. But as her roguish partner-in-crime Eoin tends to her wounds, a spark between them replenishes Bronwyn’s magic — revealing her as part-Siren. And quite possibly cursed...
  • The Prince by Skye Warren

    The Prince by Skye Warren

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Penny doesn't dream about a prince coming to save her from the trailer park. She knows better than that. And the boy she finds hiding in the woods out back is too wild and dangerous to trust. But he may be her only chance at survival.From New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren comes an emotional new spin-off series. THE PRINCE is a 13,000-word prologue to the new Masterpiece duet...
  • The Curse of the Siren by S. E. Nielsen

    The Curse of the Siren by S. E. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is but one lesson humans are slow to learn and quick to forget: the fae lie… When half-fae Bronwyn is caught fleeing the scene of a robbery, a Crusader arrow finds its mark. But as her roguish partner-in-crime Eoin tends to her wounds, a spark between them replenishes Bronwyn’s magic — revealing her as part-Siren. And quite possibly cursed...
  • Savage Soul by Ella Jade

    Savage Soul by Ella Jade

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I failed the woman I swore to protect, and now my enemies are after her. Jude I live by a code. I don’t tolerate lies, betrayals, or secrets. I seldom give second chances. When Emmie withheld the truth from me, I acted on instinct before I gave her a chance to explain. My actions put her in danger, and now it’s my responsibility to save her...
  • His Death Bringer by Courtney W. Dixon

    His Death Bringer by Courtney W. Dixon

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    PLEASE READ THE BLURB AND WARNINGS IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO TRIGGERS!He calls me his dark angel, but I’m merely a killer. A bringer of death.Luca DavenportHe is my angel, sent to be my death bringer to save me from my tormentors and betrayers—those who sold me into slavery when I was only eight years old...
  • Dead Spring by A.L. Masters

    Dead Spring by A.L. Masters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A sudden outbreak of violence at a local superstore leaves an eclectic group of people stranded. The isolation from the outside world and news of the devastation forces them to band together to survive. The survivors must adapt to the new rules of the world and seek comfort where they can...while they can...
  • Traces of Her by C.M. Radcliff

    Traces of Her by C.M. Radcliff

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I am a ghost, a captive stripped of my own identity. I’ve lived in solitude in the depths of hell until the devil appeared, pulling me out of the darkness and shoving me into the arms of my new prison. But sometimes a prison becomes a home. And sometimes that home is within the heart of a man. I have a debt to pay and my brother’s collecting. He makes the messes and I deal with the aftermath...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  dark  abuse  captive  contemporary  fantasy  new adult
  • Zhànshì by Anna Edwards

    Zhànshì by Anna Edwards

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”  -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War Lia has known she was different since the age of five when her father taught her the skills of her ancestors. His stories of heroic exploits have fueled her fantasies for years...
  • Wicked Pursuit by Katee Robert

    Wicked Pursuit by Katee Robert

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 ratings
    Welcome to the Black Rose Auction where every sin can be yours for a price. For three days, the doors to this luxe New York estate are thrown wide for anyone with a taste for the obscenely rich, the ultra-exclusive, and the once in a lifetime thrill of the forbidden: where nothing is off the table and everything―and everyone―can be had for the taking...
  • The Blue-Eyed Devil by Beena Khan

    The Blue-Eyed Devil by Beena Khan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On a hallowed night, the love of my life gambled me away to the Devil.Once upon a myth...A Devil with the face of an angel ruled New York.Salvi Moretti returns.A Don to one of the five families of the La Cosa Nostra.He's a notorious gangster wrapped in an Armani suit that reigns in hell. The villain of every love story. He is a powerful aristocrat, a savage, and a wicked man who likes a challenge...
  • Wretched by Yolanda Olson, Emery LeeAnn

    Wretched by Yolanda Olson, Emery LeeAnn

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One day, we awoke to find that the world had stopped turning and the sky had turned to ash.The streets are quiet, and even the birds have stopped singing.It can’t be just us because we’ve lived through so many more horrors than anything that could possibly be outside of these walls.Being alone would be even crueler than still being with her.We know that there have to be more survivors...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  dystopian  fantasy  contemporary
  • Rise by Margot de Klerk

    Rise by Margot de Klerk

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don't like new people. They come into our town and don't know the rules. They get up in our business. They mess things up.That's why when James Maddock walks into my bar, I'm suspicious. He might act like a nice guy, but for sure he spells trouble.And that's the last thing I need just when I've got my life on track...
  • Beauty and the Villain by V.F. Mason

    Beauty and the Villain by V.F. Mason

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Once upon a time I had it all.I thrived in all the power and luxury this world had to offer.Until I found out the hideous truth.When a man I considered a friend betrayed me in the worst possible way.The scars on my body burned anew every single day as I only craved one thing.Revenge.And to execute it I had to strike him where it would hurt the most.His family...
  • Savage Sins by Sarah Bale

    Savage Sins by Sarah Bale

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s Forbidden—a devil I shouldn’t wantMalik Jafar.The one man I can never have.The one man I shouldn’t want.He gets everything he desires.But that doesn’t include me.So why do I keep finding myself alone with him?It would be so simple to give in to him, except for one thing.He’s married to my best friend.Too bad my heart doesn’t care...
  • The Prodigal Son by Veronica Lancet

    The Prodigal Son by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    He died many times...too bad he was still alive. In the beginning, Rafaelo and Michele were friends. Brothers. In the beginning they were both good.Until the unthinkable happened that changed the course of their lives forever. Every villain has an origin story. But not everyone becomes a villain. Michele chose darkness, and that was his sin. Rafaelo could never chose, and that was his...
  • Only Happy When It Rains by Selena .

    Only Happy When It Rains by Selena .

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Snubbed. Jilted. Exiled. Being left at the altar would have been better. Instead, I'm sent away to a secluded spot where I can't disturb the happy couple--on my honeymoon without a bride.Left to lick my wounds and recover from the ultimate betrayal, I do what I do best.No, not admit defeat. Not recover my dignity like I'm unaffected.Plot revenge...
  • A Realm of Dreams and Shadows by Kathy Haan

    A Realm of Dreams and Shadows by Kathy Haan

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the shadowed corners of the fae realm, where magic pulses with a life of its own, Morte awakens to a world fragmented and veiled in mystery. A Realm of Dreams and Shadows weaves a tale of dark fantasy romance, where the echoes of the past whisper secrets yet to be uncovered.For Morte, two years have vanished into an abyss, erased by the mercy of the Luna goddess...
  • A Tale of Vengeance: Part 1: A Dark, Mafia, Enemies-to-Lovers Romance  (Vengeance Compilations) by Michaela Jackson

    A Tale of Vengeance: Part 1: A Dark, Mafia, Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Vengeance Compilations) by Michaela Jackson

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold.And this one has been chilling for a while.But she’s hiding something.A better man would just trust her.I’m not a better man.I’ve let her go twice.Once by choice.Once by force.I won’t let her go again.Vengeance will be mine.With her as my queen.No one will stop it.Not even her.This is parts 4-5 of a 5 part dark romance series. Includes Vicarious and Vengeance...
  • Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A bloody past haunts him. A devastating present calls him back…Nao hides from his violent past in the Japanese mob by opening a teahouse in Japan's cultural center, Kyoto. His past comes flooding back when he discovers a gravely injured man with a tattooed chest, a bloody knife, and a Korean business card.Saehyun would've died if not for Nao's help...
  • Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde

    Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    He wants her submission. She demands his secrets.Hades has acres of diamonds and precious little patience for a world that has stolen his compassion. So, when lifegiving medication is withheld from him, Hades steals something more valuable—the daughter of his enemy—and holds her for ransom.The night Persephone left home, she had just one thing on her freedom...
  • The Zodiac Queen: Season Two by Gemma James

    The Zodiac Queen: Season Two by Gemma James

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Gemma James brings you season two of the Zodiac Queen, a unique and steamy tale of a young queen caught between twelve signs. Intended for mature readers who enjoy dark and explicit themes. Reader discretion is advised.Twelve men, a virgin queen, one arranged marriage…Cancer: Vance Morgan—a kinky doctor with an exhibitionist streak...
  • Love After Never: A Steamy, Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance: Empire Bay Book 1 by Melanie Kingsley

    Love After Never: A Steamy, Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance: Empire Bay Book 1 by Melanie Kingsley

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Even the blackest souls need love… Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived. I’ve never seen a man like him before. Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect. If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits...
  • Vengeance of The Fallen by Dani René

    Vengeance of The Fallen by Dani René

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René, brings you a brand new dark and steamy reverse harem romance which is part of the Twisted Legends Collection! A new persona. A new life. But none of that would save me from them.The Fallen are ruthless, demanding, and vicious, and they want me. I thought I could hide from my past, but they know who I am, what I am. They want vengeance...
  • Love After Never by Melanie Kingsley

    Love After Never by Melanie Kingsley

    Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Even the blackest souls need love… Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived. I’ve never seen a man like him before. Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect. If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits...
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