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  • Bronze by Teagan Brooks

    Bronze by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The VP of the Blackwings MC - Devil Springs has taken hit after hit and keeps rolling with the punches, but all it takes is one female to knock him off his feet, and the one to do it is the last one he ever expected...
  • Fractured by Heather Atkinson

    Fractured by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life is good in Devon for Rachel and Ryan Law until a tragic loss brings them back to Manchester. Their return sends the volatile Alex Maguire over the edge and his behaviour becomes increasingly unhinged as he turns on those closest to him...
  • The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love...
  • Ridin' for Hell by Nikki Landis

    Ridin' for Hell by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this life, you reap what you sow . . .Not everyone wants to run from their past.Some souls embrace the chance to hunt their prey and seek vengeance.And some bastards just like the carnage a little too much.There's a reason I'm the SGT at Arms.I handle the hard shit.The jobs no one else wants to deal with because its messy.Thing is, I love to lose control...
  • A Family Divided by Heather Atkinson

    A Family Divided by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life 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...
  • Divided Loyalties by Heather Atkinson

    Divided Loyalties by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rachel Maguire finally has it all. Matriarch of the powerful Maguire family, whose name is feared and revered throughout the city of Manchester, she is wealthy, contented and more in love than ever with her husband Danny. Working in conjunction with their one time arch enemies, the Law Family, life for the Maguires has never been more peaceful...
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  • Maddox by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Maddox by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who the hell is Deacon Fury? That's the question I asked myself when I was fifteen and saw his name on my birth certificate for the first time. Deacon Fury may be long gone from this world, but at least he left behind a legacy - the Savage Kings MC. Deep down, I knew that I was destined to become a King too. That's what brought me to Emerald Isle four years ago...
  • Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cain LeBlanc, known as Nova to his brothers, is the Enforcer for the Kings of Retribution MC, Louisiana.He's dedicated to the club, but Nova's entire world revolves around his daughter, Piper. Being a single father doesn't come without its challenges. Making sure his lifestyle doesn't affect his home life is one of them.Never bring a woman home.That's one rule Nova has stood by for years...
  • The Ghost: A Bratva Blood Novella by SR Jones

    The Ghost: A Bratva Blood Novella by SR Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrius:In order to ensure my wife can live freely and safely, I might be about to blow up my marriage.War is coming though, and sometimes the only thing you can do is head into battle. This time, my enemies won't see me coming. I'll slip into their lives like a ghost, and leave them devastated. I must hope and pray that when I return to my own life, my wife will still be waiting for me...
  • Hunted by Heather Atkinson

    Hunted by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ryan and Rachel’s dreams of finally moving back into their family home in Devon after it was devastated by fire are doused by the discovery of a body buried on their land. Ryan, as ever highly dubious of the abilities of the police, decides to look into the matter personally, with the help of the ever-loyal Battler and Bruiser...
  • Shattered by Heather Atkinson

    Shattered by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A 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...
  • Luca by Eden Summers

    Luca by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luca dragged me from hell and delivered me to salvation.At least that's what I thought.I hoped this would be a new life. A fresh start.But the pain followed.I'm certain the monsters did, too.I'm told it's paranoia. Trauma. PTSD.Nobody believes my truth.But they'll soon learn.We all will.Because as much as I want to forget the mantra from my nightmares, it hasn't stopped being true...
  • Mayhem: Soulless Bastards Mc No Cal Book 2  (Soulless Bastards NoCal) by Erin Trejo

    Mayhem: Soulless Bastards Mc No Cal Book 2 (Soulless Bastards NoCal) by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mayhem. I bring it. I own that shit. Then I walk away and leave you to clean up the mess. That’s the way I’ve always lived. For me, there is no other way. This is who I am. With all of this world comes death. I’ve experienced it first hand and it ruined me. The Taylor was thrust into my world. She was everything I should have stayed away from. Too bad I don’t follow directions...
  • Celt by Aria Ray

    Celt by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A scorching hot badass looking for redemption. A single dad crazy about his daughter. My sworn protector.Tall, dark and Irish, Celt stole my heart the day he saved me from my predatory husband.But I keep it a secret from him. I can’t let myself become bound to anyone right now. I have to regain control of my life first.A fresh start. No brawny, possessive bikers allowed...
  • Abel by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Abel by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets. Redemption. Hard truths.In one night, three souls become entangled in ways none of them expected…Unlike his friends in the Savage Kings MC, Abel Giovanni has no plans to get hitched. He enjoys his bachelor lifestyle even if the string of one-night stands doesn’t fill the void inside of him...
  • Hugo by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Hugo by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everly Fulton is desperate for a man to come along and sweep her off her feet, giving her a brief reprieve from her hectic life. She’s been anxiously awaiting prince charming or a knight in shining armor for years.What she got instead was a grumpy Savage King who is just passing through town.Hugo Reddick set out in search of an old hookup...
  • Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the livelihood of the Savage Kings MC is threatened, Cannon Erikson steps up. He’s ready to do whatever it takes to win the war the former police chief started thanks to his twin, Conrad’s involvement with the chief’s daughter.Cannon’s determined to ruin the chief’s political aspirations, starting by backing his opponent in the race for mayor...
  • Graveyard by K.L. Savage

    Graveyard by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Helping the sick and the defenseless is my calling, it’s why I became a doctor. My club and my duty to them are everything to me. But I never expected her...She walks into my hospital with her sister in tow. She’s a rare beauty, but burdened with problems I can’t imagine.Something tugs at my awareness. There's a familiarity in her wild hair and piercing eyes. I know her but don’t know her...
  • Leo by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Leo by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nadia Gardini has been worshiping the men in the Savage Kings MC for years, even though they rarely want her for more than a few nights.Three years ago, she thought one of their newest members might be different, until he cast her aside faster than the others...
  • Jake by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Jake by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former best friends Jake Rollins and Lucas Bennett used to love competing against each other as kids. Unfortunately, for the past four years they’ve hated each other, all because they fell for the same girl who they both lost...
  • The War by S.R. Jones

    The War by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Konstantin:I took her to protect her. To keep her safe.Now she wants more.She wants to claim my heart.She says she will fight for me, for us.Trouble is, I don’t know if I have anything left to give.Cassie:He took me to keep me safe.My captor, my protector, my lover.I want more. He’s a Bratva king, and every king needs his queen.My heart is on the line, but I won’t give up the fight...
  • Claiming Menace by L. Wilder

    Claiming Menace by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The second I laid eyes on Aubrey Cash, I knew she was hiding something.The blond haired, blue eyed beauty clearly wasn't who she said she was.I couldn't force myself to turn her away...So I hired her.As the club's hacker, it was my job to uncover secrets—secrets like hers.It was the only way I could make sure my brothers were safe...
  • The Scandal by S.R. Jones

    The Scandal by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two broken people don’t make a whole, they just make a mess.The first moment I saw Rhea, I knew I’d burn the world down just to have her.Her beauty captured me, but her spirit made me want to stay.I was the married cartel kingpin, and she was the abused cult member. We were a match made in hell.We were the worst idea, but we were the best reality...
  • Prospect by Erin Trejo

    Prospect by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prospect: I am the recent prospect for the SBMC. I want that patch more than anything in the world. To say that I earned it is the highest honor for me. I do the grunt work. I take the bullets. I do it all with pride. I respect this club and its members. Even more, I respect her. Cherry. The club whore. That’s not how I see her...
  • Thrill Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Thrill Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time to break the rules and make her submit to me… We dance like devils, except we wear masks. Every night a different one. Dancing on the edge. Dancing with danger. Me and her, for years. I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me. Time to change that up and claim her. Possess her, dominate her, own her. Heart. Body. Mind. Soul...
  • Take Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Take Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was the path to redemption I never saw coming...I’m Christian Giordano.Raised to rule and be ruthless.I take what I want, claim what I want.And, she’s my new obsession.Lilly was the angel in my kingdom of sin.A dancer up for auction to the highest bidder.That was the plan…Until, I decided I wanted her for myself.So I closed the auction and made her an offer she couldn’t refuse...
  • Savage Legacy by S.R. Jones

    Savage Legacy by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GiovanniAmelia betrayed me, and now she must pay the price. She says I’m her captor, but the line between captor and protector is fine. There are things I know. Things I could tell her, but I won’t. The awful truth is that she hates me, and I don’t trust her. We’re a match made in hell. But when we strike that match, we burn so beautifully together.AmeliaLies and betrayal are all I know now...
  • Tarnished Throne by Kristen Luciani

    Tarnished Throne by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our 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...
  • The Betrayal by S.R. Jones

    The Betrayal by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you find out your whole existence, everything you ever knew is a lie, where does that leave you? I am Star and I'm a sacrificial offering for my people. A thing to be sold to the highest bidder. Then I'm bought and nothing is as it seems. Up is down, and good is bad. My new master is a hardened mafia soldier named Markos. He wants to save me. I don't want to be saved...
  • Enchanted: A Billionaire Romance by Tracie Delaney

    Enchanted: A Billionaire Romance by Tracie Delaney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wanted: 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...
  • Blood Sky by S. Massery

    Blood Sky by S. Massery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kill those who betray you.Never trust someone with nothing to lose.Family is business. Delia I watched my enemies murder my father. On the run, I plot to return home and lead my mafia family as my father did. But some would kill for my inheritance, and unearthing those people from the shadows would be impossible without Jackson...
  • Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The graduation ball sealed her fate.The unmasking ceremony chained her to my side.The most beautiful woman in Andromeda.Cassiopeia Brookes-Stanley, a vision wrapped in sin.Aquamarine eyes that steal my breath and capture my soul.Soft curves that beg for my attention with an innocence she will surrender only to me...
  • Savior by Eden Summers

    Savior by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was stolen. Hidden. Trapped in a hell beyond salvation. Until him. Luca. The man who changed everything with his soothing words and vows of protection. I shouldn't trust him. What he promises is something I gave up on long ago. And yet here I am, falling under the spell of a reality I crave. I want him to save me. I need it...
  • The Pledge by S.R. Jones

    The Pledge by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In my world, you take what you want, and rules are made to be broken. In her world, people are good, kind, and honorable. When our worlds collide, the fallout will burn us both. Stella - her name means star, and for me she burns brighter than any other woman. I've watched her from afar, telling myself she deserves better than me. When she gets taken, all bets are off, and I make my move...
  • Marcus by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Marcus by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Marcus De La Cruz volunteered to sponsor the next prospect for the Savage Kings MC, he never expected to have a female candidate. Instead of being intimidated by him, she gives as good as she gets.Teagan Allen knows the dangers of being a member of an outlaw MC all too well since her father was killed while wearing the bearded skull king patch...
  • Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cooper and Elizabeth Townsend are from two very different worlds - she's an attorney and he's an outlaw biker. At first, she was just an escape he needed, but now she's everything to him, even though their relationship remains a secret.After his world is blown apart, Cooper is no longer the same man he was before...
  • BLACKHEART by Jessie Cooke, Suzy Wilson

    BLACKHEART by Jessie Cooke, Suzy Wilson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Evan “Blackheart” Babineaux is a hard-working, hard-partying, playboy who has spent most of his life as the President of the infamous Jokers, a 1% MC, set deep in the swamps of New Orleans.Blackheart was raised in the swamps, as wild as the cattails that grow there and the alligators he'd learned to wrestle even before he was old enough to drive...
  • Dalton by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Dalton by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Dalton will be released in January as part of Wanted: An Outlaw Anthology *Ladies love me.That's not arrogance; it's just the truth.I give them a night they'll never forget. One they'll tell their friends about to make them jealous. A night their future husbands won't be able to live up to.Oh, yeah, I'm that good.Tonight, though, I'm actually on a mission for our club, the Savage Kings MC...
  • The Hit by S.R. Jones

    The Hit by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Keep your friends close, and your enemies in your bed... VIOLETI was taken and given to Andrius.A cold-blooded, unforgiving hitman.I only went and fell for him. Believed the lie of his beauty.But it all turned ugly and dark, and now I'm adrift.ANDRIUSA gift... mine.I believed she belonged to me, let myself hope. But it all came crashing down in the worst way...
  • Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winston Prescott has been a grumpy SOB for the past ten years. None of his brothers in the Savage Kings MC knew why, not until the day one of them made the mistake of posting a sexy centerfold on the wall of the clubhouse.The gorgeous model posing topless on sports cars and motorcycles isn’t just any girl. Her name is Zoe Donahue, and she also happens to be Winston’s stepsister...
  • Abe by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Abe by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Abram Cross didn’t want the life of crime that fate had dealt him, but what other choice did he have when his mother spent every penny on drugs instead of buying food for him and his younger brother? While Abe is no longer a professional thief, he’s still living on the wrong side of the law as a member of the Savage Kings MC...
  • Light It Up Red by Kylie Kent

    Light It Up Red by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Travis: Red. You could say it’s my favorite color.There’s nothing like seeing the lights go red after I’ve scored a goal.The red she paints her lips, f***ing hypnotizing.That’s the image I choose to focus on now.It’s a hell of a lot better than the red of the blood currently staining my shirt. Or the red of the flashing lights surrounding me...
  • The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell

    The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Attorney Sabre Brown is summoned into Judge Lawrence Mitchell chambers for an ex parte hearing. When the judge attempts to discuss one of her cases, she refuses to listen without proper counsel present. Later that evening, Judge Mitchell is murdered.Sabre’s shock at his death is only surpassed by an attempt on the life of Dr. Carolina Heller, a psychologist she employs on a regular basis...
  • Corrupt in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Corrupt in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s falling for him. But he’s the enemy. Will their love start a war… or end it?OwenIf my family knew who I was seeing...They’d burn the city down to stop us.I’m playing with fire.But I can’t stop.Claire is curvy, sassy, and off-limits.They say all is fair in love and war.I hope they’re right.Because I’m not giving her up...
  • Irish Princess by M. James

    Irish Princess by M. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Connor is all but mine. But my heart is in more danger than ever.With a ring on my finger and both of us on a flight back to Boston, our victory is all but assured. But I know better than anyone that a betrothal isn’t a marriage, and that Connor and I need to get to the altar sooner rather than later—with my innocence still assured...
  • GABRIEL by Jessie Cooke

    GABRIEL by Jessie Cooke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Broussard grew up in the swamp, wild and free, fun-loving and accident prone.At sixteen years old, his life was changed forever when his beloved parents were killed and he was sent to live with his heartbroken grandparents.Gabe didn't find what he needed there, but he did find it a few miles away, deep in the swamps of New Orleans in a clubhouse full of Jokers...
  • Control by Lana Sky

    Control by Lana Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brother of the fiercest crime lord in Fair Haven, Vadim Gorgoshev has survived horrors most men couldn’t imagine in their nightmares—and he’s learned to thrive in the chaos. But the master of control meets his match when a fiery redhead crosses his path...
  • Goose: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey

    Goose: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bambi and Goose had their whole lives ahead of them when evil tore through their sleepy little town, ripping apart their friendship and forcing them to make drastic decisions. Years later, evil is back and they’re fighting to save not only their crumbling friendship but their very own lives...
  • Original Sins by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Original Sins by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What is the price of living...My father dealt his last blow to control my life on my eighteenth birthday.He crushes my dreams when I’m told I have to marry a man I loathe.Intent on saving myself from a terrible fate, I do the one thing I can to get the money I need to escape.Enter the virgin auction and agree to do whatever my owner wants for thirty days...
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