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Dark Princess by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratings: special edition print (knight's ridge empire: special...Categorized as:
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Corrupt Union by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI found everything I didn’t know I needed. Accepted forgiveness I didn’t deserve.She fought for us. Killed for us. She was one of us. And there was no way I was letting her go… again. But I’m not the only one with wicked intentions for my siren. With her missing, we turn our blame to an obvious enemy. But our path of destruction could be leading us right into another trap... -
Sinning Like Hell by Trilina Pucci
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author, Trilina Pucci brings you the finale of Sutton and Calder’s heart wrenching love story. We’ll never run away.There won’t be stars or a blue sky filled with heaven staring down on us.All we have is death and destruction.A life sentence, forced to survive within the absence of our love.Until five years later... -
Pocketful of Shame: A High School Bully Romance by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Nothing in Pocketful is as it seems." Chris Capaldi's words of warning haunt my every waking hour. I know I'm in danger, even if I can't identify the threat. Telling Sketch about the night his brother died was a mistake that could prove fatal for all of us. Secrets of this magnitude should stay buried, but it's out now and I can feel the walls closing in on me... -
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Broken Empire by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTruths will be uncovered. Alliances will shift.And nothing will ever be the same.The final book in the Boys of Oak Park Prep series is coming soon.**The release date will be moved forward... -
Legend by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI made one mistake…And she made one phone call that nearly destroyed my life.I’ve spent the past year plotting my revenge and imagining all the wicked things I’d do to her when our paths finally crossed again.I just had no idea it would be so soon.The last thing I expected when I re-entered the world was to find myself right in the middle of hers... -
Wicked Knight #1 (Knight's Ridge Empire) by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.The truth is meant to set you free… but not my truth.Mine has sent me deeper and darker, feeding my need for revenge. I want blood for those who wronged me and my family. And my so-called truth is ripping me apart, in a way lies never could...Categorized as:
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In Silence by K.G. Reuss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe’re all playing a dangerous game. One where there are no winners. Only survivors. I’m in love with my enemies, but obviously they don’t feel the same way. When their lies and betrayal surface, I have no choice but to leave.They’ve broken my heart, but not my spirit. They think they’ve won. They think they’ve ruined me.The only thing they’ve done is made me stronger... -
Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“What do you mean, ‘You gave me the wrong sperm sample’?!”But the doctor says he isn’t joking.Instead of being my sister's surrogate...I'm accidentally carrying my boss's baby.A few months ago, I agreed to be my sister's surrogate.Then she died in an unsolved accident.I swore I'd keep her child and raise it on my own.But as it turns out, there was a mix-up at the clinic...Categorized as:
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Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's the first look on my wedding day.I turn... but my husband isn't there.Instead, I see the stranger who ruined my life.Here's the story:Six years ago, I was on the worst first date in history.A blind date with some jerk who wouldn't take no for an answer.The handsome stranger swooped in.Saved me.And sat down to finish the date.I thought it was crazy.But we had insane chemistry... -
Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy life has been full of half-truths tangled in lies—I’d been to hell and back more times than I could count. But nothing could have prepared me for the fear in her voice, and then the sight of that building going up in flames. After the way I treated her, the way I hurt her, I’d earned that pain back tenfold. I deserved to lose the only bit of light in my dark, twisted life... -
Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living...Categorized as:
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Tame: Savannah Heirs by Coralee June, Raven Kennedy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve got a secret I’ve got bruises no one can see and the devil’s blood running through my veins. If I want to end my father’s reign, I’ve got to help Rocco Nomar with his daughter. She’s broken, jaded. A sad, pretty little thing with a big heart and eyes that make me feel like I’m drowning. She’s not swayed by the social politics of Savannah, but she has my heart doing double takes... -
Reckless Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.The moment I discovered the dark truth, it descended on my life and threatened to swallow me whole.It tore at my soul, piece by piece. But I refused to go down alone... -
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Lost Girl by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho the f&*k gave Slade Cruz this kind of power over me?I don’t know how it happened. One minute he was the guy I loathed and the next thing I knew, I was waking up beside him desperate to get out of there.When secrets are revealed, Slade and I realize that we are more connected than we could have ever known...Categorized as:
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Mad Love by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOur love doesn't make sense.But it might be the only thing that saves us.After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling.Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but.There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust.The Lost Boys are mine... -
Brutal King by Jagger Cole
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe’s my only cure. And my deadliest poison.Once upon a time, a scarred beast met a broken beauty.But to keep my kingdom and appease the Bratva High Council, I’m going to marry a man who’s family my family tried to destroy.A man who looks at me with cold, brutal blue eyes. A man whose very presence sucks the air from my lungs. A man with no past, shrouded in scars, pain, and darkness... -
The Sacrifice by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHIS LADYA Lord is to marry after he graduates from Barrington University, an elite college for the rich. A Lady’s job is to help him fit into a world unaware of his secret society. The Lord does not get to choose who he spends the rest of his life with. But there is always an exception to the rule. And I just so happen to be his.I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing...Categorized as:
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In Havoc Lays Chaos by Samantha Barrett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPWhen the card is dropped, you are marked.There is no escaping them, they come for their prey and will hunt until your blood soaks the ground beneath your cold lifeless body. They are the new generation and they have something to prove. They are hungry to show the OG’s that they are ready to lead, except, the chaos is shrouded in darkness... -
Beautiful Carnage by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“If she sleeps in my bed every night, she’ll end up falling in love with me…and that’ll be awkward as hell when I have to kill her.” SLOANHe’s my twisted nightmare.My blood bound enemy.My ruthless desire. Our fates were spun the night he tried to kill me and now he’s back to destroy me for good.It’s always been us versus them. The Calabresis against the Romeros...Categorized as:
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Pocketful of You by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Nothing in Pocketful is as it seems." Evil is lurking all around us and Sketch and I cannot escape the secrets of our past. A past that, up until now, neither one of us knew existed. Torn apart by our cruel, vindictive fathers, we face our biggest challenge yet; staying alive. Pocketful of You is the third in a four-book series. Therefore, the storyline continues into the fourth book...Categorized as:
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Pocketful of Blame by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Capaldi twins. Chris and Sketch. As different as night and day. One my best friend. One my lover. Inseparable since childhood, I always assumed that we would grow up, escape our sleepy hometown of Pocketful, and live out a life of adventure together, away from our powerful fathers and the lure of money... -
Bullied by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have always been bullied and trapped in darkness. I hoped life would get better when I moved to my mother's hometown, but it only got worse because it was there that I met my unrequited crush, Hayden Black. He despised me from day one, and even more when I became best friends with his twin, Kayden... -
Caged Royal by Lily Wildhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe worst part about betrayal, is it never comes from your enemies.I should have known better, I should have seen the signs, but now all I'm left with is heartache and disappointment.They may think they've got the better of me, but I won't go down without a fight. Especially when it comes to the ones I love.Even if I have to protect them from themselves...Categorized as:
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Dante by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDante Being born a Valentino means there’s nothing I can’t get. We are royalty in this school. Nobody fucks with us. Nobody ever says no. Until she came waltzing through the hallways with her barely there skirt and white button-up blouse. I took one look at her and knew she’d be mine. She doesn’t know the rules yet, but she’ll learn. Nobody tells me what I can and can’t have. Not even her... -
Revenge by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome back to Elmwood Academy. The conclusion begins. And the drama continues... -
Lethal (Devil's Shadow MC) by K.H. Kate
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy only goal is to keep my club safe at all cost. I don’t let anyone in, and I never show weakness. All it takes is one vulnerable moment, and this world will chew you up and spit you out in bloody pieces. To survive, you need to be ruthless. Cruel. Fuelled by vengeance and hate alone. It’s the only way…it’s our way... -
Prosper by Paula Marinaro
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProsper Worthington is a decorated war hero, a convicted felon, and the ex-cellmate and road companion of his best friend, Jack Winston. Different as two men can be, Prosper is rough, hot-headed, focused, and driven. He’s also had more than enough of Jack’s spur-of-the-moment decisions, faulty reasoning, and Peter Pan-like existence... -
Where Angels Fall by Delaney Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMakenna Taylor and Reid Landry are high school sweethearts. He was her first. Her only. They had life all planned out, right down to the white picket fence and 2.5 kids. Then Reid joined the Marines, and from that day forward, life as Makenna knew it would never be the same.She thought she was just another girl with a part-time job waiting tables while she worked her way through college... -
Broken Heir by Amber Vant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMy once perfectly orchestrated kingdom is crumbling and it’s all because of her. Rory may have disappeared, but like a flame, light will always shine brighter in darkness.She grew up believing she only ever had herself, and maybe at one time that was true, but not anymore. She’s one of us now. I may be on the outs with the hellhounds but that doesn’t mean she’s allowed the same generosity... -
Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness... -
Accident-Prone by T.L. Hodel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilas Creswell was the nightmare I wanted to escape, but kept falling back into.The mind is a beautiful thing.Bullshit.The mind was a toxic waste land of nightmares and misery. My cousin Finn suffered from the plague of memories every time he closed his eyes. His ghosts haunted his every thought, while mine moved in next door.Star Chadwick wasn't the little girl I met on the beach ten years ago...Categorized as:
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Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo months have passed since the day I pushed Hayden away. Two months since I found out he loved me and wanted to be with me. I’ve been trying to move on and forget about him, but my heart refuses to listen. Hayden had almost died saving me. Half of me wants to forgive him for everything and give him another chance... -
Like You Hurt by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDonna What kind of idiot gets on my bad side on his first day at my school? Hendrix Hawthorn is arrogant, cocky, infuriatingly attractive and clearly doesn’t realise I can make his life hell.Which is exactly what I intend to do… until he shows up in the one place no one knows I go to – the one place that makes me feel alive...Categorized as:
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STEPDORK by A.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaven and Travis sitting in a tree, doing things they shouldn’t be. HA… yeah, right. Raven hates her stepbrother with a passion, and she’s certain Travis returns the sentiment because he makes life at home with him hell. He ruined her favorite T-shirt, damn it... -
Happenstance by T.L. Hodel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsParker Whitley wasn’t the golden boy everyone thought he was.I played the part of good son, exceptional student and led the football team to victory year after year. The prodigal son and Ashen Springs golden boy. The town worshiped the ground I walked on and my parents praised me. But at night I watched her. The beautifully weird girl I saw in the school yard.Lana Crawford was my kryptonite...Categorized as:
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Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe 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... -
Scartissue by T.L. Hodel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLogan Hudson was a whole lot of sin wrapped up in heartache.I was the son of the devil.The spawn of the boogeyman.Darkness was my domain.I didn’t just thrive on the pain and misery of others, I craved it. Fed on their screams and tears.And I wanted hers the most.Shelby Grace. My walking, talking wet dream. So sweet that she made my teeth hurt.But I’m cursed. Everything I touch rots at the core...Categorized as:
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Wicked Summer Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.She’s in the wrong place at the right time…Gunshots echo, reverberating through me, allowing me to feel something… anything other than the pain that consumes me.That should be a warning to stay away, but for some reason, she comes closer. Intruding on my silence...Categorized as:
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Poison Flower by Steffanie Holmes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeware the wrath of a broken blind girl.Victor. Torsten. Cassius – the jock, the artist, the stepbrother.They made me theirs – body, heart, and soul.They got inside my head.They broke down my defenses and made me trust them… maybe even love them.They betrayed me.They think they’re untouchable,but they forget that I’m one of them...Categorized as:
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Saving Elliot by NorthByNorth
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I keep trying to think of ways to make myself hate you.” “Kind of hard to do when you're in love with me, isn't it?” He said. * * * Meet Elliot Jensen; she’s stubborn, intelligent, sarcastic, short-tempered and ambitious. Meet Elliot Fintry, he’s impulsive, rude, cold, devious, and reckless...Categorized as:
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Brutal Boy by Selena .
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMy name is Harper Apple, and people say I’m rotten to the core.I’m not the only one.The Dolce boys aren’t just dangerous, privileged, rich alphaholes. They’re a gang of three psychopaths backed by a pack of enablers and worshipped by their fangirls.And I want in... -
Sapphire Scars by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s my ex’s brother.A terrifying mob boss with a past too dark to share.And when he finds out I’m pregnant, he becomes something else, too:The husband I never asked for.Kolya Uvarov crashed into my life at a funeral and saved me from a mega-creep.Classic meet-cute, right?Not exactly—because it was his brother we were burying.A.k.a., my ex-boyfriend.A.k.a...Categorized as:
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Resilient Queen by Amber Vant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured... -
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Defiant by Candace Wondrak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was lied to. Purposefully misled and embarrassed. But I’m not down and out yet. Coming to Midpark was hard. I left everything behind me, and now I come to find out I can’t trust anyone here. The charming jock used me and tossed me aside, lying to me all the while—and the bad boy? The bad boy apparently comes from a family who deals in illegal business daily... -
Redemption and Regrets by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternate title/cover for this ASIN can be found here.Four years ago, I had everything. All it took was the snap of his fingers and he ripped it out from under me. Betrayed, by my own father. His enemies want me dead and old allies want me back in their ranks to help take what's owed. And while I’m trying to figure out what I want, there's her... -
Mafia Romance: TEN Love Stories of Danger and Desire by Aleatha Romig, Natasha Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTEN tales of violent passion from bestselling authors! Mafia capos, modern-day princesses locked in towers, and scorching hot scenes fill the pages of this limited edition boxed set. "Absolute mafia hotness!" - New York Times bestselling author Anna Zaires "OH. MY. GAWD! Sterling Sparrow is your next dark, delicious, mysterious book boyfriend...Categorized as:
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Corrupt Valentine Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.Roses are red.Violets are blue.I'm horny and I need you.I'll be in room sixty-nine waiting on the bed.I hope you're in the mood for giving h...If you're up for a game.I promise to scream your name... -
Filthy Puck by L. Ann, Claire Marta
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLIFE WAS GOOD UNTIL SHE SHOWED UP AND TOOK WHAT WAS MINEBailey Linnett Thief, Liar, StunningShe thought this was a gameTaking things that didn't belong to herMaking me feel things I shouldn't—not for someone like her.Rush CarterConfused, Angry, LostI never meant to hurt himI only wanted to ease his painHe sees my presence as a betrayal—an act of war... -
Ruthless Heir by Aidèe Jaimes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf love is the deadliest weapon, I’m about to discover just how much I can bleed.My father always warned me against falling in love. That all it would bring is pain and betrayal. But when I meet Noah and his golden gaze trails over me like a fiery tongue that heats my skin, I want nothing more than to prove him wrong.I should know better...
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