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  • This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE THIS MAN TRILOGY!The Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse's lives. She has accepted that she'll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn't want to...
  • The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay

    The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hitting rock bottom in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, investigative journalist Jamie Walker lands the assignment of a lifetime: Find the most elusive artist of a generation, who has enthralled the art and fashion world for over a decade.This assignment is supposed to finally be Jamie’s ticket to journalistic fame and fortune...
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    age-gap  angst  celebrity  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • American Hellhound by Lauren Gilley

    American Hellhound by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Black dogs. Demons. Hellhounds. Damned souls that haunt crossroads, taking the forms of hulking dogs with glowing red eyes. Legends of the Old World, but just stories meant to scare lonely wanderers. Mostly. Knoxville, Tennessee boasts black dogs of its own: the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club...
  • Storm by Serena Akeroyd

    Storm by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    STORMYou hate me.I deserve it.The day I betrayed the love of my life was the day I lived up to every messed-up thing my haters say about me.But I’m tired of feeling like a POS.I’m tired of being broken.I’m tired of life not being worth living.It’s time now to make amends, and to earn my woman’s love back.To be the father my kid deserves,the Old Man I should always have been...
  • 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...
  • Lawless by T.M. Frazier

    Lawless by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She's prim and proper. He's leather and lawless. It will never work between them. It's a lie they almost believe...
  • More of Us to the West  (The Adrift Series Book 1) by Trinity Dunn

    More of Us to the West (The Adrift Series Book 1) by Trinity Dunn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I wanted to disappear...and then I did. On a trip to reignite the spark in her marriage, Alaina Grace’s upgraded first-class ticket places her far from her husband and next to the notorious Jack Volmer, a former teen actor who’d previously hung on posters in her childhood bedroom...
  • 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...
  • Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The next captivating installment in New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams’s Redemption series. As the Princess of the Irish-American Mob, there’s no shortage of men ready to help guard and protect me. To slowly suffocate me to the point of seeking freedom—a place where I can breathe. Kieran Hayes has been saving me for as long as I can remember...
  • 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...
  • Coming for You by J.A. Huss

    Coming for You by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    James, Harper, and Sasha are products of their environment. Born into a secret organization that runs a global shadow government, and taught to kill since they were small, they find themselves both indispensable and expendable to all the people they used to trust. Twenty-eight year old James Fenici has been an assassin since he was sixteen...
  • Forbidden to Love: A Stand-alone Dark Mafia Second Chance Forbidden Romance by Siobhan Davis, Regina Wamba

    Forbidden to Love: A Stand-alone Dark Mafia Second Chance Forbidden Romance by Siobhan Davis, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A new stand-alone dark mafia romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Siobhan Davis.Natalia Mazzone has grown up knowing she is promised to a made man. As the only daughter of one of New York’s most powerful mafia dons, she knows she can’t refuse. It’s her duty, and she would never dishonor her beloved father.But the man she’s promised to is a monster...
  • Originals Ride: Hellions Motorcycle Club by Chelsea Camaron

    Originals Ride: Hellions Motorcycle Club by Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four men, four families, four originals, one club. Go back to where it all began so long ago for Roundman, Danza, Frisco, and the late Rocky Fowler. A life choice, a road less traveled, all coming together in the name of brotherhood. Some found love, some faced loss, and others learned real loyalty. This is the story before the chaos. This is how the originals ride...
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    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  family  abuse  adult  audiobook  biker
  • 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...
  • Grand Slam by Lisa Suzanne

    Grand Slam by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexis’s father tells me he’s going to ruin me. He does not want his pop star daughter or her brand associated in any way with the bad boy of baseball.I make it my mission to prove to her father that I’m not the bad guy he thinks I am. But he takes things a few steps too far, causing major issues that will affect my upcoming baseball season...
  • Thin Lives by Bethany-Kris

    Thin Lives by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Final Donati Bloodlines Novel *** Emma Donati Some days, it felt like Emma had just imagined it all. Like maybe everything she had been with Calisto was just a dream. Emma knew it was crazy—it was impossible to forget what she had shared with Calisto Donati. All their love, the stolen moments, their foulness together, and the beauty underneath it all were real. They were real...
  • Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer

    Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carson is pleasantly surprised by the job Levi assigns him, until Carson hears all the details. An elderly friend of Ice’s believes someone is out to kill her. But she has no proof, no suspects, no motives. The police think she’s imagining things and won’t look into the case any further. However, after meeting this lady … and her granddaughter, Carson has his own suspicions...
  • Bucked by Heather Slade

    Bucked by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's a city slicker. He's a cowboy to the core. Together, opposites may attract but, will sparks fly.BUCK Getting called back to the ranchAfter my dad dies,I know I have my work cut out for me.As a CIA operative, I can juggle it all.Always have.Always will.But when she needs my help,I can't possibly refuse.After all, she's the sexiest city slickerThis BUCK has ever seen...
  • Artful Lies by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Artful Lies by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An irresistible connection, a desire that won't let go... When aspiring antiques dealer Eleanor Cole is handed the chance of a lifetime to work for the Hunt Corporation, the renowned antiques dealers, she doesn't think twice. Only to discover she'll be working up close and personal with the notorious and insanely irresistible Becker Hunt...
  • 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...
  • Stanton Unconditional by T.L. Swan

    Stanton Unconditional by T.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The follow up to the gripping first novel by T.L. Swan, Stanton Adore.Unconditional love, does it really exist or is it an urban myth? What does it really mean?Do you love someone because of their flaws?Or in spite of them.And at what point are the conditions more to bear.Than the love is worth.This is what I’m trying to decipherThis is my story.I’ll let you be the judge...
  • Caged by Bella Matthews

    Caged by Bella Matthews

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Why are the cocky ones always the hardest to resist?Because this man . . . this man is temptation personified. He’s six feet, four inches of rock-solid, golden muscles that are inked to perfection and proudly displayed every time he steps into the cage. And I’m the idiot who agreed to stay with him for the next few days...
  • Loving Irish by Katy Regnery

    Loving Irish by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Blueberry Lane series comes a new trio of romances featuring the Haven triplets! Ian Haven and Halcyon Gilbert haven't seen each other since Hallie's 17th birthday... ...the same day Hallie pledged she would never, ever speak to Ian again as long as she lived. Hallie Gilbert has had an especially awful year...
  • Stained by M.J. Fields

    Stained by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After nearly sixteen years in hell, Maddox finally rises from the ashes. Held captive since birth he never knew normal until the day he watched as two men opened fire on the place he had merely existing since birth...
  • Angels and Ashes by Avelyn Paige, Rebecca Pau

    Angels and Ashes by Avelyn Paige, Rebecca Pau

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abandoned & Broken Left alone to raise a family, widower Darcy Kyle’s life has spiraled out of control. When secrets about her husband’s past emerge, Darcy is forced to confront the fact her husband’s fatal accident may, in fact, have been deliberate. Forced to sell her soul to the Devil himself, Darcy must uncover the truth of her husband’s accident…before it’s too late...
  • 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...
  • Shattered Legacy : A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Shattered Legacy : A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mia Thompson wants only one thing: to survive Gravestone University, graduate, and get far far away from her hometown and its archaic traditions.But she’s about to become a pawn in a game she doesn’t understand.Bexley Danforth wants only one thing: to keep his head down, survive four years at college, and get far far away from his past and the mistakes that haunt him...
  • Stealing Chances by Molly McAdams

    Stealing Chances by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do if you woke up to a different life?Because that’s what happened to me.Woke up in a hospital bed with my family and friends telling me everything I knew was nothing more than a coma-induced dream.The girl I love. The baby we’re having . . . all of it ripped away.In their place is a house I don’t recognize and a girl I’ve never seen before who’s claiming she’s my fiancée...
  • Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley

    Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Raised by a widower and a pack of uncles, Michelle Calloway has known only one way of life, that of the Lean Dogs MC, London chapter. When circumstances force her to flee to America, she fears her days of working alongside the club are over. But Derek Snow isn't the sort of man to let talent go to waste...
  • Fix It Up: Torus Intercession Book Three by Mary Calmes

    Fix It Up: Torus Intercession Book Three by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How will a man who doesn’t believe in fairy tales ever hope to recognize when he’s found the love of a lifetime? Locryn Barnes knows what it means to be a fixer for Torus Intercession...
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    age-gap  angst  celebrity  family  adult  audiobook  bodyguard  book
  • 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...
  • Fearless by Lauren Gilley

    Fearless by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the author of the Walker Series comes a family drama like no other, a sprawling character epic, a forbidden love story full of angst, adventure, heartbreak, and second chances. Welcome to the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club; meet the girl raised by outlaws, and the fearsome man who will always hold her heart...
  • Here with Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Here with Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ryley Clarke has grown up with the military in her blood, with both parents serving their country. Ryley knows the risks of being married to the military. But when the unthinkable happens, and her future husband is killed in action, Ryley can barely survive... until Evan's twin brother, Nate, helps her pick up the pieces...
  • Claim by Piper Lawson

    Claim by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He showed me a side of myself I never dreamed existed. Olivia’s professor promised her lessons she couldn’t learn in class.What he didn’t expect was to find peace from his tormented past in her arms. Now, that past has caught up to both of them, ripping them apart even when he vowed she was the person who mattered most...
  • Claire and the Lady Billionaire 7 by Giselle Fox

    Claire and the Lady Billionaire 7 by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 7 in Claire and Camille’s epic love storyClaire and Camille must find a way through the wreckage that brother Bryce left behind with his bombshell tape release. With the media pounding outside its doors, a crisis ensues at Vermillion Global just as Camille is forced to take the reigns. Johnathon is confined to his home in secrecy and Claire must decide where she is needed most...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  domestic-drama  romance  drama  steamy  wlw  lgbtq
  • Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Dylan’s band is offered a deal they can’t refuse, within a month they’re in LA, signing with Wallace & Wright Records. Then Brooke walks in and changes everything. Not only does she work for the record label, but she’s also producing their debut album. Like someone else pressed play on Brooke's future, she knew there was no rewinding, no take two...
  • 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...
  • Scarred by Willow Winters

    Scarred by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She made me a better man, but I still wasn’t good enough to keep her. Born and raised in Brooklyn, with sleeve tattoos, ripped muscle and a cold-hearted stare, I am who I am.  The bad boy she knew to stay away from. I knew we were never supposed to last.  But the way her lips tasted, the way her curves felt under my hands…  I couldn’t let go. I did everything I could to keep her...
  • Honestly Yours by Jaime Reese

    Honestly Yours by Jaime Reese

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The truth hurts. But in the end, honesty wins. Or does it? Warren Prescott loves a challenge. He knows how to play the game and adapts when necessary to succeed in his cutthroat world. Tired of pining for a man he’s wanted for months, Warren intends to seal the deal. Until that man throws him an endearing curveball…Be honest.Gian Benedetti doesn’t play games...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  family  abuse  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary
  • Rough & Ruthless by Hayley Faiman

    Rough & Ruthless by Hayley Faiman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mary-Ann Lukin has never had it easy. Having survived the torments of abuse for far too long, it's a miracle that life somehow managed to leave her with a little bit of hope—hope of a future filled with happiness. Max "MadDog" Duhart has lived more than one lifetime, earning the respect he's due as the president of the Original Charter of Notorious Devils...
  • Banger's Ride by Chiah Wilder

    Banger's Ride by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For a Limited Time Hawk's Property, Book 1 in the Insurgents MC Romance Series, is a Bonus Book. Banger, President of the Insurgents MC, isn’t looking for a woman to replace his beloved wife. Ever since she died, he’s closed his heart to loving again. He satisfies his carnal pleasure with the club girls and hoodrats. It’s safer that way...
  • Isabella by Jennifer Foor

    Isabella by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One year ago Isabella Mitchell moved to Kentucky to live with her cousin Noah. Like her mother at her age, Isabella is drawn to men she shouldn’t be with. When she travels back to North Carolina to see her parents, she and her ex have a one-night stand. She knows they are through, but sometimes what happens in the bedroom doesn’t always stay in the bedroom...
  • Thin Lies by Bethany-Kris

    Thin Lies by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Calisto Donati She was just a woman. That’s what Calisto wanted to tell himself; that’s what he wanted to believe. Emma was nothing more than a woman. There were other women for him to want. To obsess over. It couldn’t be Emma Sorrento. Not for Calisto. She was taken. She was claimed. She was not his. In a few days, Calisto would hand her off, and that would be that...
  • Devil by Jordan Marie

    Devil by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He is my biggest temptation… Logan is a complication I didn’t count on. I need to stay away—too many lives depend on it. One wrong move and everything around me will crumble. But his graveled voice calls to me. His wicked smile takes my breath. His whiskey colored eyes intoxicate me. His heated touch seduces me...
  • Fox by Max Monroe

    Fox by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some things are meant to be; some aren't. I never thought this would be my life. I never believed I could feel this way. I don't know where to go from here. I never want to be anywhere else. My whole world has changed. She is my whole world. I'm not sure how to be me again. I've never felt more like myself. I've never needed anyone, but I need him. I love her...
    Categorized as:
    angst  celebrity  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Smokin' Hot by Abbi Glines

    Smokin' Hot by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The mafia south of the Mason Dixon line is ruled by possessive, controlling, dangerous, alphas. Except for one. Saxon Houston has grown up the best friend of the mafia boss’s youngest son. He knew one day he’d have to play a role in the life his father and grandfather are a part of...
  • Reckoning by Jessica Ruben

    Reckoning by Jessica Ruben

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Vincent: Forgetting about Eve was the plan. Finding her at a party on my college campus was the last thing I expected. But letting her go again isn’t an option—not this time. Juggling the life I want with the one I was born into may be near impossible, but for her, it's a risk I'm willing to take...
  • Manacle by Bella Jewel

    Manacle by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’ve loved Danny since I was five. He’s loved me longer. It seemed destined that we would be together, it seemed like the stars had aligned. Then we grew up and life got in the way. He’s stepping up to be president of the Motorcycle club we grew up in. And I want no part in it. I want to be free, to travel the world and experience life without violence...
  • Filthy Marcellos: Giovanni by Bethany-Kris

    Filthy Marcellos: Giovanni by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Giovanni Marcello lives life by his own terms and has no intention of changing. As a Capo and the son of a mob boss, he knows what is and is not acceptable conduct. That doesn’t stop him from doing whatever he wants, whenever he wants to do it. The one thing he would never do is disobey the principles of La Cosa Nostra. That is, until he spends a night with a beautiful stranger...
  • Dirty, Reckless Love by Lexi Ryan

    Dirty, Reckless Love by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m in love with a man who tried to kill me. At least that’s what they tell me . . . Six weeks ago, paramedics found me unconscious in my apartment. Beaten. Bruised. Hardly breathing. When I woke up, I couldn’t remember the last three years or anything about my life in Jackson Harbor. They tell me my fiancé, Colton McKinley, is on the run for what he did to me...
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