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Mafia Madman: A Dark Mafia Romance by Mila Finelli
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s no angel . . . and he’s the very devil. GIAI may be a mafia princess, but I have bigger plans than to stay in this sheltered world.I’m in Milan to pursue my dreams as a fashion designer. Having an affair is the last thing on my mind, except he’s handsome and charming and Italian. In other words, he’s irresistible... -
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The Heist by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen an armored car heist turns into a bloody and grisly crime scene.Federal agent Blake Wilder is sent to Philadelphia to track down the culprits.But there’s more to this militantly precise and violent crew than meets the eye...As the death count rises and the case takes an even more violent turn, it becomes clear that there is more to these robberies than initially believed... -
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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... -
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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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Diamond by Jessie Keane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ***'A brilliant historical crime read' Bella'This thrilling and twisty crime novel is perfect for fans of Martina Cole' My Weekly'A rollercoaster of crime, revenge and murder' The SunBEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN IS AN EPIC STORY.. -
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The Good Daughter by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn an affluent neighborhood.Twin daughters Raleigh and Eve are excited to graduate from high school.Wanting to celebrate, Raleigh does her best to convince her bookworm sister to go out to a party.That night while their parents were out of town, one daughter went out and one vanished.A decade has passed and to this day what occurred that night at the Valentine's residence has remained a mystery.. -
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Guarding Salvation by Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBorn into a life of privilege and title, Bram “Bein” McCullum is the son of a Scottish Laird. Yet the deference and rules he has lived by his entire life feel like a straitjacket compared to the wild feeling in his heart that seeks freedom and the cool bite of purpose... -
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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... -
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Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBruno: I sacrificed everything for her. When I saved her from the mafia, I traded my freedom for hers. I’ve never regretted it. Never looked back. I cut her out of my life to keep her safe. She never even knew what I traded for her. I did everything I could to protect her from the retribution of the Italian Mafia, but it wasn’t enough... -
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![The Woman Behind the Door by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray]()
The Woman Behind the Door by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“YOU ARE LIVING A LIE. Everything about you is a lie…”This is a story about an ordinary woman, a mother of two.To most women, to most mothers, her life is relatable in every way.Except behind closed doors her truth comes with unimaginable consequences.Amid a night of fun and festivities, Isabella Walker found herself alone with a bold masked man at her front door... -
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Clint Wolf Boxed Set: Books 4 - 6 by BJ Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks 4-6 (But Not Forever, But Not For Naught, and But Not Forbidden) of the Clint Wolf Mystery Series by award-winning author BJ Bourg now available as a boxed set! BUT NOT FOREVER After a year of working as a tour guide in the swamps of Louisiana--and the day after a man’s body is found in a canal--former Police Chief Clint Wolf realizes he can’t stay away from law enforcement work... -
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Fuse's Hold by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFuseBeing who I am, most people, not a member of the club, assume I got my road name for being able to fix shit and my brains. What I’m really known for is my short fuse. Being a part of the Inferno’s Clutch MC, I handle shit for the club that could easily put me behind bars for years. I also go to fights to release the aggression that builds within me... -
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Saving Owen by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHis secrets ruined their marriage, can she trust him now to keep her safe?Evangeline "Evie" Walter always looks for the good in people, a trait that usually ends up with her being used and hurt, just like it did in her marriage to Navy SEAL Owen... -
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Sorin by Brooke Sivendra
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA code. A cult. A kidnapping. James Thomas is playing a deadly game of chess, but not everyone will survive…. Maya Ashwood has been taken hostage, and her kidnapper wants two things in exchange: James Thomas and Mak Ashwood.James must create a plan that will enable him to both rescue Maya and keep Mak safe from the clutches of the man hunting him.The stakes have never been higher... -
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![Afon: The Dudnik Circle Book 3 by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Afon: The Dudnik Circle Book 3 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDidn’t you get the hint yet? I’m always hungry for a taste of retribution with the need to purge. I’ve drowned in my own blood and welcomed the taste until it fueled me to revive. I’m Afon Nikolin, third in command of The Dudnik Circle. The Russian Mob, in case you need a label. The woman I claimed as my future wife, without her knowledge I might add, is part of the Italian mob... -
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Face the Music by Velvet Vaughn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can’t silence the truth.Ever since their chance encounter on the crowded streets of New York City, COBRA Securities Co-Founder Luke Colton can't erase Layla Brooks from his thoughts. It wasn't just her beauty that captivated him, but the look of stark terror on her face. Angry with himself for not following her, knowing she must be in danger, he's shocked when she ends up on his doorstep... -
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Nora's Outrage by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNoraAfter all Breaker and I went through when we first got together, you would think it would all be downhill from here. No one should have to go through what we have. The drama has been swirling around the club for a while now and it seems the danger attached is coming our way once again.In a way that could change everything... -
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Finding Her by Ami Van
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**Note: It is recommended you read the first book in the series before reading this one.** After surviving the last year together with his love, Derrick King, head of the King Family should be enjoying wedding bliss with his new wife, Stellina. With a baby on the way and his family growing stronger, he should be the happiest man in the world... -
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Empire by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings99 cent special pre-order price. Price increases to 2.99 on release day! From USA Today Best Selling Author EMPIRE is the final book in The Elite Forces Series. It is recommended to read books 1-4 before attempting to read this We've loved. We've lost. We've hated. Our Empire is crumbling right before my eyes... -
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Axel by Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAxelOne drunken night. One drunken slip up. It's all it took before I started lookin' at her in a completely different way.She was in love with my brother before he met his ol' lady and now here I am, unable to keep my damn eyes off her. Rosa's one of the Vixens. She's been around for a couple years now, but I'd be lyin' if I said I knew a lot about her... -
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The Greek's Retribution by Sonja B.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsXanderMy woman needs me and I will go to war to make sure she is safe. Sabre is my light in a world surrounded by darkness. You would rather slit your own throat than harm one hair on her beautiful head.SabreChoosing a man over my family isn’t right, or so I thought. But Xander isn’t any man, he is love, my love. His love is the heat I need in this cold world and his protection is my sanctuary... -
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Jagger's Choice: Ruthless Sinners MC by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*Jagger’s Choice was previously released in the Very Naughty MC Christmas Anthology.*Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Sell L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Ruthless Sinner series. Jagger will show readers just how hard it is to resist a bad boy with a good heart.He hadn’t meant to let her in. She was just supposed to be his ticket out...But she became so much more... -
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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... -
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The Betrayal by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf 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... -
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Marry a King by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 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... -
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Break a King by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHunter Blake. The King of Wall Street and the biggest bastard you’d be unfortunate to meet.A man with many enemies, and that’s just his immediate family.The most ruthless man ever to rule the markets and one who is so cold the air he breathes freezes around him.Strong. Possessive. DominantA man you do everything to avoid and yet dream about at night... -
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Super Con by James Swain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn adrenaline rush of cons, grift, and murder in a town where deadly double-dealing is the name of the game. Master grifter Billy Cunningham has built a lucrative career conning a long list of Las Vegas casinos. In fact, he’s never walked into one he couldn’t rip off... -
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Boss Romance by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI know what it's like to not have a father.Or a mother.I don't want Diesel to know how that feels. Maybe I should stay out of it, but I can't.I love him too much.Just when I think everything is going well, the unexpected happens. The enemy that's been lurking in the shadows finally presents themselves. And it wasn't who I expected... -
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Takeover by Edie Baylis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's the boss now...Daddy’s girl Samantha Reynold hadn’t bargained on unexpectedly needing to step into her father’s shoes and take over the family casino business.Pampered and spoiled, Sam knows nothing about the rules of this glamorous but deadly new world. She has a lot to learn and even more to prove... -
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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... -
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A Perfect Escape by Maddie James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA changed identity. A secluded beach. A sniper. Megan Thomas is running for her life. From Chicago, from the mob, from her husband. She runs to the only place she feels safe-a secluded cottage on an east coast barrier island. Smyth Parker is running from life. From work, from society, from a jealous ex-wife-his only consolation the solitude of Newport Island... -
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Cobra's Karma by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new Knight's Legion MC chapter is heading your way!They say karma is a bitch. I grew up around the notorious Knight's Legion MC in North Dakota.They taught me two things.One: Their family and club come first.Two: Never betray a Knight.Seven years ago, Cobra and I hurt each other in the worst way.We’re horrible people.Some say we’re made for each other.Maybe we were, but not anymore... -
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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... -
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A Demon's Soul: A Devil's Riot MC Crossover by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Devil's Riot MC Crossover Lex Years ago, I sold myself to Satan. I swore I'd find a way to break the deal I made, but that day never came. Now it's time I pay the piper, or whatever that old saying is. The fact of the matter is I don't have a choice. It's either that, or he'll go after the only person who's ever been important to me... -
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Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlake The first thing you learn as a kid is 'stranger danger', but they don't tell you what to do when a tall, tattooed, dangerous man shows up out of nowhere. I know I should make him leave. He's surely capable of fending for himself, but it's the middle of winter, the roads are icy and around these parts that can mean a death sentence... -
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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... -
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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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Hustler's Hope by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat they say is true, only abstinence is a sure thing.It was only three unforgettable encounters.Still, what the biker doesn't know won't hurt him.A sinful dirty talker, who calls me Nurse Naughty, isn’t daddy material.Or is he?When the truth comes out in the emergency room, Hustler claims me on the spot.He won’t take “not in this lifetime” for an answer... -
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![Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter]()
Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say don’t drink too much tequila... Funny, I can’t remember why.Oh, right… Or we’ll wake up chained to a wall.The scary-ass biker staring at me says I’m paying for my father’s debt.I’m devastated and scared.Utterly clueless about my dad’s dirty dealings.The tattooed, brooding biker isn’t helpful or friendly.He just watches me with those laser-gray eyes... -
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Ruthless Mafia Boss 2: Luca and Alexis: Return of the queen by Posey Parks
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![Bratva Blood Brothers: The Complete Series: A Russian Mafia Romance Collection by K.J. Dahlen]()
Bratva Blood Brothers: The Complete Series: A Russian Mafia Romance Collection by K.J. Dahlen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Amazon Top 39 Bestseller We are brothers by choice. Blood has brought us together and will forever hold us strong. Brothers we are and brothers we will always be. Together we're unbeatable. Unstoppable. Say what you want about the Bratva. Say what you want about our Brotherhood. Around this table sit five brothers, men of honor. Bound by love for those closest to us... -
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Devil's Flame MC Box Set: Books 1-5 by Romi Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarning: The Devil's Flame MC will melt your kindle!RAFEI’m her brother’s worst nightmare and her dangerous Devil.I’ve waited for the last six years to take revenge for my dead sister.Now I’m the VP of the Devil’s Flame MC.And I’ll make him pay for what he did to her.But just at the right time, Kira Hawthorne came into my life.My enemy’s sister.But the moment I saw her, I knew I had to claim her... -
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Claiming His Forever by Scarlett Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the moment I saw her I was done. She seared her soul to mine and there was no going back. I prided myself in knowing everything about everyone. But me, I ignored the truth that was staring me in the face and burned everything I had. I promised to protect my family and along the way I got lost of what matters. Lost myself in the guilt of our pasts and mistakes...
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