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  • Once A Crime Lord by Mia Knight

    Once A Crime Lord by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 47 ratings
    It all ends here. It’s been two years since the Pyre family was ripped apart by a sadistic killer who will stop at nothing to take Gavin Pyre’s position as crime lord of the Las Vegas underworld. Lyla and Gavin’s relationship will be put to the ultimate test when her ex rolls into town and the killer decides to finish what he started by making his final play….
  • Undeserving by Madeline Sheehan

    Undeserving by Madeline Sheehan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Warning: This isn’t a romance, but instead a tale of love between two despairing people, from two different worlds, both aching for something more. Debbie Reynolds is a runaway, New York City-bound...
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  • Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…. Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her? The frenemy’s daughter...
  • El Santo by M. Robinson

    El Santo by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    I didn’t know darkness and evil lurked inside me until I had to murder in order to survive. Forced to become my own worst enemy. With so much blood on my hands, I was surprised I could still see my own skin. I killed. I tortured. I loved…. I played God while I was rotting in Hell. Thriving on control and power was the only way I knew how to live. There were no other options...
  • Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    The next captivating installment in New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams’s Redemption series. As the Princess of the Irish-American Mob, there’s no shortage of men ready to help guard and protect me. To slowly suffocate me to the point of seeking freedom—a place where I can breathe. Kieran Hayes has been saving me for as long as I can remember...
  • The Nanny and The Don by Tatum James

    The Nanny and The Don by Tatum James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Steel Gray built his empire from the ground up on control. Jaded by loss and betrayal, he spends most of his time looking for ways to grow his wealth. Love is the last thing on his mind. When Devlan Rose, a tall, free-spirited server with a crown of wild curls and a smile that thaws his cold heart drops onto his radar, something in him breaks...
  • Craved by Gray by Cassi Hart

    Craved by Gray by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scarlet. All I’ve ever known is a life of danger and crime. Growing up among the Chrome Vipers, I’ve never known love or safety. As an adult, I still can’t break free. My father’s hold on me is ironclad. But I have secrets, things my father might kill me over if he ever found out. And one of those secrets just walked into my father’s office with a fake name on his lips and mischief in his eyes...
  • Wicked Choices by Arianna Fraser

    Wicked Choices by Arianna Fraser

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Even a man who knows his duty can be selfish. I'm Michael MacTavish, first born to Cormac, Chieftain of the MacTavish Mafia. I will take over my father's role, overseeing the biggest crime family in Scotland and our multi-billion dollar empire. I know my duty. I also know what I want. What I crave. Sweet Sophie, our housekeeper's daughter. I've kept my distance...
  • Miles by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Miles by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Who could ever fall in love with a cold-blooded killer like me? The answer is no one. That’s why I’m giving up trying to find a woman who wants me for more than one rowdy night. I’m determined to find a wife instead. If I buy a mail order bride, then she’ll have no choice but to stick around...
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    alpha male  bad boys  mafia  pregnancy  m-f  contemporary  bikers  dark
  • 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  bad boys  angst  mafia  m-f  contemporary  dark  suspense
  • Thorns of Deceit by Eva Winners

    Thorns of Deceit by Eva Winners

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    An innocent witness to brutality. A twisted and deviant plan. Two lives forever scarred. Aiden Callahan was a lethal, disarmingly beautiful man. A mobster forged in blood, betrayal, and sin. Worst of all… he was my husband. Five years ago, I did something unforgivable. Now, my past has come to collect its debt. I told myself I did what I had to do in order to survive. That he wouldn’t hurt me...
  • 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...
  • Wrath of Rage by R.E. Bond

    Wrath of Rage by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *This series is unpublished and has been rewritten with brand new plot and books added to the series. This edition does not follow the updated storyline. Being Archer Hendricks’ little sister has always had its problems. My dates ending up dead, kids at school shunning me, and every aspect of my life controlled...
  • 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.
  • The Savage by Stella Andrews

    The Savage by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ivan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage. Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her. I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals. She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...
  • Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Winston Prescott has been a grumpy SOB for the past ten years. None of his brothers in the Savage Kings MC knew why, not until the day one of them made the mistake of posting a sexy centerfold on the wall of the clubhouse. The gorgeous model posing topless on sports cars and motorcycles isn’t just any girl. Her name is Zoe Donahue, and she also happens to be Winston’s stepsister...
  • 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...
  • Javier by Fiona Murphy

    Javier by Fiona Murphy

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    The Castillo Family: Follow Rafael, Matteo, Javier and their nephew Santos a billionaire family they made their fortune in the construction business. When it comes to building relationships all their money can't help them when it comes to women who want what money can't buy. Javier Castillo might be a gorgeous, brilliant billionaire—but he's also a massive a$$hole...
  • In Havoc Lays Chaos by Samantha Barrett

    In Havoc Lays Chaos by Samantha Barrett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Pain. Loss. Revenge. Are you ready to get to know the Dark Knight's twins? Will they be as dark as their father or will they follow after their mother? Are you ready for the final? *In Havoc Lays Chaos is the final book in the Memento Mori series. *.
  • Dirty Cillian by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Cillian by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    CROSSOVER UNIVERSE #2. MY SAVIOR. MY SIN. With blood on my hands, I ran for seven years. Now the prodigal sister has returned to the city that never sleeps. New York. For once, this biker chick needed saving. Turns out my black knight’s a mobster. Dirty. Deadly. Irish. Cillian O’Connell’s not offering me a happily ever after. All he’s offering is sinful, no-strings sex...
  • Destructive by Jay McLean

    Destructive by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some villains are made. Some villains are born. And some villains aren’t villains at all. Nate DeLuca was born into a life he didn’t want. Forced to walk a path that was already chosen for him. Grandson to a mob boss, he’s forever torn between his duty, his honor, his legacy, and the truth. But the truth is never simple, and it’s not at all what it seems...
  • Owned By The Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Owned By The Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    She’s been mine since the second I saw her. It would be easy to say I have no business even looking at a girl like River Finn. She’s too young. Too innocent. Too much my daughter’s best friend. That is, until the gorgeous forbidden fruit becomes my business. A rival bratva kingpin wants her. I want his empire. Kidnapping her as leverage should be an easy, simple business arrangement...
  • Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A creation of chaos and lust, I was born into a world so foul, I made it my mission to find the beauty hidden within, to reveal the sun behind the clouds, the rainbows after the storms, the life that still exists even in death. One-third my mother, I had an infectious smile and a heart so big, there was room enough for everyone, no matter their sins...
  • Arsen: A Broken Love Story by Mia Asher, MacKenzie Cartwright

    Arsen: A Broken Love Story by Mia Asher, MacKenzie Cartwright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    One glance was all it took . . . I'm a cheater. I'm a liar. My whole life is a mess. I love a man. No, I love two men . . . I think. One makes love to me. The other sets me on fire. One is my rock. The other is my kryptonite. I'm broken, lost, and disgusted with myself. But I can't stop. This is my story. My broken love story. Contains mature themes.
  • Donati Bloodlines: Part Two by Bethany-Kris

    Donati Bloodlines: Part Two by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    They’re not star-crossed—they’re impossible. Calisto Donati is what every made man in the mafia should be, and then he broke his oath for a woman that wasn’t his. Their secrets and games are deadly, but as hard as he tries to stay away from his boss’s new bride, the universe seems determined to keep bringing them back together...
  • Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cooper and Elizabeth Townsend are from two very different worlds - she's an attorney and he's an outlaw biker. At first, she was just an escape he needed, but now she's everything to him, even though their relationship remains a secret. After his world is blown apart, Cooper is no longer the same man he was before...
  • 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...
  • Beautiful Enemy by Ivy Davis

    Beautiful Enemy by Ivy Davis

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    I’m kidnapped by a monster on my wedding day. Dante Moretti is evil incarnate. Handsome, dangerous, and leader of the Italian mafia. He could have any woman and yet he chose me, a Bratva girl. I’m taken away on my wedding day to another man. Now, I’m stuck in a situation where I have to fight for my life. Dante wants to bring war to my family. But he starts to make me feel… things...
  • Savage King by Bella Ray

    Savage King by Bella Ray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    As the daughter of a judge, everything was black and white—but then I met HIM. I was never meant to be around men like him—men my father liked to put away. One night, I was a museum curator with a quiet life. The next, I was bound and beaten by the monsters my father locked up. Then he came for me. Antonio DeLuna isn’t a hero...
  • Malicious Marriage by Ajme Williams

    Malicious Marriage by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    He’s twice my age. My fake husband. And the father of my unborn child. I seduced the mafia king to get his money…. And now I’m carrying his heir. Dean Savoy needed a wife to silence his enemies. I needed cash to pay off my criminal ex. And to find the sister my family swore was dead. So, I walked into his life with a pretty smile and a desperate story. He got a wife with curves and secrets...
  • Fallen Son by Giana Darling

    Fallen Son by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    I had my Lou, my family, and a group'a men more loyal than any other. Life was good. No, better than that. Life was a fuckin' dream. Didn't know somethin' was missin' until we found it crouched in the forest like tossed rubbish and claimed it for our own. *A Fallen Men Christmas Story. These events take place between Welcome to the Dark Side and Good Gone Bad. *.
  • Taking the Fall: The Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Taking the Fall: The Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Layla O’Leary has had enough. For years she has been haunted by the night she can’t remember. When she learns the only man she's ever loved has betrayed her, she escapes and crafts a new identity. She's finally free. .. Carter has waited eight years to claim his woman. Locking him up only fueled his obsession. The day he gets out he's coming for her. Taking the Fall was just the start...
  • Free to Believe by Tracey Jerald

    Free to Believe by Tracey Jerald

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the wake of a broken engagement, Emily Freeman is left to sew together the pieces of her life. A single phone call changes her future from bleak acceptance to overwhelming opportunity. Her family can't help her find her artistic spirit - something she needs now more than ever. Desperate for rejuvenation, Em goes on a journey to find herself. Only she finds so much more. .
  • Resisting Mateo by Sam Mariano

    Resisting Mateo by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    If you dance with the devil,. don't be surprised when all Hell breaks loose. BOOK FIVE in the Morelli Family series. MUST be read in order! Or a unicorn dies. (Seriously, you do not want to start with this book. It'll be kookydooks. ). Adult content, recommended for readers 18+.
  • Ace by Brooke Summers

    Ace by Brooke Summers

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    All she’s wanted is to be loved… He only wants fun. .. Andromeda Peters lives her life in the shadows. Being dealt trauma at such a young age, she steeled her heart against everyone. She never thought she’d find someone she could trust. Until Ace. She’s the daughter of his enemy… He’s the man that she loves…. Ace made a vow months ago. He would take out all those that harmed his sister...
  • Gorgeous Villain by Charity Ferrell

    Gorgeous Villain by Charity Ferrell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    The untouchable mafia princess falls for her family’s rival. How cliché, right? But that’s my love story. Unfortunately, it’s filled with betrayal, violence, and tragedy. As the daughter of the biggest crime boss in the country, I’m off-limits. A forbidden fruit no man risks taking. Except Antonio Lombardi. My world turns upside down when I witness him killing a man...
  • 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...
  • House of Heathens: The Complete Trilogy by Alta Hensley

    House of Heathens: The Complete Trilogy by Alta Hensley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A villain is made. A monster is hidden. A viper who is forbidden. Together, they are the Gods Among Men. Welcome to the House of Heathens. Within these walls, you are captive to a world of decadence and sin. Where dangerous secrets hide in the shadows. And a family tree with roots so twisted, they bind and strangle each unlucky generation...
  • Avenging Azalea by Brooklyn Cross

    Avenging Azalea by Brooklyn Cross

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MF, Mafia, Age Gap, OW Drama (No Cheating), OTT/JP, Family Drama, Found Family, Interconnected Standalone. I promised that I would avenge her, and I always kept my promises. I, Titus Mikhailov, am the calm that holds back the storm in my family. For years, I’ve kept the peace, negotiated, and found common ground between those I love most in this world...
  • Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His obsession. Her salvation. At my lowest, I accept an unimaginable clean up a murder scene to earn one-hundred-grand. Problem is, my employer doesn’t plan on letting me survive the night. That’s when I meet Lanzo Torrent. He’s gorgeous, chaotic, frustrating, and my only salvation. He says he can save my life, but I have to trust him first. Lanzo drags me into his war...
  • 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...
  • Sins and Secrets by Kira Cole

    Sins and Secrets by Kira Cole

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Desperation sends me to the auction where the only thing I have to sell…is myself. The Marchetti Mafia runs this town. My dad has been under their thumb for years as the Boss’s personal consigliere. After facing death multiple times he’s now hanging on by a mere thread and I worry the next injury will be his last. They always say once you join the family you’re in it for life...
  • Thin Lines by Bethany-Kris

    Thin Lines by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Calisto Donati. Calisto had never been a fan of pain, but he found it provided a certain relief. It was a high that couldn’t compete with anything else he experienced. That was why he fought bare-knuckled, why he drove fast, despite knowing he might crash, and why he still enjoyed looking at Emma Donati—no matter her current status. Pain felt good...
  • Scarred by Eva Winners

    Scarred by Eva Winners

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    SERIES BLURB When powers clash between the powerful, elite American families and billionaire mafia men. ✅ Mafia romance ✅ Hot Billionaires✅ Steamy sex✅ Violence Three orphans that grew up on the streets of Moscow among Bratva. Their experiences made them brothers. Their strength made them leaders. Three best friends on an unforgettable summer vacation find more than they bargin for...
  • The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below. The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost...
  • Daddy's Orders by K.C. Crowne

    Daddy's Orders by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    I knew he wanted to punish me for my father’s dealings…I just never expected to enjoy it. A dark past hardened me, scarred me,. Making it difficult to give a d*mn about relationships. Then comes along Emily. Fifteen years younger. The innocent virgin and daughter of the man I despise. She's twenty-three and drop dead fu*king gorgeous. My trousers tighten the moment we meet...
  • Priest by Mackenzy Fox

    Priest by Mackenzy Fox

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 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 7). Priest is gritty, MC vs Mafia, age gap, identity deception, motorcycle romance with a virgin FMC and a biker who vows celibacy in order to start over. Priest. The night she came into my life, everything changed...
  • Crow by Erin Trejo

    Crow by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Four minutes. That's all it took to change my life forever. I once had a purpose in life. Had a direction. Four damn minutes changed it all. I tried to live for my club. I was doing what I needed to do each day. I was in a bad place when I met Lyric. She wasn't much better. Together we found a way to move on. I found some sort of strength in her and she found safety and love in me...
  • 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...
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