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  • Taking Meghan: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Taking Meghan: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alexei Rastov is the most vile, evil, despicable man in the world... And my father tried to force me to marry him. Dragged down the aisle, I prayed to God, to anyone, to save me from a lifetime of cruelty and abuse. Then he came... a force of nature... Disrupting the ceremony with a storm of gunfire and death...
  • Tool by K.L. Savage

    Tool by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being the VP of the Ruthless Kings has made me jaded and scarred, a savage bloodthirsty beast.Grit, pain, blood, the three constants in my life.Love?I wouldn't burden anyone with loving me. I'm a hard man to love.Until she walks through the garage doors, looking perfect in her little blue dress and high heels.She's neat and clean and too damn good for me, but I'm determined to get her filthy...
  • Vicious Scars by Jane Blythe

    Vicious Scars by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No good deed goes unpunished.Tallulah Russel knows she's made a mistake. Unfortunately it's too late to do anything about it. Snatched from her home and held prisoner in a cabin by a man whose behavior grows more confusing by the minute, she has two choices...
  • Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing in life has ever come easily for him, and rescuing his woman is no exception. Jared “Blade” Walker’s life hasn’t been his own for a long time. Sold by his father when he was just sixteen to the head of the mob, he did what he had to in order to survive and became one of their most lethal enforcers. But now, thanks to his ties with the Charon MC, he has a chance to get some vengeance...
  • Escaping From Forever by Scarlett Black

    Escaping From Forever by Scarlett Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some wars are won by sacrificing the Queen.Life demanded Katherine become stronger than the men around her, all of whom were willing to use her as a pawn in their deceptive games. They robbed her of her will and silenced her voice until she reached her breaking point and broke free. It would be over her dead body before she would ever allow herself to be dragged back into that toxic existence...
  • No Greater Love by D.A. Young

    No Greater Love by D.A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexei and Vivienne Romankov have always been the loving and supportive patriarch and matriarch of the Sullivan clan and their extended family, but how did this power couple come to be, and who or what is behind the wedge that has driven them apart for more than twenty years? Take a trip down memory lane as we discover their not-so-humble beginnings and finally learn the truth behind all the...
  • Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SYBIL Falling for my Protector might cost me my life. I was abducted and shipped out, meant to be sold. My freedom stolen. My body no longer mine. My life…over. Or so I thought. The Guardians swooped in. They saved me from a living Hell, but my life is still in danger. The men who took me want me back. They’re out there, hunting me. Once again, the Guardians step up...
  • Strike by Jay Marie

    Strike by Jay Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HER It's been over a year since my first taste of blood, since I've learned what it means to truly evolve in order to survive. I'm not proud of what I've become, but I'll do what I have to in order to remain on the pedestal I've been placed on. Hardened, determined, calculated, my motivation rests on the eternal satisfaction of one man, and I've gotten damn good at keeping it up...
  • Whistler by K.L. Savage

    Whistler by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s a whistle in the wind.And the sound doesn’t just belong to me.I became my own version of The Greatest of the Great when an injury stole my dream.I found a healthy alternative for my rage so I can still swing my bat.If someone has the unfortunate curse of being on the other end of my swing, they’ll hear a whistle before they die...
  • Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nikolai 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...
  • Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption...
  • Blood And Roses by Lylah James

    Blood And Roses by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Maria I was trapped. There was nothing left of me. Then he came and wanted to make me his. He saved me. He gave me a home, a family. He made sweet love to me. I was his Angel. He was my everything. I thought we would live happily ever after, but there are no happy endings in the mafia life. I found this out the hard way, as the blood flowed, red as roses… Lyov Angel...
  • Owned by the Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Owned by the Bratva King by Jagger Cole

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

    His Greatest Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    R.I.S.C. SERIES FINALEA man searching for a purpose. A woman searching for love. A monster out to destroy R.I.S.C…and anyone who gets in his way.Former Delta Force operator Trace Winters is an expert at two things: Finding the bad guys and taking them down. The instinct he was born with and the skills he’s learned make him the perfect candidate to lead R.I.S.C.’s new Charlie Team...
  • Revenge by Sarah Bailey

    Revenge by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her Innocent. Fragile. Sheltered. The secrets from the past shattered me. The lies my family told broke my soul. Devastation was my only solace. Until my angel saved me. He gave me freedom. And I’d kill for him. Him Broken. Battered. Bruised. My past was always there to haunt me. My need for destruction ran in my veins. Salvation was never on the cards...
  • Sacrifice by Sarah Bailey

    Sacrifice by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Him I wanted to take them all down. I had everything under control. Then she walked into my life. And turned my world completely upside down. She changed me. She was my light in the darkness. I was her avenging angel. Until I ruined everything. Her I wanted to be his everything. The one who took me. He showed me their darkest secrets. He taught me their twisted ways...
  • Finding Her by Ami Van

    Finding Her by Ami Van

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **Note: It is recommended you read the first book in the series before reading this one.** After surviving the last year together with his love, Derrick King, head of the King Family should be enjoying wedding bliss with his new wife, Stellina. With a baby on the way and his family growing stronger, he should be the happiest man in the world...
  • Penance (The Chicago Defiance MC Series) by K.E. Osborn

    Penance (The Chicago Defiance MC Series) by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm not sure how it happened. The way the cord of life can splinter and snap without warning. My family—in hiding from the Japanese Yakuza. My club—at war with the very organization my family is hiding from. Though, amidst the chaos, there is one shining light. A Spanner in the works...
  • It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky

    It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married you because I was in love with you.Those words have echoed in my mind ever since he said them, and despite the way my heart races for him every time he steps into the same room, I can't say it back. Not after he hurt me. Not after he betrayed me.Every time I feel us come close together, my heart pulls away...
  • Ice by E.C. Land

    Ice by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I saw her for the first time, broken and in despair.IceI swore long ago, I’d never want anyone for myself. I didn’t want to take the chance of losing someone I loved, not after everything I’ve seen in life. Then I see her and know I have to help. I didn’t intend for it to happen, but it did.Now I’ve got no choice but to handle the demons not only in her head—there’s more coming for her...
  • 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...
  • Savior by Eden Summers

    Savior by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was stolen. Hidden. Trapped in a hell beyond salvation. Until him. Luca. The man who changed everything with his soothing words and vows of protection. I shouldn't trust him. What he promises is something I gave up on long ago. And yet here I am, falling under the spell of a reality I crave. I want him to save me. I need it...
  • Thrasher by K.L. Savage

    Thrasher by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Home is where the heart is.That’s what I was taught.Until I met her...We’ve been traveling all over the country, recruiting new members for our club.Before we call it quits, we make a pitstop in Las Vegas.I’m owed a debt and I’ve come to collect.It’s been awhile since I spoke to the President of the Ruthless Kings.And I’m calling in my marker...
  • Unintended by Georgia Cates

    Unintended by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Fellowship saga continues with Kieran and Westlyn's story in this standalone spinoff of The Sin Trilogy. Captor becomes lover… I’m a marksman. Mobster. Deadly assassin. My job is to protect my brotherhood, but that isn’t my only responsibility. I’m Kieran Hendry, the up-and-coming leader of The Order, and a new duty calls. I must take a wife. A wife I don’t know...
  • Trapping Sophia by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Trapping Sophia by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm a psycho. A stalker. A sick and obsessed monster...I'm what happens when you keep a man away from the woman he wants.They said I couldn't have her...That grabbing and keeping the Police Chief's daughter would bring too much down on our heads.I listened. I obeyed. And I've been slowly going mad with the need to make her mine ever since...
  • Captivated by Him by Measha Stone

    Captivated by Him by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Five years ago, I let Nicole Sawicki disappear from my life without a fight. Now that she's back, I won't be making the same mistake.For her own safety.Her own protection.I will drag her into my life, my family, and my marriage bed kicking and screaming if I have to...
  • Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell

    Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Known only as Creasy, he was hired to protect, not to kill. A battle-scarred, burnt-out mercenary, working as a bodyguard for the young daughter of an Italian industrialist, he thought he had lost the power of feeling. Until the girl's beguiling touch awakens in him the ability to love.Then something happens, something so devastating that Creasy is consumed by a single-minded rage for revenge...
  • Becoming the Hitman by Hayley Faiman, PinkInk Designs

    Becoming the Hitman by Hayley Faiman, PinkInk Designs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When life hits, it holds nothing back. Renzo Pagano knows just how hard life’s punch can slam against you and just how deep the wounds can embed themselves inside of your soul. Ten years ago all Siobahn Doyle was normal. Then she wasn’t or at least her life wasn’t. Everything changed in an instant. Her beloved sister disappeared without a trace. A stranger’s touch. A kiss...
  • Desired by Mya Grey

    Desired by Mya Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leaving Dario might be my only way outBut it’ll tear my heart out to lose himAnd to complicate everything… I’m pregnantI know his past weighs heavily on him.But he’s responsible for what he does in the present.Losing his mother by his father’s hand must have destroyed him, because Dario wants to fix what can’t be fixed.I know he wants out. Wants a better life for us...
  • Quiet Power by J.L. Drake

    Quiet Power by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The time has come to take back the power and let the kingdom fall.SiennaIt’s time to make my move. With solid proof on my finger, I leave my love and enter the gates of the enemy.Ugo is by my side as we fall into their world and quickly discover the cracks in the Coppola family’s foundation.I’m confident I’m protected by my father’s name, and though I’m welcomed by some, I’m watched by others...
  • Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's the ultimate temptation.One that I can't touch yet one that I can't resist.Her father was my best friend in the Navy SEALs.He gave his life for mine.And how do I repay him?By lusting after his only daughter.The last time I saw her she was a kid.But she shows up on my doorstep in trouble and she's all grown up.All grown up and irresistible...
  • Fallen by Kristen Luciani

    Fallen by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this life, it’s never just an eye for an eye.When I stopped my car that night, it was to do something good. Something right. I ignored the deadly threats hanging over me and saved a life.But my actions came with a price, one too steep for me alone to pay.And that mistake is about to cost me everything...
  • Carnage by Ker Dukey

    Carnage by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ezekiel “Carnage Creator” Ford. Brother of the Royal Bastards MC. Brutality incarnate. A lone wolf. The one they call in from the dark when they need shit done—and there’s no one better for the job than me.I have a tainted soul, oil black, and hungry for bloodshed.The world is a cesspit...
  • A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the one man she can never forgive…or forget.Lexi Mattingly, a hotshot Pentagon security specialist, can’t escape her past. Sent down to Little Creek to track down hackers attempting to infiltrate Top Secret naval databases, the last man she expects to run into is the ruggedly handsome Navy SEAL she left in Coronado a lifetime ago...
  • Protecting His Runaway by Measha Stone

    Protecting His Runaway by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After she uncovers her wealthy father's ties to a prominent Chicago crime family, twenty-four-year-old Addison St. Claire flees to a small town in Michigan where she hopes to start a new life. Things are not that simple, though, and she is quickly tracked down by a stern, handsome police detective who makes it clear that Addison will be coming with him whether she likes it or not...
  • King's Possession by Piper Stone

    King's Possession by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    : a dark mafia arranged marriage romance (merciless...
  • The Soldier by S.R. Jones

    The Soldier by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In love, as in war, there can be only one victor.I wasn’t born a monster—they made me one.I wasn’t born a king—I claimed the right to be one.I was born a soldier—a fighter, a warrior. Waging war is in my very soul, bone deep and blood-soaked.There’s a new conflict on the horizon, time for me to defend my Bratva crown.Time for me to reap cruel vengeance on those who wronged me...
  • The Bratva's Stolen Bride: A Bratva Captive Romance by Jagger Cole

    The Bratva's Stolen Bride: A Bratva Captive Romance by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Here comes the bride. My bride.She just doesn’t know it yet…I've carved my name into this world by taking what I want. Born into the streets and raised on brutality and violence, it was the Bratva that took me and made me a man.I decided years ago that there was no room for beauty or goodness in my life...
  • King's Hostage by Piper Stone

    King's Hostage by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    : a dark mafia romance (merciless...
  • Perfect Monster by B.B. Hamel

    Perfect Monster by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nothing good happens in a monster’s bedroom.Roman Lenkov could burn the world to ashes.Ice blue eyes, fingers like a sculptor. He’s beautiful and terrible. Cruel but fair.And a member of a secret society of ultra-powerful, ultra-wealthy men called The Oligarchs.Mafias bow at his feet. Woman beg to spend one night in his luxurious bed.And I want absolutely nothing to do with that psychopath...
  • Kept by Him by Measha Stone

    Kept by Him by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My family took something from the Russian mob. Now they've taken something back.Me.I was given to Micah Ivanov as a bride to keep the peace between the two most powerful mafia dynasties in Chicago. But my future husband doesn't plan to let this be a marriage in name only.He's going to take me to his bed whether I like it or not, starting tonight.I know he's going to be rough...
  • Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire

    Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A hard, dominating Bratva PrinceA fearless, crazy Cartel PrincessAleksandr VolkovI've lived my life with rigid control.A tight vice on myself and my emotions.Scars from my past have left me broken. Riddled with guilt and anguish.When my baby sister was kidnapped, I feared the worst. That she'd suffered the same fate as our mother...
  • Claim by Luna Mason

    Claim by Luna Mason

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Are you ready for the unmasking of the king? Mikhail is coming…Cover, tropes and blurb to be revealed...
  • Buried Scars by Jane Blythe

    Buried Scars by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's her only chance at saving her daughter's life.Becoming a mother was the best thing to ever happen to Elle Cavey. It was her first time experiencing unconditional love and her seven-year-old daughter is the center of her world. Which makes knowing she's responsible for her daughter's abduction that much worse...
  • Covert Risk by Jane Blythe

    Covert Risk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An unplanned pregnancy puts her in the sights of a terrorist.Lila Angeletti fought hard to get away from her family and build her own life. After years of not letting anyone get too close she falls for a man only to have him break things off with no explanation. Then she finds out she's carrying his baby...
  • Captured by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole

    Captured by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s a war raging, and I’m caught in the middle. My father has had a run in with the New York brotherhood, and one of the New York brotherhood spies takes me. Lyov is muscle bound, tattooed, and gorgeous. He is also quiet and brooding. He won’t speak to me. He barely looks at me. The rare occasions I do catch his eyes on me, they’re burning with dark desire...
  • Coveted: A Dark Italian Mafia Second Chance Romance by Kristen Luciani

    Coveted: A Dark Italian Mafia Second Chance Romance by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Follow her, watch her, track her every movement. But do not, under any circumstances, touch her.” Those were my father’s orders. I agreed to play his game, to be his pawn, Biding my time until I saw her. In that second, my plan to cripple his empire crumbled. How ironic that he led me to her,Tempting me with that sweet, forbidden fruit, Not knowing she would cause his demise...
  • As Night Falls by K.B. Winters

    As Night Falls by K.B. Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kidnapped. What a joke. Rourke It should’ve been punishment enough, right? Instead, I’m stuck with this woman, A fiery redhead with a mouth that would make a sailor blush. She hates me, but she wants me. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, And I can sympathize. Because I want to wrap my hands around her neck . . . while I kiss her. And not just to shut her up. Okay, maybe sometimes...
  • Mack by Zahra Girard

    Mack by Zahra Girard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vicious. Possessive. Criminal.No one stands between me and what I want.And I want her.I never could keep my hands to myself.My enemies learned that the hard way.So when I come across Sophia, terrified and on the run,I can’t resist her bright eyes and her body built for sin...
  • Interrogated by Piper Stone

    Interrogated by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He took me to interrogate me. He kept me to make me his.As Liam McGinty's belt lashes my bare backside, it isn't the burning sting or the humiliating awareness that my body's surrender is on full display for this ruthless mobster that shocks me.It's the fact that this isn't a scene from one of my books...
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