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  • Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox

    Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’LL SHOW HER WHAT A DEVIL DOES WHEN AN ANGEL FALLS INTO HIS LAP.I met her the day I killed her father.She stood there, soaked in his blood, and swore she’d make me pay when the time was right.Twenty years later, that day has come.She’s beautiful now.A dark temptation I never expected.But Renata Lombardi is in far over her head.Because she thinks this is a game of kill or be killed.She’s wrong...
  • Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first?It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules. The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back...
  • The Sin Trilogy Bundle: A Necessary Sin, The Next Sin, One Last Sin by Georgia Cates

    The Sin Trilogy Bundle: A Necessary Sin, The Next Sin, One Last Sin by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sin Trilogy is now available in a single volume. A NECESSARY SIN: I’ve watched him from afar for years. And he has no idea. I take joy in that. Through my observations, I’ve learned what makes this charming villain tick. Whisky. Power. Beautiful women. And Sex. Lots of it. Sometimes you must get into bed with the enemy for the greater good...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Caged Thorn by Naomi West

    Caged Thorn by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, I ran from my home.Today, I’m running back.The difference this time is that my son is coming with me.We’re going back to the place I swore I’d never return to.Back to the lies and the heartbreaks and the site of the day that changed my life forever.There is one other difference, actually:This time, someone is following me.Konstantin Aminoff isn’t the kind of man who “lets go...
  • Owned by the Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Owned by the Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s been mine since the second I saw her. It would be easy to say I have no business even looking at a girl like River Finn. She’s too young. Too innocent. Too much my daughter’s best friend. That is, until the gorgeous forbidden fruit becomes my business. A rival bratva kingpin wants her. I want his empire. Kidnapping her as leverage should be an easy, simple business arrangement...
  • Sonata of Lies by Nicole Fox

    Sonata of Lies by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demyen stole my freedom to lock me in the worst cell imaginable.His bed.I get I'm the liar who put his brother behind bars.And I'm paying for my betrayal, one moan at a time.He promises he's going to ruin me.So why does he pull me into his bed every night?I see the truth behind those icy He's addicted.Unfortunately for me...So am I.And unfortunately for both of us, there's no ending this now...
  • Wrecked by Nichole Rose

    Wrecked by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One look at his curvy captive and this Mafia boss will risk it all. Even if it means toppling his own kingdom to the ground...Rafe ValentinoA life in chains was the deal I made with my father to win my twin's freedom.My soul is black with the things I've done to keep my promise.I never regretted any of it until now. Until her...
  • Seductive by W. Winters

    Seductive by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters He’s forbidden, dangerous, and everything that’s bad for me. More than that, the life he leads is exactly why I’d been on the run. The seductive and powerful air around him is what drew me in, the reminder of what could have and should have been years ago. His dark gaze riddled with desire could always see through me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  adult  book
  • Infallible by Charlene Namdhari

    Infallible by Charlene Namdhari

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***THIS STANDALONE LOVE TRIANGLE, IS BEST ENJOYED WHEN YOU DON'T READ ANY REVIEWS OR SPOILERS BEFOREHAND. GOING IN WITH AN OPEN MIND IS BEST.***(Book 3 features Rayden and better understood after reading Book 1)"Sometimes the wrong choices take us to the right places."My Past:I was eighteen when I first gave away my heart. A love so profound, I didn't understand it...
  • Ruin by Lila Rose

    Ruin by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joshua “Ruin” May has been a dick in the past. He’s trying to rectify one such dickish moment by helping out a friend, and he wants to make sure this time he doesn’t let her down. His journey leads him to Melbourne and a whole heap of unexpected trouble, namely an irritating crime boss.Wolf.A man who gets on his nerves and seems to revel in winding him up...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime  steamy  adult  biker
  • Jinx's Fantasy by Pepper Winters

    Jinx's Fantasy by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a spin-off novella featuring Sully and Jinx from the USA Today Bestselling Series, Goddess Isles.“A marriage born from slavery and secrets.A happily ever after like no other.”Sullivan Sinclair has a wife who shares his wildness and desires. To others, she is regal and perfect on his arm...
  • Daddy's Demands: Twenty-Five Steamy Daddy Dom Romance Novellas by Madison Faye, Renee Rose

    Daddy's Demands: Twenty-Five Steamy Daddy Dom Romance Novellas by Madison Faye, Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    These daddies don't ask for obedience. They demand it. Daddy's Demands is a collection of decadently dirty daddy dom romances from some of the hottest authors in the genre. This deliciously naughty box set includes twenty-five brand-new, stand-alone novellas featuring steaming hot, irresistibly sexy adventures with the baddest daddies imaginable...
  • Derailed: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Sarah Bailey

    Derailed: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first?It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I’d come to trust. The ones I was starting to love.My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together.I’m caught between two worlds...
  • King's Toy by Piper Stone

    King's Toy by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • The Savage by Stella Andrews

    The Savage by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ivan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage.Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her.I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals.She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...
  • 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...
  • Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines

    Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HuckTwo places I never thought I’d be: a church and my little brother’s funeral.I was the one who was supposed to die first. Not Hayes.He hadn’t chosen my path. I took lives but Hayes had wanted to save souls.Yet here I was drinking from a flask, around people that fucking hated me, unable to take my eyes off the fiancé he’d left behind...
  • No Beginning, No End by Richard Rider

    No Beginning, No End by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Third part in the Stockholm Syndrome trilogy:Settling back into a normal life is more difficult than anticipated...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  steamy  dark  lgbtq  age-gap  crime  angst  drama
  • Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole

    Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He kidnapped me for vengeance against my husband.The husband I’ve never loved.The cruel man my father forced me to marry to teach me a lesson.My husband didn’t think twice about how to carry out those lessons.Now, I’ve gone from one prison to another.My captor is just as ruthless as my husband. He’ll kill, torture, and do everything to hurt my family until no one is left.Except for me...
  • Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera

    Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    after Nikolai IIFree read from website - http://www.roxieriverawriter.com/news..
  • Dishonor by G.N. Wright

    Dishonor by G.N. Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Death. Distraction. Destruction. That’s all my life consists of now. It wasn't supposed to happen like this, but everything went wrong. I knew the game, the rules, the consequences, yet still I chose to play. And now he's dead. He killed him. I killed him, and nothing will ever be the same again...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm
  • Deceived by Sarah Bailey

    Deceived by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Four of them. One of me. Who will give in first?It started when they stole me from my life. The daughter of a crime lord who ruled with an iron fist. The heir to a family of blood and ruin.They left only a whisper of a name in the air. Il Diavolo. A man whose reputation preceded him. Ruthless. Merciless. Cunning.The one they called the Devil. He was as beautiful as he was terrifying...
  • She's MINE: a Captive Romance by Ellie Masters

    She's MINE: a Captive Romance by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    𝓐 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴, 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓽. My father gave me to a stranger in exchange for debts owed. Abducted. Imprisoned. Enslaved. This is my existence. Uncompromising and relentless in getting what he wants, the man who owns me makes my temper flare, my blood boil, and my body come alive...
  • Possessing Paisley by Kate Oliver

    Possessing Paisley by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Paisley McKeeHe’s my best friend’s brother.He’s also overbearing, bossy, and stubborn.Obviously we hate each other.Then something happened.We said it was a one-time thing.The next morning he tells me it’s forever.He’s unhinged.But he makes me feel things I’ve never felt before.Can I believe him when he says I’m his?Kieran RocheShe’s irritating, sassy, and she hates my guts.Not at all my type...
  • High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four women. One building. A million complications. High Rise is a series of lesbian erotic romance novellas focusing on four women who live in The Ivy, the ‘sexiest building in Hong Kong’. Alex, a local gym instructor. Her room mate Nat, a celebrated American writer who moved to Hong Kong for love. Their upstairs neighbour Maddie, a workaholic investment banker...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  anthologies  contemporary
  • Dirty Secret by Bianca Cole

    Dirty Secret by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Mistakes Made by Marie James

    Mistakes Made by Marie James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The worst thing you can ever do is make an assumption about me, despite my job resting solely on making people think I’m someone I’m not.I know that makes me crazy, narcissistic, and a little out of touch with the reality of how the world works.I’ll never argue that fact with anyone.Maybe it was the hundred-degree Texas weather.Maybe it was overstimulation from the crowds at the beach...
  • The Substitute 2 by Tionne Rogers

    The Substitute 2 by Tionne Rogers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Constantin Repin is well dead but Alexander Kuragin lives for you, my angel. I clearly said that you were closing a part of your life and I was opening another. I love you too much to deny you this opportunity. A fresh new start, away from Lintorff and all the others...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  captivity  crime  dark  drama  kidnapping  lgbtq
  • Wanton by Nichole Rose

    Wanton by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A life in hell was the sacrifice I made to keep my brothers alive.There's nothing I won't do to see that job through.Even if it means seducing the enemy.But I never intended to fall for Callandria Genovese.She was supposed to be a means to an end, nothing more.Now, I've got more to lose than ever.And the woman who holds the key to my future is in chains in my bedroom.I need her trust...
  • Loving Lucia by Raissa Donovan, Addison Wolf

    Loving Lucia by Raissa Donovan, Addison Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I want out of this wedding... but can I trust them not to shatter me all over again?I left Angelo, Saint, and Victor, only to land squarely in the hands of Emilio Pavone, a man who makes the three of them look like playful puppies.As much as I want to never see them again, I'll need their help if I want to avoid the wedding and free myself and my family...
  • Asher by Terry Towers

    Asher by Terry Towers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling Author, Terry Towers, brings you her newest steamy dark romance. ASHER!She should have died that night.I should have killed her as quickly and without conscience, as I had the man I’d been assigned to ensure stopped breathing.But something stopped me.Instead, I found myself draping her over my shoulder and taking her home...
  • Isaac by Terry Towers

    Isaac by Terry Towers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Isaac, book 3 in the Horsemen Dark Mafia Romance SeriesEven though she’s never met me, she’s been the bane of my existence, having me run around chasing my tail for months, but finally, I’ve found her. I knew I would, and she should have known it as well. It was only a matter of time...
  • Master's Schiavo by Laura Lascarso

    Master's Schiavo by Laura Lascarso

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His training never covered how he might serve two Masters, but he’s about to discover his limits.Patience, humility, subservience, gratitude… these are the virtues of a schiavo. For three years, Giovanni has followed his Master’s rules with love and devotion...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  steamy  dark  age-gap  organized-crime  angst  crime
  • The Cleaner by Renee Rose

    The Cleaner by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’VE CAPTURED THE CRIME LORD’S DAUGHTERShe will pay the price for her father’s sin.I’ll use my beautiful prisoner to get him.To make him suffer. Make him believe I'm hurting her the way he harmed my sister.And when I’m done tormenting him, I will offer a trade: her life for his.I owe him a slow, painful death. Revenge is my due.But Kateryna is strong in ways I didn’t expect...
  • Darkly Ever After: An Organized Crime Anthology by Silla Webb, Gwyn McNamee

    Darkly Ever After: An Organized Crime Anthology by Silla Webb, Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The men of organized crime aren’t white knights.With quick trigger fingers and ruthless souls, they’re tall, dark, and deadly.Taking what they want and decimating anything that stands in their way.These men rule from their bloody thrones.Only a woman’s touch can tame the beasts lurking inside.Bringing light to the darkness.Love in the ruin...
  • Her Master's Redemption by Lily White

    Her Master's Redemption by Lily White

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was a Master. To understand me, you must understand my past. My father was a Master. My mother his Courtesan. I was raised in a business that trained women to become whores for the men that owned them. I was taught to train with a strict hand...but to seduce with a kind heart...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  captivity  dark  drama  kidnapping  slavery  steamy
  • The Boss's Boy by Aja Foxx

    The Boss's Boy by Aja Foxx

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ~ Dmitri ~I was intrigued by Eiji the first time I saw him dancing in my club. I became obsessed with him when the ink was still wet on our marriage certificate. I wanted to give Eiji the life he should have had until I realized I had taken something from him I had no right to take, and then I knew I had lost him forever...
  • Jagged Edge  (Jason and Raine) by Jo Raven

    Jagged Edge (Jason and Raine) by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t want Jason Vega. Not at all. It’s the worst idea ever. Ah hell… Jason is handsome. Smart. Dangerous. Hot. He’s goddamn gorgeous—but he’s also sleeping on the street, hanging out with the local biker gang and selling his body for a living. Our lives, our paths couldn’t be further apart. I’m crawling toward the light, while he’s falling into the dark...
  • Angelo by Silvia Violet

    Angelo by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cameron didn’t realize how much he loved his grandparents’ bakery until Angelo Marchesi, a man he’s hated since high school, threatened to take it away.But Cameron owes Angelo a debt.A debt he can’t pay…Unless he accepts Angelo’s indecent proposal and risks finding out how thin the line between love and hate really is...
  • Paid in Full by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

    Paid in Full by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m used to my life being insanity. A family of a-holes, being locked up, and a few loose screws? Yeah anyone would go crazy. (Not that I am. I’m different, that’s all). My brothers say I’m the loose canon of the family. The truth is that I’m the life of the party!The party comes to a screeching halt when I meet Ash. Shy, younger, virgin. He’s everything I’m not attracted to...
  • Rev by J.C. Emery

    Rev by J.C. Emery

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Everyone belongs somewhere. Even the misfits. With the looming threat from the Mancuso Crime Family, the Forsaken Motorcycle Club is preparing for a war that could destroy them. Grady, the club’s Sergeant-at-Arms, knows that love makes you weak, and he has zero interest in adding to his liabilities– especially now...
  • Anthony & Catherine: Bad Boy by Willow Winters

    Anthony & Catherine: Bad Boy by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m a dangerous man. You may be fooled by my good looks and charm, but my eyes give it away.I’m the hitman for the Valetti familia, and I’m damn good at what I do. They want men to talk, and I make them talk. They want men gone — bang, it’s done. It’s as simple as that.Until her.She’s on my list, but I want her. On her knees and submitting to my every command...
  • Tarnished Queen by Nicole Fox

    Tarnished Queen by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Once he finds out what I’ve done, he’ll never let me leave.I lied. I ran. I hid.But Nikolai Zhukova found me anyway.And now that I’m his again, he’s making sure I never repeat my mistakes.He’s putting his ring on my finger and marching me down the aisle—whether I like it or not.Tarnished Queen is Book 2 of the Zhukova Bratva duet. Nikolai and Belle’s story begins in Book 1, Tarnished Tyrant...
  • Queen of Misfortune by Ajme Williams

    Queen of Misfortune by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lucia and Donovan’s story. This is a hate to love, opposites attract, forced proximity, mafia romance...
  • Juicy Fruit by Blue GhostGhost

    Juicy Fruit by Blue GhostGhost

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A coming of age story that centers around the cultural tensions in San Francisco in 1989. Eduardo Santiago becomes entrenched in the life of high profile drug dealer Johnny Hollywood after his older brother shorts a shipment. But with sex, drugs and new freedom comes the possibility of losing everything...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime
  • The Russian Thug: Abducted by the Bratva by Rie Warren

    The Russian Thug: Abducted by the Bratva by Rie Warren

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am her captor.Her keeper. And I don’t have a single intention of protecting her.This mouthy tomboy is the only daughter of the O’Sullivan mafia, and they’ve been screwing us over for months. All of that changes today...
  • Choosing Fate: A Love in Eden Novella by Sloane Kennedy

    Choosing Fate: A Love in Eden Novella by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ZanderThe quick stopover in the small ranching town of Eden, Wyoming was supposed to be the chance to close the door on a piece of my past. Unfortunately, my temperamental car has other ideas. The thing is, with my tattoos and piercings, a guy like me doesn't exactly fit in a town like Eden.Then I meet her.Sweet, innocent, single mom Jolene who does fit in Eden.At least on the outside...
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