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Elude by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis book is the sixth book in the internationally bestselling Eagle Elite Series. It's an interconnected stand alone novel with no cliffhanger. Twenty-Four hours before we were to be married--I offered to shoot her. Ten hours before our wedding--I made a mockery of her dying wish. Five hours before we were going to say our vows--I promised I'd never love her... -
The Fall of V by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey knew she was going to strike back for taking down her empire, for imprisoning her for years. All those years stuck in a cell gave her a lot of time to think, to plot, to plan her revenge. But they couldn't have anticipated this . * This can not be read as a standalone. ** This is also not a romance... -
Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEnrage is the next standalone in the international best selling mafia series, Eagle Elite.Part of a world I loathe.Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself.Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness.I'm. In. Hell.Also known as the Cosa Nostra.My life was over the minute I stepped off that plane.Son to a murdered mob boss.Heir to a throne of murder and lies... -
Collateral by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe final instalment of Zeth & Sloane's story is here! With Lacey missing and everything falling apart, Sloane and Zeth will do everything they can to get her back. If that includes facing off against Charlie Holsan, the DEA, and anyone else who gets in their way, then so be it... -
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Always: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Legacy Novel A wild boy. A sly girl. Cross Donati defines trouble. He does what he wants because he’s never known anything different. He’s unapologetic, and he owns it. Catherine Marcello is every bit a good girl … on the outside. Her entire world is a legacy, and she lives it. She’s curious, and she’s exploring it. She chases bad things. He never learned to be good... -
The Untouchables by J.J. McAvoy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRuthless People #2 "One Secret, Multiple Casualties." Everything Melody Callahan has ever been told about her past is a lie. Her father lied. Her husband lied. But like all secrets...they come out. Not only is her mother, Aviela, alive but she won't stop until she tears down everything Liam and Melody have spent the past year building... -
Twisted by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSloane How many times can a person fall down and still get back up? How many times can things go wrong before you just give up? I’ve lost everything. My home, my job, my purpose in life—everything has been turned upside down. But while life hasn’t exactly turned out the way I would have liked it to, I wouldn’t change a thing. If things were different, I wouldn’t have Lacey... -
Beneath These Lies by Meghan March
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a riveting new stand alone novel in the addictive Beneath series. Are you ready to go back to New Orleans? Look, but don’t touch…she might as well wear a neon sign that says it. It just makes me want her more. She might be above me in every way, but I still want her under me... -
Inferno by Catherine Doyle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRomeo and Juliet meets The Godfather in the second installment of Catherine Doyle's Blood for Blood series. Sophie's life has been turned upside-down, and she's determined to set things right. But Nic, the Falcone brother who represents everything she's trying to forget, won't give up on their love - and it's Luca's knife she clutches for comfort... -
Veils: A Killers Novel Book 4 (The Killers) by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Give me a memory, Noah.” That’s what she said … the woman who rendered me stupid in the shadows at a wedding reception. I did everything I could to figure her out. She wore more veils of armor than I’ve seen in a lifetime. On the outside, she was strong and self-assured. But within those beautiful, guarded blues? She was laced with vulnerability and grief. We had one night... -
Ember by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI am a Killer. A Rapist. A Monster.I know only pain and survival. That is until the Cappo's sister walked into my life. And changed everything.She's a light who makes my darkness darker, her smile makes my heart turn to ice, and I can't escape the fear her seductive looks instill--knowing it's only a matter of time before I fail--again, and take her for myself.This is the story of my redemption... -
Fallen by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFallen is the fourth book in the Blood & Roses series. Make sure you check out Deviant, Fracture and Burn prior to reading this instalment. SloaneFor over two years, Sloane Romera has pinned everything on finding Alexis. Life was going to get better. Easier. Happier. The nightmare of having a missing sister was supposed to end, and everything was supposed to go back to normal... -
Blood & Roses - Buch 3 by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSloaneI’m not safe.I haven’t been safe for a while now.I ran to Zeth for protection, but Zeth is in danger himself. With Julio on one side, and the leader of the Widow Makers MC on the other, the smartest thing to do would be to run. I’ve been running long enough, though.This is the closest I’ve come to finding my sister in two years.I can’t back down now... -
Bound by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web... -
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Skylar by Addison Jane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSkylar thought she’d outrun her past six years ago. Growing up, her life was dictated for her and reinforced with a heavy fist. The people who were meant to love and protect her were those that caused her the most pain. So she risked everything and ran... -
Revere: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Legacy Novel She was once his liar. He was once her savior. Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back into the path of his past, but he only sees his future. Every king needs a queen... -
The Black Wolf by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings-Series Reading Order-#1 - KILLING SARAI#2 - REVIVING IZABEL#3 - THE SWAN & THE JACKAL#4 - SEEDS OF INIQUITY#5 - THE BLACK WOLF--- Since devastating secrets were uncovered by Nora Kessler, Niklas Fleischer and Victor Faust have been divided as business partners and brothers... -
Wasted Lust by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWasted Lust is a 321 spin-off, full-length, romantic suspense filled with lies, secrets, and the power of redemption by the New York Times bestselling author, JA Huss. A GIRL WITH REGRETS… Sasha Cherlin died the night she let Nick Tate walk out on her for a life of crime. Her very essence was destroyed when they broke their promise to one another... -
Seeds of Iniquity by J.A. Redmerski, Kris Koscheski
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVictor Faust's new Order is growing. Business is good as there is no rest for the wicked in an underground world of hardcore criminals and contract killing. Relationships among the operatives have changed little over the past year—but things are about to change now, and all six high-ranking members of the new Order will be blindsided by an unlikely enemy... -
Out of Turn by Tiffany Snow, Angela Dawe
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBreaking up is hard to do, as Kathleen Turner discovers. After a falling-out with her ex, high-powered attorney Blane Kirk, she’s moving on the best she can. Unfortunately, someone from her past is set on revenge and nothing short of killing Kathleen will stop them... -
Entice by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the third book in the bestselling Eagle Elite Series... “As burns this saint, so burns my soul. I enter alive, and I will have to get out dead.” Chase Winter let the love of his life slip through his fingers and into the hands of his best friend and mafia boss of the Abandanato family... -
Slay by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook 4 in the Bestselling Storm MC Series by Nina Levine BLOOD WILL BE SHED... The ghosts of Donovan "Blade" Brookes' life are closing in on him. Hardened by an abusive childhood and haunted by the murder of his fiancé, Blade struggles against the dark forces threatening to consume him. When he helps Layla Reed in her hour of need, he has no idea she will be the light to his darkness... -
La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband." - Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans... -
Target on Our Backs by J.M. Darhower
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe best way to keep your word is never to give it. Not long ago, in a chapel in Vegas, I swore to love Karissa for the rest of my days. But nobody's promised an infinite number of tomorrows. Nobody's promised forever. Sometimes, all we have left is today. Carpe Diem. Seize the day. It should've been over, we should've been happy, but people are making it hard for me to live in peace... -
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Reeve by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReeve I had long since given up hope of the pursuit of genuine happiness. It wasn’t possible after all the sh*t I had been through. I had my siblings, my club, a purpose in life. It was enough. Until I came across her. She represented everything that I knew I couldn’t have - stability, a future, a way out of my past... -
Ti Amo (Battaglia Mafia Series) by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet 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... -
Kill Me: Kiss of Death 1 by Lp Lovell
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUna To many, I am little more than a myth. The Kiss of Death, a hired killer, revered by some of the greatest criminal organisations in the world. Trained by the bratva themselves, without conscience, without mercy, the perfect soldier. I’ll kill anyone… for a price. Death doesn’t discriminate, she sells to the highest bidder, but even I have a weakness. Nero I want one thing—power... -
Mafiosa by Catherine Doyle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA blood war rages on the streets of Chicago. Protected by an infamous Mafia family, Sophie is living a dangerous lie... -
Blood & Roses - Buch 2 by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsZeth Mayfair is pretty much the very last thing I need in my life. And yet with every breath I take he becomes more engrained in every aspect of it:He has a key to my house. He knows where I work. He dumped his strange, mentally traumatized housemate on my doorstep and has driven off into the sunset in search of my missing sister. I want to forget him... -
Property of Drex #2 by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*This is the conclusion of Drex and Eve's story, but there will be other books in the series featuring other couples.*What’so the most selfless thing you’ve ever done? What price tag would you put on the ability to save the ones you love?They say the worst decisions are made by the desperate or the fools. I was desperate enough to make a foolish decision to save my family. The cost? Me... -
Out of Love by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsConspiracies. Corruption. Serial killers.You name it—I'm fascinated by it. My mom always blamed my overly curious and highly suspicious mind on my dad.My incredibly overbearing dad.Mr. No One Is Good Enough For My Daughter has been terrifying my dates since I turned fifteen.College is my chance to be free from his control and date any guy I want... -
Dirty by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFace of an angel. Body of a god. And a mouth so dirty he could make the devil blush… Fix Marcosa’s time can be bought with money, but he isn’t selling sex. Murderers, rapists, criminals: if you’re on the wrong side of Fix’s moral code, you’re in trouble. The kind of trouble that winds up getting you killed. As a hitman for hire, Fix is no stranger to violence. He’s merciless. Relentless... -
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... -
Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTor 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... -
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Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAxl has it all as the VP of the MC he loves in Reno, Nevada. Living a life free of worries has never been an issue for him. He’s partied and lived fast with the best of them. He’s never truly had to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Until his world is shattered right before his eyes… Dana has always been the heart of her girls and family... -
Tears of Salvation (St. Monarch's Academy, #5) by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new standalone, full-length romantic suspense novel.ISABELLAI was the party crasher.He was the Devil.Three months ago, I suffered a moment of insanity and had a one-night stand without even knowing who the man was.It was hot and unforgettable... -
Rogue Royalty by Meghan March
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Meghan March concludes the story of her next devastating and damaged anti-hero in the final book in the Savage Trilogy, Rogue Royalty... -
Unraveled by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCara Rossi’s life has been a mess ever since her identical twin was killed. She blames the mafia, its ways, and the people within the caustic culture for a painful reality that turned her world on its side. In an attempt to momentarily pause her misery, a night out puts her on a path with a man she shouldn’t get involved with simply because of his last name—Gian Guzzi... -
The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe hadn’t planned on being a part of the Family.Life had thrown a curve at him at a young age that made him reevaluate his path in life.And he chose out.But when tragedy strikes, awakening the need for revenge, he finds himself wanting back in. To the Family. The life. The people.Including a woman he never could have seen coming, one he never would have thought he’d want in his life... -
Entangled by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGian Guzzi has everything a mafia boss could want, but it comes with strings. He shouldn’t be wasting time on a redhead he can’t have, when men like him are not allowed to be affected by silly things like love. A boss’s job is never done, and Gian has far better things to worry about—what with someone wanting him dead, and someone else wanting him in prison for good... -
Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe next heart-racing Lilah Love story is coming. This installment to Lilah's series is a standalone. Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to demands... -
Murder Girl by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones returns with the second book in her electrifying series featuring Lilah Love, an FBI profiler who doesn’t fight her dark side—she embraces it.It’s Lilah Love’s job to inhabit a killer’s mind. The unapologetically tough FBI profiler is very comfortable there. But her latest case is making her head spin... -
Spiders in the Grove by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIzabel and Naeva find themselves right where they wanted to be in Mexico: captured and held in the slave compounds owned by the Ruiz family. But the two are soon separated and forced into very different—but equally dangerous—situations... -
Kade's Turn by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAssassin-for-hire Kade Dennon knows exactly who he is: a soulless killer who can’t be saved. And he thinks he’s fine with that…until he meets Kathleen. Beautiful, kind, and tough as nails, Kathleen Turner is nothing like the nameless one-night stands Kade usually goes for. Just being around her makes the hardened hit man feel emotions he never thought were possible... -
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Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDante Galante has evaded death a few times in his life, but held captive in a sweltering basement, he's certain that death has finally caught up to him. Bloody and barely breathing, he tries to stay strong, but there's only so much a man can endure before darkness takes over. As a critical care nurse, Gabriella Russo witnesses suffering often... -
Where the Snow Falls by London Miller, Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBlood always leaves the brightest stains where the snow falls. Fresh out of lockup, Kazimir Markovic is focused on two things only—having Violet Gallucci back at his side, and putting his father in the ground. With his plans already in motion the very second he’s free, Kaz goes after what’s most important. Violet first. Vasily second. The Russians are out for blood... -
Where the Wind Whispers by Bethany-Kris, London Miller
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere is death where the wind whispers. Left for dead by his own father on a snowy sidewalk, Kazimir Markovic finally understands what true betrayal really means, and just how far one will go to keep a secret. He only needs to survive, to make it home alive to his wife, and then everyone else will know what it means, too... -
Niro by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings* You do not need to read the OG Henchmen to read this new series *Joining the MC had never been a question.Raised by an ex-cage-fighting member, Niro hadn’t seen any future for himself that didn’t involve bikes, guns, violence, and the brotherhood he’d learned to revere above all else. But joining the Henchmen meant he couldn’t have the only other thing in life he wanted.Andi... -
Kiss Me by LP Lovell
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUna 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... -
Sergio: a Dark Mafia Romance by Natasha Knight
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m the first-born son of the mafia king. The favorite. Destined to rule, I’m a dangerous man, a ruthless one. But in my world, you have to be. Then Natalie stumbles into my life. Wrong place. Wrong time. Twice, fate put her in my path. Twice, fate placed the innocent lamb at the mercy of the monster. I gave her a chance to walk away. Told her it would be better for her if she did...
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