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  • Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I know this has no future.Only heartbreak.Bosco Roth may be the man I've fallen for, but he'll never be the man I marry.He's too dangerous. Too risky.When our three months is over, I'll walk away.At least that's what I keep telling myself..
  • Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Once upon a time I met four monsters and thought the world would come to an end at their hands.But I was a fool.Because I didn’t understand the bigger picture.That the enemies I thought I knew would become the reason for my entire existence. My strength. My pain. My life. My love.The big bad wolf has teeth and claws as sharp as iron, and the danger before my eyes is blinding...
  • Hearts On Fire by Catherine Wiltcher

    Hearts On Fire by Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HEARTS ON FIRE is the final book in bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher’s dark and thrilling Santiago Trilogy. My Devil He came into my life like a raging storm. The man I despised. The killer with no conscience. I fell as hard as a woman like me can fall. When he bleeds, I feel his pain. When we kiss, I taste his tragedy...
  • Millions by Pepper Winters

    Millions by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    “Love had been given and taken and now…it had been stolen. No one steals from a thief—especially from me—and I will defend what’s mine until my dying breath. It’s not a question of what I’m willing to sacrifice but who to deserve her…” Once upon a time, I stupidly believed if I could make Elder fall for me, everything would be perfect...
  • Eulogy by Rachel Van Dyken

    Eulogy by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The next book in the internationally bestselling mafia series… All is lost. All. I don't recognize myself in the mirror anymore. My thoughts are filled with hatred and dripping with rage. I've lost my soul. She took it to the depths of Hell with her and haunts me with images of what could have been. Sixty lives are mine to take. Sixty lives stand in the way of my vengeance...
  • Collateral by Callie Hart

    Collateral by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The 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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    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping
  • Heartless by Willow Winters, W. Winters

    Heartless by Willow Winters, W. Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally captivating and thrilling, romantic suspense. At first, his words were harsh and his touch cold. I didn’t want to be in his presence any more than he wanted me there. I knew he was a dangerous man and he could destroy me if only he wanted to. That’s not what he wanted though. It’s not what he needed...
  • American Savages by J.J. McAvoy

    American Savages by J.J. McAvoy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Betrayed. Melody is nowhere to be found, Liam is in jail, and the Callahan family is cracking, just as Avian Doers, the FBI Director and puppet master behind their downfall, planned.But just because they’re down doesn't mean they’re out. To fight back, Liam and Melody will have to put everything on the line. The kid gloves are coming off, and no one is getting out alive...
  • A Bloody Kingdom by J.J. McAvoy

    A Bloody Kingdom by J.J. McAvoy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The fourth book in the Ruthless People Series is here... It has been eight years since the Callahans defeated Avian Doers and conquered Chicago. Melody is now the Governor and public face of the family, while Liam rises as the Ceann na Conairte of both the Irish and Italians. Their reach is limitless; their power endless..
  • The Scotch Queen by Penelope Sky

    The Scotch Queen by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I wasn't sure what changed my mind about giving London to Bones, but something did. Now London is officially mine. She's sassy, feisty, and she still tells me off when I have her under my thumb. I love it. Now I have a deal with the Barsetti brothers, Josephine is still pining for me, and revenge is heavy on my mind. I'm not sure what to do with London now that I'm not gonna kill her...
  • The Scotch Royals by Penelope Sky

    The Scotch Royals by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    London is a lot more useful than I anticipated. She gets me what I need like a pro. With her by my side, I feel like I can do anything.My need for revenge is dimmed. My anger is contained. But her brother is still a problem. She wants me to let him go.I'm not sure if I can...
  • Debase by Rachel Van Dyken

    Debase by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken, comes the final book in the Eagle Elite Series and the first new book in the Elite Bratva Brotherhood...With blood on my hands, I held her. With death in my soul, I took from her. With the devil in my heart, I coveted her.There're many definitions of Hell. My list was exhaustive, my definitions tragic...
  • Forever My Saint: All The Pretty Things Trilogy Volume 3 by Monica James

    Forever My Saint: All The Pretty Things Trilogy Volume 3 by Monica James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All hope was lost until Zoey Hennessy walked back into my world, shaking it up beyond repair when she uttered two simple words. He’s alive. She speaks of her brother, my Saint, the man who lost everything to set me free. I believed he was dead. I saw it with my own two eyes. But when Zoey proves he’s alive and being held captive by a monster, I know what I have to do...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • Defiant Queen by Meghan March

    Defiant Queen by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Mount Trilogy continues with Defiant Queen... I’m his entertainment. His toy. Payment on a debt. I tell myself I hate him, but every time he walks into the room, my body betrays me. How can I want him and fear him in the same moment? They told me he’d mess with my head. Make it go to war with my body. But I didn’t realize it would be complete anarchy. I should’ve known better...
  • Hearts Divine by Catherine Wiltcher

    Hearts Divine by Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    HEARTS DIVINE is the second book in bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher’s dark and thrilling Santiago Trilogy. Eve The FBI is forcing me apart from the man who haunts my dreams. The man who stole me, broke me and made me his forever. Dante Santiago. My deepest, darkest secret...
  • Wasted Lust by J.A. Huss

    Wasted Lust by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Wasted 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...
  • Copper by K. Webster

    Copper by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster, comes a new MC dark standalone novel!I’m a Fed.Rigid. Rule follower. One of the good guys. I uphold the law…when it suits me.My loyalty lies first with my brother, Koyn, and secondly with his motorcycle club.Jeremy Koynakov was the man I used to be. I’m Copper now. For a decade, I aided my brother in his quest for revenge. We thirsted for vengeance...
  • Kingdom Fall by A. Zavarelli

    Kingdom Fall by A. Zavarelli

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I was a nanny in need of a job. He was darkness personified. I had little to call my own. He was filthy rich, powerful, and dangerous. The assignment was simple, and my goal was too. Take care of his son. Keep my head down. When he least expects it, destroy him. It should have been easy. I thought it would be until I looked into his stark blue eyes...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  billionaire  crime  dark  drama
  • Luck of the Devil by Meghan March

    Luck of the Devil by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Meghan March continues the story of ruthless, calculating billionaire Jericho Forge in Luck of the Devil. My poker face has always been one of my greatest assets, along with my grit and determination. I was beholden to no one. Asked permission for nothing.Then Jericho Forge took my life by storm...
  • Victory at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Victory at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There's one heart you can’t break at Prescott High, not unless you’re one of them.The Havoc Boys.They’re my family, my redemption, and my future.Victory at Prescott High has always meant escape.Once upon a time, that meant graduation and a one-way ticket out of town.But everything is different now.This year, my life changed in irrevocable ways...
  • Seeds of Iniquity by J.A. Redmerski, Kris Koscheski

    Seeds of Iniquity by J.A. Redmerski, Kris Koscheski

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Victor 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  drama  female-mc
  • Ashes by Aleatha Romig

    Ashes by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “From what I’ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire...” ~ Robert Frost Patrick has awakened a fire I forgot existed...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  captivity  crime  dark  drama  kidnapping
  • Carson by Jane Henry

    Carson by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Megan: Carson Flynn is dangerous and brooding.Intensely possessive.Angry, fierce...Haunted.He’s a member of the Clan. A criminal.And a single father who’d burn the world for his daughter.But when he turns his eye on me, I know I should run.I should definitely hide.But it’s already too late...Because when Carson sets his mind on something, he gets what he wants.And what he wants... is me...
  • Quintessentially Q by Pepper Winters

    Quintessentially Q by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    “All my life, I battled with the knowledge I was twisted… screwed up to want something so deliciously dark—wrong on so many levels. But then slave fifty-eight entered my world. Hissing, fighting, with a core of iron, she showed me an existence where two wrongs do make a right."Tess is Q’s completely. Q is Tess’s irrevocably...
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    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  billionaire  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • Grievous by J.M. Darhower

    Grievous by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a girl who stopped believing in fairy tales after her innocence was stolen. Morgan Myers is tired. So damn tired. Most people either push her around or brush her off, and she's not putting up with it anymore. Determined to reclaim the life that had been stolen from her, she puts her trust in the last person she ever expected to: the notorious Scar...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • Price of Angels by Lauren Gilley

    Price of Angels by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book II in the Dartmoor Series. Holly Jessup came to Knoxville in search of the Lean Dogs MC, hoping to find a killer among them. She’s spent four months cozying up to Sgt. at Arms Michael, and it’s time to make her move. Michael McCall isn’t in the habit of accepting contract hits, but Holly isn’t the kind of girl who chases after Dogs...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • Taking Meghan: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Taking Meghan: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alexei Rastov is the most vile, evil, despicable man in the world... And my father tried to force me to marry him. Dragged down the aisle, I prayed to God, to anyone, to save me from a lifetime of cruelty and abuse. Then he came... a force of nature... Disrupting the ceremony with a storm of gunfire and death...
  • Breaking Meredith: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Breaking Meredith: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For five years - one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-two nights to be exact - I’ve watched her from afar… Protecting her. Keeping her safe from the world. And stalking her every move. What started as a favor for her brother has grown into something so much more. A full-blown obsession. I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, unless I get my Meredith fix...
  • Twist Me: The Complete Trilogy by Anna Zaires

    Twist Me: The Complete Trilogy by Anna Zaires

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    All 3 books in the New York Times bestselling trilogy, available for the first time in one convenient, discounted bundle. Over 1000 pages of addictive, thrilling dark romance at 30% off the individual books’ prices. “Will you ever let me go?” “No, Nora,” he replies, and I can feel his smile in the darkness. “Never...
  • Heart of the Devil by Meghan March

    Heart of the Devil by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Meghan March comes the stunning conclusion to the Forge Trilogy. In this final volume, ruthless billionaire Jericho Forge faces his toughest challenge. To emerge victorious, he’ll have to give up the one thing he’s never offered a woman—his heart.It started as a game. She was nothing but my pawn...
  • Up in Smoke by T.M. Frazier

    Up in Smoke by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Up In Smoke is a standalone. You DO NOT have to read the rest of the books in the King series to enjoy Smoke's story. I’m a man without a conscience. I deal in murder and mayhem.I’m the best at what I do. Frankie Helburn is supposed to be an easy job. A means to flush her father out of hiding.Simple. Except there isn’t anything simple about Frankie or the secrets she’s keeping...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • The Truth About Us by Aly Martinez

    The Truth About Us by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Truth: Penn Walker entered my life like a summer storm—dark, ominous, and filled with thunder. After witnessing my husband’s murder, I didn’t have much of a heart left to offer a man. But Penn took it all. Every jagged shard. Every broken bit.Even the dirty and twisted pieces that I wish never existed. Lie: I didn’t need him to save me.Lie: I knew exactly who he was...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping
  • Property of Drex #2 by C.M. Owens

    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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • Sinful Empire by Meghan March

    Sinful Empire by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Mount Trilogy concludes with Sinful Empire! What’s mine, I keep, and that includes Keira Kilgore. It’s no longer enough to have her in my debt. No longer enough to own her body. I want something more. She can try to resist, but I’ll never give her up. Nothing will keep us apart. Not her. Not my enemies. No one. Her debt will only be paid one way—with her heart...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  billionaire  crime  dark  drama
  • This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***This is the seventh and final book in the series. First six books must be read in order to fully understand this story line. THIS STORY IS A NOVELLA AND SHORTER THAN THE REST.*** They say the king is the most powerful piece on the board. However, they haven’t met me. This queen knows all the rules. She plays the game better than him...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  multi-pov
  • Pure White Rose by Fawn Bailey

    Pure White Rose by Fawn Bailey

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I will punish you for every step you take away from me." She's finally mine, but she won't admit it. My little rose thinks she can still run away from me. She should know better by now. I'm ready to do whatever it takes to stop her from getting away. Hurt her. She'll have the bruises to show for it. F*ck her. Until she never wants another man. Punish her...
  • Entangled by Bethany-Kris

    Entangled by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gian 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...
  • Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dante 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

    Where the Snow Falls by London Miller, Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping
  • Where the Wind Whispers by Bethany-Kris, London Miller

    Where the Wind Whispers by Bethany-Kris, London Miller

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping
  • 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...
  • Venom & Glory by S. Williams

    Venom & Glory by S. Williams

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The world already knows who I am.Destroyer.Killer.I am ruler.I reign.My kingdom, my family--I am in control.I was never supposed to fall for her.Power. Beauty.Strength.She makes me vulnerable.She could get me killed.And I'll be damned if my heart is my weakness. When it comes down to the kingdom and what I desire . . . the kingdom will always win...
  • 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...
  • Sergio: a Dark Mafia Romance by Natasha Knight

    Sergio: a Dark Mafia Romance by Natasha Knight

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  kidnapping
  • Bennett Mafia by Tijan

    Bennett Mafia by Tijan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy. The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers. I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  billionaire  captivity  crime  dark  drama
  • 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...
  • Madam Temptress by Meghan March

    Madam Temptress by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I didn't choose this path. No one would. I played the cards I was dealt. The life made me. The city made me. I won't apologize for who I've become. Moses wouldn't have me any other way. He says he want forever, and I'm starting to believe him. But I can't outrun my past, and my sins are catching up with me. It's time to atone, I'll gladly pay my penance...
  • The Damaged by Tijan

    The Damaged by Tijan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The world knows about Kash.Both Bailey and Kash were used to living in the shadows, but now they must live in the public eye.Kash is figuring out his new found role against his grandfather, and Bailey is starting her graduate program late. At university, everyone is watching Bailey, and some are wondering if her legendary father, Peter Francis, bought her way into the elite program...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping
  • Borden 2 by R.J. Lewis

    Borden 2 by R.J. Lewis

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book 2 and the final of the Borden series. ******* WARNING: This book contains sexual situations - of a very rough nature - violence, and strong language that may be offensive to some.******* I fell in love with a very bad man. Marcus Borden is that very bad man, but I knew that already. I accepted it...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  billionaire  crime  dark  drama
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