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One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the international best-selling author of The Ravenhood Trilogy comes the first book in Ravenhood Legacy!Now an Amazon charts, USA Today, and International best-seller!“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”Once upon a time…There lived a man with a vengeance-filled heart that held too many secrets.And a woman, pure of soul, intent on uncovering them... -
Sancte Diaboli: Part One by Amo Jones
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Devil comes with baggage, and not the kind you can lose. I was two years old when he saved me. I didn’t understand much at that age, but I remember the pale boy with hair as dark as ink, saving me from two evils. He said he would protect me; I just didn’t know he meant from himself...Categorized as:
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Sancte Diaboli: Part Two by Amo Jones
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe held a darkness that could never be touched. She carried a light that could never be seen. Not by anyone. Only by each other. Simply two halves of the same soul, Brantley and Saint were fused together with equal parts wrath and peace. Nothing could break through their bond. Nothing. Until now... -
Pack Darling Part One by Lola Rock
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAfter surviving childhood at the snooty, stuck-up boarding school for budding omegas, I have everyone convinced I’m a dud.My awakening? Never gonna happen. Heat, mates, and a fairytale pack life? Maybe next reincarnation.All I want is to be left alone.I’m invisible, headed to a blissful solo future until the Wyvern Pack destroys my dream of independence...Categorized as:
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Devils' Day Party by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI crashed my shitty yellow VW Beetle into Calix’s Aston Martin. To be fair, he deserved it. But Calix and his friends, Barron and Raz, they don’t see it that way. Not that it matters. They’ve bullied me for years, and I’ve never known why. At least today, they have something real to be pissed about. All of which would be fine, if today was a normal day. But it’s not. It’s far from normal... -
Vengeful Gods: A Why Choose Enemies To Lovers Romance by Elliott Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this story, there are three beasts and I am their blood debt owed. The Anguis, a secret society of power-hungry individuals, have long controlled Port Macabre from their seat at Noire House. A place where the wealthy rub shoulders and chase hedonistic pleasures. However, behind the mansion’s facade lies a poisonous, hidden underworld.With my father now gone, I am the sole heir to Noire House...Categorized as:
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Kings of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCruel. Heartless. Quarantined.The ruthless boys of Everlake Prep never saw lockdown coming.But the virus isn’t their number one enemy.I am.And as if being confined to a boarding school for the elite wasn’t bad enough, now I’m stuck in isolation with the boys who hate me most too.Saint, Kyan and Blake. The Night Keepers. Or so they call themselves...Categorized as:
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Haunting Beauty by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne heroic act damned me for eternity. With a name like Tor, I should have been a hero, just like my father and twin. Turns out I’m not. Not even close. Instead I’m the very thing we hunted. A depraved monster. I thought there was no escaping the curse. No hope for a future. And then I met my mate in the unlikeliest of places: Blackwood Asylum. A place for criminals. Power hungry madmen...Categorized as:
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Duke by Leila James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNothing can come between us. We’re stronger than ever.The longer I live at Bainbridge Hall, the more apparent it is that someone is out to get me. They know too much and are determined to use my worst fears against me. As my memories rise to the surface, they bring with them vivid reminders of what I’ve lived through.My past is tainted with awful truths...Categorized as:
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Claimed by A.K. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey took… Now it’s time to destroy them from the inside out. But first I need to get him back…my son… Colt. To do that I send the two people I hold close back into The Order. Colt’s vengeful twin, Carven. And the woman I’ve fallen for…Vivienne. As I watch them disappear inside that Hell, I call for war, forcing every powerful man and woman in the city to choose a side. Mine… Or Halestrom Hale’s...Categorized as:
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Four Enemies by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one has ever pushed me to my limits like these four men.I’m excited when I’m given a promotion to tour manager at Club Red — until I find out I’ll be crowded into a van with four alpha-hole revue dancers, trying to keep them in line while they travel to other venues...Categorized as:
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War, Unfinished by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a pitch black villain romance with irredeemable characters. Please check triggers before reading New York City. Vicious Battlefield. Home. With a million dollar bounty on my head, it took me years to step foot in the city again. Now I'm back. And the order of business is rather simple. 1. Destroy my reprobate brother. 2. Take back my stolen legacy. 3. Have a goddamn drink in peace... -
Fawn by Elaina Jadin, Marie Robinson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Dark Mafia Shifter Romance We aren't her saviors. We're her worst nightmare. We've been called vicious monsters. Brutal. Cold. Savage. We rule the criminal underworld the same way we rule our pack—with absolute control. We take what we want and demand complete obedience. When she comes to us, she's damaged. Fragile. Wounded. And oh so tempting... -
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Fury by Elaina Jadin, Marie Robinson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptured. Tormented. Haunted.Everything has been torn from me, including the men I’d begun to trust with my heart.Kade, whose fiery brutality gave my rage an outlet. Bishop, whose twisted mind uncovered my deepest truth. And Draven, whose ruthless control offered me safe refuge.Only, I discovered they aren’t men at all.They’re monsters... -
Shattered Stars by Hannah Haze
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe more I discover about my mysterious past, the deeper I'm pulled into a web of mysteries, secrets and liesAnd the more I'm pulled towards the men fate has destined are mine.Well fate can go to hell.I can't forget the way they’ve treated me and I certainly can’t forgive the hurt.I won't give in to my feelings no matter how much they plead... -
Destined Shadows by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI can feel it. It floats beneath the surface, an endless well of power waiting to be unleashed.Magic I never thought I’d possess, and yet now that I do, I’m starting to wonder if it’s more potent than I ever could’ve imagined. But I need to learn my limits and fast because there’s darkness on the horizon.My days at Silvercrest Academy have been filled with secrets, conflict, and death...Categorized as:
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Not so Prince Charming by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s the hunter. I’m his prey. I've been sleepwalking through life—not living, just existing—working toward a future where I can actually breathe. Until HE walks in. Gabriel Jackson. With his boy next door charm and dimpled grin, he jolts me awake. He makes me want to feel the dark heat he promises. To live in the hunger lurking behind his brown eyes... -
Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHey, Over here. No, look up.Yeah, I’m the one they talk about. The headmaster’s prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of NotreDame Parochial College. To most of the students I was just a myth. An urban legend.The girl who rings the bells up in the tower, the one who talks to gargoyles.Frollo’s secret Then they showed up, those heartless heathens. Outcasts, just like me... -
Reign: A Romance Anthology by Nina Levine, Penny Dee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say that power changes a person.Love changes them more.Long may they reign...You find them in the boardroom. The throne room. The bedroom.They burn brighter than the rest.They wield power as easily as they breathe.They stop at nothing to get what they want.Royalty, CEOs, mafia kings, demons, and more...Categorized as:
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The Lazarus by Marlow Locker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings•JUNE•When Caden stormed into my life, everything changed. The man with the piercing, emerald eyes and a wicked tongue. He dragged me from my world to the depths of his, exposing the underbelly of Vernum. It was dark, gritty, raw... He pushed me, showing me that not only could I survive the fall, but that he'd be right there, waiting in the darkness. My villain wants the heads of those dear to me... -
Dirty Hearts: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Khardine Gray comes a sexy, delightfully devilish, seductive second chance Mafia Romance. Be prepared to take a walk on the dark side. Claudius Rule #1 of being mafia boss- Trust no one. Rule # 2- Keep your friends and enemies damn close. In the underground world, friends and enemies could be the same thing... -
Little Bird Lost by Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm the one they've been waiting for...Tick, tick, tick…He calls himself the Fowler, and this is his Aviary—a lavish mansion buried deep within an endless wintry forest,where the wicked elite gather to play their depraved games.He calls us his Flock—Me and his three sons, Corvin, Ezio, and Aquillus. My jailers.My tormentors.My salvation.They hold the keys to my cage.They keep me sane...Categorized as:
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Virgin Sacrifice by L.M. Ramirez, Jess Gloom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor most, death is final.For me, it was just the beginning…My mother gave up everything to save me.When she died last year, I thought my life was over, but Mami raised me to be a survivor. A fighter. And that’s just what I intend to do.Tucked away in rural Connecticut, the elite Hollow Oak University is the perfect place for a new beginning. The plan is simple... -
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Rising Queen by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Men fear me, women envy me."My name is Harlow McKaven andmy life has been hell since the moment I was born. But after being tricked and held captive against my will, I have finally snapped. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, something frightening and bloodthirsty was born.After burning the demons who locked me away, I took control of my own destiny... -
Shattered Vows by P. Rayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce upon a time, I thought I’d found my happy ever after. Until she ruined it all.I’d been on the hunt for four long years, and I finally found her.I planned the perfect revenge. Kidnapping Rapsody on the day she was set to marry another man and forcing her to face my wrath while trapped in the confines of my family’s gothic manor...Categorized as:
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Forged by Shadows by Maddison Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvery thought her suffering had ended.She thought wrong. After a traumatic start to life, being adopted was Avery‘s saving grace. She finally had parents who loved her and an entire mansion to call home. Her days were spent reading in the library and exploring her passion for ballet. Until a fateful accident changed everything, and left her at the mercy of her step-brother... -
Ravage by A.L. Rook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe promised to stick together. And then they betrayed me.In a world where more children are being born with special abilities, we were six of the ones kidnapped and hidden away for testing and training.We banded together and became a family…until one of us was killed.The others turned on me and left me for dead...Categorized as:
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Damaged Princess by Jillian West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnastasia Androff came to The Omega Exchange with an agenda. It wasn't her plan, but she found herself a pawn in the games of powerful men.It's going to take someone like Viktor Nikolov, an alpha Daddy Dom with a penchant for spanking and solving dangerous problems to flip the chessboard...Categorized as:
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Made in Malice by Albany Walker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe thinks we’re devils. I know we are. Feared and revered, we’ve earned our place to shepherd the sheep. Harbor the secrets until she comes along and threatens our foundation. We could ruin her or use her. Either way, she’s ours, whether she knows it or not, even if it's forbidden... -
The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love.When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid...Categorized as:
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The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cruel fate. Two souls condemned. An impossible love.I knew he’d choose me before he came to our door on the night of the Tithing. I bore the mark that would make me his. It was my ancestor who spoke the words that bound us together, and his demon-god who promised protection for the price of blood.My blood.I was prepared to be that sacrifice if it would keep my family safe... -
You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy first year at college has been anything but ordinary. After spending so much energy trying to protect my secret, I failed to realize it’s not the past I need to fear—It’s my future that’s at stake. I’ve finally found someone who doesn’t judge me for my sins and stays by my side while I trudge through the shadowy corners of my past.The only problem is, his friends have other plans...Categorized as:
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They Call Me Wicked by Persephone Steele
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA blind psychic.Sounds like a punchline to a terrible joke, right?Well it is. The joke is my life, and I’m the punchline.I was gifted with the sight at a young age. It runs in my bloodline and I was trained to handle it from the moment I was born. What I wasn’t prepared for was losing my actual sight.The world is twisted like that... -
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Shattered Omega: Part Two by Marie Mackay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEstimated publication Feb 11th 2024 (will be moved forward) Part Two of Shattered Omega. Blurb to come...Categorized as:
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Burdened Bonds by Hannah Haze
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI escaped Lowsky's clutches but now I'm separated from my fated mates as the country's defences crumble and far dark forces work to seize control.Fate has spoken and I can no longer fight the inevitable pull towards the men destined to be mine. I'm desperate to find them – to know they're safe – to hold them in my arms.But I'm not the only one searching...Categorized as:
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Reina del Inframundo: Un Oscuro Romance de la Mafia by Lee Savino, Stasia Black
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe King of the Underworld saved me from the streets, Treated me like a princess, And locked me in a tower. Then he turned into a beast. There's a darkness in him. I've seen it face to face. He says I'm his light. But if our love is going to last, I'm going to have to be more than his princess. I need to become a Queen. The final chapter in Marcus and Cora's story... -
Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA hard, dominating Bratva PrinceA fearless, crazy Cartel PrincessAleksandr VolkovI've lived my life with rigid control.A tight vice on myself and my emotions.Scars from my past have left me broken. Riddled with guilt and anguish.When my baby sister was kidnapped, I feared the worst. That she'd suffered the same fate as our mother... -
In Peace Lies Havoc by Amo Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy name is Dove Hendry.Mine is Kingston Axton.I was captured by darkness.She has always been ours…They groomed me for Midnight Mayhem. Like a trained possession, weak against their control.She has been conditioned with our blood for years. She just doesn’t know it yet...But Midnight Mayhem was the stained glass that concealed a very dark culture.A culture that she is about to become the center of... -
Warrant by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery wrongdoing warrants a consequence. In my case, I’ve decided to settle the score with death.Especially when, what brought this on, what stirred up my crazy, was the vicious attack on an innocent young girl.Worse, one that ended in her death. Years, I’ve been plotting to take out the men I used to call my brothers.The men who double-crossed me by brutally murdering my sister... -
September Doves by Emmerson Hoyt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRylee Adder is a struggling college student desperate to reconnect with the only family she has left. She finally has her chance when a late-night phone call sends her rushing to Eden, West Virginia—a small mining town with a veiled past... -
Fae's Torment by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHate. Retribution. Revenge.It burns in my veins and keeps me awake at night, hunting Crown City’s streets like the ones who took from me.But it’s not these streets where I want to spill blood. It’s over there, across the bridge. Where the shadows of this world cloak their sick, foul secrets…and where they trade magic for mortal lives. I can’t get across there. Can’t walk in their world... -
Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe darkest deeds often happen in plain sight; the harshest truths sound like lies.Kailai Reed has drowned beneath the weight of other people’s emotions her entire life. She protects herself by hiding away from everyone, except for her close friend, associate (and forbidden crush) Hideo Tanaka...Categorized as:
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Purgatory In Pink by M.J. Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI did it. I ended my battle with my past.Now I have to help Holder overcome his.His father is as bad as they come. Selling women and children to the highest bidder. I can't let that happen, not while I have a seat at the Saupoudrer Family table... -
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Dark Knight by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI escaped from a cult only to be captured by the mafia…The last thing I expect after being kidnapped is to find out they aren’t even planning on keeping me. I'm going to be auctioned off.Apparently, natural blondes are a big seller.Too bad someone else bought me before the auction could even take place. The amount of money they must have spent on me makes me sick to think about... -
Desire by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom... -
The Order by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSacrifices—that’s what females make to live in Serendee—an urban utopia. We give up our family, our choices, our bodies. Some people call it a cult, but they don’t understand. We give it our all, and in return, Serendee gives back by providing a safe, idyllic home.Starting with The Order, a marriage arranged by the leader of Serendee to the male of his choice... -
The Bargain by Delta James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Devil knows ... when his mate is lyingI thought I could betray the Devil of Galway. I was wrong.For two years I was undercover as the lover to the most powerful man in Ireland. The night my betrayal became known he believed I had died. Now I’m back and I need his help. I thought I could make a deal with the Devil. I should have known better...Categorized as:
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Queens of Hell House: A Kildale Academy Novel by Dakota Wilde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Seven Deadly Sins are here to stay...Demons, witches, and who knows what else... they're all real. And they're living on the island of Possession that houses Kildale Academy. This second book picks up where Hell House left off. “Where is he?” I mumble, noticing a blurry Lukas whose dark and distorted features look devastated as he bleeds all over his shirt...Categorized as:
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The Brutal Strike: Codename: Ophis by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt should have been an in-and-out jobFind the girl and bring her home.But we’re not the only ones who came for herAnd when our rescue mission goes horribly wrong,We find ourselves stranded and alone in the unforgiving jungle.With death stalking our heelsEvery day becomes a battle for survivalA battle not all of us will win...Categorized as:
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