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  • Hyde's Absolution by Nina Levine

    Hyde's Absolution by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Possessive biker alert Monroe Lee is a handful. She fights me, challenges me and tries to resist me. Where I’m jagged, she’s smooth. Where I’m dark, she’s pure. Where I’m broken, she’s whole. I am not a good man. I’ve hurt everyone I’ve ever loved. I should walk away before I ruin her too. But fuck, we are fire together. And I’ve been out in the cold too long...
  • The Mafia And His Obsession: Part 1 by Lylah James

    The Mafia And His Obsession: Part 1 by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My life only has one purpose, and it's to protect them—my family. Whether I fight, maim, or kill the enemy, it makes no difference to me. If have to take a bullet for my family, I would embrace death with a goddamn smile on my face. When their safety is compromised, I put my life on the line and made a deal with the devil. I never questioned it, not even once... ...Until her...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Honest Affair by Nicole French

    The Honest Affair by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The climactic end to the Rose Gold series...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Mafia And His Angel Series  (Tainted Hearts) by Lylah James

    The Mafia And His Angel Series (Tainted Hearts) by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Tainted Hearts box set brings you the dark tale of a ruthless mafia boss finding his angel…and then waging a war to keep her. He was a man who wasn’t put on this earth to be loved, but to kill. And she was a woman who was nothing more than an object to be used. They weren’t meant to find each other in this dark, cruel world...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • Sins of the Father: A Ravens Ruin Novel by Marie James

    Sins of the Father: A Ravens Ruin Novel by Marie James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m not misunderstood. I’m not confused about my position in life. I’m not looking for answers to explain why I am the way I am. This is the logic others use to try to make sense of me. According to them, there has to be a reason for my apathy. There has to be some sort of explanation for the calculating way I run my Club. There has to be a root cause for my depravity...
  • Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She had survived. She could survive. She would survive again. After a brutal assault and cancer as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre wouldn’t let herself be called a victim. Nikkie Jean wasn’t a victim. She was a survivor. Now a pediatric surgical resident at the best teaching hospital in Texas, Nikkie Jean knows there’s nothing she can’t make it through if she just keeps going...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Filthy Dark by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Dark by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    DeclanAs a made man, obligations are my middle name.As a Five Pointer? Those obligations are even more complicated.I fell for her when I belonged to another.Another I didn’t love.Another I loathed.Who trapped me in a vise, and blackmailed me into being hers.I was born a filthy fecker, dragged kicking and screaming into a cold, hard world. My son isn't like me. He isn't filthy...
  • Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    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...
  • Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I have my own suspicions about you, Sophie.”   Sophie Nelson knows her kinky interests are no more than fantasy, definitely not something that’ll ever happen in the real world. So the sexual playground Black Light is the best place to turn. A safe place to play. Until Scott. Detective Scott Russo knows better than to get sexually involved with his partner...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin

    The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gunner James is good at death. An expert.His job is to clean up the messes no one else can.But behind that tough exterior, Gunner has a few secrets of his own.Eight years ago, Gunner left his hometown and vowed to never look back. When his past collides with his present in the form of a familiar face, Gunner must return home to take care of one final mess...the woman he left behind...
  • The Billionaire's Claim: Obsession by Nadia Lee

    The Billionaire's Claim: Obsession by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dominic Elizabeth Pryce-Reed. An angel. A virgin. My first love. I fell for her hard and fast ten years ago...and paid the price on a night of shattering betrayal. So I built a billion-dollar empire out of vengeance... And now I'm coming for her. Elizabeth Dominic King. A maverick. A self-made billionaire. My soul mate...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Save Me by Tiffany Snow

    Save Me by Tiffany Snow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this fast-paced romantic suspense, China Mack will make one final choice. Computer genius China Mack may be the former head of Vigilance, the government’s clandestine spy program, but she can still be knocked off balance. And two back-to-back personal blows have thrown her into a tailspin...
  • Leith by Jane Henry

    Leith by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cairstina Reilly was locked in silence when I found her.When I ravaged my way through weak men to save her.When I killed for her.Now our fates are tangled together in a web of lies, danger, and betrayal.I have to take her hostage.Drag her from her silent, private world,And force her into mine...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Reclaim Me by Alex Grayson, Karen McAndrews

    Reclaim Me by Alex Grayson, Karen McAndrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ****WARNING! PLEASE READ!! This book contains content like rape, drugs, and hard situations that may trigger bad memories for those that has been in similar situations. Not suitable for anyone under 18. **** Enduring the ultimate betrayal on her eighteenth birthday by the one person she loves most in the world, Mia Walker is no longer the innocent, sweet, young woman she used to be...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  abuse  alpha-mc  angst
  • Collide by Reese Knightley

    Collide by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ex hacker Seth O’Leary enjoys the hell out of being part of an elite team of operatives known only as Phoenix. In fact, he’s pretty much made it his whole life. When things go horribly wrong with his deadbeat boyfriend, Seth is surprised to find help coming from an unexpected source. The man he’s secretly fantasized about for years finally takes notice...
  • Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock is the ripped, handsome Sergeant-At-Arms for the Insurgents MC. Being one of the club’s officers, women clamor to share his bed. The biker’s more than willing to oblige as long as it’s a short-time hookup; long-term relationship is not part of his vocabulary. He’s only been in love once—a long time ago—and the end result was shattering. He learned his lesson: keep his heart encased in steel...
  • Kennedy by Addison Jane

    Kennedy by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was paying off a debt. One that wasn’t mine. But when your father screws over an outlaw motorcycle club and then disappears with their money, you have two choices. Pay with your body, or pay with your blood. With a little sister to protect, I did what I had to. I gave them me. REPO I was born a protector. Whatever it took, I did it...
  • Atonement by Terri Anne Browning

    Atonement by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lessons hard learned last the longest. Creswell Springs biggest manwhore, Raider Hannigan, one of Angel’s Halo MC’s most notorious members wasn’t for me. After years of him holding my heart, I had seen the harsh light of my reality. Raider would never want me or … love me. With a firm resolve to move on, I wouldn’t give in. Only one moment of weakness came back to bite me...
  • Dying for Love by Rita Herron

    Dying for Love by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything she believes is a lie. Amelia Nettleton has struggled to overcome her childhood trauma and finally has a chance to lead a normal life—a life with a husband and a family. But a recurring nightmare haunts her: she dreams of a baby crying for its mother…a baby that may be hers, and was stolen from her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Delivered by Eva Charles

    Delivered by Eva Charles

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delivered, Book 2 of The Devil’s Duet, is not a standalone. It should be read after reading Depraved. Gabrielle Duval belongs to me. I've made sure of that. Now it's time to eliminate the man who kept us apart. My father. The devil himself. His reign of terror ends here. On my terms...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three years ago, Alec and Raegan McClane lived every parent’s worst nightmare: their one-year-old daughter, Emma, was abducted from a park when Alec turned his back for just a moment. Emma was never found, and presumed dead. The crushing trauma, plus Alec’s unbearable guilt, ended the couple’s marriage. Now a four-year-old girl matching Emma’s profile is found wandering a local park...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Carrero Effect by L.T. Marshall

    The Carrero Effect by L.T. Marshall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emma Anderson has everything in her life worked out, the perfect job in a Manhattan empire allowing her to live a quiet organised and safe existence. A necessity to her. That is until a promotion sends her straight into the presence of her young, super hot playboy billionaire boss and stuck as his right-hand man every waking moment of every single day...
  • Ruthless by Dani René

    Ruthless by Dani René

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m an asshole. And I make no apologies for it. My life has been spent drenched in the blood of my enemies. Our family legacy, left only to me when my brother walked away. Women are pawns in a game for pleasure. Nothing more. Until her. Madison Parker. I’m enthralled. Captivated. But my past is far too dark. Pushing her away is my only option...
  • Reckoning by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar

    Reckoning by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone around me calls me a monster. I can’t say that I blame them, over the years I was turned into one, into my worst nightmare – something that I tried so hard not to become. What no one knows is what I had to go through, and I doubt that they ever will. Sure, I married a monster and maybe he did turn me into what I am today...
  • Risk Everything by Janie Crouch

    Risk Everything by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The wedding is two weeks awayIf they survive until then…Following a fire at the New Journeys women’s shelter, Deputy Tanner Dempsey is on high alert, and his fiancée, Bree Daniels, fears that one of the shelter’s clients is being targeted. Outmanned and outgunned, Tanner and Bree must make a last stand for justice and unravel the twisted plot of a dangerous sociopath...
  • Obsession by Shanna Handel

    Obsession by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brokenhearted journalist is imprisoned by a punishing mafia man and held in his mansion on a private Greek island in this steamy romantic suspenseI've never felt this way but he's a dangerous manGoing undercover to reveal the naughty secrets of the Bachman family was my dream job...
  • Wasted Love with You: Season 1 by Whitney G.

    Wasted Love with You: Season 1 by Whitney G.

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last time my husband gave me an orgasm was … Well, that's never happened. And from the way our marriage is crumbling under the weight of his lies, it never will.Alas, after fighting like hell for a divorce, I promise myself that I'll never waste love on anyone else.I don't even want to 'date' anyone else...
  • Dark Duet: Platinum Edition by C.J. Roberts

    Dark Duet: Platinum Edition by C.J. Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the first time ever all the bestselling books in the Dark Duet series are available in one complete set! Already have the original books? This box set will have new covers for each of the original books in the series...
  • Relentless River by Lindsay Cross

    Relentless River by Lindsay Cross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was Ice. Sheriff Bo Lawson was everything a retired Marine Special Operations Operator should be. Cold. Calculating. Calm in all situations. He handled terrorists and too drunk locals without blinking, until a couple of dead bodies show up in his small town, throwing his controlled environment into chaos. She was fire...
  • The Square by J.A. Huss, Johnathan McClain

    The Square by J.A. Huss, Johnathan McClain

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ALEC Against all odds we found each other. And then a single moment of betrayal ripped it all away. I thought Christine had forgiven me. I thought we’d moved past it. I thought she’d healed. CHRISTINE I loved them both and they loved me. But then Danny left and our triangle was broken...
  • Bulletproof Butterfly by Anna Brooks

    Bulletproof Butterfly by Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wasn’t a rookie, but I made a mistake because I was selfish, impulsive, and headstrong. I was also in love. My desire for her overwhelmed me. Consumed me. Distracted me. To protect her, I stood motionless as my partner pried her from the security of my arms. I watched as she fought his hold. I even listened when she screamed that she hated me...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  adult  age-gap  angst  book
  • Reaper by Crimson Syn

    Reaper by Crimson Syn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    REAPER I’m called The Reaper due to the countless men I’ve sent to their graves. Bad men that have touched the people I love. Men that ruined the life of an Angel. My Angel. I sent her into hiding and now I want her back. She can fight me all she wants, But when the dead rise, Only The Reaper can save his Angel. CECILIA Ryan Simon is my curse and my salvation...
  • Chris by Bethany-Kris

    Chris by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A made man versus the cartel …The job was simple—a contract from a powerful crime family to retrieve Valeria Lòpez. A woman believed to have been forcibly taken by one of the major cartels in Mexico. Easy enough, right?Christopher Guzzi thought so, but the details made it difficult...
  • Blindfold Vol. 5 by M.S. Parker, Cassie Wild

    Blindfold Vol. 5 by M.S. Parker, Cassie Wild

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Series Now Complete. No More Cliffhangers! I'd known that letting Ashford Lang close was a bad idea. I'd known that if I let myself care too much, he'd break my heart. I'd just never imagined he'd put my family in danger too. Toni Gallagher's boss, heiress Isadora Lang, has escaped her captors, but the danger isn't over...
  • Taming James by Shayne Ford

    Taming James by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rain and James's love rises from the ashes.*This is the conclusion of James and Rain's story for now."Their epic love story continues in Loving James ( Night of the Kings 12) and Craving James (Night of the Kings 13). For the best reading experience, all Night of the Kings books should be read in order...
  • Tainted Pictures by Sarah Robinson

    Tainted Pictures by Sarah Robinson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tainted Pictures is an Amazon Bestseller in Crime, Thrillers, and Romantic Suspense. The Photographer is back, dropping menacing hints at every turn. Reminding Kate that he owns her. That he broke her body. And at the same time, Derrick Kane broke her heart. The small, quiet life that Kate Jackson had built for herself was over...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Forgiven by Lisa Helen Gray

    Forgiven by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kelly Everyone has their kryptonite, mine just so happens to be him. The womanizer, the male whore and the sexiest man you’ll ever lay your eyes on. With his dark hair, penetrating eyes, and his god like body beckoning to be touched, you can’t help but be hypnotized by the man...
  • Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN YOU HANDLE 25 SMOKIN' HOT, TAKE-CHARGE, BAD BOYS?Don't miss this sizzling compilation of panty-melting military masters, determined detectives, and rope twirling cowboys. Your knees will grow weak with each take-charge encounter leaving you breathless for more. Sink into the novellas and submit to these sinfully strict salacious alpha males...
  • Shadow of Vengeance by Kristine Mason

    Shadow of Vengeance by Kristine Mason

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pub date: TBA Welcome to Hell Week. You have seven days to find him… At Wexman University, male students will do anything to get into a top fraternity. They’ll prove their worth during Hell Week by participating in various physical, psychological and even juvenile pranks. But those shenanigans aren’t so funny when pledges start disappearing...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Breathing Black by Piper Payne

    Breathing Black by Piper Payne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    GRITTY. INTENSE. EMOTIONALLY HONEST. A stunning debut novel that will leave you breathless. A desolate childhood; a scarred, jaded, damaged girl. Larkin Grant knew she couldn’t end up like her mother … so she ran. All her belongings packed in the back of a rusted, brown Cadillac, her best friend June in the passenger seat as the co-pilot, she fled Aspen and never looked back...
  • Trojan Crown by Eleanor Aldrick

    Trojan Crown by Eleanor Aldrick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trojan Crown is book two in the Crown Brothers Series...
  • Knave by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Knave by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B07BV13B6X here. Sabrina: Good guys save the day and criminals go to jail. It's not rocket science, people.But then my father's killed, I'm rescued by a thief, and my worldview is shattered. He takes me to his penthouse. His bed. I don't have to like it but I can't help it. His touch is everything a good girl like me shouldn't want...
  • Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’ll never give up on finding her baby. And neither will the sheriff of Whistler.For five years, Cora Reeves has searched for her baby, who went missing in a fire—a baby she swears is still out there. When the private investigator sniffing out clues ends up dead, Sheriff Jacob Maverick’s on the cold case. As old evidence takes on new meaning, Jacob is deperate to ensure Cora’s safety...
  • Christmas Hostage by Jane Blythe

    Christmas Hostage by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tragedy tore them apart. Now it’s giving them a second chance.He walked away because he thought it was what she wanted. When FBI Agent Tom Drake arrives at the scene of a robbery, the last person he expects to see is his ex-wife...
  • Talk Dirty To Me by Imogen Keeper

    Talk Dirty To Me by Imogen Keeper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Warning may cause injury from side-effects related to wet panties." "Must read!" "Tension is out of this world! Mia and Stranger are perfectly unsuitable, and there are crazy twists and delicious turns." "I loved every minute of it!" The girl with everything… Mia Reed has a perfect life. A perfect fiancé. A perfect family. A perfect everything...
  • Family that Binds by A.J. Wyatt

    Family that Binds by A.J. Wyatt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vengeance gives you purpose. Heartache cripples you. Pick your poison.Neal Sanders is on the precipice of getting all he’s ever wanted in life, becoming Don and obtaining his seat on the Commission. However, it all seems to come at a cost. His love for Amelia, an outsider, is stronger than he ever imagined possible but still he must marry Arica Bastone, the princess of Cosa Nostra...
  • A Taste Of Country by Vicki Green, Kathy Krick

    A Taste Of Country by Vicki Green, Kathy Krick

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes beauty is skin deep, Other times it is in the things we see inside, Then there are times it is both Colby Carter comes from a traditional country life, one that dates back for generations. He put that behind him by attending an out of state college. He came back and his parents gifted to him their large farm and estate...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  dark  domestic-drama  suspense  abuse  adult  book  captivity
  • Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew

    Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 1-4 of the Edge of the Heat Series - romantic suspense box set - bundle Emma Hill fights for her life, and the life of her new boyfriend against an evil, scheming, dirty cop. Her new boyfriend has some secrets of his own to bring to the fight, both for their lives, and for Emma's heart...
  • Trusting Gibson by K.L. Shandwick

    Trusting Gibson by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Taking a chance on Gibson Barclay was something Chloe never envisaged in her future when she was in college. Years later, she found herself thrown into his world with no immediate way out. She knew that trying to be the girlfriend of Gibson Barclay would come at a price...
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