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  • 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..
  • The Cartel by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    The Cartel by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every year, and The Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret. The secret is his illegitimate son, Carter Jones...
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    crime  dark  drama  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HE'LL KEEP HIS COMMITMENTS NO MATTER WHAT. Brad Steel is in love. Daphne Wade is more than just his wife-to-be and the mother of his unborn child. She's his destiny. Fate brought them together, and he vows to protect her. His determination doesn't waver when he learns a secret about his bride - a secret she herself doesn't know...
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    drama  family  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Surrender by Helen Hardt

    Surrender by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Jonah Steel has fallen in love with Melanie Carmichael but still lives with the guilt that consumes him as he tries to unravel the mystery of his family's past. A new threat has surfaced, and he finds himself trapped in a web of deceit and lies. Melanie loves Jonah but has yet to surrender completely to his needs. Meanwhile, a new friend uncovers more information and more questions...
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    crime  dark  drama  family  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Flare by Helen Hardt

    Flare by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The wildly popular Steel Brothers Saga continues with Flare, which ramps up the suspense as Brock Steel tries to uncover his family’s secrets while Rory Pike does everything in her power to keep her own secrets buried. The Steel family won’t go down on his watch… Rory Pike never imagined she’d fall for a Steel, but she has—Brock Steel, a renowned womanizer, no less...
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    drama  family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Melt by Helen Hardt

    Melt by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Jonah Steel is intelligent, rich, and hard-working. As the oldest of his siblings, he was charged by his father to protect them. He failed in the worst way. Dr. Melanie Carmichael has her own baggage. Although the renowned therapist was able to help Jonah’s brother, she is struggling with feelings of inadequacy...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  family  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • 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...
  • Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March

    Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a new dangerously sexy alpha hero... The only permanent thing in my life is the ink I put on my clients. I drift from city to city, in and out of beds, from one tattoo shop to the next. Every time I start to put down roots, I rip them up. Until New Orleans. Until her. She’s everything I’m not. Full of fire and life...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  crime  dark  drama  family  multi-pov  organized-crime  steamy
  • La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx

    La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband." - Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans...
  • Secret by Penelope Sky

    Secret by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She saved my life. She promised she wouldn't intervene, that her loyalty was to her family, not me. But she did it anyway. Now everything is different. I can feel it with every kiss, every time she's underneath me. This isn't a meaningless fling anymore. It's so much more. I know it...and she knows it...
  • 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...
  • Loyalty by Bethany-Kris

    Loyalty by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fresh out of prison after serving a three-year sentence, Johnathan Marcello wants to get back to normal business as a mafia capo. The rules set out for him are clear—keep out of trouble, maintain a low profile, and stay stable. But stability is a delicate balance for a man like John, and shaky ground is only a single step away...
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    crime  dark  drama  family  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult
  • 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...
  • A Single Touch by W. Winters

    A Single Touch by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Single Touch is Book 3 and the FINAL book of the Irresistible Attraction series. A Single Glance must be read first...
  • 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...
  • Caelian by Bella J.

    Caelian by Bella J.

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I had to run. It was that, or marry a man my father auctioned me to when I was a little girl. I knew my father wouldn’t make it easy, but color me surprised when he sends Caelian Del Rossa to find me. The man is a menace. Arrogant. Infuriating. Enigmatic. He thinks he’s my knight in shining armor. I’m convinced he’s nothing more than my father’s retriever...
  • Bound by Family by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Family by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cooper Cruz knows what it means to be surrounded and bound by family. Loyalty, brotherhood, and protection are all learned, earned, and respected by him and the Ravage Motorcycle Club family he grew up in. At the same, he’s a man, having fun and living the life he has always envisioned, until a trip to Florida changes everything...
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
  • Shade: Northern Grizzlies MC by M. Merin

    Shade: Northern Grizzlies MC by M. Merin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shade It’s interesting, being the guy in the room that makes everyone else nervous. They’re still my Brothers. We ride, drink, and play cards together but no one wants to hear about what it is I do. Even if my jobs bring in a nice chunk of change for the Northern Grizzlies every month. I never minded my life. Not until that night she and I crossed paths on the road...
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    age-gap  crime  dark  drama  family  steamy  suspense  adult
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes the epic conclusion to the heart-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat gripping, romantic suspense, Hard to Love series.With her I was always on the highest high. That's why it was so easy to fall. I never stood a chance without her. The two of us were made for one another. It's as simple as that. The world could try to rip us apart, but it would fail...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Blue Hearts #2 by Sydney Jamesson

    Blue Hearts #2 by Sydney Jamesson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beth Parker Stone knows what it feels like to be alone. She just didn’t expected to feel that way only three months into her perfect marriage. Ayden Stone is a man who has everything, except the one thing he needs most: the only woman he has ever loved...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  book  fiction
  • Cruel Saint by T.K. Leigh

    Cruel Saint by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gideon:For the past five years, all I’ve thought about is revenge.Shot and left for dead by the people I trusted, only to be taken to an even worse hell, I vowed to make them pay.To make them suffer as I once did.To listen to their pleas for mercy as they draw their final breath.But to do that, I need her.Which comes with its own risks...
  • Marcus by Bethany-Kris

    Marcus by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When falling is easy, people often forget about the crash.The time has finally come for Marcus Guzzi to step into his birthright. He’s the firstborn—the next boss to take over his family’s mafia and he’s never been more ready...
  • 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...
  • Bene by Bethany-Kris

    Bene by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vendetta can change everything … Bene Guzzi is walking a fine line. In his family, the mafia, and even with his own twin. Being a Guzzi principe means he doesn't have time to be a screw up, so he needs to fix it and fast. Vanna Falco is nothing that she seems. Her angel's face hides a past filled with pain and her secrets might be enough to finally take the Guzzi family down for good...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Colson by Jessica Gadziala

    Colson by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The club has known peace for so long.Too long, it seemed. And now the president is missing,the supply chain is drying up,and there are threats from within and out.Colson should have had nothing else on his mind.But then there she was.The new neighbor.A woman with her hands full of her own problems should have sent him running, but he just couldn't seem to stay away...
  • Dusk by Aleatha Romig

    Dusk by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, dance with me. Dance with me into the colors of dusk.” ~ Ben Harper.I’ve served my country, a man, and a cause. I’ve given my whole being while at the same time finding its true meaning. There was no way for me to know the day I met the men who were to become my best friends that they would introduce me to the love of my life...
  • Covet: A Dark Mafia Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann

    Covet: A Dark Mafia Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. No one is coming to save me. I am his Fiore now, his flower. To do with as he wishes. And he wants everything . Monster wants my tears, my screams of pleasure, my shudders of fear...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Effortless: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris

    Effortless: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Camilla Donati doesn’t do relationships—it’s just not her thing. She wants a fun time, not a long time. She might be exactly what Tommaso Rossi needs to make his vacation from the responsibilities as a Capo, a break worth taking. He didn’t expect to find a woman like her with a mind full of filth. She didn’t expect a man who would shatter all of her rules with only a grin...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  family  organized-crime  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Blame It on the Shame: Part 3 by Ashley Jade

    Blame It on the Shame: Part 3 by Ashley Jade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's something lurking in all of us. Something we hide and shelter from those we love in order to protect them. A darkness we try to suppress because we're ashamed of who that makes us. Because that's the thing about Shame. It wounds us. It damages us. Or, for the few poor souls out there like me...it defines us. It's there—in the shadows, beneath the surface...just waiting...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  multi-pov  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • His Queen by Bella J.

    His Queen by Bella J.

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew loving him would be my downfall.I just didn’t think it would happen so soon.There’s always a price to pay when you’re loved by a man like Nicoli Del Rossa.He’s my king. The captor of my heart.But with the Dark Sovereign empire comes savage enemies thirsting for bloodshed, and when a mafia war is raging, buried secrets are brought to the surface...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  drama  family  organized-crime  multi-pov  age-gap  crime
  • Retaliate by M.N. Forgy

    Retaliate by M.N. Forgy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being the Vice President of the Sin City Outlaws Motorcycle Club comes with its perks. Respect, power, and easy women whenever I want. I have control in everything I do. Because of that, I wasn’t expecting my president to put me on babysitting duty, and on a female cop of all fucking people. I kill law enforcement, not protect them...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • 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...
  • Duty by Bethany-Kris

    Duty by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They say heavy is the head that wears the crown … Andino Marcello’s world is turned upside down when he becomes the next heir apparent to the Marcello empire. He was comfortable in his place as a Capo, but comfort is for the weak in the world of mafioso. The boss’s seat is waiting...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  family  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Deathly: The Dillon Sisters by Brynne Asher

    Deathly: The Dillon Sisters by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’m a fraud. Or an imposter. I’m certainly a hypocrite. I offer advice for a living. Encourage my patients to make wise decisions—help them help themselves to walk through life stronger, healthier, happier. Isn’t that the goal? To live our best lives? If only I practiced what I preach. I wasn’t always like this. Every move I make lately is the opposite of smart...
  • Respect by Jay Crownover

    Respect by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who called a corrupt kingdom home sweet home. Protected and sheltered from the worst the world had to offer, she fell in love with the crumbling city that burned and blazed around her. Every dirty corner, every scary shadow, found a place within her heart. So did a man who was violent and dangerous, just like the streets she claimed as her own...
  • Destino by Sienna Mynx

    Destino by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mira Ellison is poised to have it all. In 1989, she is the first prominent African American fashion designer redefining change for both beauty and style among the renowned in Italy. That happens until the evening she meets a tall, mysteriously charming Sicilian businessman who orchestrates a friendship that awakens a wicked sexual heat she has long forgotten...
  • You Don't Know Me by Georgia Le Carre

    You Don't Know Me by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The sexy spin off standalone to the bestselling, You Don't Own me (The Russian Don series) is available now to Preorder. You do not have to read 'You Don't On me' books 1 & 2 as this Bad Boy Mafia Romance is Noah's story and can be read as a complete standalone and has guaranteed HEA. Tasha I knew Noah Adamovich was trouble the first time our eyes locked. I was sixteen that summer...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • Brothers in Arms by Penny Dee

    Brothers in Arms by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Someone is going to pay. But who? CADE They took someone from me. And I’m going to make them pay. In blood. But before I can do that, I have to make sure my girl is safe. And I will do whatever I have to, even break my own heart, to make sure she survives. Because she is my queen. My everything. INDY He’s changed...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Nyx: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Nyx: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nyx is the night.He's the dark.The monster under your bed.The demon in your dreams.He's a child's savior.The slayer of filth.A guardian no one dare cross.But there's blood on his hands, rage in his heart, black in his soul, and he's caught my eye... And his demons? They want me...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Rectify by M.K. Gilher

    Rectify by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even the most talented surgeon can’t rectify a broken heart. Dr. Jacade Jordan turned my life upside down in less than a week. He came out of nowhere and penetrated my body and soul. This dominating and bewildering man could possibly be my soul mate. But his Mafia connection with my ex has put me and my loved ones in danger. I should cut ties now and move on while there's still a chance...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  multi-pov  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
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