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  • Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The rings have been selected. The champagne placed on ice. The cake decorated. And the pre-wedding sex is off the charts... Lucas Vallois and Andrei Hadeon are finally ready to walk down the aisle. There’s just one small problem. A ghost from Lucas’s past shows up days before the wedding, desperate for help...
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    alpha-mc  angst  bodyguard  crime  drama  humor  lgbtq  mlm
  • Ti Amo  (Battaglia Mafia Series) by Sienna Mynx

    Ti Amo (Battaglia Mafia Series) by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Let there be war...Don Giovanni Battaglia will have his revenge. A bloody Mafia war has ravaged the southern region of Italy. Every man, woman, and child born under the name Calderone must be made to atone. That is the law. After two years of blood and bullets, the men sworn to follow without question find themselves wanting peace...
  • Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds. For Ward “King” Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past...
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    alpha-mc  angst  bodyguard  crime  drama  humor  lgbtq  mlm
  • Chokehold by K.A. Merikan

    Chokehold by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    --- The ugliest truths blossom into the prettiest lies. ---A year into the relationship with Domenico, Seth still wants him as desperately as ever. Nothing is better than being intoxicated with lust for his deadly man and feeling his steady hands all over.No matter the misunderstandings, the fights... The crash. The burn...
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    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  assassins  crime  dark  drama  humor
  • Deviant Reign by Tracy Lorraine

    Deviant Reign by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.Watching her walk away for a second time... nearly destroyed me.But it was nothing less than I deserved from the things I put her through.I should have let her go. I’d already caused Emmie enough pain to last a lifetime. But I’m a masochist...
  • Final Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Final Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two assassins meet, don’t kill each other, and fall in love. It’s happily ever after, right? Not so fast. Reformed mercenaries Justin Mallory and Gabriel Prescott have taken the big leap of living together. They’re even working together. But “one last job” has them taking a falsely accused man and his young son into their home for safe keeping...
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    alpha-mc  angst  assassins  crime  drama  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
  • Nolan by Jane Henry

    Nolan by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s my nemesis.My prisoner.I‘ll make her beg for mercy.I’ll make her scream my name.I’ll make her mine.Sheena Hurston’s been a thorn in my side for years.But when she tries to bring my family to ruin, I’m done playing games.She will pay for what she’s done.No one comes before my family.Sheena belongs to me...
  • Freaks by Callie Hart

    Freaks by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fix Marcosa is at war. The battlefield: New York City. He knows every street like the back of his hand. The darkened alleyways and back streets conceal secrets only he knows. Somewhere out there, an unknown element is threatening the life of the woman he loves. Fix doesn’t mind shedding a little blood to get protect those close to him, though...
  • Kiss Me by LP Lovell

    Kiss Me by LP Lovell

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Una I’m running. I have more enemies than even I can fight, and a five-million-dollar price tag on my head, all because I helped Nero. The hunter has become the hunted, and now I have a life to protect—an innocent baby. And that suddenly feels like the most important mission I’ve ever had. I’ve never been so invested in surviving, so let them come. I’ll kill them all...
  • Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Haven by K.A. Merikan

    Haven by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    — Not the same river, not the same man. —After seven years away, Seth and Domenico are back in Sicily with one goal in mind.Revenge.The man who’d hounded their family is still alive, and as untouchable as he’s always been. While they wait for the right moment to strike, reality clashes with fond memories of home...
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    mlm  dark  crime  lgbtq  suspense  drama  organized-crime  anti-hero
  • Vengeance by Sloane Kennedy

    Vengeance by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "What if you didn't have to stop kissing him, Memphis? What if you didn't have to choose me over him?" --Brennan MemphisAt thirty-four years old, ex-DEA agent Memphis Wheland has lived, loved and lost...everything. The ultimate betrayal by the man he gave everything to has left Memphis with no family, no career and a bone deep bitterness that refuses to release him from its icy grip...
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    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  assassins  bodyguard  crime  dark  drama
  • Bulletproof by Mary Calmes

    Bulletproof by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jory Harcourt doesn't have to go looking for trouble. Wherever he goes, it seems to find him—particularly when his partner, Sam Kage, is working undercover on a federal task force. After the recession forces him to close his business, Jory goes to work as a matchmaker and event planner...
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  drama  humor  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime
  • Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “We are two halves of the same rotten apple.”Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten.Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long...
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    angst  anti-hero  assassins  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm
  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell. He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
  • Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan

    Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    --- Faking their own death was the easy part. ---After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together...
  • Devil in the Details by L.J. Hayward

    Devil in the Details by L.J. Hayward

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If there’s one thing assassin Ethan Blade knows, it’s how to plan a job. How to study a target, find the weak spot, and strike. He keeps his guns clean, his knives sharp, and his heart sealed away behind more locks than his precious cars. Alone but safe. Until Jack Reardon burrowed his way into Ethan’s life, his car, and his heart. This may just be the deadliest mess he can’t plan his way out of...
  • Raven's Hart by Davidson King

    Raven's Hart by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Haven Hart stands on the edge of good and evil. Having balance between the two is the only thing keeping the town from crumbling to the ground. For years, one man has been charged with maintaining that balance. Poe. The air of mystery surrounding Poe is one of necessity. He’s the keeper of secrets and for good reason...
  • Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after...
  • Into the Lyons Den by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Into the Lyons Den by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Devin Lyons and Russian mob boss/FBI ally Andrei Panchenko have been at each others' throats for years. Literally. They've had their hands around the other's throat lots of times. When Andrei barely escapes a bold attempt on his life, government big shot James Jacobs decides to put Devin in charge of Andrei's safety...
  • Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan

    Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Note from the author:By Degrees is an ensemble serial with continuing story lines. Six Degrees of Separation is the second installment, and it must be read after Six Degrees of Lust. Thanks.In the sequel to Six Degrees of Lust, F.B.I. team leader Samuel Shaughnessy and bar manager Machlan O’Bannon are exploring a new phase in their non-relationship...
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  humor  lgbtq  mlm
  • The Chateau by Tiffany Reisz

    The Chateau by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the Jack-of-All-Wicked-Trades for a secretive French military intelligence agency, 24-year-old Lieutenant Kingsley Boissonneault has done it all—spied, lied, and killed under orders. But his latest assignment is quite out of the ordinary. His commanding officer's nephew has disappeared inside a sex cult, and Kingsley has been tasked with bringing him home to safety...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • A Dangerous Dance by Davidson King

    A Dangerous Dance by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Finally working for a man he can trust has given Bill a new purpose. His boss, Christopher Manos, commands respect and absolute loyalty, and Bill has proven himself worthy of a seat at Christopher’s table. Becoming best friends with Christopher’s husband, Snow, has further proven his allegiance and cements a place for him in the Manos family...
  • Deadly Dorian by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Deadly Dorian by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Someone is trying to kill Marc Foster. Attempted poisoning was bad enough, but when the would-be killer messes with the brakes on Marc’s precious Porsche, the art dealer admits he needs help. He just wasn’t expecting help to be quite so dark and sexy. Royce Karras loves his job at Ward Security. He’s making up for a lifetime of bad decisions and a bloody past he’d rather forget...
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    alpha-mc  angst  bodyguard  crime  drama  humor  lgbtq  mlm
  • Nasty by Callie Hart

    Nasty by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “When you’re with me, you’re not vulnerable. When you’re with me, you are safe. When you’re with me, you will never be alone. And as for your heart, Sera Lafferty…I’ll make it beat so fast you’ll never feel it ache.” Sera Lafferty isn’t insane. She’s always made the smart decisions. She has a career. A loving sister...
  • Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devlin Relic was off limits.The sweet man had already lost a husband and nearly lost his life when someone put a contract on his head last year.He needed to focus on raising his adopted son and finding a nice, normal man.Kai was anything but nice and normal.He was an assassin, and that did not fit into Dev’s neat and tidy life...
  • 180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile...
  • Guns n' Boys: Black Lies (Book 10) (gay dark mafia romance) by K.A. Merikan

    Guns n' Boys: Black Lies (Book 10) (gay dark mafia romance) by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "That man is not your fairytale ending." Griffith has spent two of the most amazing years with his boyfriend Mark, who is undoubtedly The One. Mark is everything Griffith could want in a man. Sexy, kind, always there for him, showering him with gifts and anticipating his needs...
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    angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime  suspense
  • Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer

    Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anna Brookes also known by her Professional name 15, did what she had never done before. She didn’t kill her target, HiT 149. HiT 149 better known as Ben Pearson did something he had never done before. He fell in love with Anna Brookes...
  • The Vengeance of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek

    The Vengeance of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a lifetime of death and suffering, Aleksandr Vassiliev finally has everything he could ever want — the most important being someone to share his future with. Somehow a spoiled American named Roan gave Sasha a reason to see life could be more. Except, that’s where the fairytale ends...
  • Guns n' Boys: Unshaken by K.A. Merikan

    Guns n' Boys: Unshaken by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You can never understand what this man has done to me, for me, and with me.” Seven years. Domenico and Seth have been together for seven years. After trudging through blood, tears, fights, and painful compromises, they’ve finally arrived at a point where every day doesn’t feel like it could be their last...
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    angst  anti-hero  assassins  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm
  • Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An arranged marriage is already quite dramatic, especially with two grooms. When a bomb goes off at the wedding reception, Gabriella Torres is left wondering who exactly she just married.This might have been an assassination attempt aimed at her new husband Vincente, the security minister for Castile...
  • His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Easily bored, completely manipulative, and utterly deadly…and that’s just in bed.As an assassin for the Castellani Family, I live for the thrill of the job. I'm devoted to my Family and my Don, because they keep me safe.To Leo Bernardi, I'm a monster. A killing machine. And a puppet that his Family can use for their own ends. To me, Leo is just a pawn in a game that I'm playing. A means to an end...
  • Hell Hath No Fury by R.C. Boldt

    Hell Hath No Fury by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Hell Hath No Fury, RC Boldt brings us an unforgettable tale of loss, betrayal, and revenge in this romantic suspense standalone… Seven years ago, they took everything from me. My father. My husband. My child. When they stole my chance at justice, I vowed to get revenge. Then I met him. He tempts that long-lost part of me, but his presence is a reminder that betrayal lurks around every corner...
  • Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dante Dombruso has always been his family’s armor. It’s his job to keep them safe. But he feels he failed them eighteen months ago, when a mysterious arsonist set a fire intended to wipe the Dombrusos off the map. Now Dante is driven to make things right, yet with each day that passes, the trail grows colder and his frustration increases...
  • My Wicked Heart by T.L. Smith

    My Wicked Heart by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • The Reaper by Silvia Violet

    The Reaper by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A marine. An assassin. A fine line between love and hate.I’ve seen too much death as a marine and the son of a mafia boss’s stooge. I finally have a chance to do what I’ve always wanted: raise horses.The catch: My brother’s ranch is also a safehouse for men the police would never protect.TJ, our first client, is a hot AF mafia assassin who doesn’t take no for an answer...
  • Hold Tight by Hannah Shield

    Hold Tight by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was supposed to be her wingman. She never planned to fall for him.A first date shouldn’t be so nerve-racking. But after a decade in a loveless marriage, Faith needs this new beginning. Thank goodness she has Tanner to play her wingman.But she never expects to start crushing on the former Navy SEAL instead of her date.Tanner can’t deny his feelings for his friend...
  • Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s innocent. He’s chaste. He’s promised to God. And he’s more temptation than I can handle.I’m supposed to guard the Boss's husband, but I just can’t keep my eyes off his best friend, Aidan O’Leary.Watching him.Wanting him.Knowing I can never have him.Aidan is pure in body and soul. He’s about to be ordained as a priest. Me? I’m going to burn for the things I’ve done...
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    mlm  crime  suspense  lgbtq  dark  organized-crime  angst  bodyguard
  • Maleficium by Natalie Bennett

    Maleficium by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tragic and Twisted Fall Apart…Ave Satanas worship or perish.The reckoning has begun.In the Devil’s Playground morals have vanished, demons run rampant, and the death toll is rising.The price of freedom looms closer than before, simply crown the king, claim a queen, and make idle work of the damned.One will perish.Bounties will be placed...
  • Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A gunshot to the head is bad enough. Waking up with amnesia is far worse. I learn that the hard way when I wake up in the hospital, my memory practically wiped. I don’t know why someone wants me dead. Hell, I don’t even know my name. They say my name is Christian Cross. Too bad that name means nothing to me.I haven’t forgotten everything, though...
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    amnesia  angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  humor  lgbtq
  • High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fellow FBI agent with an old grudge picks Simon as the instrument of his revenge. And he knows the hidden truth behind one of Simon's closest-kept secrets... or does he? On the other side of the world, two steps ahead of a ruthless, implacable foe accidentally set on his trail by Simon, Jeremy Archer is running for his life..
  • Triple Threat by Davidson King

    Triple Threat by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lee, Jones, and Ginger deal with dangerous situations and mounting stress daily working for the most powerful assassin organization in the world. All of those things seem like a walk in the park compared to the friction that sparks between them. When all three are assigned to the same job, ignoring the heat from the inferno of desire becomes impossible...
  • Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Jameson and Lucien Clarke have a complicated past: Ryder conserves art; Lucien steals it. Their love-hate relationship spans six years and two continents and has endured multiple heists. Hoping to restore his tarnished reputation, Ryder returns home to Cincinnati to accept a position at an acclaimed museum...
  • Double Vision by L.M. Halloran

    Double Vision by L.M. Halloran

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything has a price, and the price of truth is steepest of all. Eden has an ironclad five-year plan. In three months, she’s saying good riddance to Los Angeles and returning to the Pacific Northwest for medical school. Nothing is going to get in her way. Nothing… but the impossible...
  • Bargaining with the Devil: A Death and the Devil Novella by L.J. Hayward

    Bargaining with the Devil: A Death and the Devil Novella by L.J. Hayward

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meta-State spy Jack Reardon believes it’s all been taken care of. He has his verbal agreement with his boss to “keep Blade happy,” and Jack is more than willing to do his best in that regard. He also has his bargain with Ethan, to keep seeing each other. Small victories, interspersed with exploding bombs, smashed cars and miffed co-workers, all while consorting with an international assassin...
  • King Slayer by Layla Reyne

    King Slayer by Layla Reyne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never fall for a mark. Mission fail. Christopher Perri--a.k.a. Dante Perry--infiltrated the Madigan organization with one goal: vengeance for his murdered partner. Falling for the assassin at the head of the table wasn't part of the plan, but Hawes Madigan is not the cold, untouchable Prince of Killers Chris expected...
  • Gravitate by K.E. Osborn

    Gravitate by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m not a decent guy.I don’t do commitment.Women know the score before they land in my bed.But there is something about this feisty tattoo artist. She makes my blood boil. But with that pure, unadulterated rage comes an ache deep inside I simply can’t ignore.I despise her.I shouldn’t want her.The problem is—every part of me does.And it’s a complication I can no longer ignore...
  • He Is Mine by K.A. Merikan

    He Is Mine by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Guns n' Boys needs to be read in order. --- Home sweet hell. ---A wedding should be a joyful affair, but it is far from that for Seth Villani. Thrust into an arranged marriage, back under the same roof with serpents and wolves who are his family, Seth has to watch his back if he is to survive until the despised event...
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    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  assassins  bodyguard  crime  dark  drama
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