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  • Breathless by Willow Winters

    Breathless by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her lips tasted like Cabernet and her touch was like fire. I was blinded by what she did to me. I so easily fell for something I thought I’d never have. I was weak for her and should’ve known better. I should’ve known she could never love a man like me. She brought out a side of me that I wish had stayed dead. I won’t make the same mistake twice. I don’t care how much she begs me...
  • Empress in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Empress in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm Vanessa Barsetti, the daughter of the infamous Crow Barsetti. My father taught me how to fight. If a man lays a hand on me, I'll put him in his grave. As a Barsetti, I'm proud, stubborn, and don't take nonsense from anybody. I walk home from a bar and take the wrong path. And witness a brutal crime. The murderer won't let me go. He's handsome, lethal, and terrifying...
  • Sassy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Sassy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm not sure how it happened.But I've fallen in love with my family's enemy.I try to move on but I can't.He's the only man I want.Now I have to choose between the man I love.And my family...
  • 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...
  • The Devil's Match by Amo Jones

    The Devil's Match by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychopath /ˈsʌɪkəpaθ/ noun A person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour. synonyms: madman/madwoman, mad person, deranged person, maniac, lunatic, psychotic, sociopath - informal an unstable and aggressive person. - informal/2 F R O S T Ella Since I was a little girl, I have been surrounded by hate, death, murder, and slavery...
  • Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m risking everything for Vanessa. One last time. I can’t turn the other way and let her family be murdered by the Skull Kings. I have to do something. Maybe I can earn her father’s trust. And finally get my woman back...
  • Endless by W. Winters

    Endless by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally captivating and thrilling, romantic suspense. He holds a power over me like no one else ever could. Maybe it’s because my heart begs to beat in time with his. Maybe it’s because my body bows to his and his alone. Maybe it’s because he thought he loved me before he even laid eyes on me...
  • Buttons & Beauty by Penelope Sky

    Buttons & Beauty by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss...
  • Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss...
  • Dancer in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Dancer in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Griffin offered to take me home but I refused, knowing he needed to get Vanessa home. I walked to my apartment and took a short cut down an alleyway. That was the worst mistake of my life. Four men grabbed me. I fought them off, but when the barrel of a gun was pressed between my eyes, I knew the game was up. But then a man appeared from the shadows and scared the men away like rats...
  • Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Carmen Pyre had it all until her husband was murdered by a madman who threatened everyone she loved. Now that her husband has been avenged, it's time to move on... she just doesn't know how. Two men who fill her husband’s former roles offer to help her move forward with her life...
  • 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...
  • Buttons and Lace by Penelope Sky

    Buttons and Lace by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I owe him a debt. A big one. The payment can't be settled with money or favors. He only wants one thing. Me. Every action gets a reward. A button. Once I fill his jar with three hundred and sixty-five buttons, he'll let me go. He'll let me walk away. But I have to earn every single one. By submitting to the darkest, cruelest, and most beautiful man I've ever known...
  • Wicked Things by Callie Hart

    Wicked Things by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "This is the reason I called her my angry girl in the first place. I was teasing her back then, but the truth of the matter is that she impressed me. She blew me away with her strength of character and her fire. She’s not just angry. She’s fierce. She’s determined. She’s strong. She’s brave as f#*$...
  • The Don : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd

    The Don : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood stains my hands, my soul, my heart, yet I’ll shed more to keep her safe. A chance meeting brings Jen MacNeill into my life—the woman born to reign at my side.She just doesn’t know it yet. How could my Lady be anything other than a silken promise taunting me with every breath she takes?A new Don reigns over Manhattan.But though I won the war, peace isn’t easily brokered...
  • Bound by Aleatha Romig

    Bound by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web...
  • Blame It on the Shame by Ashley Jade, Michael San

    Blame It on the Shame by Ashley Jade, Michael San

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." I've fallen in love with Lou-Lou. And I'll stop at nothing to keep her away from you. But there's one thing I never counted on... The moment when our 'truths' would turn into lies. I thought Bruno DeLuca was our biggest threat. I was wrong. Because the fire burning between us—would end up destroying us. And killing me...
  • Iris. by London Miller

    Iris. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One chance was all she needed … Iris Adler made a promise to herself and her father that she would ensure the man responsible for ruining their lives paid for what he had done, but she hadn’t anticipated Syn, or how quickly she would fall for the beautiful but damaged mercenary...
  • Ruthless King by Meghan March

    Ruthless King by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    New Orleans belongs to me. You don’t know my name, but I control everything you see—and all the things you don’t. My reach knows no bounds, and my demands are always met. I didn’t need to loan money to a failing family distillery, but it amuses me to have them in my debt. To have her in my debt. She doesn’t know she caught my attention. She should’ve been more careful...
  • 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...
  • Once A Crime Lord by Mia Knight

    Once A Crime Lord by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It all ends here. It’s been two years since the Pyre family was ripped apart by a sadistic killer who will stop at nothing to take Gavin Pyre’s position as crime lord of the Las Vegas underworld...
  • Lies by Aleatha Romig

    Lies by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The twisted and intriguing storytelling that you loved in Consequences and Infidelity continues with an all-new alpha anti-hero in the dark romance series Web of Sin, by New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig. I am... That’s no longer an easy statement...
  • Rhapsody of Pain by Nicole Fox

    Rhapsody of Pain by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I know Demyen Zakrevsky is wrong for me.But I can't help hoping... What if he's not?After all, he's saved me time and time again.He's made me a mother twice over.He's healed my broken heart.But he's also the one who sold me in the first place.The one who got my baby stolen away from me.The one who broke my heart over and over and over.I can't decide if he's a saint or a sinner...
  • Twisted Together by Pepper Winters

    Twisted Together by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “After battling through hell, I brought my esclave back from the brink of ruin. I sacrificed everything—my heart, my mind, my very desires to bring her back to life. And for a while, I thought it broke me, that I’d never be the same. But slowly the beast is growing bolder, and it’s finally time to show Tess how beautiful the dark can be.” Q gave everything to bring Tess back...
  • Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts

    Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    BOOK TWO OF THE DARK DUETThe exciting, titillating, and action-filled conclusion to Captive in the Dark.What is the price of redemption?Rescued from sexual slavery by a mysterious Pakistani officer, Caleb carries the weight of a debt that must be paid in blood.The road has been long and fraught with uncertainty, but for Caleb and Livvie, it’s all coming to an end...
  • The Dictator by Penelope Sky

    The Dictator by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The only reason I'm still alive is because of the baby growing inside me. My baby saved my life. Now I'm a prisoner inside Cato's fortress. He's pissed at me, livid every time he looks at me. He refuses to sleep with me because now I'm the enemy. But I miss him...and he misses me. I only slept with Cato to save my father, but now he means something to me...
  • Reveal by K. Bromberg

    Reveal by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg comes the raw, sexy, and jaw-dropping finale to the Wicked Ways series. I play to win, and I won’t let anything—or anyone—get in the way of what I want. The first time I met Vaughn Sanders, I knew I wanted her. Confident, intelligent, and downright sexy. I thought I knew how to play her game. I was ready and willing for the challenge...
  • Second Debt by Pepper Winters

    Second Debt by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    “I tried to play a game. I tried to wield deceit as perfectly as the Hawks. But when I thought I was winning, I wasn’t. Jethro isn’t what he seems—he’s the master of duplicity. However, I refuse to let him annihilate me further.”Nila Weaver has grown from naïve seamstress to full-blown fighter. Every humdrum object is her arsenal, and sex…sex is her greatest weapon of all...
  • Third Debt by Pepper Winters

    Third Debt by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Fourth Book in the New York Times Bestselling Indebted Series. “She healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this together. The rules of this ancient game can’t be broken.” Nila Weaver no longer recognises herself. She’s left her lover, her courage, and her promise. Two debts down. Too many to go. Jethro Hawk no longer recognises himself...
  • Mallicks: Back to the Beginning by Jessica Gadziala

    Mallicks: Back to the Beginning by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A girl raised by monsters.A man who helped get her free.A love that spans decades.Let's go back to the 80s to see how Charlie and Helen Mallick fell in love...
  • Reckless Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Reckless Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Taken by Lies by Ella Miles

    Taken by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles comes a new dark romance series! At 16 I was taken. Kidnapped by a boy I thought I could love. Then he sold me as if I were property. For three years I endured. Beatings. Torture. Pain. I never broke. I was strong, determined, resilient. But then one day it happened...I broke. Setting me free...
  • Filthy King by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy King by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm nothing like my father.My brothers don't realize I'm a thousand times worse.Grief fuels my every action.Vengeance burns through my veins, dictating every decision I make.I'll shatter allegiances to please him.I'm nothing like my father.You don't realize that I'm a thousand times worse...
  • Wicked Knight #1 (Knight's Ridge Empire) by Tracy Lorraine

    Wicked Knight #1 (Knight's Ridge Empire) by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.The truth is meant to set you free… but not my truth.Mine has sent me deeper and darker, feeding my need for revenge. I want blood for those who wronged me and my family. And my so-called truth is ripping me apart, in a way lies never could...
  • Divine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Divine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm Carter Barsetti. Son of Cane Barsetti. I made my fortune in the automobile industry. I've always preferred to live life in the fast lane. My father hoped I would settle down in Tuscany and join the family business in wine making. Maybe someday. I know I'm supposed to stay away from the Underground. I promised my father I would. But then I get an offer that I can't refuse...
  • The Mafia And His Obsession: Part 1 by Lylah James

    The Mafia And His Obsession: Part 1 by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My life only has one purpose, and it's to protect them—my family. Whether I fight, maim, or kill the enemy, it makes no difference to me. If have to take a bullet for my family, I would embrace death with a goddamn smile on my face. When their safety is compromised, I put my life on the line and made a deal with the devil. I never questioned it, not even once... ...Until her...
  • Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The next captivating installment in New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams’s Redemption series. As the Princess of the Irish-American Mob, there’s no shortage of men ready to help guard and protect me. To slowly suffocate me to the point of seeking freedom—a place where I can breathe. Kieran Hayes has been saving me for as long as I can remember...
  • The Skull King by Penelope Sky

    The Skull King by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My husband is cruel, ruthless, and despicable. I hate him with every fiber of my being. The only reason I haven't killed him or tried to run away is because of the promise I made. I sold myself to save someone I loved...and this is the price I have to pay. I was sitting alone in a bar when the most handsome man walked inside...
  • The Skull Ruler by Penelope Sky

    The Skull Ruler by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Instead of handing me back to Lucian so Balto can get everything he wants, he keeps me. He pledges to fight for me until I'm free. But as the weeks pass, freedom isn't as appealing as it used to be. This place has become my home. This man is my home. I'm not sure if I'd ever want to leave...even if Lucian was dead...
  • Rush: An Irish Mafia Romance by Penelope Black

    Rush: An Irish Mafia Romance by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I wake up with a gasp, surrounded by smoke and flames.Twelve hours earlier, my cousins cut their European vacation short and came home to spend my birthday with me. They promised me a day to remember.No one could have predicted how true that promise would turn out to be.When the clock strikes eleven-eleven on June sixth, I make a wish. But fate has other plans, and she deals me an unexpected hand...
  • Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox

    Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It's the first look on my wedding day.I turn... but my husband isn't there.Instead, I see the stranger who ruined my life.Here's the story:Six years ago, I was on the worst first date in history.A blind date with some jerk who wouldn't take no for an answer.The handsome stranger swooped in.Saved me.And sat down to finish the date.I thought it was crazy.But we had insane chemistry...
  • Bastiano Romano by Parker S. Huntington

    Bastiano Romano by Parker S. Huntington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ariana De LucaMaybe if I knew what was going to happen, I wouldn’t have taken the assignment. I would have walked away from my job. My duty. My life.But I didn’t.And so, I fell in love with Bastian Romano. My new boss. The enemy of my blood. A man as talented a killer as he is in bed. A beautiful, twisted traitor wrapped in fancy designer suits and wicked smirks...
  • Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine

    Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life has been full of half-truths tangled in lies—I’d been to hell and back more times than I could count. But nothing could have prepared me for the fear in her voice, and then the sight of that building going up in flames. After the way I treated her, the way I hurt her, I’d earned that pain back tenfold. I deserved to lose the only bit of light in my dark, twisted life...
  • Disgrace by Bethany-Kris

    Disgrace by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Siena Calabrese is no longer the prized daughter of la famiglia. Her transgressions against her brothers and family have stained more than just her reputation. Her best chance at keeping breath in her lungs would be to sit down and shut up like she was taught to do. She definitely shouldn't be feeding information to her family's enemies...
  • The Mafia And His Angel Series (Tainted Hearts) by Lylah James

    The Mafia And His Angel Series (Tainted Hearts) by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Tainted Hearts box set brings you the dark tale of a ruthless mafia boss finding his angel…and then waging a war to keep her. He was a man who wasn’t put on this earth to be loved, but to kill. And she was a woman who was nothing more than an object to be used. They weren’t meant to find each other in this dark, cruel world...
  • VII: Seven by Lana Sky

    VII: Seven by Lana Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WHEN OBSESSION BECOMES DESIRE… Ellen Winthorp has no choice but to rely on the protection of Mischa Stepanov—the vicious mafia leader who captured and disfigured her. But the more she learns about him, the deeper she falls into a world of violence, deception and intrigue where danger lurks around every corner...
  • Unraveled by Bethany-Kris

    Unraveled by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cara Rossi’s life has been a mess ever since her identical twin was killed. She blames the mafia, its ways, and the people within the caustic culture for a painful reality that turned her world on its side. In an attempt to momentarily pause her misery, a night out puts her on a path with a man she shouldn’t get involved with simply because of his last name—Gian Guzzi...
  • Wild Card by Renee Rose

    Wild Card by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “YOU’RE IN BIG TROUBLE, DOLL” The little hacker stole from the Family—hundred fifty grand. We Tacones don’t take kindly to thieves. Not even when they come in a package as cute as hers. Not even after she shows me how high her freak flag flies. Now there will be hell to pay for my hot geek. And I’m the one coming to collect...
  • 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...
  • Family Ties by Sam Mariano

    Family Ties by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Francesca Morelli.Sweet as sin, like the cupcakes she slings at the Morelli bakery. Her sweetness and killer looks are what reeled me in, but her unexpected vulnerability really sealed my fate. I don't care if there’s a war brewing between our families. I don’t care if I have to go through her evil dictator of a brother...
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