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  • Phoenix's Plight by Tiffany Casper

    Phoenix's Plight by Tiffany Casper

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After being left in a dumpster as a baby, Heathen’s life was laid to ruin from the start. Being adopted should have been his saving grace, but after his adoptive mom passes away he’s left alone once more. That was until Powers, a member of the Wrath MC, gave him a home and a family among the brotherhood. With the tendency to level everything in his path, Heathen was appointed Enforcer of the club...
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 7 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 7 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 21 ratings
    In this critically acclaimed romantic crime drama, a yakuza granddaughter is sent from Osaka to marry the grandson of a rival family in Tokyo! Yoshino grew up the sheltered yakuza princess of the largest crime family in Osaka, the Somei. Due to her resting bitch face and dangerous family, no man has ever approached her...
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  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 7 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 7 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    As Kirishima's birthday approaches he has a favor to ask from there's someone he'd like her to meet. They make a trip to Kirishima's childhood home, a visit with an old relative far overdue. Yoshino finally has an opportunity to learn more about her enigmatic fiance. Meanwhile, with the Kirigaya Clan deep in murky conspiracies, the mysterious Azami schemes...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  contemporary  mafia  dark
  • Sons of Hellfire by N. Owens

    Sons of Hellfire by N. Owens

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything was going fine until it wasn’t. Now. .. I'm a mind your own business kinda girl but watching a beast of a man try to kidnap a small defenseless woman is crossing that line of not caring. Mainly because I know what it feels like to not be able to fight back. So I do something stupid and step in. We fight, I get knocked out and sometime later I'm waking up in the truck of a car...
  • Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Legions worship at my feet, but I only bow to her. THE SPIDER. I move through Layla’s world in silence, always watching. It’s incredible where you can hide a camera these days. She’s the daughter of my enemy, a threat to my flock, and I had a solidplan for her. The weight of her father’s sin was meant to fall on her shoulders. Only, the second my world bled into hers, that plan derailed...
  • Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt

    Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Phoenix /fēniks/: (in classical mythology) a unique bird inhabiting the Arabian Desert that burned itself on a funeral pyre before rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. This isn’t mythology, it’s war, and Hendy is left in the hands of Hell’s cruelest gatekeepers...
  • Valiant by Bella Jewel

    Valiant by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I’ve known fear. I’ve known pain. I’ve known horror. I’ve known all of it. I’ve guarded myself as best I can. I’ve hidden myself from him. I’ve changed my name. I’ve moved. But he still haunts me. One day, I’m sure he’ll find me again. I don’t trust anybody. I don’t believe in anybody. I just want to be free. Until I meet Jack...
  • Desperate Lies by Ella Miles

    Desperate Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I lied. He lied. His search for answers is unrelenting. It makes me hate him, but I also want him. No, I can’t want him. I want to kill him, but I’d also die for him. I’m done relying on men to protect me. I’m the huntress, about to become the killer. Desperate Lies is Book 2 in the Lies Series. Ends on a cliffhanger.
  • Perfectly Unraveled by Emily Klepp

    Perfectly Unraveled by Emily Klepp

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I was raised to be composed, controlled, the perfect pawn in a world built on silence and shadows. Every step, every breath, every smile was measured. He was the chaos wrapped in control that my soul begged for. I wasn’t supposed to fall for him because I had a life to build for my baby girl...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  dark  contemporary  suspense  humor  office
  • Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Michele brings the action packed, suspenseful, spicy next generation of Ravage MC filled with angst, loyalty and family. Raid bled the blood of the club. Undeniably loyal. Focused on family. Determined. His thought processes would make any other man cringe. Calculating. Meticulous. Always thinking...
  • Dip's Flame by Andi Rhodes

    Dip's Flame by Andi Rhodes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dip…. I’m not a good man, and I’ve never pretended otherwise. As the Road Captain of Satan’s Legacy MC, I’ve seen and done things most wouldn’t be proud of, but me? I couldn’t care less. Good, bad, or indifferent, I am who I am, and you either accept me or don’t. That has always been the way I lived my life. Until the night I walk into a bar and see her...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  contemporary  suspense  humor  bikers  dark
  • Texas Bodyguard: Chance by Janie Crouch

    Texas Bodyguard: Chance by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She has secrets she prefers to keep hidden. Too bad he’s so good at getting to the truth. When a violent attack puts Maci Ford in the hospital, security expert Chance Patterson learns that she’s carrying his baby. Even though she ended their relationship, he’s determined to do whatever it takes to protect her and their child...
  • Tangled Promise by Ella Miles

    Tangled Promise by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I can’t keep my promises. I’ve made too many, to too many people. All the promises have tangled into a web of sin and truths. But there is one thing I’m certain of…. I have to end this—us. This is Book 4 in the Sinful Truths series.
  • Fallen Love by Ella Miles

    Fallen Love by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’ve fallen in love, then out. In…. Out…. Now, I’m more confused than ever. I always thought falling in love would be easy. It would feel right when I fell for the right woman. With Siren, does it feel so right, yet so wrong? This is Book 5 in the Sinful Truths series.
  • Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m broken. He’s broken. We are broken. But sometimes you have to shatter to pick up the pieces. To start over. To overcome our enemies. And find out if we can love again. He’s my anchor, but can our love be repaired? This is the final book in the Sinful Truths series.
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

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

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    PLEASE DON'T SEND ME BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM. Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Sweet Anarchy by Steph Macca

    Sweet Anarchy by Steph Macca

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    Five morally grey souls sat on the wall until bullets knocked them to the floor. But all of the Rebels and their men, might not be able to put us together again. It was here. War. Blood has been spilled and lives have been lost - brotherhoods ripped apart. We can't continue to let the Norsemen destroy our lives. It's time to end this. .. or die trying...
  • 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...
  • There's Something About Blaire by Anita Gray

    There's Something About Blaire by Anita Gray

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is not a full length novel: 6k word count. This is a bonus scene from Blaire Dark Romance part 1 in Charlie’s point of View. To truly enjoy this bonus scene, I recommend you read Blaire part 1 first, available on Amazon (kindle and paperback) Kobo and B&N. Excerpt from the bonus scene--. "She’s as ominous as hell. I can feel how much blood she’s got on her hands...
  • Chaos Crown by Ruby Vincent

    Chaos Crown by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chaos Crown description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers.
  • Chip's Forever Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Chip's Forever Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Chip’s had a good example of a Daddy—and the absolute worst. Ollie’s determined to give him the best…forever. If Chip didn’t have bad luck, he’d have no luck at all. All he’s ever wanted is a man to see him, truly hear him, and love him. Ollie is the definition of protective, with the muscle to back it up...
  • Feather by Fawn Bailey

    Feather by Fawn Bailey

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The story of Gilded Cage begins with mafia princess Ophelia and twins out to own her. .. But there's a villain preying in the darkness, and he's almost ready to strike. Ophelia Sokolov. Innocent, beautiful and spoiled. The daughter of a Russian mafia kingpin, I get everything I want with the click of my fingers. Except for him...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  dark  length-novella
  • Cruel Lies by Ella Miles

    Cruel Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book 4 in the Lies Series. It continues Langston & Liesel's story. Ends on a cliffhanger.
  • Possessed by Lies by Ella Miles

    Possessed by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I fought my way back, and now I’m possessed. I’ve healed the wounds that kept me trapped. I’m done fighting it. I’m hers. Completely. I just don’t know if she feels the same. What if the empire we’ve been building crumbles along with our love? Possessed by Lies is book 5 in the Truth or Lies series. It continues Enzo and Kai's story.
  • Reaper by Rachel Leigh

    Reaper by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the reaper. Saying I have no soul. A heart that’s charred black. I tell them it’s true,. because it is. I’ve been hiding in the shadows. Stealing secrets, destroying the lives of those who deserve it. But there’s one story to be told before this book closes. My story. Don’t be fooled, it’s not a fairytale. I’m no prince. And I certainly don’t want a princess...
  • Carnage by Ker Dukey

    Carnage by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ezekiel “Carnage Creator” Ford. Brother of the Royal Bastards MC. Brutality incarnate. A lone wolf. The one they call in from the dark when they need shit done—and there’s no one better for the job than me. I have a tainted soul, oil black, and hungry for bloodshed. The world is a cesspit...
  • Hell's Vengeance by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Hell's Vengeance by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman took his reason for living. Now he has his son back and is out for revenge. Someone would pay for the pain he and his boy had suffered. An easy-going brother shows his dark side as he seeks payback. Except an innocent gets caught in the crossfire. And with blinkered vision, he is far too slow to realise what’s under his very nose. She was clueless as to what was happening...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  contemporary  dark
  • Break by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Break by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mine no more. I thought my heart beat for Jackie Chambers, but it was just a placebo effect. As I return to B. A. D. Inc, I’m a changed man. Ready to face the future on my own, to find out who Oliver Ward really is and stand on my own two feet for the first time in a long, long time. Yet I’ve only been at work one day when Zoey comes crashing into my life...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  office  dark  length-medium  m-f
  • Amethyst: A Wolfes of Manhattan Novella by Helen Hardt

    Amethyst: A Wolfes of Manhattan Novella by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His best friend disappeared before he could profess his love. Her return is a miracle…but she’s damaged from her experience, and he’s engaged to someone else. I’ll find her. I will find her if it’s the last thing I do. Years ago, on a magical prom night that held promises of forever, Max Robinson planned to confess his feelings to his best friend and secret crush, Jenna Holland...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  dark
  • Steel Crew: Books 1-3 by M.J. Fields

    Steel Crew: Books 1-3 by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The first three stand alone novels in the Steel Crew series are now available in a box set. TAGGED STEEL. The night before college graduation, was one for the books. Deciding to memorialize our last night together, my roommates and I ended up in front of a tattoo shop. They chickened out. I didn’t...
  • Titch by Jessica Ames

    Titch by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Titch. As Road Captain of the Untamed Sons MC, I've had my share of pain, but nothing could prepare me for seeing my ex-wife move on with another man. It makes my demons want to come out to play, makes me want to destroy everything in my path. I love Rachel. I'll always love her, but she's no longer mine. Getting her back is my only focus and to do that, I'm willing to cross lines I shouldn't...
  • Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Secrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong from the beginning, wrong about everything. I find her trying to take down a human trafficking ring, unsure whether I'm there to help her, or drag her down. But from now on, Willow doesn't have a choice. She will be my wife. She will submit. She will play her role...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  length-short  contemporary  dark  bdsm
  • Broken Edges by Jessie Evans, Everly Stone

    Broken Edges by Jessie Evans, Everly Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Loving Gabe made me stronger than I was before. Better. He taught me that love is both beautiful and vicious, terrifying and intoxicating. I’m not afraid anymore. I know that it’s possible for two imperfect people to have a bond worth risking everything for. After all we’ve been through, I thought I was ready to fight any battle. But nothing could have prepared me to face this new nightmare...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  dark  angst  alpha male
  • Respect by Jay Crownover

    Respect by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who called a corrupt kingdom home sweet home. Protected and sheltered from the worst the world had to offer, she fell in love with the crumbling city that burned and blazed around her. Every dirty corner, every scary shadow, found a place within her heart. So did a man who was violent and dangerous, just like the streets she claimed as her own...
  • Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy

    Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Heathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J. D...
  • Mercy by Ruby Vincent

    Mercy by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Maverick. The more answers I unearthed, the less I understood. I stepped into this game not knowing the rules, and now, they’re playing me to their beat. Old faces reappear. New friends circle. I got closer to the puppeteer as they got ever closer to me. And when they struck, I wasn’t ready. Valentina. A queen sacrifices for her subjects. A president makes the hard decisions...
  • The Realm of You: A Novel by Amanda Richardson

    The Realm of You: A Novel by Amanda Richardson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Marlin Winters awakens in an alternate universe, living in Vermont and engaged to a man she doesn’t recognize, she’s determined to figure out why she’s here and what sequence of events lead her to this moment. Over the course of one day, she begins to piece together the last week of her real life. What’s more, when the day is over, she doesn’t want to leave...
  • 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 …...
  • Recklessly Damaged by Steph Macca

    Recklessly Damaged by Steph Macca

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I survived, but at what cost? They aren't going to stop until they get victory and more blood is shed. We're all in danger, fighting to stay on top. The most unlikely alliances are forming. But I guess that's what happens when you anger the masses. It's a tale as old as time - rivals coming together when war is brewing on the horizon...
  • Almost Innocent by Carina Adams

    Almost Innocent by Carina Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Callaghan. A name synonymous with power and fear. A family of untouchable criminals. As a teenager, Gabriella Forte had no intention of getting to know the town's most dangerous brothers. Once Dustin set his sights on her, she was trapped. There was only one way out of her personal hell. Declan was determined to break away from his family's shadow...
  • Savage by Isabella Starling, Marci Fawn

    Savage by Isabella Starling, Marci Fawn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "I can’t be gentle, sugar. I don’t know how. ”. MEMPHIS. I don't remember my past. All I know is my present. Fighting, killing, butchering men like me every night. They call me Angel, a name I hate with all my heart, unless it's coming from her lips. Adrienne Hanson, the prize promised to me if I win a fighting tournament...
  • THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe

    THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I woke up to my roommate and best friend missing. In her place was a note on my bedside table that read: You can only find me with your eyes closed. No one thinks a note like that is meant for them. I knew it was meant for me, a clue, a way to seek Justice. Whoever left me that note was hoping I didn’t let my parent’s legacy die when they did...
  • Scotch by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Scotch by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashby ‘Scotch’ Feilding returned from the military not feeling like a hero, but as a man fractured by the horrors he witnessed, a shadow of the man he once was. Unable to fit into the normalcy of ordinary life, he finds solace in the roar of engines and the brotherhood of The Devil’s House MC, serving as their tech wizard...
  • Lies and Other Drugs by Coralee June

    Lies and Other Drugs by Coralee June

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Killing my brother’s murderers has become my latest obsession. Against the advice of my alcoholic therapist, I've left my life behind, moving across the country with just two goals in mind: Take down the elite Ivy League School that covered up my twin brother’s death, and seek revenge on the ones responsible...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  suspense  contemporary  dark  poly
  • The Society by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    The Society by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What happens when you're born into a secret society? When your great-grandfather was a founding member? Do you have a choice whether you stay or not? And the benefits that befall you with such a position? The easy college access and high powered positions - the multinational firms...
  • Destructive Truths by Shauna Mairéad

    Destructive Truths by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lies, Saoirse. It was all lies. Those were the last words I heard before my attacker held me under. Left shattered by deceit, with a past I couldn’t outrun, Killybegs destroyed the girl I used to be. But here’s the thing, this queen was born to rise, and those who hurt me will pay for the sins they committed...
  • Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was born a royal. She made me a king. I can't find my way out of the darkness. Without her, it consumes me. There's nothing I won't risk to reach her—my crown, my family, my life. Because some love is worth dying for. They can come for me. They can come for my throne. But I'll take back what's mine if I have to burn this city to the ground. .
  • Provoke by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Provoke by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mine to push, mine to tease, mine to provoke. I live for domination. In the boardroom and the bedroom. But while I thrive in business, my personal life is in disarray. It’s always been Jackie and Oliver. It’s all the others have ever known. The two of us, seemingly perfect. Except, many times there have been three…...
  • Ruthless Heart by Marlee Wray

    Ruthless Heart by Marlee Wray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm the only one who doesn't know who he is. .. He's the sort of man you fantasize about. Gorgeous, strong, successful. But the Celtic tattoo on his hand is a clue that there's more to him than meets the eye. Liam Callahan is one of the most powerful men in Boston. A boss in the Irish Mafia. I'm too naive to suspect. At first...
  • 君と綴るうたかた 5 [The Summer You Were There 5] by Yuama, ゆあま

    君と綴るうたかた 5 [The Summer You Were There 5] by Yuama, ゆあま

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    「私書くよ。私たち二人の恋愛小説を。」そう言って、離れようとする夏織をつなぎとめた雫。病院にお見舞いに通いながらさらに仲を深めていく二人。しかし、そんな雫を見る夏織の妹・栞の目は冷ややかで── 物語を通してつながる少女二人の、甘く切ないひと夏だけの恋人ごっこ.
    Categorized as:
    length-short  queer  contemporary  angst  f-f  dark
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