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  • Preppy: The Life and Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Two by T.M. Frazier

    Preppy: The Life and Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Two by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Preppy finds himself back in a world he once loved, but no longer recognizes. His dim smile can’t hide his inner turmoil and the people he views as family all suddenly feel like polite strangers. Except for one person. A girl with dark eyes and even darker hair. A girl who isn’t even an option. At least, not anymore. Dre can’t decide who she’s going to listen to...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • Demons by J.L. Drake

    Demons by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trigger… I thought the light would bring redemption. Salvation. But it only brought the Devil to my doorstep. My demons are breaking through, and the reaper is moving closer. My weakness has been exposed, and there’s only one person who can calm this hell… Tess… I broke a promise to myself, and now I’m paying for it. I don’t want to be here...
  • Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One by T.M. Frazier

    Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    You thought Preppy was dead...you thought wrong.Samuel Clearwater, A.K.A Preppy, likes bowties, pancakes, suspenders, good friends, good times, good drugs, and a good f*ck. He s worked his way out from beneath a hellish childhood and is living the life he s always imagined for himself...
  • Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Three by T.M. Frazier

    Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Three by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The bowtie is BACK! Dre was just a beautiful stranger when Preppy saved her the first time around. Now, he has to save her again, but she's no longer some stranger, she's family, and he has no idea who or what he's up against. What he does know is that putting his family back together is the only acceptable outcome. Preppy's to-do list? SAVE FAMILY. SEEK REVENGE. He's alive..
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • The Fall of V by Jessica Gadziala

    The Fall of V by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They 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...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  revenge
  • Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake

    Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ian Taggart and the whole McKay-Taggart Security team return in Love and Let Die.   A Tragic Love Story   Charlotte Dennis’s mission was clear: distract and misdirect CIA operative Ian Taggart by any means necessary. If she failed, she would never see her sister again...
  • Nine: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater by T.M. Frazier

    Nine: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the author who brought you the USA Today bestselling King Series. Nine can be read as a complete standalone. Nine lives. Nine inches. One chance to make her his. Preppy's brother is about to live up to the family legacy in more ways than one.This is the story of Nine, The Tale of Kevin Clearwater...
  • Eli by Jessica Gadziala

    Eli by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Six years on the inside gave a man a lot of time to think. And a lot of time to plan. When I got out, I was determined for things to go a different way. I never wanted to lose control and rage out again. The only way to accomplish that, though, was to shut it all down. Complete disconnect. That meant no family, no friends, no links to anything attached to the man I was before...
  • Guns: The Spencer Book by J.A. Huss

    Guns: The Spencer Book by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Spencer Shrike is a man with a plan. Get in. Get out. Move on. He loves Ron the Bomb, and her safety is the only thing on his mind these days. But life is a tricky bastard, and conning criminals for the better part of ten years brings its own set of problems...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  humor  multi-pov
  • Ember by Rachel Van Dyken

    Ember by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I 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...
  • Charge To My Line by Lani Lynn Vale

    Charge To My Line by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You’re the Charge… Bad Boy. Screw-up. Good for nothing. Hero. Angel. These were all words Grayson ‘Torren’ Trammel had heard whispered behind his back over his lifetime. What he hadn't heard was ‘quitter,’ and he’d be damned if some little rehab chick, with her beautiful blonde hair, and hot, sassy little mouth was going to label him as such. To My… Tru knows Grayson’s not for her...
  • Last Day of My Life by Lani Lynn Vale

    Last Day of My Life by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her She’s the definition of lost. Doesn't know her name? Check. Cruelly beaten within an inch of her life? Check. No memory of anything that's happened since she woke up from that beating? Check. Losing a child she doesn't remember conceiving? Check. She hasn't felt anything but lost in a very long time. Then an old biker tells her danger is on the horizon...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • Elicit by Rachel Van Dyken

    Elicit by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Cursed, numb, rejected, scorned, wicked, sinister, dark, twisted...my name is Tex Campisi and this is my legacy. I killed my father in cold blood and lost my soul right along with him. I crave war more than peace, and I'm about to take my place in history as the youngest Capo dei Capi in the Cosa Nostra...that is until someone stops me, saves me from myself...
  • Adler by Jessica Gadziala

    Adler by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He decided it was time to retire, settle down, become something nice and tame. Like an arms-dealing biker in some town called Navesink Bank. He could get behind that lifestyle. He'd anticipated a lot of things. Drinking. Brotherhood. A little action peppered in here and there to keep things from getting too dull. But there was one thing he hadn't planned on...
  • Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The flame never dies . . . Millie Cross knows what it's like to burn for someone. She was young and wild and he was fierce and even wilder-a Chaos biker who made her heart pound. They fell in love at first sight and life was good, until she learned she couldn't be the woman he needed and made it so he had no choice but to walk away...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  female-mc
  • Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March

    Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a new dangerously sexy alpha hero... The only permanent thing in my life is the ink I put on my clients. I drift from city to city, in and out of beds, from one tattoo shop to the next. Every time I start to put down roots, I rip them up. Until New Orleans. Until her. She’s everything I’m not. Full of fire and life...
  • Blood by Nicole James

    Blood by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A tale of revenge, loyalty and debts owed. He’s the Enforcer for the New Orleans Chapter of the Evil Dead MC. She’s a nurse, kidnapped and thrust into a situation out of her control. Chained to a bed, his wounds on fire, his mind foggy with fever, Blood is losing all hope of ever making it out of the stifling New Orleans row house. Until the door opens and an angel of mercy is thrust inside...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  revenge  steamy
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov
  • Ugly by Marie James

    Ugly by Marie James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hooking up with a cop was supposed to be fun.How joking with Detective Lennox Maison about her handcuffs transformed into her actually arresting me was something I could’ve never predicted.I thought it was a joke at first, but what kind of person would joke about the murder of a local woman?Lennox claimed I was the last one to see her alive.I should have an alibi...
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    biker  dark  steamy  crime  humor  drama  romance  suspense
  • Lawless by T.M. Frazier

    Lawless by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She's prim and proper. He's leather and lawless. It will never work between them. It's a lie they almost believe...
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    alpha-mc  biker  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family
  • Life To My Flight by Lani Lynn Vale

    Life To My Flight by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You’re The Life Cleo’s a Pararescueman for the U.S. Air Force. When a PJ is called, it’s because everyone else has said no. It’s one of the most dangerous jobs in the entire military, but also one of the most rewarding. It’s the reason he doesn’t form relationships. He’s seen his teammates divorce one by one, and he doesn’t want to do that to a woman. Especially one that he’s supposed to love...
  • Halligan to My Axe by Lani Lynn Vale

    Halligan to My Axe by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You’re the Halligan... Kettle had it all. Until he didn't. He lost it all in a moment. One heart stopping, soul shattering moment, and there wasn't a single thing he could do about it. From that day forward, he stayed away from relationships. Then he responded to a possible fire and there she was, rocking his world when he didn't want it to be rocked. To My..
  • Panic by J.A. Huss

    Panic by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Rook is chasing her dream—film school and a chance at a life beyond the one she ran from six months ago. But before she can become the girl she wants to be, she must deal with the girl she left behind. Ronin is also chasing his dream—a family of his own and a life away from erotic modeling. And he too, has a past he’s trying to forget...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  revenge
  • Raw: Rebirth by Belle Aurora

    Raw: Rebirth by Belle Aurora

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It had been six years since my world was turned upside down. He exposed me to the darker side of life and I could never go back to the person I was. I had been through more things the average person couldn’t even relate to. If I had the chance to go back and do things differently though? Not a chance. I’d pick him a thousand times. A million times. For eternity...
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    alpha-mc  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  humor
  • Slay by Nina Levine

    Slay by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book 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...
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    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  multi-pov
  • Malcolm by Jessica Gadziala

    Malcolm by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He was happy with his quiet life.With the club, with his family, with his cabin in the woods.He didn’t think he needed more than that.Not until he came across her.But when a string of unfortunate events starts to seem less like happenstance and more like something someone had planned...
  • Black Platinum by P.T. Michelle

    Black Platinum by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BLACK PLATINUM can be read as a standalone story. You are cordially invited... When wedding plans go awry and tragedy hits, Sebastian and Talia race against time to uncover the culprit who dared to strike out at the Blakes. While wading through murky family waters to discover the truth, Mister Black and Little Red's relationship deepens and simmers to new levels...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  family  female-mc  humor  revenge  steamy
  • Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder

    Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series.Stitch was stepping down.And he was preparing me to take his place.He’d seen the darkness in me.He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his.And he was right.I used them, and I used them well.They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her...
  • Deacon by Kristen Ashley

    Deacon by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Deacon has an ugly history, a history that broke him, leaving him a ghost of a man. Out of necessity, he left the normal world to descend into the criminal world and found he fit. So he stayed. Cold as ice and living off the grid, Deacon has no intention to connect, not with anyone. Then he returns to some remote cabins in the Colorado Mountains and finds they have new owners...
  • Reaper's Stand by Joanna Wylde

    Reaper's Stand by Joanna Wylde

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    As Reapers Motorcycle Club president, Reese “Picnic” Hayes has given his entire life to the club. After losing his wife, he knew he’d never love another woman. And with two daughters to raise and a club to manage, that was just fine with him. These days, Reese keeps his relationships free and easy—he definitely doesn’t want to waste his time on a glorified cleaning lady like London Armstrong...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  biker  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family
  • Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake

    Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A look into the life at McKay-Taggart on the day Charlie and Ian have their babies...
  • Reeve by Jessica Gadziala

    Reeve by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reeve 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...
  • 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...
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s death for hire… Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
  • Legend by Marie James

    Legend by Marie James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wouldn’t call it love at first sight, but my body definitely reacted when I saw her.Getting Faith Robbins under me became my obsession.I knew I wanted fast and done.It’s how I always did things.Looking for anything more with a woman was never in the cards.I wasn’t like the other guys in the Cerberus MC. I didn’t want more.It was physical, sating a desire...
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    biker  crime  dark  family  female-mc  friends-to-lovers  humor  steamy
  • Savior by Jessica Gadziala

    Savior by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Elsie has a problem. She has a mystery she is bent on solving, a mystery that led her to run for her life down the streets of Navesink Bank until she found herself rescued by a sexy stranger. Paine has a past. He’s done everything in his power to move on from it, to distance himself from the things he has done...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • Unattainable by Madeline Sheehan

    Unattainable by Madeline Sheehan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Warning: This is not a virtuous and tender love story. It's chaotic, ruthless, and tragic. This story takes love and kills its innocence, steals away the pure moments, and crushes the hearts of the broken...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  biker  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family
  • 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...
  • Bang Switch by Lani Lynn Vale

    Bang Switch by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lachlan Downy was a lover, not a fighter. Okay, he wouldn't lie, he was a fighter, too. But nobody had to know that. Especially not Memphis Tennessee Conner and her stuffy attitude when it came to cops and ‘men like him.’ Memphis knew cops. Her daddy was a cop. He was also the president of a motorcycle club...
  • Real Sexy by Meghan March

    Real Sexy by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Boone Thrasher has never walked away from a fight, and he’s willing to put everything on the line to win the woman he can’t live without in the conclusion to the Real Dirty Duet by USA Today bestselling author Meghan March.***In Nashville, stars are a dime a dozen. I swore I’d never get caught up with one, but Boone Thrasher made a liar out of me...
  • Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley

    Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Spinning off from the bestselling Dream Man and Rock Chick series, this is the emotional and steamy contemporary romance fans of the Dream Team series have been waiting for!Pepper Hannigan is determined to keep any romance off the table—and out of her bedroom—while her daughter Juno is still young...
  • Hellhound's Sacrifice by E.C. Land

    Hellhound's Sacrifice by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ll sacrifice everything for her if it means she’s mine.HellhoundSeeing her in that hospital bed, I told myself I am done waiting. She’s mine, but I’ve got to take it easy when it comes to Isabelle. I see what others don’t. Well, besides her best friends. She hides it from the world with her shyness, and I intend to light that fire I’m sure is still there.Isabelle can fight me, but I know her...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black

    Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Axl 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...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  dark  humor  biker  alpha-mc  drama  crime  female-mc
  • Savage by K.L. Savage

    Savage by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm on the road, but there's only one thing on my mind.Eden...Problem is, this isn't me.I don't chase.I don't pursue.But I can't help myself.Eden is stubborn.Headstrong.The toughest woman I know.My mistake was letting myself have a taste.It wasn't enough.I'm addicted.I'm breaking my own rules.I don't care how complicated it is.But the complications keep coming..
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  female-mc  family  drama  biker  crime  romance
  • The Rise of Ferryn by Jessica Gadziala

    The Rise of Ferryn by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She left a broken girl. Damaged in a way no one should ever be. But determined to make a difference in the world. She stayed away. Training. Learning. Hardening. Bending and breaking herself into what she needed to become to fulfill her mission in life. Something righteous, but wicked in its own way. She returned a warrior. There were promises left unfulfilled. Questions left unanswered...
  • Huck by Jessica Gadziala

    Huck by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HUCKWho would have thought that setting up a chapter would be such a hassle?I was no stranger to the life of crime, But chopping cars and running guns were leagues apart.Especially when there were other bad guys in the area that didn’t take too kindly to our arrival on the scene...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  biker  crime  dark  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Blood & Rust by Cat Porter

    Blood & Rust by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bad boy. The fuck up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, Now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away, over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning Startling Unsettling Breathtaking Out of reach...
  • The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He 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...
  • Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sexy Six-Pack returns with more teamwork, more suspense, and, most of all, more hot and steamy romance! Twelve years ago, eighteen-year-old Ben 'Boomer' Michaelson's world had fallen apart. Not only had his best friend, Alex Maier, been killed, but Alex's family had perished as well, including his seventeen-year-old sister, Katerina...
  • 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...
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