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Tyrant by Sarah Bailey
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if you killed someone?Normal people wouldn’t go running to the prodigal son of a mafia kingpin for help.I’m not exactly normal.The daughter of a gang leader embroiled in a turf war. One that has me caught in the crossfire. When you have nowhere else to turn, who better to protect you than someone your own father will never suspect... -
Love and War 3: A Hoover Gang Affair by Latoya Nicole
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey say when it rains it pours, but these four brothers seem to be going through a storm... Blaze is back and ready to set fire to anything moving. With the family questioning his motives and where he has been, it seems he is now the enemy and can't be trusted... -
Under His Protection: Saved by a Black Mafia OG by B. Love
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSavant Black is a protector. More logic than emotion, he places emphasis on his present reality above all. When his sister suggests he speak with a life coach, Savant doesn’t believe she will be capable of opening his eyes and mind to any life altering revelations. However, the longer he works with Addison the more Savant realizes his need to feel so little comes from desiring so much... -
Married To The Mob 2 : A Black Mafia Affair by Mz. Lady P.
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first family of the Black Mafia are back and in full effect. It's one thing to be the girlfriend of a Demonte, but to be the wife of a Demonte is something totally different. British, Katera, and Chloe are without a doubt Married to the Mob and feeling the side effects from it. After British says "I Do" to Corleone life changes drastically for her... -
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Married To The Mob : A Black Mafia Affair by Mz. Lady P.
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine meeting the man of your dreams in the form of a Mob Boss. That's exactly what happens when the beautiful, plus sized British Bryant crosses paths with the Boss of the Demonte Crime Family. Don Corleone is ruthless yet gentle when it comes to British. From the moment he laid eyes on her he became obsessed with getting to know her better and bringing her into his world... -
Delirious by Desiree M. Granger
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison, and expecting the other person to die." Please be mindful on how you express your emotions, hold you hold them in, conceal, them, and consume them. In this latest episode, we're going to see what happens when you have someone like Demarco Carter or Trudence Parker...Jason...Tuesday, all these crazy mofos in this story lmfao... -
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Bad Boys Do It Better: In Love With an Outlaw by Porscha Sterling
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm Janelle Alexandria Elizabeth-Ann Pickney. The oldest of four girls. Graduate of New York Law School, two years earlier than expected, at the top of my class and apple of my father’s eye. After years of hard work and dedication, I’m finally rewarded by being able to sit in on one of the biggest trials in the city, being handled by the district attorney himself... -
Qimmik by Michel Jean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings« Depuis cinq mille ans, l'inuktitut et le jappement des qimmiit résonnent dans le Nunavik. La vie y est cruelle. Mais c'est ce qui la rend belle. Précieuse. » Entre la taïga et la toundra, un jeune couple inuit du Nunavik se découvre et apprend à s'aimer. Accompagnés de leurs chiens, les qimmiit, Saullu et Ulaajuk parcourent un continent encore sauvage, tous libres et solidaires... -
A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family... -
Opium by Desiree M. Granger
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis story right here....Man...I tell ya. I might have drove myself crazy trying to write this. I wasn't interested in the baby mama drama, the cheating, and side chick stories like in the previous series. I wanted to build a story with storylines based off hope, flaws, secrets, ratchet ways, and eventful nights... -
The Sentencing : The Underworld Finale by Nako
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second part of the finale of The Underworld series. The finale of The Underworld series. The Underworld series is a street-crime collection that begins with Please Catch My Soul, Pointe of No Return, From His Rib, The Christ Family, Stranger In My Eyes, Resentment, Redemption, Orange Moon, Before You Judge, Arraignment 3 and The Sentencing. There is not a book on Sasha or Noel Knight... -
Creepin' 2: A New Orleans Love Story by Chenell Parker
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust when Mia decided she didn't want to creep any longer, Tre throws her a curveball. Will Tre's actions force Mia in a different direction? Will Mia fall for a new love interest or will she fight for her first love? Mia isn't the only one at a crossroad. Tanya is the woman who holds Von's heart, but Cheryl plays the game well and proves to be a distraction... -
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Dr. Alpha Male by Anjell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlpha Male. Kata kunci seorang alpha male adalah keyakinan! Yakin dengan rupanya. Yakin dengan gayanya. Dan dah tentulah yakin dengan percakapannya. Kalau tak, takkanlah terkeluar kata-kata ini ketika kali pertama mereka berdua berlanggar di depan sebuah kedai. “Dah habis tenung dah? Tak nak ambil gambar ke? Letak bawah bantal. Malam-malam boleh cium... -
A Family Divided by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife for Rachel and her husband Ryan is very good indeed. Loving parents to three children, together they run their business empire while keeping on the straight and narrow, their criminal pasts firmly behind them.Their idyll is disturbed by a rival family intent on making their mark on Manchester. Jan Jordan, the hard faced matriarch of this rogue family, is fixated with Rachel... -
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Wrapped In Perfection: A Billionaire Romance Love Story/Mafia Twist by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDmitri Ivanov is determined to repair every broken piece of me...My battered body healed. My heart hasn’t. Everything my ex convinced me to hate about myself, Dmitri turns upside down.From day one, he requires my commitment to him—including my full trust.In return, he claims he’s giving his to me.But the element of danger Dmitri gives off, isn’t just in my head. He’s involved in things... -
His Perfect Little Heirs: A Pregnancy Romance Novella by Nicci Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGet ready for spice in almost every chapter of this pregnancy novella featuring three Mafia brothers and their expecting partners.Clay and Clay and Fawn are an unlikely couple.Where she is wild and bohemian, he is controlled, regimented, and twice her age.In this short, steamy read, Fawn tries to trust her body again after a previous loss... -
THE PATTELS (HAWK & RAVEN) by S.K. Hardy
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*The Pattels (Hawk & Raven) is a cliffhanger. There will be two books for these characters. Part one is told from Raven's point of view. The titillating conclusion will be from Hawk's. Assistant District Attorney Raven Randolph is determined to take down one of the most powerful crime families on the East Coast... -
Sinatra versus Gabrini: Family at War by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA shocking death in the Sinatra family and a Gabrini is to blame. Mob boss Sal Gabrini and his uncle, boss of all bosses Mick Sinatra, find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly battle when Mick the Tick will stop at nothing to avenge what he views as cold-blooded murder. The Gabrinis stick together. The Sinatras stick together... -
Tied In Steel: The Tied in Steel Box Set by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsValentinaBetrayed by lifeAfter falling in love with her bodyguard, Italian socialite Valentina Segretti, believed she no longer had to carry her secrets alone.That his love saved her.Then, in the blink of an eye, he left her, leaving her more alone and vulnerable than ever.Betrayed by loveWhat Franco Protettore left behind became her reasons to live... -
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From His Rib by Nako
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough life in The Underworld is good and the money is plentiful, being a hustler and falling in love seems to be quite difficult for the members of the crime organization. Miko Sanderson is living a double life and it wasn’t hard to do. When her secrets are exposed and her perfect little life come crumbling down all she has is The Underworld to depend on... -
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Shattered by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA secret war is being fought in Manchester. A family, once close allies, is torn apart as the head of the family turns on his own. Rachel Law is recovering in hospital after a savage assault and her husband Ryan burns with the need to avenge her. Alex Maguire plots the destruction of his enemies from his hospital bed, doing all in his power to slip them up... -
Mafia Queen by L. Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Run my Beauty... If I catch you, you are MINE..."Michael Byron Domenico SovranoHe kidnapped me to pay my father's debt.He forced me to marry him to further his own ambitions.Everything he did to me, touched the darkness deep inside me.... and brought it to the light so I could see myself through his eyes.His brutality broke the chains that bound me.His savagery set me free.His touch.. -
Hold You Down by Dominique Thomas
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter losing both of her parents tragically Sophie is forced to drop out of college and support her two younger sisters. By chance she meets Ameer. He’s everything that she wants but doesn’t need. Married to not only the streets but to a woman as well. Sophie’s sees that Ameer is trouble from the start but she can’t seem to stay away from him... -
I Need That Gangsta Luv by Tina J., Toy E
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSynopsis Brazil Lewis is a 27 year old woman who is in an unhappy relationship with her boyfriend Kentavious “Kent” Barker. He has forgotten what it means to love her unconditionally, which causes issues not only at home but with his side chick. Finally breaking free from Kent, Brazil feels safe and is ready to get back out there to begin dating... -
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If You Give Me Yours: An Urban Love Story by B. Love
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSulu Kano wasn't a rapper who made gangster music; he was a gangster who rapped. With time and maturity, his desire to glorify a life he no longer lived or believed in began to fade. Wanting to use his power and platform for good instead of evil, Sulu sets out to become the voice of his people. There's just one person standing in the way of his change... his manager - Silas... -
His Streets & My Heart by K.C. Mills
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKenzie's life was perfect from the outside looking in, but what no one knew were the secrets that she was fighting hard to hide.Things were complicated until she made contact with a pair of grey eyes that would change everything about her life.Dre aka Gunz wasn't really looking for anything or anyone because his focus was on making money. That was until he laid eyes on Kenzie... -
Khalid by Celeste Granger
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRacquel Alexander, Owner of Charles’ Barber Experience, is consumed with extending her father’s legacy by expanding the Barber Experience into new markets. Losing her father changed Racquel’s worldview, narrowing her focus to only those things that help her father live on and not just in her memory... -
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Loving You is a Battle by Tina J.
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames Thomas better known as Cream was the epitome of FINE and every woman's fantasy. He wasn't the type of man that went around adding notches to his bedpost. Cream considered himself a king in search for his queen. He thought his girlfriend of four years would be the one; until her monstrous and gold digging ways came to light... -
I Need That Gangsta Love by Tina J., Toy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrazil Lewis is a 27-year-old woman who is in an unhappy relationship with her boyfriend Kentavious “Kent” Barker. He has forgotten what it means to love her unconditionally, which causes issues not only at home, but with his side chick. Finally breaking free from Kent, Brazil feels safe and is ready to get back out there to begin dating... -
Reno Gabrini: The Man In The Mirror by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSexy casino mogul Reno Gabrini fight ghosts from his past and enemies he thought were friends when he is threatened in ways he never saw coming. But when they take it too far and his beloved African-American wife and their children unwittingly become their latest victims, Reno gives up all pretense at civility, and goes for the jugular... -
Tak: The A**hole Club Series by Ivy Harper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Bestselling author Ivy HarperTakLet them call me what they want, I know the truth. It all begins with the music, it follows me everywhere I go. Living as if every day is my last, I stand on the edge of life and death. Now everything around me is changing, dancing to music that’s not my own. My world is slowly falling apart because my friends are changing the rules.Then it happens. FML... -
Dark Reign by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am going to restore my reign over both worlds.First, with a pen.Next, with a knife.Remind them who sits on the throne of this concrete jungle.Repair the structure that was shattered when my Mia Bella was stolen from me.Revenge will be had.Restitution received.And for me to reestablish order, I will do whatever is necessary.For there is no cost that is too great... -
O'Rourke by Sonja B.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Kia Fleming. Twelve years ago, I didn’t know what I walked away from and I’m not talking about his Irish heritage. Brogan O’Rourke is everything a woman could want in a man and then some. He is Bad Boy enough to make your panties wet and Gentleman enough to make your heart melt... -
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Tarnished Throne by Kristen Luciani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOur world is built on a web of lies...and even the truth can't set us free. I always knew Patrick Mulligan was a man of many layers.I just never imagined that peeling them back would awaken such a savage beast with the insatiable need to control and conquer everything and everyone around him.My husband is a beautiful, vicious monster with a god-like body that is fueled by the wrath of the devil... -
Enchanted: A Billionaire Romance by Tracie Delaney
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWanted: Companion for reclusive billionaire. Apply online now.It should be so easy. A twelve month contract with a fat bonus at the end—providing I don’t quit.Except when something looks too good to be true, it usually is.Little did I know how interwoven my life is with his.Saving him might cure my own crushing guilt.Or it could break us both... -
Dark Ruler : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was raised to be a ruler of two worlds.One with a pen.One with a knife.Be the king of the concrete jungle at all costs.I should've simply taken a queen, not courted one.I should've forced her submission, not earned it.I should've let respect be enough, not fall in love.Someone has made a grave mistake in coming for my company.For my throne.For my Mia Bella... -
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Born into Madness: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sonja Grey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“A safe word? That’s so cute that you think a word could keep you safe from me.”CYNI met him the night three men tried to hurt me.Sasha Melnikov appeared wearing a skull mask... beautiful, brutal, merciless.He made sure they never would again.Then he looked at me.And every instinct screamed to run.But instead of killing me, he took me home.He said I was safe.He lied... -
Classic by Xavier Neal, Kim Collins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBoy meets girl. Girl meets boy. They fall in love and live happily ever after, right? That is unless boy is a criminal and girl is the daughter of the man trying to catch him. With circumstances this unforgiving, is there anyway their love story will have an ending that we've come to know as classic? *Warning: Cliffhanger... -
A Kingpin's Dream by Briana Crosby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world of lust and lies can love prevail? Is there such a thing as loving too hard or loving someone too much? Meet Briana & Persia, two beautiful young women whose lives take a turn when they meet two of the most powerful kingpins to walk this earth. With loving men of power comes drama and jealousy... -
Deprave by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf I don't marry him there's no doubt a war will ensue.My brother crossed the line. He wanted an allegiance and in accepting it, he's promised me to a man. While he isn't a stranger, this isn't something I've wanted. I craved a normal life and now I'm just like every other mafia princess.I've been resenting my brother and why shouldn't I? He did the one thing he promised he'd never do... -
No One Can Love You Like I Can by Christine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Man, you need to let that go. I’m telling you… you won’t be able to pull yourself back from that one…trust me.” Jakobe tilted his head. He became real serious. “Are you speaking from experience?” “No! I know my limits,” replied Major. Every step he took to reach Nakida across the room, his friend’s warning seemed to repeat in Jakobe's mind about him just leaving her alone... -
Detest by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI had one rule: don't sleep with the talent. Yet, I had no problem breaking it for her. RémyMy family had dealt with nefarious people for most of our lives. We became accustomed to it. In fact, we were raised by someone who was the worst of them all. We knew what to look out for, and we became a stronger family unit because of what we endured. Things had just begun to settle down...
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