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  • Mafia Madman: A Dark Mafia Romance by Mila Finelli

    Mafia Madman: A Dark Mafia Romance by Mila Finelli

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’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...
  • Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I know this has no future.Only heartbreak.Bosco Roth may be the man I've fallen for, but he'll never be the man I marry.He's too dangerous. Too risky.When our three months is over, I'll walk away.At least that's what I keep telling myself..
  • Fighter in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Fighter in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bosco Roth is a crime lord. The owner of the biggest underground casino.He's the kind of man who gets what he wants. He's got the best poker face in the world.Now he wants me.When things become too intense, I hit the brakes and make a run for it.But one problem...he won't let me go.Now I belong to Bosco Roth...
    Categorized as:
    anti-hero  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • 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...
  • Desire in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Desire in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bones is a man I despise.He gives Bad Blood a whole new definition.But he's not exactly what I thought he was. Maybe men can change.But it doesn't matter how I feel about him.My father would never approve. He'd never let me love a man like him...
  • Fine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Fine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've decided to keep her.I paid for her, after all.I should feel guilty for the decision I've made, but why? She prefers me to her previous master anyway.And it's not like my father didn't do the same thing when he was my age.I'm rich, powerful, and untouchable.I'm a Barsetti, and I can do whatever I please...
  • The Hunted Series: The Complete Collection by Ivy Smoak

    The Hunted Series: The Complete Collection by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Includes all four books of The Hunted Series and an exclusive, brand new, super steamy epilogue!MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEJames Hunter gave up his billionaire lifestyle in NYC to become a professor. The easiest new rule to follow: don’t fraternize with the students. But he never expected to be teaching such a beautiful student.Penny Taylor is not as innocent as her classmates think...
  • Tyrant by Sarah Bailey

    Tyrant by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do if you killed someone?Normal people wouldn’t go running to the prodigal son of a mafia kingpin for help.I’m not exactly normal.The daughter of a gang leader embroiled in a turf war. One that has me caught in the crossfire. When you have nowhere else to turn, who better to protect you than someone your own father will never suspect...
  • Truth by Penelope Sky

    Truth by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I had no idea she was going to tell Damien. If I did, I would have stopped her. I would have told her the truth myself. Now I'm afraid I'm going to lose her...and there's nothing I can do about it...
  • Razing Grace: Part 2 by Amo Jones

    Razing Grace: Part 2 by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can something that burns so rapidly calm the whispering chaos of your cries? Or is this all just an illusion. The perfect hypnosis. Like the humming of a sweet melody to your frantic brain. Drip. Blood trickled over the curve of Millie’s collarbone. Drip. Slithering over her shoulder. Drip. Sliding off and into the mass puddle of death surrounding her...
  • The Lady : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd

    The Lady : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve spent a lifetime avoiding the various factions of the mafia in NYC, yet somehow I’m in it up to my eyeballs.I should be scared.I should want to run.Yet the city quivers in fear with every designer-clad footstep I take, because the Valentinis have ascended, and I’m the Don’s Lady.It’s intoxicating. However Luciu comes with vendettas and a craving for vengeance that could get him killed...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Muse in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Muse in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My brother got mixed up with a crime lord and lost everything he had, including his life. And now I have to pay his debt. All I have is twenty bucks in my pocket and the clothes on my back. The bank took the house, and my last living relative was murdered. Knuckles threatened to torture me if I ran. He's counting down the days until he'll claim me...making me treasure my final days of freedom...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Ruined Castles by Amo Jones

    Ruined Castles by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nothing is going to make sense once you flip open this first chapter. You’re going to wonder why the fuck I made the decisions I did. Why he did what he did. I’m not going to make this easy for you. I’m going to guide you through loops that you’re going to wish I had just skipped, but I’m not going to do that either. You’re going to feel my pain, my loss, and my heart breaking in my chest...
  • Atticus: Secret Lies by K.L. Donn, Sensual Graphic Designs

    Atticus: Secret Lies by K.L. Donn, Sensual Graphic Designs

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Time stands still. Lies were told. Secrets are revealed. Who will we be when the walls tumble like mortar? **WARNING** The Adair Empire is a dark and graphic romance that will push your buttons, and maybe your boundaries. Each book contains a new couple but ends with a plot cliff-hanger...
  • 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...
  • Princess in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Princess in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This woman used to be my slave. But now she means more to me. More than she should. I've done unforgivable things to her, treated her like livestock I bought at the market. I made her tend to my needs without question. To make up for it, I should let her go. But even now I can't. Instead, I want her to marry me. Whether she wants to or not...
  • 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 Chameleon by Amelia Shea

    The Chameleon by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two hundred fifty dollars. It’s exactly what Camille Gwin was worth twelve years ago when she was traded to the leader of the Underground to pay off a debt. Barely an adult, she was initiated into the harsh reality of a new world. The Underground. Camille knows how it works. Play the game or get played. Her rise in the Underground came at a cost...
  • Peasants and Kings by Emma Slate

    Peasants and Kings by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hadrian’s smile was slow and vicious. “The world is made up of peasants and kings. But I am no king. I’m an emperor.”I’m being hunted by my family’s enemies.To disappear, I take on a new identity and enter the opulent and sinful world of The Rex Hotel as Eden Smith.I’m safe. Until I meet him.Hadrian Rhys.Beautiful, mysterious and brutal—Hadrian is a man who uses his power to shape the world...
  • Submitting in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Submitting in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Over the years, I’ve watched Rafe Morelli charm every kind of beautiful woman out of her panties. Most of them are practical enough to hold onto their hearts, though; he doesn’t want those. I am the only woman around who has managed to keep her panties out of Rafe’s hands, but not her heart...
  • Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NASH Parker Sawyer fell into my life like a bomb. The first sight of her hit me like an explosion, changing everything. My mind, my heart, my life. The goals I thought I had and the dreams I thought I wanted. Nothing was the same after Parker. The night I fell in love with her, I let her get away. This time, there's no escape. Parker can run but she won't get far. This time I have a plan...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Blood And Roses by Lylah James

    Blood And Roses by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Maria I was trapped. There was nothing left of me. Then he came and wanted to make me his. He saved me. He gave me a home, a family. He made sweet love to me. I was his Angel. He was my everything. I thought we would live happily ever after, but there are no happy endings in the mafia life. I found this out the hard way, as the blood flowed, red as roses… Lyov Angel...
  • 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...
  • Caged Thorn by Naomi West

    Caged Thorn by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, I ran from my home.Today, I’m running back.The difference this time is that my son is coming with me.We’re going back to the place I swore I’d never return to.Back to the lies and the heartbreaks and the site of the day that changed my life forever.There is one other difference, actually:This time, someone is following me.Konstantin Aminoff isn’t the kind of man who “lets go...
  • It Kills Me by Penelope Sky

    It Kills Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My father has chosen me to succeed him in the family business.But if I want the job, it comes with stipulations. And one of those stipulations is to never mix business with pleasure. AKA, don't sleep with anyone on the job. My father leads by example, and not once have I ever seen him get involved with anyone, not even his beautiful assistant. That was an easy rule to follow...until Axel...
  • Carver: Past Lies by K.L. Donn

    Carver: Past Lies by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I saw her. She’s mine. NOTHING Will stop me. **WARNING** The Adair Empire is a dark and graphic romance that will push your buttons, and maybe your boundaries. Each book contains a new couple but ends with a plot cliff-hanger...
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • Ripple Effect: Episode Three by Keri Lake

    Ripple Effect: Episode Three by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of Ricochet and Backfire comes a dark erotic suspense serial ... Episode Three: In the underbelly, trust is everything, and Dylan will soon discover that Ripley trusts no one. With the return of an old threat, loyalty is on the line, and betrayal could mean the end of everything for both of them. Series Synopsis: Ripley They call me RIP. I’m a killer. A murderer...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  captivity  crime  dark  multi-pov
  • Ripple Effect: Episode Four by Keri Lake

    Ripple Effect: Episode Four by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of Ricochet and Backfire comes a dark erotic suspense serial ... Episode Four: With every cause, there’s an effect, and Ripley will do everything in his power to keep Dylan safe. To hell with the consequences. Series Synopsis: Ripley They call me RIP. I’m a killer. A murderer. A psychopath. In the eyes of the righteous, I’m a monster, born of sin and depravity...
  • The Devil's Crown-Part Two : All The Pretty Things Trilogy Spin-Off by Monica James

    The Devil's Crown-Part Two : All The Pretty Things Trilogy Spin-Off by Monica James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All The Pretty Things Trilogy Spin-Off With the enemy dead, my throne awaits my return. But the reason I’m still standing is being held captive by another foe...
  • Brutal Princess by Kylie Kent

    Brutal Princess by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a Dark Mafia Romance, think all the triggers!! A lot of Adult language, even more sexual content mixed in with violence. This is book 4 in the Valentino Series, it is a standalone HEA!!AngelicaDaughter.Mother.Mafia princess.The Donatello assassin.I’ve been called many things.My favorite, though, is when he says I’m his angel.Neo Valentino, my brother’s best friend...
  • Jinx's Fantasy by Pepper Winters

    Jinx's Fantasy by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a spin-off novella featuring Sully and Jinx from the USA Today Bestselling Series, Goddess Isles.“A marriage born from slavery and secrets.A happily ever after like no other.”Sullivan Sinclair has a wife who shares his wildness and desires. To others, she is regal and perfect on his arm...
  • Contempt by Bethany-Kris

    Contempt by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How much is too much? Five years—that was the deal. Renzo Zulla gave up five years of his life to repay a debt to an organization that only wanted to break him before they could make him. Their way, their rules. He doesn’t move without their okay, even if his latest job puts him right in front of her. But the five years are almost up, and he knows exactly where he’s going first...
  • Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if I was to tell you, you’re all evil? In some shape or form, you are. What If I was to tell you, I was the worst kind of evil? Would you believe me? I did not believe that there wasn’t anyone who didn’t contain evil. I was proved wrong, and it stumped me. I became obsessed with her, someone of pure goodness. And couldn’t get enough...
  • Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was drawn to darkness, and he was the abyss.Safe.It’s a liar’s word. No one is ever truly safe.Control is how I survived.I lived my life by two principles: order and excellence. My moral compass steered me out of the backwoods of Tennessee and towards the woman I was destined to become, but not without gathering a few skeletons along the way...
  • Captured by a Sinner by Michelle Heard

    Captured by a Sinner by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    After the Priesthood wipes out my family, I find myself kidnapped and held prisoner by the head of the Bratva – a man who’s as charming as he is terrifying.My days are filled with chaotic emotions and fear, and with time, I realize Viktor Vetrov wants more than just my obedience.He wants all of me, but I refuse to fall for his filthy promises of ecstasy...
  • The Negotiator by Jessica Gadziala

    The Negotiator by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After weeks of nonstop work, all she wanted was to sleep in her own bed for a change. Instead, she found herself trapped in paradise against her will, working a job without the security of her team there to back her up.She was determined to resent every moment of it, but it wasn’t long before she realized Greece had something that she didn’t have back home...
  • Taking the Fall: The Full Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Taking the Fall: The Full Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We’ve come a long way since Taking the Fall Volume 1 released in 2015. Since then we’ve added pieces to the puzzle as our readers demanded more! Finally, every story has been combined into one bundle...
  • Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight

    Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After Gavin Pyre steps down from his position as crime lord, he and Lyla focus on picking up the pieces of their lives and creating the paradise they deserve. Note: This novella intersects with book 4, Awakened by Sin, so books should be read in sequence...
  • Buy My Soul by Jade West

    Buy My Soul by Jade West

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Part two of the Sixty Days trilogy. My sixty days begin here. The beautiful monster holds my body and soul in his brutal fingers. I’m his to use. His to dominate. His to command like a puppet on a stage for dirty eyes across the dark web. I shouldn’t want this. Shouldn’t want him. Shouldn’t want to take every dark instruction from his lips and give him my everything. But I do...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Sinful Hearts by Jagger Cole

    Sinful Hearts by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My first mistake was sleeping with the most dangerous man in New York, without him knowing who I was.My second was believing he never would...It was supposed to be easy: one night of sin with a beautiful stranger to forever cut ties with my Bratva past.But I didn’t pick a stranger. I picked him...
  • Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacade Jordan is no good for me. He’s a master at deception, a criminal, trouble. He’s been putting on the ultimate show of betrayal for years. He also saved my life and makes me feel more alive than I ever could have imagined...
  • High Bar by Ivy Nelson

    High Bar by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five years ago, my life changed forever.I spent two nights with a stunning woman I’ll never forget, but I pushed her away because a relationship was impossible.Then I came to Vegas with the second-born sons of three rival crime families with the goal of making it a neutral ground for our families.So far, it’s worked.We’ve prevented an all-out mafia war...
  • Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexander Black Ruler of an empire. An enigma. Ruthless and powerful. Someone is setting him up, threatening to destroy everything he's built. He's got one thing on his mind; keeping Gemma safe. Gemma Trudeau A pawn in a game. It's a game she has no way of winning, with players who win only one way. Elimination. Black will not lose. To him, it's no game. It's life and death...
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