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  • Whispered Promises by Red Phoenix

    Whispered Promises by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Savior Bear by Harmony Raines

    Savior Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Plus size model, Madison, is comfortable in her own skin. She’s worked hard to create a life she loves. But when bodyguard, Rob, is hired to protect her comfortable is the last word she’d use to describe the way he makes her feel. Their attraction is instant. And mutual. But love at first sight? Madison has never experienced love at all. Not true, deep love...
  • Rescuing Jenna by Anna Blakely

    Rescuing Jenna by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A man who believes he’s unworthy of love. A woman determined to make him see the truth. An enemy watching from the shadows, ready to destroy them both for good.

Former Marine Adrian Walker has been called a lot of things…Liar. Traitor. Murderer. Bastard. In order to keep his country safe, he had to become all those things and more. And he’s been fine with it, until now. Until her...
  • Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Moms a junkie, Dad’s not dead. After lying to me for the past twenty-one years, Mom got in too deep with her debt and had to call not-dead dad to bail her out. But wait, there’s more; not-dead dad is a biker who thinks he knows what’s best for the daughter he's never met. Agreeing to bail dear mom out for the low, low price of one grown ass adult...
  • Saving Logan by Jane Blythe

    Saving Logan by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They'll have to trust each other if they want to survive. When Claire Barrett decided to dedicate her life to helping those who serve in the military deal with the horrors they experience, the last thing she expected was that she would wind up lost in the middle of Afghanistan. The only other survivor of the helicopter crash is a sexy SEAL with dark, empty eyes...
  • Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...
  • Axe's Devotion by E.C. Land

    Axe's Devotion by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a new face, and something I need to have.AxeEveryone left and now I’m picking up the pieces. After the fire, what could I expect? We know who was behind it and the club is ready for a fight. No one fucks with us and gets away with it, but I’d be lyin’ if I said I wasn’t distracted.I can’t stop staring at her...
  • Saving Charlie by Jane Blythe

    Saving Charlie by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Suffering recognizes suffering.Faith Johnson is the only surviving victim of an international serial killer. She survived weeks in his torture room and when she escapes she thought the hard part of her ordeal was over. She was wrong. The hard part was only just beginning...
  • Saving Grayson by Jane Blythe

    Saving Grayson by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's her only hope of escaping the man she's been sold to.Juliet York has lived under her father's thumb her entire life, but when he blackmails her into agreeing to marry a man she doesn't know, she realizes if she doesn't run now she'll spend the rest of her life with an abusive sociopath...
  • Missing in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Missing in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who killed Lexi Wise?Former FBI agent Spenser Song thought she was leaving the chaos behind her after taking the job as Sheriff of Sweetwater Falls.But when a monster from her past catches up with her, she finds herself fighting for her life once again.Despite the danger, Spenser begins to settle in, making new friends and earning the respect of the local townspeople...
  • Royal by Blair Babylon

    Royal by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dree has been swindled, chased, heartbroken, conscripted, and kidnapped. What on Earth could be worse than all that? Don’t ask. Don’t miss the exciting next book in the Maxence saga, ROYAL! Is this the first Maxence book you’ve run across? Start the series with the first book, ROGUE. Her ex-boyfriend was supposed to propose in Paris, but instead, he swindled her out of every penny she had...
  • Willow and the Wraith by Honey Phillips

    Willow and the Wraith by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ruthless alien bounty hunter Wraith has buried his past so completely that not even he remembers his original name. All that matters now is that he's the best at what he does. He lives by two ironclad never break a contract and never get involved with a target...
  • Menacing by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox

    Menacing by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Someone's trying to use my past against me.VanirThe one thing I love about my life is that when I go through shit, I'm not alone. The club's always got my back. I've been seeing Vail for a while now and when a series of old photographs are brought to light, Vail almost leaves. I almost lost the best thing in my damn life. While things might've been fine, I wasn't going to simply let it go...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living...
  • Black and Red: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Book 10  (In the Shadows) by P.T. Michelle

    Black and Red: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Book 10 (In the Shadows) by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A high-stakes, standalone novel set in the bestselling IN THE SHADOWS world featuring a billionaire former SEAL and an investigative journalist. When a Blake is taken, Sebastian and Talia will discover just how strong their bond and trust in each other is in order to find the culprit before it’s too late to save their family...
  • Buck: Gems of Wolfe Island Four by Helen Hardt

    Buck: Gems of Wolfe Island Four by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  revenge  romance
  • Descent by Gemma James

    Descent by Gemma James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion of Alex and Rafe's saga is here! We did it. We said the vows, dressed for the occasion, dared to believe in Happily Ever After. Alex Mason. It has a nice ring to it, the promise of forever. Until I awake the morning after to an empty bed and my worst nightmare waiting to strike. Rafe is gone, but his twisted desires leave me with the chance for survival...
  • The Decadence After Dark Box Set: Decadence after Dark Books 1-3 by M. Never

    The Decadence After Dark Box Set: Decadence after Dark Books 1-3 by M. Never

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three dark erotic tales under one sinful cover... Get Owned, Claimed, and Ruined with The Decadence After Dark Series. One hundred and eighty thousand words of pulse-pounding heat, raw passion and insatiable love! Owned (Book One in The Decadence After Dark Series) "I like you collared, baby. I like you naked, I like you mine...
  • Faith Hope and Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Faith Hope and Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six years after Colombian rebels took her missionary husband hostage, Cassie MacIntyre gets word that Quinn has been released and is on his way home. While initially excited to have her husband back, it isn’t long before joy turns to heartache as Cassie realizes that his time in captivity have robbed Quinn of his faith in God and apparently, his love for her...
  • A Demon's Bliss by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Bliss by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ChazI swore five years ago that I'd never allow another woman get to me. To never allow them in my heart. Not after everything that happened, not after the heartache and pain I felt. I've lost people before, but never in the way I lost her. After being on my own for this long I've determined all I need is my music and the people I call my family -- my band.Or so I thought...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  steamy
  • A Demon's Harmony by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Harmony by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TannerI lost the one person who brought harmony into my life. She hates me and I know exactly why. If only she could see what's right in front of her face. The person who she trusted even more than me -- she's the one who put the nails in the coffin that was the end of my relationship.It's been years since it happened and I'm watching my closest friends find their forever women...
  • Pressure by Ivy Nelson

    Pressure by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Someone is breaking through the cyber security system tech billionaire, Lance Moss built from the ground up and he's running out of time to plug the holes before Club Solitaire is forced to close and someone gets hurt.Reluctantly, he allows his fellow board member and friend, Eli, to bring in an outsider to help. He's not expecting to see his ex-girlfriend turned enemy walk through the door...
  • Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him...
  • Don't Let Me Go by Susan Lewis

    Don't Let Me Go by Susan Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Charlotte Nicholls has a secret that haunts her.She and three-year-old Chloe have left their home and friends, and are now building a new life for themselves in New Zealand.All Charlotte wants to do is to forget the past, to blot out what went before, and to look only to the future.At last she and Chloe feel safe...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  book  contemporary  drama  family  fiction  mystery
  • Stone Cold by K.J. Dahlen

    Stone Cold by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bane is back. But he comes with more than a visit in mind… Cricket He came back for me a second time – Bane. A world class assassin with an implacable hunger. This time, he wants something of my fathers. A pair of daggers from the time of knights and kings. Fighting back the whispers of fear and dread in my heart, I refused...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HunterThe day she walked through the front door, I wanted nothing more than to hate her. I didn't trust her, and she rubbed me the wrong way from the get-go.I wanted nothing to do with her, so I ensured I'd avoid her at all costs. It worked for a while, until I found her on the side of the road in the middle of the night...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  suspense
  • Happier Than We Deserve: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Melissa Halcomb

    Happier Than We Deserve: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Melissa Halcomb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    That terrible event Elizabeth and her family has ever dreaded has come to pass and brought with it changes which none of them could have anticipated...
  • Frozen Kiss by E.C. Land

    Frozen Kiss by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Frozen in heart to others, can he be that way with me?BlakeMy life is turned upside down. Or maybe right-side up. I’m not sure, but either way, it’s in the hands of a man I just met. A man I feel a connection to and decide to give him my trust. Maybe the fact he’s friends with my brother helps.Danger surrounds us all, and I’m not sure if I’m strong enough to handle what’s coming...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Edge of Defiance by Trish Loye

    Edge of Defiance by Trish Loye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    E.D.G.E. Security is a cover for a covert international organization that handles jobs most governments won’t. The operators are the elite of the elite, soldiers and spies, chosen for their skills and secrecy, and their ability to go beyond the edge. Secrets attract Cassie Kwon and as a reporter, it’s her job to expose them, no matter who disapproves or disagrees...
  • Stolen Fate by S. Nelson

    Stolen Fate by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This isn’t your typical story about boy meets girl then they fall in love and live happily ever after. No. This is a story about deception and betrayal at its finest. This is a story about hatred and attraction which does everything in its power to destroy two people...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  new-adult  steamy
  • A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the one man she can never forgive…or forget.Lexi Mattingly, a hotshot Pentagon security specialist, can’t escape her past. Sent down to Little Creek to track down hackers attempting to infiltrate Top Secret naval databases, the last man she expects to run into is the ruggedly handsome Navy SEAL she left in Coronado a lifetime ago...
  • Rescuing Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Kate Beauford

    Rescuing Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Kate Beauford

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An arrogant gentleman concerned with family pride. A spirited young lady who vows only to marry for love. What happiness can they find if they are forced to wed?Fitzwilliam Darcy distrusts the workers employed to prepare Netherfield Park for the much-awaited ball...
  • Ending With Forever by Lan LLP

    Ending With Forever by Lan LLP

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ending with Forever The conclusion of Beginning with Forever and Finding our Forever… If you love someone more than your own life, what would you be willing to sacrifice to keep her safe? The world and everything you’ve worked most of your life to procure? That is CEO Carson Bradley’s Catch-22...
  • Midnight Escape by Rebecca Deel

    Midnight Escape by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Saving her sister might require the ultimate sacrifice. Brenna Mason's sister has been missing for more than a week. She failed Dana years before with disastrous consequences. She won't do it again. She's determined to find Dana and bring her home. But someone is just as determined to stop her. Within hours of her arrival in town, Brenna's life is threatened...
  • The Perfect Murder by Kat Martin

    The Perfect Murder by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is back with her most thrilling novel yet in the Maximum Security series—The Perfect Murder.The eldest of the three wealthy Garrett brothers, Reese Garrett is in the middle of a major purchase for his multimillion-dollar oil and gas company, Garrett Resources. The Poseidon offshore drilling platform venture will greatly enhance the company’s value...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  book  contemporary  crime  family  fiction
  • Hades: An Underworld Love Story by Cyn

    Hades: An Underworld Love Story by Cyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Harley Bringing life into the world is what I’m best at, but when he walks into my life, everything seems to shift. I no longer know what my purpose is in life because he is all I see. Hades is intimidating and controlling—everything I know I should run from. He reminds me too much of my a cruel man who ran a motorcycle club and destroyed my childhood...
    Categorized as:
    kidnapping  dark  urban  romance  fiction  female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc
  • Secret Sauce by Jill Sanders

    Secret Sauce by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trent owns one of the highest profiled restaurants in New York. His food and secret recipes are highly sought after. His personal life follows his successful career, beautiful women hang on his every word. But, when his restaurant receives a bad review from one of the highest profiled food critics, things take a turn for the worse...
  • Edge of Honor by Trish Loye

    Edge of Honor by Trish Loye

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
  • The Long Road to Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Renata McMann, Summer Hanford

    The Long Road to Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Renata McMann, Summer Hanford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fitzwilliam Darcy has nearly everything a gentleman could want. Looks, wealth, connections. He lacks but one aspect of a perfect life, a bride. He’s chosen Miss Elizabeth Bennet to fill the role but when he proposes, to his utmost chagrin, she refuses him in no uncertain terms. His heart stomped on by a country miss who is by no societal measure his equal, he can’t imagine a worse moment...
  • The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy by Lucy Marin

    The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy by Lucy Marin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have no notion who I am meant to be. IN 1789 A TERRIBLE CRIME IS COMMITTED, plunging one family into grief as another rejoices in the gift of an unexpected son. Two decades later, a chance meeting leads to the discovery of the lost heir of Pemberley and the man who knew himself as Mr William Lucas is restored to his birthright as Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley...
    Categorized as:
    classics  dark  kidnapping  adult  angst  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Golden Darkness by Viola Grace

    Golden Darkness by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Janessa’s bond was sold to a mining consortium. If she can make it five years, she’s free. A blood-drinking Hmrain stops her plans.Janessa’s bond was sold to a mining company. She had no idea if she would be administration or grunt work. She could do either, but her learning issues meant that she was more likely to end up working to death...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  adult  aliens  book  fiction  futuristic  monsters
  • Bang for the Buck by Margaret Madigan

    Bang for the Buck by Margaret Madigan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grady “Buck” McCormick blows shit up for a living as the explosives and demolitions expert on his SEAL team. He grew up on a thoroughbred farm in Kentucky, but he joined the Navy to escape the pain of watching his mom die a long, slow death of cancer. Since then he’s lived with the guilt and dedicated his life to protecting others, carefully guarding his heart along the way...
  • Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’ll never give up on finding her baby. And neither will the sheriff of Whistler.For five years, Cora Reeves has searched for her baby, who went missing in a fire—a baby she swears is still out there. When the private investigator sniffing out clues ends up dead, Sheriff Jacob Maverick’s on the cold case. As old evidence takes on new meaning, Jacob is deperate to ensure Cora’s safety...
  • Cooper by Eve Riley

    Cooper by Eve Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The right path can save a life…Growing up in foster care, the only true friends Cooper Jones had were the black hat hackers at the community center. At eighteen, after being caught by the government for hacking into Homeland Security, The Agent in Charge, impressed by Coop’s skills, determined he needed to work for the government instead of hacking them...
  • Her Master's Christmas by Lily White

    Her Master's Christmas by Lily White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am a Master. You must know this fact to understand my story. I’m not here to offer you a delightful or cheerful holiday story. It is not my job to fill up your heart with the festive spirit of the season. It doesn’t make sense for me to subscribe to the spirit of the season when it’s one of the things I work so hard to extinguish in the courtesans I train...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  romance  steamy  alpha-mc  wlw  multi-pov  slavery
  • Breaking Shadows by Melissa Sinclair

    Breaking Shadows by Melissa Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quinn Sanders has been hiding from her past for longer than she would care to admit. Her life revolves around A Place to Hope, but recently someone has been preying on the kids who visit the center, someone who thinks none of the kids will be missed...
  • Savage Desire by Constance O'Banyon

    Savage Desire by Constance O'Banyon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    GOLDEN GODDESS Abducted by two brutes, frightened beyond despair, beauty Mara Golden was elated to be rescued by the tall dark Indian. His bare chest was smooth and rippled with muscle. Soft buckskin hugged his long lean legs, and all she desired was to be crushed in his strong protective arms. She had been courted by countless suitors -- but she had finally found her true love..
  • Secrets of Betrayal by L.K. Shaw

    Secrets of Betrayal by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *this book contains dark elements that may be difficult for some readers*Betray (verb): to deliver to an enemy by treacherySold to a sex trafficker by her drug-dealing boyfriend, Phebe Lawson possessed first-hand knowledge of the secrets of betrayal. She’d given up all hope. Her life no longer held any meaning...
  • Jingled by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Jingled by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Santa is going to be extra naughty with the sweet little elf he’s claimed as his own! SusieSanta just kidnapped me. No, seriously. I’m not drunk on the eggnog. I was at the hospital’s annual Christmas party when the bearded mountain man scooped me up and put me on the back of his motorcycle.He says I’m his, and he’s keeping me.Forever.RogueI saw her. I wanted her. I took her...
  • Becky’s Seal by Julia Bright

    Becky’s Seal by Julia Bright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Becky Chiasson doesn’t think she’ll ever get free from the group holding her hostage until a formidable SEAL team shows up to save the day. In the time she has with the team, Becky connects with Forest ‘Astro’ Dunn and promises to call when she gets settled at home. But Becky never makes it home. Her ex kidnaps her, trapping her in his house...
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