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  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series. Full blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  sports  new adult  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • Kneel by Nikita Parmenter

    Kneel by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jynx isn’t going to let those who murdered her mother get away with it. She’s going to get to the bottom of why her grandmother was involved with the Ravens, and she’s going to make those who harmed her mother kneel and beg for mercy before she ends them...
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  • The Letters by Lesley Jones

    The Letters by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This really was the perfect way to end this amazing series. The writing was beautiful and the letters. .. wow, each and every one left me speechless. The Hopeless Romantic Book Blog. It's raw, confronting and at times absolutely heart-shattering. On the flip side it's beautiful, heart-warming and downright sinfully delicious. It was everything we expected and more. .. .. ..
  • Sinful Deed by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Deed by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Copeland City is being terrorized by a new killer. He targets women in their twenties, kills them with a cowardly cocktail of drugs direct to their veins, then leaves a slew of clues for me to unearth on my medical examination table. It’s purely coincidental that I match his victim's profiles. If only Archer Malone, lead detective and the man currently occupying my bed, would believe the same...
  • Forced Proximity by Lani Lynn Vale

    Forced Proximity by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Finnian “Apollo” Reins met Dru Noel Rossi at his lowest. She was a bright ray of sunshine in his darkest, cloudiest night. He had no clue that he needed her. He was just struggling to keep his head above water, going from day to day, waiting for it to be his time to go. But then she catches his eye in the swankiest restaurant in Washington DC...
  • Sinful Truth by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Truth by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Paul McGregor is a treasured resident of Copeland City and a beloved friend who provides food and shelter for the city’s at-risk youths. No one has a bad word to say about him, yet he’s found in his bed on a freezing January night. Tortured. Dismembered. Dead. Now he’s on my table inside the morgue, and his file has landed on Detective Malone’s desk...
  • Shaved by Gina LaManna

    Shaved by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a dazzling destination wedding brings the Luzzi Family to Hawaii, Lacey plans to take advantage of the sunshine and relaxation, along with a healthy diet of papaya and shaved ice. However, Lacey has her work cut out for her...
  • Salted by Gina LaManna

    Salted by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After taking a gig with her grandfather – the Don of the Italian mafia – Lacey Luzzi has been in for a wild ride. Stolen property, rogue weddings and uncomfortable Family dinners – she’s seen it all. However this time, when Carlos interrupts Lacey’s sugar-induced nap with a phone call, he gives her an assignment that sends her skidding into a place she least expects: the local spa...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  mystery  humor  audiobook
  • Order by Blair Babylon

    Order by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dree Clark thought tall, ripped, thoroughly hot Augustine was her knight in shining armor, until she discovered he was her priest. Where’s the last place in the world evil drug dealers from Phoenix would look for a girl who owes them money? Nepal. Dree is on the run...
  • Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith S. Keim

    Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith S. Keim

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An upscale hotel like The Beach House Hotel sometimes attracts surprise guests…. Ann and Rhonda continue overseeing their Beach House Hotel along the Gulf Coast of Florida and providing guests with a lovely experience of good eating, relaxation, and the privacy many of them require...
  • No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

    No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Geek's Worst Nightmare: Going Back to High School. Returning to high school is not something I ever wanted to do over—it was awful the first time around. So why do I have to go back as part of a new undercover assignment? Because the universe loves playing jokes on me, obviously...
  • Lost Kingdom by Emilia Finn

    Lost Kingdom by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Timothy Malone the Third was born to lead. He was bred to follow in his father’s footsteps, rule a city, and continue a family line of depravity, violence, and business acumen. Where his father and grandfather thrilled within the realm of brutality, dancing upon the ashes of those they destroyed, this Tim refuses to become what he was created for...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Snake Eyes Series: Standalone Romances. Interconnecting Stories. One Unforgettable Adventure. DANTE. It was only supposed to be one night. One night with me and I’d make her father’s debt to the Zappia crime family a little easier to swallow. Turns out, swallowing ain’t much of an issue for Lucy Vaughn. I should never have gotten involved with her...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  athletes  humor  military  new adult  suspense  m-f
  • Just For Them by Abbie Zanders

    Just For Them by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He puts his life on the line every day. Now his heart is in her hands. Dom. I’ve spent my life running into burning buildings and saving people, but now I’m the one who feels lost. My family—every last one of them—has found their happy ending, and here I am, still searching. When I meet Ella at a charity photo shoot, it's as if something unlocks deep inside me...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Love on Fire by E.L. Todd

    Love on Fire by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Neil Crimson is back from his mission. We promised we would just be friends, to keep our hands to ourselves and have a platonic relationship. But I haven't been with anyone since he's been gone. .. and I miss him so much. When he walks in the door, he's just as strong and handsome as I remember. He's a little thinner than before, but still regal and powerful...
  • Broken Kings, Books 1-4 by Nikita Parmenter

    Broken Kings, Books 1-4 by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Complete Series! *** This is a spin off of the Finding My Home series, Jynx’s story. You don’t need to read the Finding My Home series to enjoy this one! ***. Bow Down. My life got turned upside down when I got an inheritance from the grandmother I never knew existed...
  • Winter Bloom by Laurelin Paige, Kayti McGee

    Winter Bloom by Laurelin Paige, Kayti McGee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They say winter is coming… and thanks to Logan, I am too. If the past year has taught me anything, it’s that I am an idiot. Between The Incident, the upcoming nuptials, and finding a new place to live, I’m about ready to find a cave to hibernate in. Nearly murdering the lead singer of my favorite local band really should have been on everyone’s bingo card...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  humor
  • Fight by Nikita Parmenter

    Fight by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So many things have been revealed over the past few hours, and I have a feeling there are more revelations to come. Once I’ve gotten over the huge personal revelation, that I was not even slightly prepared for, we then have to find out who’s killing the parents and whether they pose a threat to us as well...
  • The Don's Doorstep Baby  by Ashlie Silas

    The Don's Doorstep Baby by Ashlie Silas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The billionaire, the don, and the cute kid on the doorstep. .. the end. Or so I thought. I never expected to see him again but here he is, his presence as commanding as ever. His features are just as strikingly handsome as they were years ago. My relationship with Xander was a rollercoaster destined to crash so, I saved us both the trouble and left. My only regret is the one thing I had to do...
  • One More Round by Alice Clayton

    One More Round by Alice Clayton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Reunite with Simon and Caroline from the New York Times best-selling Wallbanger in this fun and flirty novella! Simon and Caroline have it all. A gorgeous restored Victorian house in Sausalito, flourishing careers, an eternal spark for each other, and a cat with more attitude than is legal in the state of California...
  • Sail by M. Mabie

    Sail by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This isn’t just a two-year long one-night stand. It’s my life. This is my life. Our life. It isn’t just some careless affair. I’ve made the worst decisions a woman could, but I’ll earn my second chance. She can try keeping all the guilt for herself, but I’m just as much to blame. Loving Casey wasn’t my biggest mistake. Fighting it for so long was. I’ll show her how fearless our love makes me...
  • The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Do you know what you’ve got in your hands? A little piece of fucking treasure, that’s what. I’ve taken initiative here and have turned my trusty Man Bible into an actual survival guide, because the loot between these pages will lead to each of you having happy, stress free lives with your women. Pick this gem up, put your big boy pants on, and start reading. Trust me, you won't regret it...
  • Sparkled by Gina LaManna, Caitlin Kelly

    Sparkled by Gina LaManna, Caitlin Kelly

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Lacey, Clay and Meg are back—this time headed to. .. a wedding? Assignment Numero Dos for Lacey comes straight from the Godfather himself. When one of the Luzzi Family’s low-ranking associates is found dead, Carlos believes it may be the doing of the rival Russian mob, and he orders Lacey to find the killer...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  mystery  humor  heroine sleuth  audiobook
  • The Don's Deadly Games by Judy Hale

    The Don's Deadly Games by Judy Hale

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The most dangerous man in Chicago has painted a target on my back. Now, I’m stuck with the very man who wants me dead. I was just a therapist hiding from my past until I broke the cardinal never get involved with a client. My judgment came swiftly and in the form of the ultimate Nico Vitelli. He looks like sin, tastes like caramel, and loves to play with his prey. I can’t resist his dark pull...
  • Charmed by the Mafia by Ava Gray

    Charmed by the Mafia by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only a billionaire mafia could think he could escape death. I’m his heart specialist, and he’s the patient I absolutely can’t resist. So, when he called me his girlfriend to please his family, I could only nod in agreement. Giovanni might be my forbidden patient and fake lover…But I have real dreams about him taking my V-card. Soon, these dreams would turn into nightmares...
  • Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

    Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Playboy Prince has lost his princess…. The hell I have. It took me this long to find her, so I’m not letting her go without a fight. Everyone will know just how far I’m willing to go for love. Just how far I’m willing to go for…her. As it turns out, love is a stronger motivator than vengeance.
  • Saltwater Falls by Amelia Addler

    Saltwater Falls by Amelia Addler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lights, camera…romance! Now that Connor is home on San Juan Island, he knows it’s time to give up his carefree lifestyle and put down some roots. But then he meets a Hollywood-bound beauty and starts to question everything…. Teresa has only one goal. She will succeed as a location scout for her first big-time film. Falling for the distractingly handsome Connor was not on her agenda. Oops…...
  • Spring Fever by Laurelin Paige, Kayti McGee

    Spring Fever by Laurelin Paige, Kayti McGee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Episode five of six in the laugh-out-loud Dating Season series.
  • Dangerous Game by Bel Blackwood

    Dangerous Game by Bel Blackwood

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The other woman… is a mob boss? ! After Wren's girlfriend cheats on her and breaks her heart, Wren craves revenge. She's not going to be a meek little pushover any longer. She's going to seduce and humiliate the other woman, and give her a taste of her own medicine. But she gets more than she bargains for. Katya is a gorgeous, deadly, mafia queenpin. And. .
    Categorized as:
    mafia  age difference  f-f  humor  mystery  queer  length-medium
  • Royal Games by T.K. Leigh

    Royal Games by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was his biggest regret. He was my greatest adventure. .. Every girl dreams of falling in love with a prince. When I met Jeremy, I thought he was my prince. Caring. Compassionate. Sensitive. And, unfortunately for me, not attracted to women. So here I am, thirty years old and divorced when most of my friends are just getting married...
  • Marrying the Merciless Don by Ashlie Silas

    Marrying the Merciless Don by Ashlie Silas

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    She thinks she can escape our arranged marriage, but I'm not just any guy – I'm the don. The moment I saw the mafia princess, I knew she was the missing piece. I've got wealth and power. Now I need the perfect woman to build my empire with. Rosa De Luca is stunning and quick-witted. She's the one who fits the bill. The only glitch? She's flawlessly perfect...
  • Protected by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Protected by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ANDREI. Andrei is a quantitative analyst. Yeah, he knows it’s a mouthful. Basically, he’s a deep math guy. One of those SOBs who studies the stock markets on the hunt for gold. One difference between him and the rest? Andrei’s better than good. He’s the best...
  • Tingle by Trevion Burns

    Tingle by Trevion Burns

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To the naked eye, Veda Vandyke has it all. An amazing boyfriend who’s madly in love with her—with savage bedroom skills that bend her spine nightly, a flourishing medical career that brings her a sense of accomplishment, and even a few new friends who keep her in good spirits when times get tough. But Veda Vandyke has a secret. A dark secret...
  • Stiff Drink by Blair Babylon

    Stiff Drink by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Blair Babylon, a thrilling romantic suspense tale about a hot English nobleman with an MI6 secret! Arthur Finch-Hatten is six-feet four-inches of hot, ripped, loaded English billionaire nobleman who is wasting his life and his earldom so audaciously that his younger brother is suing him for control...
  • Baby for the Brute: A Fake Boyfriend Romance by Penelope Bloom

    Baby for the Brute: A Fake Boyfriend Romance by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Pretend you’re my boyfriend. Please. ”. She’s a stranger. Big blue eyes. Innocent. Way too pure for my dirty hands. I should tell her to run. I’m bad news. The worst kind. But I’ve never made a habit of doing the right thing. I kiss her because I want her. I want those cherry lips tangled up with mine. I want to claim her. Own her. I want her to learn that she doesn’t make the rules...
  • Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say love is all around. Yeah, for everyone but me. It sounds crazy, I know. Breaking News: badass bodyguard for the nation’s top security firm doesn’t know how to talk to women. That’s it, folks.  I have no game. Luckily my newfound family at Blake Security accepts me exactly as I am. But there are things in my past, secrets , that I’d do anything to protect them from...
  • Tempted by the Sinner by B. B. Hamel

    Tempted by the Sinner by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a little saint just begging to get corrupted. And I’m the perfect sinner just waiting to take a taste. Mona Rizzo wants to write the next great profile of a real American gangster, and she wants to use me as her subject. Except I want to use her as my play thing. It’s a match made in sin, and I’m going to suck her into my world before she even has a chance to stop loving it...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  new adult  humor  m-f  length-medium
  • Her Possessive Kingpins by Gemma Haze, Ellie Rowe

    Her Possessive Kingpins by Gemma Haze, Ellie Rowe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They didn’t just steal me. They claimed me. One minute I’m frosting cupcakes and dodging my family’s dirty legacy. The next, I’m gagged and thrown in the back of a black SUV—sold off by my father to settle his debts. To them. Three men. Dean, Thoren, Gio. Enforcers. Monsters. Kings of the New York underworld. They call me collateral. Say I belong to them now. But I won’t be broken. I fight...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  humor  length-medium
  • The Naz and Roz Chronicles by Bethany-Kris

    The Naz and Roz Chronicles by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Follow the extended story of Naz and Roz five years after their Happily Ever After. Everything is changing all over again. And finally, Naz and Roz might actually be able to start their life together and on the same continent. With, of course, someone new tagging along. Oh, and with a baby on the way, too...
  • Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sexy alpha-male doctor remedies the past to keep his one true love. Deals with the devil never work out. Trust me. At eighteen years old, I gave up the girl of my dreams. For what? To climb the ranks of the most ruthless underground crime organization in Chicago? Not worth it. A good man would've stayed away from Ivy like I promised to do. Not me...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  humor  suspense  m-f  length-long
  • Christmas with the Mafia: a festive romance full of naughty and spice by Stella Andrews

    Christmas with the Mafia: a festive romance full of naughty and spice by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It turns out that Prince Charming looks sexier in black. For readers who like their fairy tales a little spicier—where the villain weaves a magic spell that you fail to resist. Dark, morally gray anti-heroes who prove that naughty is nice and good guys can be the devil in disguise...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • Finding My Home by Nikita Parmenter

    Finding My Home by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This is the boxset for the first three books in the series. Home. They were my entire world and then everything fell apart. I didn't get to say goodbye, Life's thrown me anther curve ball and I'm going back, I'm going home, I'm not the girl they used to know anymore though, I'm a hell of a lot darker. Secrets Worth Keeping...
  • The Man Who Has No Heart by Victoria Quinn

    The Man Who Has No Heart by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Deacon Hamilton was supposed to be just a client. And I don't date clients. Well, not anymore. But I've fallen in love with his son, fallen in love with our trips to the cabin. .. and now I can't be with Tucker anymore. Not when Deacon is the man I want. So I'm just going to tell him. And hope for the best.
  • Pure Lust Vol. 3 by M.S. Parker, Cassie Wild

    Pure Lust Vol. 3 by M.S. Parker, Cassie Wild

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I'd always thought the stepmothers in fairy tales were supposed to be the evil ones, not the mother-in-law. Even Snow White's wicked stepmother had nothing on Claire Bouvier. Gabriella Baine is going to marry the man of her dreams. .. if her monster-in-law-to-be doesn't drive her away first...
  • Bad Things by Emily Goodwin

    Bad Things by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They say it’s better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. I think that’s total bullshit. No one wants to be a loser in the Game of Love. Trust me, I know. With a lying fiancee and a canceled wedding, I’ve lost big time. And that loss turned me bitter, so hell bent on vengeance that I almost let it destroy everything...
  • 30 Days: Part One by Belle Brooks

    30 Days: Part One by Belle Brooks

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Sometimes we choose to forget the things in life that hurt us the most. ”. What has Abigail forgotten? What has been erased? Plenty, apparently . .. Abigail, the self-proclaimed hexed, is falling apart at the seams. She’s mad at the world—at the series of doors that continue to slam in her face. Most of all, she’s mad at herself...
  • Just One Night by Elle Casey

    Just One Night by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Jennifer doesn't know who to believe, but the lipstick on William's neck is just a little to red to ignore, much as he might like her to. The more she tries to make sense of the stories, the more it feels like she's repeating mistakes from her past, and that's something she wants to avoid at all costs, no matter how much it might hurt...
  • Taken by Her Prince by B.B. Hamel

    Taken by Her Prince by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I broke her to pieces. And I’ll put her back together. Colleen Colley got caught in the crossfire. When I saw that sweet thing lying on the ground, I knew I couldn’t leave her there. So I took her home and nursed her back to health. With a fat padlock on the bedroom door. My crew’s moving in on the Irish mafia, and my sweet little princess is the Boss’s niece...
  • Worshipped by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Worshipped by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! SAWYER. Sawyer’s a mathematician. In his thirties, he might have won a Nobel Prize, and he might be worth a couple of million as a result of his research, but of all the men sharing the same Kensington roof, he’s the most normal. Born into poverty, Sawyer knows what it means to feel hunger...
  • Match This!: The UnSocial Dater by Josie Charles, Carolyn Jaime

    Match This!: The UnSocial Dater by Josie Charles, Carolyn Jaime

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ONLINE DATING HAS NEVER BEEN FUNNIER. *** Pre- order for . 99 now. The price will be going up on release ***. From USA Today Bestselling author of The Men of Steel series, MJ Fields comes a sexy new romantic comedy. Kat's a take no sh*t kind of girl, but when her mother forces her to start online dating with her, she's taken off guard...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  humor  new adult  audiobook
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