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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...
  • Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ON THE RUN FOR HER LIFE Small-town girl Evie Avery’s dream vacation has become her worst nightmare. Now she's on the run in a foreign country, and has no idea why. NO ROOM FOR ERROR Navy SEAL, Aiden O’Malley, had his reasons for turning his back on Evie all those months ago, but he hasn’t been able to get her out of his mind. She changed him, for better or worse...
  • Monk by Winter Travers

    Monk by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Monk. The one who is supposed to put all of the pieces back together.Problem is, he doesn't know where to start.A president still missing.A killer still on the loose.And now Mitzy needs him.Time to find the pieces...
  • Guarding Salvation by Maddie Wade

    Guarding Salvation by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Born into a life of privilege and title, Bram “Bein” McCullum is the son of a Scottish Laird. Yet the deference and rules he has lived by his entire life feel like a straitjacket compared to the wild feeling in his heart that seeks freedom and the cool bite of purpose...
  • Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott

    Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bruno: I sacrificed everything for her. When I saved her from the mafia, I traded my freedom for hers. I’ve never regretted it. Never looked back. I cut her out of my life to keep her safe. She never even knew what I traded for her. I did everything I could to protect her from the retribution of the Italian Mafia, but it wasn’t enough...
  • Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her sister was a world-class jewel thief. But she crossed the wrong person and now Sophie's baby may pay the price. Sophie Valero has spent her life living down her last name. In a family of murderers, thieves, and con artists, she's the black sheep...
  • Darkness Series: Books 1-3 by J.L. Drake

    Darkness Series: Books 1-3 by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *On SALE For A Limited Time! (Regular Price $5.99) The Complete Darkness Trilogy In One Box Set.* DARKNESS LURKS #1 Emily McPhee has struggled to overcome her father’s death...It’s not easy, but Emily finally has the life she wants. She’s an A student at Orange University and has a comfortable home and a great circle of friends...
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    crime  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • Venom's Prize by E.C. Land

    Venom's Prize by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    VenomVenom runs through my veins the same way ice freezes to the midst of winter. I’m not a man to be crossed, nor one to be played with.Danger comes swirling around the club and I do what it takes to keep the targets off my brother’s backs. I’ve killed in war and I have no problem doing it again, whenever the day might come...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Brielle's Nightmare by E.C. Land

    Brielle's Nightmare by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life has been nothing but nightmares. Throughout my entire life, I’ve gone from one into another. Until they finally stopped.I met the man of my dreams and was finally happy raising our children. But before I knew it my past caught up with me.Terrified with losing everything I’ve created, I made a decision that not only affected me, but my family too...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • 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:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • Reveal Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Reveal Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All she wanted was a quiet life… Ria is a magnet for trouble. She’s on the run, living a secret life. She’s being blackmailed by an asshole. And she’s pretty certain the newest Dom at Club Indulgence is a thief, a private investigator or a cop. She’s not sure which is worse. And that is exactly why she should stay away from him...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  steamy
  • Saving Owen by Jane Blythe

    Saving Owen by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His secrets ruined their marriage, can she trust him now to keep her safe?Evangeline "Evie" Walter always looks for the good in people, a trait that usually ends up with her being used and hurt, just like it did in her marriage to Navy SEAL Owen...
  • Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jade and Garret thought the robbery in their neighborhood had nothing to do with them, but the pieces are finally starting to come together. Someone’s been working behind the scenes, pulling the strings to determine Garret’s fate. The timing couldn’t be worse. Jade and Garret are talking things out, becoming even closer, making plans for their future. Plans that might never happen...
  • Fated for Pitch Black by E.C. Land

    Fated for Pitch Black by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Blurb:Pitch BlackDarkness is where I live even in the light of day. I don’t care about anyone except those affiliated with my club. My heart was hardened along time ago, making me good at what I do for my brothers and nothing will ever change that.There are reasons why I’m so good at what I do, but I refuse to talk about it. Not even when my brothers question me. No one can fix what was broken...
  • Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She had survived. She could survive. She would survive again. After a brutal assault and cancer as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre wouldn’t let herself be called a victim. Nikkie Jean wasn’t a victim. She was a survivor. Now a pediatric surgical resident at the best teaching hospital in Texas, Nikkie Jean knows there’s nothing she can’t make it through if she just keeps going...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Rebel by Winter Travers

    Rebel by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grief changes a man.It makes him hard and ruthless.Murder changes a man.It makes vengeance course through his veins.Hard.Ruthless.Vengeance.F*ck with the Royal Bastards, and you'll get f*cked right back...
  • Claiming The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Claiming The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author Glenna Maynard brings readers a new gritty and dark romance novel set in the Royal Bastards MC World.VikingA war is on the horizon. I’m no stranger to fighting.Loyalty and respect are codes I live and die by.My club means everything to me.I’ll do whatever it takes to protect what’s mine.The life we’ve built and the freedom we crave.And her...
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    crime  suspense  contemporary  biker  steamy  dark  fiction  book
  • The Coast Road Home by Vickie McKeehan

    The Coast Road Home by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three years ago, it was a beautiful March Saturday in New Glarus, Wisconsin. The sun was out. The day, a chilly prelude to spring. Divorced mom, Marley Lennox, wanted nothing more than to spend time with her two kids at the family farm, a peaceful setting outside town. They’d all been looking forward to helping tend to the newborn calf and spending a quiet weekend in the countryside...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  romance  contemporary  fiction  female-mc  book  adult
  • Face the Music by Velvet Vaughn

    Face the Music by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You can’t silence the truth.Ever since their chance encounter on the crowded streets of New York City, COBRA Securities Co-Founder Luke Colton can't erase Layla Brooks from his thoughts. It wasn't just her beauty that captivated him, but the look of stark terror on her face. Angry with himself for not following her, knowing she must be in danger, he's shocked when she ends up on his doorstep...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Tempting Fate by Kylie Hillman, Judi Perkins

    Tempting Fate by Kylie Hillman, Judi Perkins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge or the love of his life? Her soul mate versus her family? Whatever they chose, someone loses. Mik and Maddi. Mad Dog and his Angel. Mikhail Kennedy and Madelaine O'Brien. One without the other just doesn't seem right. They're made for each other; soul mates who've survived every obstacle thrown in their way. It should be smooth sailing from now on...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  biker  book  contemporary  drama
  • Empire by Kathy Coopmans

    Empire by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    99 cent special pre-order price. Price increases to 2.99 on release day! From USA Today Best Selling Author EMPIRE is the final book in The Elite Forces Series. It is recommended to read books 1-4 before attempting to read this We've loved. We've lost. We've hated. Our Empire is crumbling right before my eyes...
  • Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The graduation ball sealed her fate.The unmasking ceremony chained her to my side.The most beautiful woman in Andromeda.Cassiopeia Brookes-Stanley, a vision wrapped in sin.Aquamarine eyes that steal my breath and capture my soul.Soft curves that beg for my attention with an innocence she will surrender only to me...
  • Break a King by Stella Andrews

    Break a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Blake. The King of Wall Street and the biggest bastard you’d be unfortunate to meet.A man with many enemies, and that’s just his immediate family.The most ruthless man ever to rule the markets and one who is so cold the air he breathes freezes around him.Strong. Possessive. DominantA man you do everything to avoid and yet dream about at night...
  • Gypsy Soul by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Gypsy Soul by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FelicityThese damn men.Think they get to tell me what to do. All of them.My brothers. My dad.Now Gypsy.I’m sick of it. Tired of being treated like a little girl living in a man’s world.This grown woman can handle herself, and the first man I’m proving that to is the one who shoved his way into my life.And threatens every day to end up in my bed.Not happening. I don’t care how good he looks naked...
  • Master Of My Mind by Jenna Jacob

    Master Of My Mind by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Biggest Club Genesis Book Yet! After the shocking death of my Master left me stunned, the revenge his ex-wife and daughter sought was almost as devastating. Seeking refuge at Club Genesis, my one safe haven, I returned to heal and get back on my own two feet. But I soon learned that fate had other plans for Leagh Bennett...
  • Depraved by Debra Webb

    Depraved by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Depraved is the tenth book in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Faces of Evil series. The finale is coming! Are you ready? Have you ordered Heinous, book 9? Don't miss a single book in this terrifyingly fast paced series! The serial killer obsessed with Deputy Chief Jess Harris has finally been cornered but the body count is still rising...
  • Boss Romance by Victoria Quinn

    Boss Romance by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I know what it's like to not have a father.Or a mother.I don't want Diesel to know how that feels. Maybe I should stay out of it, but I can't.I love him too much.Just when I think everything is going well, the unexpected happens. The enemy that's been lurking in the shadows finally presents themselves. And it wasn't who I expected...
  • Blaze by Dale Mayer

    Blaze by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the all new K9 Files series reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Steel in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer. Pssst..
  • Malevolent by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox

    Malevolent by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was on the brink of death and an angel pulled me from its clutches.RatiAt a club barbeque we were shot up by enemies. I was with our VP's daughter and covered her body to shield her from the gunfire. Thankfully, she was spared from the bullets, but I wasn't as lucky.I could barely breathe and blood was effortlessly flowing out of my body...
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    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  medical
  • A Perfect Escape by Maddie James

    A Perfect Escape by Maddie James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A changed identity. A secluded beach. A sniper. Megan Thomas is running for her life. From Chicago, from the mob, from her husband. She runs to the only place she feels safe-a secluded cottage on an east coast barrier island. Smyth Parker is running from life. From work, from society, from a jealous ex-wife-his only consolation the solitude of Newport Island...
  • Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Run: Gemma Falls never expected to use her game theory expertise to outrun a killer. But for years, that skill is all that kept her one step ahead of a deadly stalker. When Gemma gets the chance to teach at D.C. University, she hopes she and her young daughter have found a safe harbor...
  • Catherine Coulter the FBI Thrillers Collection Books 6-10 by Catherine Coulter

    Catherine Coulter the FBI Thrillers Collection Books 6-10 by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Start with the “vivid characters and fast-moving plotlines”* of Hemlock Bay…and you’ll soon be speeding your way through these five novels in the “suspense-filled series” (Booklist) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author starring agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock...
  • Monster by Erin Trejo

    Monster by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I  transferred from another chapter to Miami.  I needed a change and this was it. I fell into line with the rest of the guys here. The day I get shot is the day my life changes. Left at a local doctor's office to heal, I met her. She was different. She wasn't your normal type of girl. I could be myself with her...in the dark. In the light I was the monster I was named after...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Sex, Lies & Bourbon by Kris Calvert

    Sex, Lies & Bourbon by Kris Calvert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FBI Agent, Win Holloway is going home to Kentucky—and not under the best of circumstances. At odds with his father since turning his back on the family’s lucrative and long-standing bourbon empire, the blond haired golden boy is a star at the Bureau, but a turncoat with his family and their distillery, Winter Bourbon...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • One Filthy Man by James Crow

    One Filthy Man by James Crow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhiannon The high-walled mansion seems almost impenetrable. My contact talks of one man and up to 100 women behind those walls. It could be the trafficking of sex slaves, some twisted sex cult, or even a brothel. Either way, uncovering criminals in the trade of women is my job – my life. I want the scoop – want to expose this one man’s terrible secrets and nail his sorry ass...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • Triton: Soulless Bastards MC Daytona Chapter by Erin Trejo

    Triton: Soulless Bastards MC Daytona Chapter by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Triton: I took care of my sister the best I could after our parents died. I wasn’t the best big brother. I had my club to think about and dealing with a teenager wasn’t high on my list of things to do. Neither was that little surfer girl. She was mouthy and full of passion, something I wanted. But with all good things, it had to come to an end...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Dakota Peace by Megan Kinney

    Dakota Peace by Megan Kinney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She went looking for peace, but trouble found her.After a traumatic call, emergency dispatcher Natalia Brynner flees the city, desperate for some distance from her stressful life. Her peace is short lived when a flat tire strands her on the other side of South Dakota with nothing but her high heels and a speeding ticket...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  christian  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Brick by S. Nelson

    Brick by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LoyaltyHonorTwo traits I prided myself on. I’d take a bullet for any single one of my Knights Corruption brothers. In fact, I had—two to be exact. I believed in codes, following them without question. But everything shifted the first time I saw her, a gorgeous and classy redhead who was out of my league.She also happened to be the daughter of a fellow member, therefore completely off-limits...
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    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Ghost by Kasey Krane, Savannah Rylan

    Ghost by Kasey Krane, Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's not like other girls.Mercy is smart, sophisticated, and out of my f*cking league.She was a nurse once, But money was tight and stripping was easier.Now that asshole, Eagle, wants her back with the Silver Knights.Oh hell no.I'm not letting go of Mercy.Not now.Not ever.Sure, we're opposites.But opposites attract.And I'll do anything to protect her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Desire's Addiction by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Desire's Addiction by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She spent months as a captive...until they set her free.Talya is smart and stubborn…and that’s why she’s spent two months as a prisoner to the mafia. They’ll let her go if she gives them what they want, but Talya would rather die than risk dangerous biochemical information falling into the wrong hands. And she probably will die–after all no one is coming to save her...
  • Barracuda by Winter Travers

    Barracuda by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Barracuda is back. Ready to right all his wrongs and protect the ones he loves.Even the ones he didn't even know about..
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  age-gap  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Fallen Angel, Part II by Tracie Podger

    Fallen Angel, Part II by Tracie Podger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part II of the Fallen Angel series When Brooke Stiles had said, “It was in a small room in an office block in Washington, DC, that my life changed, forever,” she had no idea of the enormity of that statement. Just a few short months ago, Brooke, had lived a quiet suburban life in the UK...
  • WYLDER by Kristina Weaver

    WYLDER by Kristina Weaver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. And I mean it. Really mean it. You've been warned :) The Wylders have only one goal in life, avenging their murdered sister. But when they meet the woman they were meant to love, sometimes revenge isn’t the only thing that can change a man..
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  anthologies  contemporary  dark  fiction  humor
  • Watch Over Me: A Small Town Romantic Suspense by Kait Nolan, The Forge Book Finishers

    Watch Over Me: A Small Town Romantic Suspense by Kait Nolan, The Forge Book Finishers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The only thing Rowan Beale ever wanted was to be a cop. But in the wake of her partner’s death, she still hasn’t been cleared to return to duty. Amid rumors of PTSD and struggling under the weight of survivor’s guilt, she’s starting to believe she never will be. Already at loose ends, when her Uncle Robert has a heart attack, she doesn’t hesitate to go to Wishful to take care of him...
  • Reclaimed by Elizabeth Knox

    Reclaimed by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s always belonged to me, even when she wasn’t with me. We didn’t work well in past, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work well now. She understands every broken part of me, moreso then my own flesh and blood. I didn’t do a good job being her man when we were kids and now’s the time to make up for that...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • Full Force by Elle James

    Full Force by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She saw something she shouldn't have... now they want her dead. Ever since she left the foreign embassy where she was working, translator Emily Chastain has been targeted by someone who wants to silence her permanently. Fearing for her life, Emily contacts Declan's Defenders and is placed under former marine Mustang Ford's protection...
  • Stone by Linzi Basset

    Stone by Linzi Basset

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Castle Sin is a dark BDSM suspense series Seven Masters Seven Dungeons Seven Times the Kink “I should warn you, Master Eagle, I bite and have been known to scratch.” Peyton Jackson was a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, the best in her field, but in Castle Sin, she was known only as Sub PJ...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  steamy  fiction  contemporary  book  adult  romance
  • Russian Roulette: Russkaya Mafiya Collection by Sapphire Knight

    Russian Roulette: Russkaya Mafiya Collection by Sapphire Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Russian Roulette features the complete collection of the Russkaya Mafiya books of the Russkaya Mafiya/Oath Keepers MC series including Secrets, Corrupted, and Unwanted Sacrifices with bonus short story Corrupted Counterparts. The series is combined due to some common characters. Secrets- Emily I have a secret. I need a savior; someone who can help me be free...
  • In Self Defense by Debra Webb

    In Self Defense by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a tireless newswoman becomes the story… she could lose everything—starting with the family business. To get the scoop on two grisly murders, newspaper publisher Audrey Anderson needs help from Winchester sheriff Colton Tanner—the gorgeous cowboy who betrayed their teenage love...
  • Blind Luck by Olivia Gaines

    Blind Luck by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mr. Yield popped in at a small roadside eatery in Missouri for a bowl of grits, three crispy strips of bacon and a cup of coffee. Already angry at the bullet hole in his leg courtesy of Mr. Stop, the last thing he wanted was trouble. Trouble came calling with the start of an antique watch, a woman named Millicent and obsessive Sheriff...
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