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  • Scandalous Prince by Rachel Van Dyken

    Scandalous Prince by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A mafia romance about secrets and soulmates by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series. The Woods are Lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go, before I sleep —Robert Frost...
  • Carson by Jane Henry

    Carson by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    Megan:. Carson Flynn is dangerous and brooding. Intensely possessive. Angry, fierce. .. Haunted. He’s a member of the Clan. A criminal. And a single father who’d burn the world for his daughter. But when he turns his eye on me, I know I should run. I should definitely hide. But it’s already too late. .. Because when Carson sets his mind on something, he gets what he wants. And what he wants. .
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  • Captivated by Him by Measha Stone

    Captivated by Him by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    When the mob came after me, Jakub Staszek kept me safe. But his protection has a price. .. Me. When he caught me drinking underage in his club five years ago, Jakub spanked my bare bottom like a naughty little girl. But when he took off his belt today, he had a different use in mind for it. It was to bind my arms and leave me helpless for a much rougher, much more shameful lesson...
  • Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes the epic conclusion to the heart-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat gripping, romantic suspense, Hard to Love series. With her I was always on the highest high. That's why it was so easy to fall. I never stood a chance without her. The two of us were made for one another. It's as simple as that...
  • Saving Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

    Saving Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Beckett Taylor’s quest to be a better man has brought Eve Hartt back into his life, but sometimes it feels like they’re bound together with barbed wire. Though he longs to love her without causing pain, the wreckage of their past continues to crash down around them. Yet with the help of this brothers—and for his brothers—Beckett won’t stop trying...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  mafia  m-f  contemporary  dark  suspense  bad boys  angst
  • Possessive Mafia Vows  by Vivy Skys

    Possessive Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought she was dead. Not even my billions or my Irish mafia could save the redhead I’d just claimed from the crash. Then she showed up—scarred, fierce, pregnant with my heir, and hunted by the Russian mob. Six years ago, I was dragged from the wreckage—burned, broken, and told she didn’t make it. My obsession. My punishment? Endless nightmares of her screams...
  • Tempted to Kiss by W. Winters

    Tempted to Kiss by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally-gripping, romantic suspense. I fell for someone I shouldn’t have. I’m not the only person to ever do such a thing. I know that. And I’m not an awful person for desiring his touch, his kiss, his everything… but I knew I shouldn’t have indulged. There’s something about knowing it’s wrong that tempts me that much more...
  • It Destroys Me by Penelope Sky

    It Destroys Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    I chose the wrong man. .. and I chose him for the wrong reasons. Now all I want to do is repair the broken relationship with the man I've always wanted. But he's wounded by my rejection and it'll take time to heal what I've broken. But I know there's hope. .. otherwise he wouldn't have come for me.
  • Shattered by Bethany-Kris

    Shattered by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “Don’t fall in love with me. I ruin beautiful things. ”. Love made him this way, but life makes him stay. Life doesn’t give a redo. There’s no rewind or pause button to take you back or stop time. Once something happens, it happened. The most tragic of those times in his life, the ones he wouldn’t get back and the moments he could never fix, reminded Demyan Avdonin of a bullet meeting glass...
  • Queen's Move by Nikita Slater

    Queen's Move by Nikita Slater

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He declared war, she accepted the challenge. Vee is poised on the edge of a mob war. Born to the mob, abused by the mob, she is now ready to rise up and take over her dead husband's mafia holdings. She is queen in a beautiful and brutal city. She runs her organization with cool logic, passionate loyalty and an iron will. She's the perfect woman for the job...
  • 30 Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Secrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI. Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong. She will submit. She will play her role. 30 days until she becomes mine forever. 30 days for her final chance to run. 30 days, and Willow will be my wife. .. mine until the end of days. WILLOW. Sergei wants me to trust him...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  alpha male  dark  contemporary  captive  abuse  suspense
  • 30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back. SERGEI. 30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits. My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist. But my precious prize doesn't know what I know. Nobody has ever won a war against me. Nobody has ever bested me. And she's not going to be the first. Good luck, little Willow. .
    Categorized as:
    mafia  bdsm  dark  captive  contemporary  suspense
  • King of Pain by Piper Stone

    King of Pain by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My vows didn't make me his. My body did. Diego Santos may be wealthy, powerful, and sinfully gorgeous, but his slick veneer doesn't fool me. I know his true nature, and I had planned to end this arranged marriage before it even began. But it wasn't Diego waiting for me at the altar...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  alpha male  bdsm  m-f  spanking  dark  suspense  contemporary
  • Forever by Penelope Sky

    Forever by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    She’s mine once again but she’s practically a ghost. She’s just using me. .. not that I mind. But her indifference is suffocating. I mean nothing to her. .. less than what she used to mean to me. Admissions of regret and apologies aren’t enough to fix it. I have to return to the gypsy. .. and hope for the best.
  • Stolen Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

    Stolen Mafia Vows by Vivy Skys

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

    Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year for the many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people who are estranged from their families. This year's Christmas story concerns two such people--Søren and Magdalena. Søren speaks of Magdalena, his mentor in sadism, in THE MISTRESS and THE KING...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-novella
  • Desperately Delicate Viper by K.M. Neuhold

    Desperately Delicate Viper by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    That Feeling when the man you just robbed and left tied up and blindfolded turns out to be in the mafia…. I'm not proud of the things I've had to do for money to pay off my dad's debts and put my younger brother through college. But I'll never regret it. What I do regret is accidentally robbing a Moretti...
  • Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I’ve always chased after the bad boy. I just wasn’t prepared to actually catch one. He crashed into my life in my hour of need with his dark agendas, whispers, and lies. Dirty and dangerous, he’s the keeper of the worst kind of secrets, and now he owns mine. I’ve been thrust into the middle of a war I know nothing about, and he’s my only lifeline to safety...
  • Hunted by Piper Stone

    Hunted by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    She was supposed to be a job. Then I made her mine. Hope Gracen was just another target to be tracked down. .. until I caught her. When I discovered I'd been lied to, I carried her off. She'll tell me the truth with her bottom still burning from my belt, but that isn't why she's here. I took her to protect her. I'm keeping her because she's mine...
  • The Arrangement by K.C. Crowne

    The Arrangement by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    He's nearly twice my age. He may have k*lled my ex-boyfriend. And his scandalous offer leaves me speechless. An intimidating Russian mobster arrives at my door. .. Demanding settlement for debt my horrible ex left in my name. Maksim, with his piercing dark eyes, sparks a fire within me. He proposes the. repay him with my body...
  • Roma Queen by Callie Hart

    Roma Queen by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “The stunning conclusion to the Roma Royals Duet Series. The very best of Callie Hart. Hold on tight, because this is one hell of a ride! ”. Son. Lover. Protector. KING. I’ve been many things to many people over the course of my life, but that title – King – has always been a tough pill to swallow...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • A Peek Beyond the Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    A Peek Beyond the Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    No longer available: Previous available in BREATHLESS - An Anthology. Due to reader request. .. this novella has been expanded (tripled in length) and will be release in January of 2015 as Beyond the Consequences. Anthony Rawlings is a man most women love to hate or hate to love...
  • Ruthless Prince by Piper Stone

    Ruthless Prince by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Alexandra is a senator's daughter, used to mingling in the company of the rich and powerful, but tonight she will learn that there are men who play by different rules. Men like me. I could romance her. I could seduce her and then carry her gently to my bed. But that can wait...
  • It Breaks Me by Penelope Sky

    It Breaks Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    Axel betrayed me. As hard as I tried to keep him out of my heart, he broke through it like shattered glass. Even though my father didn't approve and our relationship would always be a secret, I didn't care. He was worth it. .. until he wasn't. Six months have passed, and that's exactly how long it's taken me to get over what he's done. I never see him at my father's estate...
  • Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox

    Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox

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

    Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I made my name and my fortune carrying out every hit with absolute precision. But this time it wasn’t a job, it was personal, and something went horribly wrong. This time there was a witness.
  • Born Evil by Stella Andrews

    Born Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some devils come dressed in sharp suits with eyes that seduce and a check box beside every wish you ever had. Some victims come dressed in innocence and ignorance, disguising a soul of pure fire. I am Troy Remington. Ruthless billionaire with a heart of steel. I offered Laura Kincaid the job of a lifetime for a very important reason...
  • Blackness Within by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Blackness Within by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fighting to find his worthy place in life…. This is the story of a woman that has worked tirelessly to build her own life from nothing. While the task has been exhaustive, it’s been worth every drop of sweat to earn her own slice of normal. Natasha Reynolds has built a life beyond an absent mother and a drug addict brother to become a home-owning, dog-loving nurse...
    Categorized as:
    possessive hero  m-f  suspense  contemporary  dark
  • Hold Me by LP Lovell

    Hold Me by LP Lovell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m a former slave. The sister of death. Collateral. He’s a bad man. A cartel boss— and my everything. I thought I was done being someone’s toy, but I was so very wrong. Safety is nothing more than a premise in my world, and it seems my own sister can’t be trusted. Loyalties will be tested, and even my big bad wolf might not be able to save me this time. A priceless pawn...
  • Persephone & Hades by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Persephone & Hades by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • Savage Vows: A Forced Marriage, Bratva Romance by Laylah Snow

    Savage Vows: A Forced Marriage, Bratva Romance by Laylah Snow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When is the worst time to find out you’re getting married? Maybe the day of the wedding…. Dante Volkov is my worst nightmare come to life. The beast in Brioni. And the monster my sister was promised to. But when she runs away a week before their wedding,. My father forces me down the aisle instead…. Straight into the devil’s arms. He makes his vows like he means it. He kisses me like I’m his…...
  • Celt. by London Miller

    Celt. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Welcome to the Den . .. Six minutes is all he needs to get a job done …. Kyrnon “Celt” Murphy is one of the best thieves in the world. After all, his childhood was spent with a caravan of Irish Travelers that taught him everything he knows. He got in …. He got out …. No witnesses …...
  • Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden

    Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Love is the most dangerous obsession…. Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future—a future that includes Skye’s lover, billionaire Trace Weston. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her. She’s dead wrong...
  • Angel's Promise by Aleatha Romig

    Angel's Promise by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Everett Ramses came into my life like a hurricane on a dark New Orleans night. With a deep voice and penetrating gaze, his mere presence tingled my nerves and twisted my insides much like the city’s legendary stories of spirits and ghosts. As the ruler of New Orleans, Everett Ramses lives life hard and takes what he wants without apology. He wants me to be his queen...
  • Depraved Obsession by Morgan Elliott

    Depraved Obsession by Morgan Elliott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I hate the only man I've ever loved. Balor Murphy stole everything from me to save my family's honor. For five years, I've denied his very existence. A cruel twist of fate brings that denial to a screeching halt. Someone is watching me. Someone who wants me dead. He taunts me with cryptic messages and violent paintings. My brother’s best friend swears he can protect me...
  • The Thief by Zoe Blake

    The Thief by Zoe Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I will stop at nothing to get the information I need. No matter how much she fights me… I will win in the end. My little thief cannot steal away, I don’t care how hard she tries. Daddy’s in charge now. She either follows my rules, or there will be consequences… painful ones. This is a dark romance daddy dom series. There are no sweet hugs and kisses from these domineering daddies...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  mafia  m-f  contemporary  dark  angst  dual-pov
  • SINS of the Syndicate: The Debt by Lexxi James

    SINS of the Syndicate: The Debt by Lexxi James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tia/. I've done my best to avoid him. But when his dark eyes lock onto mine, this time,. I know there's nowhere I can go. Nowhere I can hide. Nowhere he won't find me. He is Smoke. Head of the D'Angelos. Gorgeous and haunting. Brutal and ruthless. He rules Chicago, and I owe him a debt. And now…he owns me. Smoke/. I should send her away…...
  • The Marriage Debt by Leona White

    The Marriage Debt by Leona White

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He was meant to kill me. Now he’s my husband. I was his brother’s widow. A grieving wife. A hunted mother. Now I’m his debt to pay. His bride in a marriage built on lies. One child. Two enemies. And a man who terrifies me more than the world chasing us. Mateo is cold steel and silence. But in Lev’s eyes, he becomes something else. A protector. A shadow I hate needing...
  • Bratva Bastard by Misty Winters

    Bratva Bastard by Misty Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Crissy. A kind stranger calmed me down from one of the worst flights of my life. I forgot my Xanax and started to have a panic attack, 30,000 feet in the air. Little did I know that day would change my life forever. Maxim Kozlov looked and acted the part of a kind stranger. He’s a massive, powerfully strong bastard with brutal, deep blue eyes that promise all kinds of delicious things...
  • Ruthless Heir by Sienna Snow

    Ruthless Heir by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm the player, the gambler, the one without a heart or soul. There isn't a risk I won't take and a challenge I won't meet. Then she came into my world, melting the ice in my veins and showing me a life a man like me never deserved. But it was all a lie. She chose a safer, easier path, realizing too late, it was riddled with chains...
  • Hawke by Anise Storm

    Hawke by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier...
  • The Deal by Lexxi James

    The Deal by Lexxi James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ENZO. She should've known better than to cross my path. I had no choice but to notice her. See, I like collecting beautiful things, and unlucky for her,. Kennedy the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. She was meant to be owned. And I was born to undo her. The Deal is a steamy romantic suspense that can be read as a stand-alone in the SINS of the Syndicate series.
  • Beauty and the Beast by L. Steele

    Beauty and the Beast by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "Run my Beauty. .. If I catch you, you are MINE. .. ". Michael Byron Domenico Sovrano. The Capo of Sicily's notorious Mafia company. My father owed him,. so he took me to repay the debt. And married me to further his own ambitions. I hate him, I am determined to resist him. But what happens when I begin to fall for my new husband. .
  • Room Five: What You Can't See by Ember Davis

    Room Five: What You Can't See by Ember Davis

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    VIOLA. Being a mafia princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and the only person who understands is my best friend, Fleur, who happens to be a motorcycle club princess. We forged our friendship in understanding, and we keep it going by finding adventure together. That’s what led us to Club Sin and every time we go back it feels like we’re searching for something...
  • Brutal Captor 2 by Amber Adams

    Brutal Captor 2 by Amber Adams

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Saving his life is not enough. April has learned who her mysterious patient is and it's apparent that he is not going to let her go. When her own secret is revealed, while within the fortressed walls of the Ivankov mansion, there is suddenly more at stake regarding her life than ever...
  • Inked For Life by Flora Ferrari

    Inked For Life by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m inked for life—a red crosshair on my wrist, marking me as a traitor’s daughter. With my uncle, Nick, I’m forced to attend Cartel parties. I have to prove my loyalty. I have to prove I’m not like my dad. Otherwise, they’ll do the same to me. Then one night, at a party, I see him, Damien Dovlatov, the leader of the Bratva. As a supposedly loyal Cartel girl, I’m supposed to hate him...
  • Controlled: A Dark Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

    Controlled: A Dark Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    She was an enigma, as innocent as she was beautiful. But one taste would never be enough. I was the merciless Don of the Saint family, the title handed to me by my older brother. Our family was notorious and dangerous, running Chicago with iron fists. I had no conscience, no sense of humanity, crushing my enemies like bugs. No one could soothe the beast...
  • Fearless by Michelle St. James

    Fearless by Michelle St. James

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book two in the series that began with RUTHLESS. Angel Bondesan can't decide if Nico Vitale is the worst or best thing to ever happen to her. But it doesn't matter. Because it's over. Back in the small town where she was kidnapped, Angel grieves for her father and tries to put her feelings for Nico behind her...
  • The Game by Silla Webb, S.R. Jones

    The Game by Silla Webb, S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    I was a bratva king who renounced his crown, and a soldier who turned his back on war, but if my enemies think that makes me soft, they’re tragically wrong. There’s something dark at the edge of the happy world I’ve created with my Sunshine. A sticky black evil bleeding its way into the happiness. The vultures are circling, and I’m aware of them getting closer...
  • The Mask by Alice Ward

    The Mask by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A secret club. A mystery woman. A craving I can’t restrain. As a billionaire e-commerce entrepreneur, I’m expected to take my clients to Jewel, an elite men’s club offering female gems of salacious delight. A place where any fantasy is fulfilled. .. for a price. I never allow myself fantasies, so the last thing I expect to find inside Jewel is a woman I immediately crave. The Butterfly...
    Categorized as:
    super rich hero  m-f  humor  new adult  contemporary  dark
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