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The Savage (Kingmakers) by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHow Do You Tame A Savage?Sabrina Gallo is an animal.From the moment I laid eyes on her, I had to have her.But Sabrina won’t be taken by anyone. She’s wild and reckless – downright dangerous. Lucky for me, I’ve always loved a challenge… I want to hunt.Even if I capture her, caging a tiger doesn’t mean it’s tamed.The harder she fights, the more ruthless I become... -
The Russian Unleashed by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am a simple man. I love fine vodka, whips, and beautiful women. And I have a secret. At twenty-one, I’ve just inherited my family's entire fortune. Young, rich, and powerful, I am a force to be reckoned with - in and out of the bedroom. But the streets of Russia are dangerous. When innocence is threatened, I risk my life to save a girl. Now the Bratva have their sights set on me... -
Oath of Submission by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's left me two choices: Take her life or marry her.When Marialena Rossi sauntered into my life and destroyed my plans, little did she know what she was getting into. Who I am. The consequences.She'll take my name.Bear my children.Submit.No matter what, she'll learn two things: Vows are unbreakable, and my word is law... -
A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTis the season for an MC Christmas.10 steamy stories sure to make the naughty list this year... -
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Tainted Blood by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo Trilogies.Two Authors.One Unholy War.Carrera.Santiago.The legacy ends.. -
Slaying The Dragon by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN A TWO-BOOK DUET. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ CHASING THE DRAGON, PLEASE START THERE. RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 18 & UP DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, AND VIOLENCE. I should have resisted him, but I couldn’t. My addiction to him was all-consuming, the high from his touch unlike any other... -
Taking Meghan: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlexei Rastov is the most vile, evil, despicable man in the world... And my father tried to force me to marry him. Dragged down the aisle, I prayed to God, to anyone, to save me from a lifetime of cruelty and abuse. Then he came... a force of nature... Disrupting the ceremony with a storm of gunfire and death... -
Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“What do you mean, ‘You gave me the wrong sperm sample’?!”But the doctor says he isn’t joking.Instead of being my sister's surrogate...I'm accidentally carrying my boss's baby.A few months ago, I agreed to be my sister's surrogate.Then she died in an unsolved accident.I swore I'd keep her child and raise it on my own.But as it turns out, there was a mix-up at the clinic... -
Luca Vitiello by Cora Reilly
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI was born a monster. Cruelty ran in my veins like poison. It ran in the veins of every Vitiello man, passed on from father to son, an endless spiral of monstrosity. A born monster shaped into an even worse monster by my father’s blade and fists and harsh words. I was raised to become Capo, to rule without mercy, to dish out brutality without a second thought.Raised to break others... -
Shattered Cradle by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI joined the Mile High Club and ended up pregnant.If only the story stopped there.But no—it gets worse.It gets so much worse.Because the man who swept me off my feet thirty thousand feet in the air didn’t pick me at random.He chose me for a purpose.A very specific purpose.And when Aleksandr Makarova decides he wants something…He gets it.No matter what—or who—he has to break in the process... -
Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition... -
Cole by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThese men don't build bridges... They bury bodies.I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resembled the devil so closely it was sickening.But I learned from my mistakes.At least I thought I had.Until I’m tempted back into his life with a case I can’t refuse.Cole Torian needs my help.And I’m unable to deny him.This time I voluntarily put my career on the line.Along with my safety. My heart... -
Savage Prince by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGillians Vater mag zwar ein mächtiger irischer Mafiaboss sein, aber er steht bei meiner Familie in Blutschuld. Als ich kam, um diese einzufordern, bat ich um keinerlei Erlaubnis, sondern nahm mir einfach seine Tochter als Bezahlung.Diese Entscheidung wurde ihm nicht überlassen...oder ihr...Categorized as:
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Nolan by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s my nemesis.My prisoner.I‘ll make her beg for mercy.I’ll make her scream my name.I’ll make her mine.Sheena Hurston’s been a thorn in my side for years.But when she tries to bring my family to ruin, I’m done playing games.She will pay for what she’s done.No one comes before my family.Sheena belongs to me... -
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Becoming His by Ami Van
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDerrick King He and his brothers are the ruthless heads of a crime family. KINGS. They’ve built their empire to become what it is today, collecting fortune and power, bending rules and taking out whoever stood in their way. Tall, dark and sinfully gorgeous, Derrick as head of the family never went to bed alone yet never slept in a bed with any woman either...Categorized as:
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Depraved by Trilina Pucci
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSavagery. Sin. Depravity—-these are my virtues. My religion. My name is Dante Sovrano, head of the Chicago Mob, and I run this city. Everyone bows down to me. Except her. The moment I saw Sarah, I knew she’d be trouble. She’s fiery and cutthroat, wrapped up in a lickable package. But there are dark secrets hiding behind those gorgeous blue eyes...Categorized as:
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Dark Prince by Jagger Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis is not a fairytale.There’s no glass slipper, only shards. Prince Charming is the villain, and happily ever afters are a myth.Except now, I need to construct one.Me, the fake princess, with a make-believe happily never after, to the anti-Prince Charming himself.Coldly beautiful, brutally ruthless, and heir to a criminal empire...Categorized as:
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Accidental Evils by Susan Fanetti
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs an enforcer for the Pagano Brothers, Tony Cioccolanti’s life is steeped in violence. For the most part, he feels no burden on his soul for the blood he spills or the pain he inflicts. He is a soldier, and blood and pain are the wages of war. Yet one terrible mistake haunts him, in his dreams and in his waking hours... -
The Wolf and His Wife by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTensions rise and now I have two enemies that want me dead. But I've never felt safer. My wolf protects me. He cherishes me. And I think he loves me. This arranged marriage was detested by us both, but now I look at him with new eyes. My husband is strong, smart, and gorgeous. His coffee-colored eyes make me melt... -
It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI married you because I was in love with you.Those words have echoed in my mind ever since he said them, and despite the way my heart races for him every time he steps into the same room, I can't say it back. Not after he hurt me. Not after he betrayed me.Every time I feel us come close together, my heart pulls away... -
The Woman on the Exam Table by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was not the kind of man meant to fall in love.He was the proud enforcer of the Costa Family who perhaps enjoyed the violent, bloody parts of his job a bit too much.All that changed, though, when he was put on a job that had him crossing paths with a woman who changed everything.She was not the kind of woman to have hope.The life she found herself trapped in had very little to look forward to... -
Burned Cinder by Jagger Cole
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe monster from under my bed is now the one in it.First of all, this is not a fairytale. There’s no Prince Charming.But there is a villain.An insidiously gorgeous devil with eyes that pierce through all my secrets, and a cold black heart pumping pure venom and conquest.But seven years after Noel Ransom scorched-earthed my life, I’ve come for my revenge.Except Noel’s come for something, too: me...Categorized as:
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Veiled Treasure by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm his now, and he's not going to be gentle with me.When my brothers tried to arrange a marriage for me back in New York, I ran away to Boston. Making it on my own at eighteen wasn't easy, but for two years I managed to keep my freedom.Until Gregor Romanov came looking for me... -
The Consigliere by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy stepmother and her deranged lover stole our business.The Ortega Mafia is ours by birth but they have other ideas.With the help of my two brothers, it's time to steal it back and I have a secret weapon.Abigail Kensington .Billionaire’s daughter and Washington princess.The perfect woman who is definitely out of my league.A woman my target is obsessed with... -
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King of Pain by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI grew up thinking my father was a hero. Then I learned the truth... -
King's Demands by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI didn't ask her to be mine. I told her she already was.Julieta Morales hoped to escape an unwanted marriage, but the moment she got into my car her fate was sealed. She will have a husband, but it won't be the cartel boss her father chose for her.It will be me.But I'm not the kind of man who takes his bride gently amid rose petals on her wedding night...Categorized as:
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Shane by Nicole James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShane—I live at the end of this dark deserted dead-end street for a reason.I don't like neighbors coming around my place. There's only one other house down here. It sits across the street from me, and has been deserted for years.I like my privacy, so I'm pissed to learn that that vacant house just got un-vacant... -
Keeping Reaper by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReaperBeing the Prez of the Satan’s Keepers MC has its perks. Women throwing themselves at you happens to be one of them. I usually have a steady flock of ladies I can choose from, but one night at the bar there’s a sassy woman who stands out more than the rest. Suddenly, no one else matters.She’s hot, spirited, and has a bangin’ body...Categorized as:
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Virgin by Georgia Le Carre
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce she's given it up...she's mine forever-IzzyI'd waited so long.Then fate delivered my dream man, Oh, he was beautiful. Hot blue eyes, a dimple in his chin, lean muscles, and big, thick, manly hands. With the power of a tornado he swept me off my feet and rose me up to unimaginable heights. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.But I wasn't special, just a one-night stand for him... -
Captivated by Him by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFive years ago, I let Nicole Sawicki disappear from my life without a fight. Now that she's back, I won't be making the same mistake.For her own safety.Her own protection.I will drag her into my life, my family, and my marriage bed kicking and screaming if I have to...Categorized as:
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Beauty and the beast: A Modern Day Fairytale Billionaire Mafia Romance by Georgia Le Carre
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSkye.I did something crazy to help pay for my dad's medical bills.I've allowed myself to become the mistress of a lowlife crook for a month. But it is starting to look as if I may have made a bargain with the devil himself because he won't let me go even though the time we agreed upon is long gone.He now claims he's not done with me and our agreement ends when he says it does...Categorized as:
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Detained by Luna Mason
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrankieI don’t have to hide behind a mask anymore.I rule New York, and now all I have to do is finish what I started ten years ago. To destroy the man who took my life from me. No one can get in my way. That is until I am arrested for murder and have my first taste of Detective Zara O’Reilly.The woman hell bent on ruining my plans...Categorized as:
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Toxin by Savannah Rylan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's the enemy. But she's hot AF. Natasha is off-limits. Little mafia princess type and honestly I want nothing to do with her. She's just leverage. Except that she's so beautiful I'm having trouble keeping my hands off of her. The club comes first. My d*ck second. My heart? This is a f*cking mess. Toxin is part of the new chapter of the Dead Souls MC...Categorized as:
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Dismissed by T.L. Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA heart is something that should not be entrusted to me. I will tear, crush, and destroy it with my very own hands. Then back away with a smile on my face. It’s who I am—a killer, a player, a joker. But hers, I’m unsure about... -
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Quiet Power by J.L. Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe time has come to take back the power and let the kingdom fall.SiennaIt’s time to make my move. With solid proof on my finger, I leave my love and enter the gates of the enemy.Ugo is by my side as we fall into their world and quickly discover the cracks in the Coppola family’s foundation.I’m confident I’m protected by my father’s name, and though I’m welcomed by some, I’m watched by others... -
Brutal Captor 3 by Amber Adams
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRussian mafia don, Valentin Ivankov, has taken, Dr. April Cooker away from everything she's ever known and, much to her shock, he's now announced he'll be taking her as his wife!Although her first attempt fails, escape is still her only thought.But while she attempts to gain his trust she finds herself unable to resist the pulse-rasing effect he has on her... -
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Devil's Pawn by Natasha Knight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIsabelleJericho St. James hates my family.Powerful, wealthy beyond belief, he is the most dangerous man I know.And I belong to him.He’s taken me from my home. He plans to make me his wife.And he’s made it very clear I’ll be sleeping in his bed. But my beast has a secret. His one weakness. One that makes hating him impossible.He has a daughter. And he’ll do anything to keep her safe... -
One More Time by R.B. Hilliard
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the second Dillon Whitaker sets eyes on Isabella Fisher, he is captivated. After one night in her bed, he is consumed. In a moment of weakness, he walks away. Isabella throws away her moral compass for a night with Dillon. As he walks away, Dillon leaves Isabella with so much more than hurt feelings. He leaves her with unexpected consequences... -
Day Three by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere's nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers Jasper Nichols, a sexy, totally alpha hitman, who will hold you captive in this new bad boy series. Our lives are defined by moments, especially the ones we never see coming... -
Blood by Ivy Nelson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHolly Sutton thinks her father hung the moon and can do no wrong. That couldn't be further from the truth. But when Elijah Barrett, her new boss, seems hell bent on taking her dad down, she must look closer at her childhood and ask some hard questions... -
King's Possession by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings: a dark mafia arranged marriage romance (merciless...Categorized as:
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Taming James by Shayne Ford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRain and James's love rises from the ashes.*This is the conclusion of James and Rain's story for now."Their epic love story continues in Loving James ( Night of the Kings 12) and Craving James (Night of the Kings 13). For the best reading experience, all Night of the Kings books should be read in order... -
Wicked Rule by K.I. Lynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m going to make her my queen.One wedding.One child. Five years. Ten million dollars.Those are the terms of our contract.My offer is sound, bold, and necessary. In order to gain my inheritance, I have to have a wife.She thinks her clause will keep me from having her skin on mine.She’s very wrong.The de Loughrey’s rule the world, and I am their king. I get what I want, and what I want is her... -
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Heat by Holly S. Roberts
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s an ex-cop and he’s the head of a crime syndicate. Heat turns to sizzle and hearts combust when they find themselves wanting more than a few hot nights between cool sheets. After a shoulder injury ends her respectable career as a police officer, Mak also known as Madison Abigail Kinlock turns to the seedy world of private investigations by default...Categorized as:
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Passion Rising by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOld demons are back.Maddie’s dealing with the fallout of her choices. Safety and happiness are relative, elusive things she’s desperate to have. But they will forever remain out of reach until the demons of her past are laid to rest.Tyler’s mistakes resurface to haunt him and he’s just beginning to understand that money can’t fix a broken relationship... -
Devilish King by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDark Mafia Romance, Contains scenes that could be triggering to some, read with caution. This is book 1 of a trilogy, an epic cliff-hanger can be expected!!TheoMy whole life was mapped out, designed for me, before I was even a twinkle in my old man's eye. I am the heir to the Valentino throne. A kingdom built with blood and dirty money. But one I'll rule all the same... -
Ruined Innocence by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe was once my friend, but now we are enemies.My father's betrayal has left me on the run from a powerful Russian mafia family.I have no home, no money and no protection from their dangerous threats. There is no one I can trust... least of all Arman Romanov. I will never let that man into my life, or my heart, again. The problem is, he may not give me a choice. What Arman wants, he gets... -
Illicit King by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s not my King.Tall, rugged, and focused on destroying my family, Brody O'Connor's the one person I need to avoid.He seduced me on purpose and now I’m paying the consequences.Every step I take, he’s there, lurking in the shadows, studying me, waiting for any chance to undermine my efforts to become my father’s successor.He’s succeeding... -
Inferno: Part 1 by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA suspenseful age gap romance from a USA Today bestselling author.I met him on the worst day of my life.After ditching my wedding and hopping on a flight to Rome, all I wanted was to forget about the burdens that had been placed on my shoulders since birth.I never expected to meet him.Dante Luciano.Mysterious. Rugged. Alluring.And possessing an Italian accent so toe-curling it should be illegal...
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