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Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI 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.. -
![Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas]()
Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTasha Volkov has been on the run for three years from a brutal cartel who want her dead. her family.She already paid a heavy price for crossing them, and has the scars to prove it. Her only choice is to keep running, even if the tiny town of Pine Valley feels more like home to her than anywhere else she's ever been... -
![Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts]()
Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith Blossom has hit rock bottom.She’s drowning.Broke, demoralised, tired, and alone, she accepts a job that could be the answer to her problems.So long as she can survive a force of nature bent on destroying everything in his path.Reuben Jones.He’s driven, loyal, stern, and unforgiving.Possessive and protective.Grumpy.And he wants to own her. Dominate and control her.Be her Daddy... -
![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... -
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![Ti Amo (Battaglia Mafia Series) by Sienna Mynx]()
Ti Amo (Battaglia Mafia Series) by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet there be war...Don Giovanni Battaglia will have his revenge. A bloody Mafia war has ravaged the southern region of Italy. Every man, woman, and child born under the name Calderone must be made to atone. That is the law. After two years of blood and bullets, the men sworn to follow without question find themselves wanting peace... -
![Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez]()
Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCain LeBlanc, known as Nova to his brothers, is the Enforcer for the Kings of Retribution MC, Louisiana.He's dedicated to the club, but Nova's entire world revolves around his daughter, Piper. Being a single father doesn't come without its challenges. Making sure his lifestyle doesn't affect his home life is one of them.Never bring a woman home.That's one rule Nova has stood by for years... -
![Voodoo by Kristine Allen]()
Voodoo by Kristine Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 23 of the Royal Bastards MC series. I'm Ogun "Voodoo" Dupre. There's no pretty way to put it, I do the dirty work for my club. When my services are required for a particularly delicate situation, I find myself hesitating for the first time in my life. That hesitation might get me killed. Sometimes you gotta work a little black magic to come out alive... -
![Black Out by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Black Out by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 3 in the Black's Bandits series! This book is about Colt and Angie... -
![Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole]()
Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTor 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... -
![Bullet by Daphne Loveling]()
Bullet by Daphne Loveling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was consumed by vengeance. Living in a dark place that only fire and death can cleanse. Then I found her. She’s running from her past. Closed off and afraid to accept help from anybody else. She’s the light to my shadow. She’s everything I want. Everything I need. There’s no way I’m letting her walk out on what we have... -
![Severe : Carolina Hell Reapers by Keta Kendric]()
Severe : Carolina Hell Reapers by Keta Kendric
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJade Raised by a drug kingpin, you would think that I would be intimately familiar with chaos but the roles in my life were flipped after my father’s death. Boarding school, owning businesses, and mingling with the social elite became my norm.Until one day, the chaos returned... -
![Raven by K.L. Savage]()
Raven by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot even the holidays can make a bastard like me feel better.The guys are all gone for Christmas, but I decide to stay.I'm hunting a horrific serial killer and I can't afford to lose him.I'm regretting that decision when I find her:Beaten, bloodied, and left out in the snow to die.Who is she?That's the problem. Not even she knows... -
![Becoming His by Ami Van]()
Becoming His by Ami Van
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDerrick King He and his brothers are the ruthless heads of a crime family. KINGS. They’ve built their empire to become what it is today, collecting fortune and power, bending rules and taking out whoever stood in their way. Tall, dark and sinfully gorgeous, Derrick as head of the family never went to bed alone yet never slept in a bed with any woman either... -
![Angels & Assassins by K. Alex Walker]()
Angels & Assassins by K. Alex Walker
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTayler Diaz, a pediatric oncologist working in the small town of Yearwood, NC, stumbles upon Gage Wolfe's virtually lifeless body when leaving for the day after a long shift at Yearwood Medical. While phoning for help to get him into the hospital for treatment, Gage makes one last declaration that sends a chill straight to her bones: "Just let me die, love... -
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![Maddox by Megan O'Brien]()
Maddox by Megan O'Brien
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption... -
![Secrets We Keep by L. Wilder]()
Secrets We Keep by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new standalone MC packed with angst, explosive action, and chemistry that will have you begging for more. Rafe: In my world, there are secrets at every turn. It's just the way it is in the MC. Club business is club business. Period. Marlowe Davenport, the club's new bartender, had secrets of her own... -
![Force by Cassandra Robbins]()
Force by Cassandra Robbins
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cassandra Robbins comes an explosive, second- chance, age- gap, standalone love story about the dangerous Disciples enforcer and his fierce, secret obsession.I’ve made two impulsive decisions in my life, and both have involved the notorious enforcer of the Disciples MC.The first, I humiliated myself by spying on him... -
![No Way Out by Amy McKinley]()
No Way Out by Amy McKinley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn action-packed mafia romance about secrets, arranged marriage, and redemption by USA Today Bestselling author Amy McKinley.Max’s endgame is clear—take back what’s rightfully his and punish those who have wronged him.Under the guise of assassin Matteo Trambino, Max infiltrates a vital arm of the Chicago Mafia to protect his Sicilian mentor’s granddaughter, Liliana, from her dangerous father... -
![Raw by Trevion Burns]()
Raw by Trevion Burns
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis was it. She was going to prison. She’d tested Detective Lincoln Hill’s determination one time too many. Underestimated his keen wit. Misjudged his naked resolve. But she couldn’t dwell on how she’d been caught. She couldn’t dwell on anything but the fact that her quest for revenge was officially over. Brought to an end by her best friend... -
![Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe]()
Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBad boy Mick Sinatra feels the heat from the Feds from without, and disloyal men from within. He has no time for love. But when a woman comes along so unlike the dull socialites and supermodels of his past, he wonders if fate is playing a cruel trick on him... -
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Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***THIS IS A TWO-BOOK BUNDLE*** COME – Dirty, Dark, and Deadly Book One THIS IS BOOK ONE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. YOU WILL GET MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS IN THIS BOOK. IF YOU HATE THAT - SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. (It's twisty, complicated, dark, dirty, and ALL the main characters are killers.) My name is James Fenici and you will never see me coming... -
![Blood Sky by S. Massery]()
Blood Sky by S. Massery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKill those who betray you.Never trust someone with nothing to lose.Family is business. Delia I watched my enemies murder my father. On the run, I plot to return home and lead my mafia family as my father did. But some would kill for my inheritance, and unearthing those people from the shadows would be impossible without Jackson... -
![Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt]()
Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI didn't think I could live with them.Turns out, I can't live without them.Rock - the one who takes care of me.Oscar - the one who makes me feel seen.And Neo - the one who lights my soul on fire.They made me see who I really am.Now I may have lost them forever.*This is the conclusion of the Aventine University series featuring Neo, Oscar, Rock, and Willa... -
![Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James]()
Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline... -
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![The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was not the kind of man meant to fall in love. He was the proud enforcer of the Costa Family who perhaps enjoyed the violent, bloody parts of his job a bit too much.All that changed, though, when he was put on a job that had him crossing paths with a woman who changed everything.She was not the kind of woman to have hope. The life she found herself trapped in had very little to look forward to... -
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Safeguard by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA standalone entry in the NYC Doms seriesShe's feisty, gorgeous, impossible.Submissive.And all mine.I don't do half-assed relationships. When I set my sights on the most headstrong, tenacious submissive I've ever met, I'm all in. I'll show her the dark, sensual world she craves, dominate her, and leave her begging for more... -
![Mateo by K.L. Savage]()
Mateo by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven without a memory, the world is a dark and damned place.There are things around us that regular people don’t know about...I know those things.I’ve done those things.It’s the way of this world when you’re on the throne.This temple is rightfully mine.I am the crown.This isn’t just my life.It’s my soul.My empire.My fortress.And her... -
![Dirty Love by Kenya Wright]()
Dirty Love by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’d found God in her eyes and a prayer in the subtle way she moaned. I found my soul, the spirit of humanity between her thighs. Devilish temptress or holy angel, I would have her all to myself. Nothing could happen to her, ever. Not one scratch. Not one frown on her face. I would kill to make her happy. * * * * * From Harlem to Prague, Moscow to St. Petersburg... -
![Dmitry’s Royal Flush: Rise of the Queen by Latrivia S. Nelson]()
Dmitry’s Royal Flush: Rise of the Queen by Latrivia S. Nelson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the popular multicultural author, Latrivia S. Nelson, comes the highly anticipated second installment of the Medlov Crime Family Series, Dmitry's Royal Flush: Rise of the Queen. For Dmitry and Royal Medlov, money doesn’t equal happiness... -
![The Score by Bethany-Kris]()
The Score by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Please Note: The Score is not a standalone title. The first books in the Russian Guns series (The Arrangement, followed by The Life) should be read first* In the mess of love and life, nothing and no one is left untouched... -
![Jason by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Jason by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDanger throws them together. Attraction keeps them from parting. Having lost her best friend, Courtney Davies lives every day like it's her last. Because if life has taught her anything, it's that some are cut far too short without warning. So when sexy former soldier Jason moves to Cradle Mountain, she shouldn't hesitate to express her immediate interest... -
![Playing with Danger by Riley Edwards]()
Playing with Danger by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s strange how quickly life can go from predictable and boring to…not.How a chance meeting can set off a chain reaction.How a single moment can offer much-needed clarity.How a kiss can alter the course of your life.Valentine Malone fell into my life…correction, I fell into his in the aisle of a grocery store... -
![Destino by Sienna Mynx]()
Destino by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMira 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... -
![Mercy by M.N. Forgy]()
Mercy by M.N. Forgy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m an outlaw. I don’t fall in love and I sure as fuck don't run... Until Jillian McAdams. I fell for a law abiding Sheriff, breaking my vows to my own club, and turning her against her family of blue. An outlaw and a sheriff, it can only end in one way… Mayhem. Now we both have to pay the ultimate price for betraying our families... -
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![Restoration by Tate James]()
Restoration by Tate James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’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... -
![Ash: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sophie Lark]()
Ash: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMy Hostage. Her Secret. Our Enemy.Taking the commissioner’s daughter wasn’t part of the plan. It should have been an easy smash and grab. Instead I captured Lara, so scared and helpless…I never want to let her go.I’m obsessed with her. A Bratva shouldn’t be this close to the law. But I can’t keep my hands off her.My desire for this girl is an inferno, threatening to consume everything I hold dear... -
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Atonement by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone must pay for their sins. Call it kismet, destiny, karma, fate or whatever the hell you like, payment will be exacted, the only question is at what cost? Atonement, Volume IV of the Alfonzo mob saga returns and in this edition, Alfonzo's choice not to kill a rat may eventually be his undoing... -
![Aftermath by S.W. Frank]()
Aftermath by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE ALFONZO FAMILY SAGA CONTINUES IN THIS LATEST INSTALLMENT: AFTERMATH: Alfonzo Volume VII "Forgive me father, for I have sinned...again!" -Alfonzo (Aftermath) The families have gathered in Palermo for a final farewell to beloved Capo de tutti, Alberti Luca. During the mourning, there is discourse and a simmering feud between cousins flares into a near fatal brawl... -
![Associates by S.W. Frank]()
Associates by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe charismatic Alfonzo Diaz, his wife Selange, Giuseppe, Nico and the family return in this latest edition of an underground hit, many readers call 'raw' and 'addictive.' Alfonzo knows what is not spoken is found in actions. Observe, listen and often truth is revealed. “Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests... -
![Gabriel's Regret: Book 1 by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia Nelson]()
Gabriel's Regret: Book 1 by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGabriel Medlov has lived two very different lives in his 30 years on this earth, mostly because of his very different parents & paths... -
![Gabriel's Regret: Book Two by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia S. Nelson]()
Gabriel's Regret: Book Two by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia S. Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“There is nothing redeeming in what we do. We are simply bad men.” Dmitry Medlov Russian Billionaire bad-boy Gabriel Medlov is in serious mortal danger... -
![Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant]()
Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe thinks she can win against me… she’s wrong. I am the best art thief in the business. I will not tolerate anyone encroaching on my territory… and that includes Valentina Key.She may be beautiful, intelligent and talented, but in our underworld of crime, I am king. She is about to learn I am willing to do anything to win.And that includes seducing her into submission. Dangerous. Territorial... -
![Wrath by Gwyn McNamee]()
Wrath by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I see is red.Blood.Pain.Rage.It consumes me.The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.I only have one purpose. End him and take back what’s mine. Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin... -
![The Ruthless Nakamuras Box Set by Theodora Taylor]()
The Ruthless Nakamuras Box Set by Theodora Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fan-favorite Nakamura brothers have finally been collected into one crazy hot AMBW boxset! This limited time only set includes HIS ENDURING LOVE, HIS REVENGE BABY, and a sneak peek at Hayato Nakamura's long-awaited novel, TWELVE MONTHS OF KRISTAL.HIS ENDURING LOVEI’ve been hiding nearly all my adult life to protect myself and my autistic daughter from the mob boss who wants me dead... -
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![Miami Masters Collection by B.J. Wane]()
Miami Masters Collection by B.J. Wane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrong, dominant men. Feisty, independent women in need of help. Seven troubled young men from varied backgrounds bonded together at a summer camp for juvenile delinquents – a bond that held them together into adulthood and grew stronger through their shared interest in the lifestyle... -
![Zeppo: Kosher Nostra Book Three by Mirrah McGee]()
Zeppo: Kosher Nostra Book Three by Mirrah McGee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrigger Please note this book contains some content which may be triggering to those sensitive to SA off page, verbal abuse, violence, and torture. You may contact the author for more information.RuthPaleontologist? Police Officer? Doctor? Not me. When asked in school what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always the same; Zeppo Kraus' wife and the mother of his children... -
![Jonah by Mirrah McGee]()
Jonah by Mirrah McGee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJonahMost of my life was planned since before I was born. I am to serve the Avraham Avinu of the Kosher Nostra in North Carolina and protect the mishpocheh with my life. Despite the heavy that description implies, I have enjoyed a blessed and propserous existance of glutton and indulgence... -
![Vengeful by Kristen Luciani]()
Vengeful by Kristen Luciani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne single gun shot threw my life into upheaval. An assassination that will bring my family to its knees.It’s up to me to avenge the murder.An eye for an eye…that’s my MO.I have one job to do, and it may be my last.Find my father’s killer and make him payBefore he finds me.But there’s one problem - one incredibly sexy obstacle I never saw coming.Tali Severinov.I’ve met my match with this woman... -
![The Soldier by Renee Rose]()
The Soldier by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI SHOULD GIVE HER UP — SET HER FREE.The Russian army made me a killer, but the brotherhood made me what I am.Ruthless. Deadly. Irredeemable.Which is why Kayla should stay away.The innocent young actress has a bright future ahead of her, so long as someone doesn’t break her first. Someone like me.Every weekend, she gives herself to me fully. Without question. Without hesitation... -
![Carnage by Ker Dukey]()
Carnage by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEzekiel “Carnage Creator” Ford. Brother of the Royal Bastards MC. Brutality incarnate. A lone wolf. The one they call in from the dark when they need shit done—and there’s no one better for the job than me.I have a tainted soul, oil black, and hungry for bloodshed.The world is a cesspit...
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