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  • Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One. Two. Three. The cat is in the tree. As far as Lilah's concern, her note writing stalker just gets more stupid everyday. One, two, three, the cat is in the tree?What is that? And what does it have to do with a wedding turned bloody? The sixth book in the Lilah Love series...
  • Atticus: Secret Lies by K.L. Donn, Sensual Graphic Designs

    Atticus: Secret Lies by K.L. Donn, Sensual Graphic Designs

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Time stands still. Lies were told. Secrets are revealed. Who will we be when the walls tumble like mortar? **WARNING** The Adair Empire is a dark and graphic romance that will push your buttons, and maybe your boundaries. Each book contains a new couple but ends with a plot cliff-hanger...
  • Twisted Obsession by Keta Kendric

    Twisted Obsession by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ansel: My cousin, Aaron, helped to rescue a damsel in distress from her cartel family, and of all people, he left her under my protection. Regina didn’t know it, but I’d claimed every part of her the day I’d set eyes on her...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  insta-love  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Angel and Raquel possess two very strong personalities separately. They are alphas to the core. The problem comes when these two fire-filled individuals come together. One needs to be in control while the other refuses to be controlled. Angel Leonetti, the complete Alpha Male “Let me first address this ‘using you’ shit that you mentioned...
  • Burner's Absolution by E.C. Land

    Burner's Absolution by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blurb:Ally When it comes to absolution, there are are two things you must do to find it- facing your fears, and moving forward from your past. Honestly, it isn't for me. I'll never find it because I'm a piece of flesh who's a shell of a woman. In a sense, I'm merely a ghost.In all my life, I've only ever felt peace once...
  • Fallon by Jessica Gadziala

    Fallon by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Presidents of rival MCs, Fallon and Danny were destined to hate each other. And hate they did. Until an unknown enemy forces them together, and makes them realize that under all that hate was an undeniable passion...
  • Diesel by Savannah Rylan

    Diesel by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No one tells me what to do. Except for maybe Dean, The President of the Black Hornets. I need their help in order to defeat the Black Saddles once and for all. But I know that their help is going to come at a cost. I don’t expect the price to be a pretty little thing, named Brynn. His daughter. That I thought was dead. Being in one MC is bad enough...
  • DIMA by Kenya Wright

    DIMA by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    DIMA rules the North of Paradise—a city for the darkest alphas. The only gangster heaven on Earth. Due to his unique talent for capturing brutal enemies, he also heads the Diamond Syndicate with other Paradise Mafia Kings.However, a serial killer has come to Paradise. And this sicko is targeting top Syndicate members...
  • Enigma: The Complete Collection by Shandi Boyes

    Enigma: The Complete Collection by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Enigma: The Complete Collection is the entire story of the tumultuous relationship of Isaac and Isabelle. A sitting on the edge of your seat read that will have you enthralled until the very last word. Over 390,000 words on an enigmatic alpha male and the FBI agent assigned to his case. This is a story about two people who were never destined to fall in love...
  • Rider by L. Wilder

    Rider by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was the one piece of his past he'd never put behind him. Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder brings readers a new installment in the Satan's Fury MC- Memphis series.  I'd spent years trying to put the past behind me. I wanted to forget the mistakes I'd made, the dreams I'd lost, but they were a part of me...
  • Forever by Penelope Sky

    Forever by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s mine once again but she’s practically a ghost. She’s just using me...not that I mind. But her indifference is suffocating. I mean nothing to her...less than what she used to mean to me. Admissions of regret and apologies aren’t enough to fix it. I have to return to the gypsy...and hope for the best...
  • Murphy by L. Wilder

    Murphy by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some rules are meant to be broken. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan's Fury Memphis series. Murphy's Law- Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. As Satan's Fury's sergeant-at-arms, it was my job to stay one step ahead. It was up to me to make sure the club was ready when things went awry...
  • The Charmer’s Gambit by Lexi C. Foss

    The Charmer’s Gambit by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He set his sights on the wrong girl. Me. Law school taught me a lot of things, but nothing prepared me to deal with this determined, hotter-than-Hell millionaire. Don’t get me wrong, I’m flattered. But resisting Will Mershano is harder than passing the bar. He’s everything: sexy, confident, intelligent. And he wants me...
  • Dark Reign by Xavier Neal

    Dark Reign by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I am going to restore my reign over both worlds.First, with a pen.Next, with a knife.Remind them who sits on the throne of this concrete jungle.Repair the structure that was shattered when my Mia Bella was stolen from me.Revenge will be had.Restitution received.And for me to reestablish order, I will do whatever is necessary.For there is no cost that is too great...
  • The Woman on the Exam Table by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman on the Exam Table by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He 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...
  • The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He 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...
  • Hawk by Jo Raven

    Hawk by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bad-boy heir to the Fleming Group empire, Jamie “Hawk” Fleming, at your service. Here’s the breakdown: my father has been thrown behind bars on murder charges, and my mother as accessory. That was three months ago, and since then, everything has been a downhill ride. The only thing keeping me sane right now is Hot Body...
  • Dark Ruler  : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal

    Dark Ruler : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was raised to be a ruler of two worlds.One with a pen.One with a knife.Be the king of the concrete jungle at all costs.I should've simply taken a queen, not courted one.I should've forced her submission, not earned it.I should've let respect be enough, not fall in love.Someone has made a grave mistake in coming for my company.For my throne.For my Mia Bella...
  • Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera

    Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a year filled with drama and danger, Erin and Ivan are ready to focus on the one thing they want the most--starting a family. When she has yet another negative test, Erin worries there's something wrong with her.Ivan urges his wife not to worry because it will happen when it's meant to happen. He hates seeing her stressed out and does whatever he can to make her happy...
  • Pure Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Pure Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew I'd done the right thing by leaving him. He deserved someone who could give him everything he wanted, and that couldn't be me. I'd been broken far too long. When twenty-two year-old Jenna Lang leave the man she loves because she can't give him children, she believes she's making the right choice. As much as it breaks her heart, she wants him to move on and be happy...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if I was to tell you, you’re all evil? In some shape or form, you are. What If I was to tell you, I was the worst kind of evil? Would you believe me? I did not believe that there wasn’t anyone who didn’t contain evil. I was proved wrong, and it stumped me. I became obsessed with her, someone of pure goodness. And couldn’t get enough...
  • The Woman from the Past by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman from the Past by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four years ago, my boyfriend was killed by an unknown assailant, sending my entire life into a tailspin.After years of suffering with no end in sight, I did the unthinkable.I tracked down the man who’d killed my boyfriend - a mafia hitman from some place called Navesink Bank...
  • Filthy Disciple by Cassandra Robbins, Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Disciple by Cassandra Robbins, Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A The Disciples & Five Points' Mob Collection CrossoverShe was an assignment. A selfish brat who'd run away from home and who’d found refuge in an MC. A spoiled pain in my ass that I had to bring back to Daddy. Only, Isabelle is nothing like the picture my initial research painted. Yes, she's a brat. Yes, she's insecure. And yes, she's a Disciple…sort of. But she's so much more than that...
  • Snow's Prince by Nichole Rose

    Snow's Prince by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling for Snow was the last thing this mafia prince intended to do.DimitriSilver Spoon Falls was supposed to be an easy mark.Instead, I'm up to my ears in cartels and complications.I waltzed into enemy territory to investigate...And waltzed back out with a new mission in life.Protecting Snow Buchanan from her stepmother and her cartel of henchmen.Her seven furry friends doubt me...
  • Max's Redemption by L. Wilder

    Max's Redemption by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He has his second chance, and this time he's not letting her go.Harper Campbell was beautiful, smart, and innocent. I wanted her to be mine. There was just one problem. She was my best friend's sister. She was off-limits, but I couldn't help myself.We were just kids when we fell in love--young and carefree. Then tragedy struck, and I felt I was to blame...
  • Taking the Fall: The Full Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Taking the Fall: The Full Complete Series by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We’ve come a long way since Taking the Fall Volume 1 released in 2015. Since then we’ve added pieces to the puzzle as our readers demanded more! Finally, every story has been combined into one bundle...
  • Reckless Devil: A Mafia Romance by Kylie Kent

    Reckless Devil: A Mafia Romance by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LucaWould you risk it all—your career, your dream, your life —to save a stranger?I would. I did.Except, in saving her, I destroyed any chance at living out the future I was destined for.They say what I did was reckless. What they don’t know is that I’d do it all again if it meant meeting her. My bellezza.KatarinaDeath threats are supposed to stay threats. It comes with being in the public eye...
  • Gambler's Longshot by Winter Travers

    Gambler's Longshot by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Opposites attract, or so they say. With Gwen constantly throwing sass and questioning every word that comes out of Gambler’s mouth, Gambler and Gwen maybe the first couple to prove that saying wrong. All Gambler wants to do is keep Gwen safe. He never expected the unwanted attraction and the need to protect her. Gwen has learned the hard way that things are not always what they seem...
  • When Fates Align by Isabelle Richards

    When Fates Align by Isabelle Richards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Why would fate bring them together only to tear them apart?Lily and Gavin were brought together in a clash of tragedy and chaos. Amid the ashes of lives gone wrong, they thought they found a second chance at love. With trouble from their previous lives lurking around every corner, they quickly learned that love from a star-crossed romance isn’t enough to survive...
  • Final Reckoning by Mia Madison

    Final Reckoning by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Get your clothes off. I’ll keep you warm.” Matteo: Quinn Callahan has haunted my dreams since the night we met. I’m no good for her but I don’t give a f***. I’ll burn in hell for the things I want to do to her – but I’m headed there anyway. What’s one sin more? I’ll wreck her. Ruin her. And break every oath I’ve ever sworn to keep her safe. Quinn: Matteo Adamo. Mysterious. Tortured...
  • Rhet by K.T. Adler

    Rhet by K.T. Adler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhet Banner My rules in life are simple:Never have a woman in your bed for more than one night.Never mix business with pleasure.Never fall in love.Blood above all else.When life throws a new personal assistant at me, everything changes. I shouldn't want her, but I can't help it. She is breaking my focus and all my "nevers" are turning into "maybes"...
  • A Two Twirl Christmas by Rachel Van Dyken

    A Two Twirl Christmas by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Night Hawke by Gwyn McNamee

    Night Hawke by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Second Generation Hawke Family PrequelTwo nights. No names. No expectations. A lifetime of consequences.Graduating from law school means finally stepping into my destined role in the Hawke empire.But before I head home to NOLA to settle into the family's multi-billion-dollar business, I need one night to celebrate.Ideally with the redhead who won’t stop eye-fucking me from across the bar...
  • For the Love of Luca by Soraya Naomi

    For the Love of Luca by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ALTERNATE COVER EDITIONAlthough part of the Chicago Syndicate world, For the Love of Luca is a standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series.*It's not necessary to have read book 1 and 2.I have it all: power, love, wealth, and most of all...control.I’m a husband.I’m a murderer.I’m the underboss of the Chicagoan mafia...
  • Deep by Susan Fanetti

    Deep by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nick Pagano is a leader in the Pagano Brothers organization. As their head enforcer, it has been his responsibility to mete out justice, to seek retaliation, to uncover the secrets of Pagano enemies by any means necessary, and to sink deep the evidence of those means. It is work that requires keen vision and perfect control. It is work at which Nick excels. It is work that has made him dark...
  • Sazon: A Russian Mafia Romance by K.J. Dahlen

    Sazon: A Russian Mafia Romance by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sazon I am a man of honor and what I have I earned with my own two hands. I am ruthless against those who would seek to destroy my family. Our undying loyalty makes us family. I would live and die for the brothers I found when I was nothing more than a child. Till she came. As soon as I touched her our connection was bonded...
  • Relentless by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar

    Relentless by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bellamy: My life was supposed to be so simple; getting the rest of my inheritance at 25. I would invest it in my music career and become history, literally. What I didn’t expect was to find out that everything I believed to be true about my family was a complete lie. I didn’t expect to find out that I had a half-sister by my real father; a man that was the devil reincarnate...
  • Broke by Esther E. Schmidt

    Broke by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Broke must be rough, dominant, and confident. Stepping into his new role as MC Vice President, the mask he wears screams “Don’t screw with me!” but that just hides the part he can’t show. Inside this sweet, shy man are insecurities stemming from trauma he encountered as a teenager that still haunt him. Roan is as sweet as they come. The epitome of pure; good, honest and innocent...
  • Not Until You Part VI: Not Until You Surrender by Roni Loren

    Not Until You Part VI: Not Until You Surrender by Roni Loren

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The heat is rising as Foster and Cela’s affair becomes more complicated in the next thrilling installment of Not Until You. After Cela fails to obey him, Foster decides that she must be punished for her transgressions. But has retribution ever felt so good? Cela willingly accepts Foster’s difficult penalty for what she’s done and finds herself more vulnerable and more attracted to him than ever...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book
  • Day Three by L. Wilder

    Day Three by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers Jasper Nichols, a sexy, totally alpha hitman, who will hold you captive in this new bad boy series. Our lives are defined by moments, especially the ones we never see coming...
  • The Trap by S.R. Jones

    The Trap by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Trap: A Bratva Vows Prequel I saw a possible threat; he saw a victim in waiting. Violet: I had a plan. A naïve and dangerous plan. Get the mob boss to notice me, seduce the mob boss, kill the mob boss. Except the elderly mob boss wasn’t the only one to notice me. He did. Andrius. Beautiful. Cold. Deadly. He’s a monster amongst men. I crave him. I fear him...
  • The Client by Jessica Gadziala

    The Client by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My job is simple.I get hired to make men fall in love with me. Then I cut their legs out from under them.Fenway Arlington was next on the chopping block.Playboy billionaire.Heart-breaker. Experience chaser.Known for numerous international scandals,usually involving a woman.It should have been easy work.But I never could have prepared myself for the impossible.Catching feelings for the client...
  • Nikolai: Taking Back What's Mine by Shandi Boyes

    Nikolai: Taking Back What's Mine by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Have you ever wanted something so bad, you’re willing to kill for it? That’s what I felt the instant my eyes locked on Justine. I could practically taste her innocence on my tongue when she stood across from me, riling me up like the life in her eyes hadn’t been snuffed years ago...
  • Wanted by S. Nelson

    Wanted by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Did you ever have something so tragic and frightening happen that you did everything in your power to convince yourself it wasn’t real? Have you ever been so paralyzed with fear you prayed that if you simply closed your eyes and slowed your breathing, everything would be fine? Yeah, me too. Only this time, none of that worked...
  • The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Snake Eyes Series: Standalone Romances. Interconnecting Stories. One Unforgettable Adventure. DANTE It was only supposed to be one night. One night with me and I’d make her father’s debt to the Zappia crime family a little easier to swallow. Turns out, swallowing ain’t much of an issue for Lucy Vaughn. I should never have gotten involved with her...
  • Hidden Worthiness by Susan Fanetti

    Hidden Worthiness by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty years ago, as a young Pagano Brothers soldier, Donnie Goretti was horribly injured on the job. The devastating scars of that attack led him to be known as “The Face.”Since then, he’s been alone, reminded daily that he’s too ugly to look at, much less to love. He devoted himself instead to his work, and he rose through the ranks to become the underboss of the Pagano Brothers family...
  • Collateral 2 by Roxie Rivera

    Collateral 2 by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After their wild night running from Houston's criminal underworld, Ben and Aston have been inseparable. Refusing to choose between the only family he's ever known--the Albanian mafia--or building a life with sweet, innocent Aston, Ben walks a careful line. He's not giving her up without a fight...
  • Risking Romero by Mia Madison

    Risking Romero by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I’m going to be inside you. I promise.” Jade: When a lawyer with a shady agenda starts harassing me to sell my family’s farm, I need a legal eagle of my own. But hot older man Romero Adamo is way more than I bargained for. He’s got me thinking about his briefs, all right … just not the kind you file in a courtroom...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  family  insta-love  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap  book
  • The Lieutenant's Possession by K. Langston

    The Lieutenant's Possession by K. Langston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Memphis Police Lieutenant Asher Cunningham is one of the best. Respected among his peers, he’s well known for his discipline, assertiveness, and remarkable intuition. He's also a sex addict. A secret he's kept hidden until he finally decides to seek the help of renowned psychiatrist Dr. Marley Bennett...
  • The Trade by Elizabeth Knox

    The Trade by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anton When I was assigned the job to find out who exactly orchestrated the hit on Mariana Petran, I jumped at the opportunity. To attack the queen of the clans is an attack against us all. I was to find the man who ordered it – and I did...
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