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  • The Mafia and His Obsession: Part 2 by Lylah James

    The Mafia and His Obsession: Part 2 by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I lived in the darkness for so long. No life. No choice. The devil owned me, body and soul—but not my heart. It was the only part of me which could never be claimed… …or so I thought. Viktor weaved his way into my heart and imprinted on my soul. He made it clear he was there to stay. Even when the darkness blinded us, he never left my side...
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    angst  captivity  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  abuse  adult
  • 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...
  • Filthy Secret by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Secret by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It's the dawn of a new age...Secrets—you know my family is founded on them.You just don’t know how much they’re suffocating us.Lies—my marriage hinges on one.You know that I chose to protect the wrong woman.I kept the past buried like a coward. Now, I feel the constraints of my choices like they’re a chokehold.I know that it’s time to tell my wife the truth...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • Fallen Saint by Monica James

    Fallen Saint by Monica James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just as this nightmare began, I once again find myself bound, destination unknown. However, this time, my kidnapper is the man who shattered my world beyond repair. Aleksei Popov—Russia’s number one mobster, and the man I was sold to. His intentions for me are clear—submit, obey him, and call him master—but I won’t surrender. I’m not like the other girls...
  • Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

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

    Addicted to Love by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At sixteen years old, Carly Mills was taught a very valuable lesson about just how cruel people can be. In the years since, she's carried that with her, closing herself off from the world to avoid experiencing the same heartbreak she endured at such a young age. Enter Chance Turner...
  • Buttons and Lace by Penelope Sky

    Buttons and Lace by Penelope Sky

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

    The Hatter's Game, Part II by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Malcolm Khalaji is missing. And Seong-Jae Yoon is the only one who can find him. But to do so means walking paths he swore he would never tread again. Descending into the blackest hallways of a twisted and sadistic mind. Breaking down every wall he's ever built around himself, to try to predict what Sila will do next...
  • Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I OWN YOU NOW” She made a big mistake. You don’t blackmail a Tacone. Coming to me with a threat? Unacceptable. If she needs money, she’ll have to ask nicely. But once I give it to her, we both know what it means: She belongs to me. I do my best to hold back. Give her respect. Trouble is, I can’t keep my hands off her...
  • Ace of Hearts by Renee Rose

    Ace of Hearts by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "I hit the jackpot with this sexy page turner."  ~USA Today Bestselling Author Vanessa Vale THE SWEET LITTLE SONGBIRD'S IN MY CAGE NOW. She owes the Family money. Big money. And I'm the guythey sent to put the squeeze on her. So now she's playing at my casino.Strutting around on my stage in her tight little shorts. Killing me softly...
  • The Rising by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    The Rising by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You can't rise from the ashes if you've never been burned.When notorious mafia boss Danny Black and lethal assassin James Kelly join forces to hunt down a mutual, elusive nemesis that threatens to destroy them both and take control of their city, they know they will be entering a deadly game...
  • Broken Hearts by Stella Hart

    Broken Hearts by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I love him, and it’s killing me… I never thought this would happen, but here I am—a willing captive to the most sinfully-handsome serial killer the world has ever seen. I belong to him now, the man who is both my savior and my downfall. The man who will probably destroy me one day, just like he’s destroyed so many others before me. If I want to live, I have to be a good girl...
  • Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox

    Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox

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

    Tears Of Betrayal by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new standalone, full-length romantic suspense novel.My father is the head of the Bratva, but being born out of wedlock, I’ve never been a part of that world.Until a hit is taken out on me. I’m kidnapped in the dead of night and waking up, it’s to come face to face with Demitri Vetrov...
  • Tully: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance (Dangerous Doms) by Jane Henry

    Tully: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance (Dangerous Doms) by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart

    Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dexter crossed with 50 Shades: enter a world filled with dark secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I’m coming for her… I’ve watched her, I’ve hunted her, and now I’m here to claim her. Celeste Riley, my pretty little angel. Soon to be my pretty little captive. She pretends she’ll never want a killer like me, but we both know that isn’t true...
  • War by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell

    War by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The kind of life I’ve lived, it haunts you. Stains you. Destroys you. It took everything from me. My love. My family… my transgressions were paid with Tor and Cayla’s blood and I want revenge. Blood. Death. His head in my hands.I’ve lost everything, and all that’s left to do is end the men who took them from me. Betrayal. Secrets. Vengeance.This is war...
  • Wild Card by Renee Rose

    Wild Card by Renee Rose

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

    Pitch Dark by A.M. Wilson, Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One girl disappeared. After fifteen years, her cold lifeless body was found on the damp forest floor. Not an inch of her was unmarked by the horrors she endured. Alone, malnourished, abused in horrific ways; this was how she died. One girl was found walking the streets, covered in dirt and scars. She had no memory of who she was, where she came from, or what happened to her...
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    age-gap  angst  captivity  crime  dark  kidnapping  slow-burn  suspense
  • Pure White Rose by Fawn Bailey

    Pure White Rose by Fawn Bailey

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I will punish you for every step you take away from me." She's finally mine, but she won't admit it. My little rose thinks she can still run away from me. She should know better by now. I'm ready to do whatever it takes to stop her from getting away. Hurt her. She'll have the bruises to show for it. F*ck her. Until she never wants another man. Punish her...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  captivity  crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  abuse
  • Sin: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Sin: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sin's a born sinner. His name was earned. His reputation is feared. Before he was Sin, he was Padraig, and Padraig?Makes Sin look innocent, and that makes me want him, and all his darkness, more than ever. But then, I'm a spoiled brat—until I can't be that anymore. Until my kingdom crashes down around me, and I become a nobody. A nothing. But to Sin? I could never be nothing...
  • His Queen of Clubs: A Bratva / Dark Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    His Queen of Clubs: A Bratva / Dark Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    SORRY, PRINTSESSA, FREEDOM ISN'T IN THE CARDS FOR YOU.YOU'RE MINE NOW. I came for revenge.The Tacone Family wiped out the Chicago mafiya.My bratva. My family.So I captured their little sister.Now that I have her, I don't want to let her go.I'd rather keep her forever--my captive bride.They'll pay a dowry instead of ransom.At the end of the day, the girl and the fortune will be mine...
  • Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The mayhem continues for the Knight's Legion MC…Storm. My protector. I need his darkness, like he needs my light. After surviving an abusive relationship, I swore off men. Until the President of the Knight’s Legion MC crashes into my life, holding me captive with his haunted gray eyes. Storm is a force to be reckoned with and I welcome the chaos— it makes me feel alive. He owns me. Body and soul...
  • Secrets by Aleatha Romig

    Secrets by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The twisted and intriguing storytelling that you loved in Consequences and Infidelity is coming back at you with an all-new alpha anti-hero in the dark romance series Web of Sin, by New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig. I’m Sterling Sparrow. You’ve no doubt heard my name or read it on the top of tall buildings. There’s more to my business—my realm—than what is seen aboveground...
  • 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...
  • Black Hat Hacker (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi

    Black Hat Hacker (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Although part of the Chicago Syndicate world, Black Hat Hacker is a complete standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series. You don’t know me. But that’s only because I don’t want you to. I have the most lucrative job in the country as a hacker in the notorious underworld...
  • Limit by Molly McAdams

    Limit by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final breathtaking installment in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams’s REBEL series. Protecting people isn’t simply my job—it’s engrained in me. It doesn’t atone for my countless sins. There’s no washing the blood off my hands after a lifetime in the mob. I just want to save those who can’t save themselves...
  • Doll Face: A Doll Face Novel by Sadie Grubor, V Fiorello

    Doll Face: A Doll Face Novel by Sadie Grubor, V Fiorello

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hide the sharp objects and prepare your alibi, the Doll Face Series is your newest dark delight. Most kids don't grow up wanting a dead-beat dad. Those kids don't understand how much worse it can truly be. How it feels to grow up wishing your father was a neglectful dead-beat and not a living nightmare. I did. I do. And my safest place is to hide among the monsters. So, that's what I do...
  • Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A life for a life. That was the code they lived by. After their Don was gunned down, things changed. This was no longer a life for a life situation. A coward had tried to make a name for himself by taking on their family. It was time for the DeLucas to show their enemies just how brutally savage their bloodline could be...
  • For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Cam can be read as standalone, but it's advised to read book 3 For Adriano before book 4. Book 1 and 2 center around another couple.Camilla Guillermo’s life has been turned upside down ever since she joined the Chicago Syndicate and was reunited with Adriano Montesi, the cocky and charismatic Mafia man who captured her heart two years ago...
  • Bulletproof by Reese Knightley

    Bulletproof by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a glimpse.- A chance encounter left an impression and Wolfgang Brandt was hooked. When Caleb turns eighteen in two months, Wolf is going to be at that birthday party come hell or high water. He doesn’t care if he has to fly across the world to be there. But then things go south and Wolf is left reeling when Caleb goes missing...
  • Torian by Eden Summers

    Torian by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From International bestselling author, Eden Summers, comes a seductive forbidden romance destined to leave you breathless. I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resemble the devil so closely it frightens me.We were meant to hate each other.To despise and detest.But his appeal is so much greater than the playboy smile and body built for sin.What I'm doing is wrong.What I'm feeling is immoral...
  • Burned Cinder by Jagger Cole

    Burned Cinder by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE The boys are back, and an old face from Seong-Jae’s past plunges BPD Detectives Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon from a two-month suspension right into the depths of hell — and into one of the most horrific, grisly cases of Malcolm’s life. He's never seen anything like it...
  • The Bayou Never Tells by Chelley St. Clair

    The Bayou Never Tells by Chelley St. Clair

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The only thing darker than the waters of the Louisiana bayou are the secrets it holds. I’d know—I’ve buried more than a few myself.She was supposed to be one of them.I was the boy who never had a chance, an orphan recruited by the devil himself, until the family I never knew gave me something to live for...
  • Leith by Jane Henry

    Leith by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cairstina Reilly was locked in silence when I found her.When I ravaged my way through weak men to save her.When I killed for her.Now our fates are tangled together in a web of lies, danger, and betrayal.I have to take her hostage.Drag her from her silent, private world,And force her into mine...
  • The Redemption of Roan by Kathy Coopmans

    The Redemption of Roan by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Roan Diamond’s loyalty to the family may be obligated by blood, but nobody ever said he had to love them all, right? As the next in line to head the Diamond dynasty, he has loose ends to take care of, and one of those is his brother Royal. Yet his plans for revenge fall apart the minute he lays eyes on Alina—Royal’s ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be the daughter of the rival Solokov family...
  • Joker's Wild by Renee Rose

    Joker's Wild by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HE KIDNAPPED ME. HELD ME PRISONER. I knew Junior Tacone was dangerous. I worked for him once taking care of his mother. I thought when the job was over I’d be safe. Out of his awareness. Out of his reach. But his brother took a bullet and Junior chose me to be his nurse. So I’m his prisoner, trapped in his beautiful house, subject to his rule. And it seems he’s developed a thing for me...
  • The Gift by S.R. Jones

    The Gift by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Keep your friends close, and your enemies in your bed...ANDRIUSI’m the man they all fear. King of the murky world in which I live.A Bratva hitman with no mercy.Then she comes along, courtesy of a mob boss with no morals. She’s given to me.A gift...mine.To own, to keep. To do with as I please.With blonde hair, and violet eyes, and an innocence begging to be tarnished, she torments me...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • Restoration by Tate James

    Restoration by Tate James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s always been about the chase. The prize. The puzzle. The Game. I became the best of the best, Hermes, because no one could catch me. No one could touch me.No one had.Until her.She’s everything I never knew I wanted.She is my life.It’s been one bad call after another in this Game. It’s cost the woman I love more than I ever wanted her to have to pay...
  • Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three years ago, Alec and Raegan McClane lived every parent’s worst nightmare: their one-year-old daughter, Emma, was abducted from a park when Alec turned his back for just a moment. Emma was never found, and presumed dead. The crushing trauma, plus Alec’s unbearable guilt, ended the couple’s marriage. Now a four-year-old girl matching Emma’s profile is found wandering a local park...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes

    If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They are marionettes under a concrete sky.Pain shoots through Maeve Campbell’s body when she wakes cold and disoriented, locked in a neglected cement room.Her drowsy eyes sweep the cell and land on a masculine, limp body across the room. Gripping his shoulder, she rolls him to his back, face angling toward her. Only it’s not who she thinks.It’s not her husband.And they aren’t alone...
    Categorized as:
    dark  crime  suspense  kidnapping  angst  slow-burn  captivity  romance
  • Dreamer by Addy Archer

    Dreamer by Addy Archer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Coral sees a chance to reach out for help, she never expected to instantly fall for her savior. But when the men who kidnapped, held her captive, and tormented her return to release a whirl of death and destruction . . . there might not be a chance to fight for newfound love.Dreamer isn’t a softhearted man...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  organized-crime  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake

    Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Like in the past I write genres the way I see them. This is my version of a mafia story...and believe me, book 1, only scratches the surface of the madness that's to come. **A twisted mafia romance about quiet wealth and refined darkness SiennaIt’s been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next...
    Categorized as:
    angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Quiet Secrets by J.L. Drake

    Quiet Secrets by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some secrets are better left untouched. Sienna I’m seeing a war unfold before my eyes. My past and future have now collided, and my heart is split in two.As the battle rages on, secrets surface and truths circle the drain, threatening to suck me under.Elio promised we had the rest of our lives together, but now he’s questioning my history and doubting my loyalty...
  • In His Collar by Patricia D. Eddy

    In His Collar by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nicholas Fairhaven is restless. Gambling became an addiction, then a curse. One that almost stole his family. And his life. When his sponsor begs him to investigate a local BDSM club, Nicholas can’t refuse, but the painful errand yields one interesting encounter—lovely bartender Sofia...
  • Brutal Saint by Luna Kayne

    Brutal Saint by Luna Kayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HARLOW IS HUNTING HER SISTER’S KILLER.AND COLE IS HUNTING HER.COLE SAINTThe woman my family is looking for is the one-night stand I can’t get out of my head, and her life depends on me getting to her first.Harlow is sunshine and light.I live in the shadows, among the dark and the damned, but there’s something about Harlow that makes me want to take care of her...
  • Liam by L.K. Shaw

    Liam by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dublin is mine for the taking.So is Imogen.She's become an obsession. A distraction. All I want is a taste to satisfy my craving.But the minx escapes before I'm done with her. When I find out where she's hiding, she'll think twice about running from the next Dublin King...
  • Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SHE BEAT HIM AT HIS OWN GAME ONCE.NOW IT’S ROUND TWO,AND THIS TIME THEY’RE PLAYING DIRTY.DAGEN SAINTFive years ago, Nyla stole two million dollars from me and disappeared.Now she’s resurfaced, and I’m determined to settle her debt…one way or another...
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