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  • The Mafia and His Obsession: Part 2 by Lylah James

    The Mafia and His Obsession: Part 2 by Lylah James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I lived in the darkness for so long. No life. No choice. The devil owned me, body and soul—but not my heart. It was the only part of me which could never be claimed… …or so I thought. Viktor weaved his way into my heart and imprinted on my soul. He made it clear he was there to stay. Even when the darkness blinded us, he never left my side...
  • It Ends Tonight by A.M. Myers

    It Ends Tonight by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nineteen years ago, on a dark stormy night, everything in Lucas Smith’s life came crashing down around him. In the blink of an eye, his childhood was gone and he was forced to step up for his little brother, Clay. They are the only family each other has left and there isn’t anything Lucas won’t do to protect that bond. Quinn Dawson knows a thing or two about loss and family...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Iris. by London Miller

    Iris. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One chance was all she needed … Iris Adler made a promise to herself and her father that she would ensure the man responsible for ruining their lives paid for what he had done, but she hadn’t anticipated Syn, or how quickly she would fall for the beautiful but damaged mercenary...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  revenge  suspense  abuse
  • Unbound by D.D. Prince

    Unbound by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What on Earth is happening with the Ferrano boys? (The Continuation of The Dominator Series, a dark mafia romance with dark themes. 18+ only...
  • Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott

    Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bruno: I sacrificed everything for her. When I saved her from the mafia, I traded my freedom for hers. I’ve never regretted it. Never looked back. I cut her out of my life to keep her safe. She never even knew what I traded for her. I did everything I could to protect her from the retribution of the Italian Mafia, but it wasn’t enough...
  • The Demon by Stella Andrews

    The Demon by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Submitting in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Submitting in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Over the years, I’ve watched Rafe Morelli charm every kind of beautiful woman out of her panties. Most of them are practical enough to hold onto their hearts, though; he doesn’t want those. I am the only woman around who has managed to keep her panties out of Rafe’s hands, but not her heart...
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
  • The Angel by Stella Andrews

    The Angel by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Der Engel Ein sterbender Mann gab mir das Geschenk des Lebens. Zwei Namen.Einer davon gehört zu der Mutter, von der ich nie wusste, dass ich sie hatte.Als ich sie fand, wollte ich Antworten und noch etwas mehr. Ihre Stieftochter. Louisa Sullivan. Die Tochter eines Milliardärs, aber es ist nicht das Geld, das mich interessiert. Meine Mutter zu finden, war nur ein Teil meines Plans...
  • Spark by Jay Marie

    Spark by Jay Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HER There are not enough words to describe my internal torment. I knew there would be consequences for what I did. I knew this would be hard. But it’s so much harder than I ever want to admit. Physically broken, mentally drained, and legally dead, I now find myself wasting away on an island in the middle of the Bahamas...
  • Enigma: The Complete Collection by Shandi Boyes

    Enigma: The Complete Collection by Shandi Boyes

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

    Caged Thorn by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, I ran from my home.Today, I’m running back.The difference this time is that my son is coming with me.We’re going back to the place I swore I’d never return to.Back to the lies and the heartbreaks and the site of the day that changed my life forever.There is one other difference, actually:This time, someone is following me.Konstantin Aminoff isn’t the kind of man who “lets go...
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Sonata of Lies by Nicole Fox

    Sonata of Lies by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demyen stole my freedom to lock me in the worst cell imaginable.His bed.I get I'm the liar who put his brother behind bars.And I'm paying for my betrayal, one moan at a time.He promises he's going to ruin me.So why does he pull me into his bed every night?I see the truth behind those icy He's addicted.Unfortunately for me...So am I.And unfortunately for both of us, there's no ending this now...
  • Killing Me Softly by Lena Bourne, Lexy Timms

    Killing Me Softly by Lena Bourne, Lexy Timms

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are you brave enough to wander on the dark side?Do forbidden desires and tantalizing temptations call to you?Get ready to step into the world of lies, deceit and revenge.Worlds where you can't look away. No is not an option.Where strong men but even stronger women reside...
  • The Charmer’s Gambit by Lexi C. Foss

    The Charmer’s Gambit by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He set his sights on the wrong girl. Me. Law school taught me a lot of things, but nothing prepared me to deal with this determined, hotter-than-Hell millionaire. Don’t get me wrong, I’m flattered. But resisting Will Mershano is harder than passing the bar. He’s everything: sexy, confident, intelligent. And he wants me...
  • Afon: The Dudnik Circle Book 3 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Afon: The Dudnik Circle Book 3 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Didn’t you get the hint yet? I’m always hungry for a taste of retribution with the need to purge. I’ve drowned in my own blood and welcomed the taste until it fueled me to revive. I’m Afon Nikolin, third in command of The Dudnik Circle. The Russian Mob, in case you need a label. The woman I claimed as my future wife, without her knowledge I might add, is part of the Italian mob...
  • 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...
  • Deadly Love by Erin Trejo

    Deadly Love by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She dropped into my world unannounced and broke through my security like a thief in the night.There was only one thing to do with her. Kill her.Yet I didn’t. Instead, I made her a deal. Her life for her friends.She’s mine now, and together our world is untouchable...
  • 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...
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • Limit by Molly McAdams

    Limit by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final breathtaking installment in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams’s REBEL series. Protecting people isn’t simply my job—it’s engrained in me. It doesn’t atone for my countless sins. There’s no washing the blood off my hands after a lifetime in the mob. I just want to save those who can’t save themselves...
  • Dark by Aleatha Romig

    Dark by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” ~ Madeline L’EngleDarkness has fallen upon the Sparrow world. What seemed secure was breached, and what was assumed unattainable is possible. In this dangerous underground world, we Sparrows took our power by force...
  • Twisted Bond by S.R. Jones

    Twisted Bond by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No matter what, she's mine...for better, or for worse. Giovanni: When you take two individual strands and twist them together,you make them stronger.Amelia refuses to see the strength we share, so I will makeher.Both our lives are now on the line.I won’t let her go, though, and I won’t let anyone else take herfrom me.Twisted, yes, but Amelia is mine...
  • Seductive by W. Winters

    Seductive by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters He’s forbidden, dangerous, and everything that’s bad for me. More than that, the life he leads is exactly why I’d been on the run. The seductive and powerful air around him is what drew me in, the reminder of what could have and should have been years ago. His dark gaze riddled with desire could always see through me...
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  adult  age-gap  book
  • Tarnished Throne by Kristen Luciani

    Tarnished Throne by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our world is built on a web of lies...and even the truth can't set us free. I always knew Patrick Mulligan was a man of many layers.I just never imagined that peeling them back would awaken such a savage beast with the insatiable need to control and conquer everything and everyone around him.My husband is a beautiful, vicious monster with a god-like body that is fueled by the wrath of the devil...
  • Revenge by Elizabeth Knox

    Revenge by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every single person at Skulls Renegade MC knows me as Jenna; Jenna Lawrence to be exact. They think I’m some club whore because I’ve led them to believe that’s all I am. I’ve done a damn good job at being that girl. Here’s the thing, I’m not who they think I am. My real name is Tegan Hill...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A life for a life. That was the code they lived by. After their Don was gunned down, things changed. This was no longer a life for a life situation. A coward had tried to make a name for himself by taking on their family. It was time for the DeLucas to show their enemies just how brutally savage their bloodline could be...
  • Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime RomanceMy husband had been keeping a secret from me—a secret that would irrevocably change the course of our lives.He was the son of one of the most ruthless men alive, and an heir to the infamous Fausti crime family. They were beautiful, powerful, ruthless—royalty in their beloved Italy and beyond...
    Categorized as:
    dark  organized-crime  crime  angst  suspense  romance  fiction  steamy
  • Break a King by Stella Andrews

    Break a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Blake. The King of Wall Street and the biggest bastard you’d be unfortunate to meet.A man with many enemies, and that’s just his immediate family.The most ruthless man ever to rule the markets and one who is so cold the air he breathes freezes around him.Strong. Possessive. DominantA man you do everything to avoid and yet dream about at night...
  • For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Cam can be read as standalone, but it's advised to read book 3 For Adriano before book 4. Book 1 and 2 center around another couple.Camilla Guillermo’s life has been turned upside down ever since she joined the Chicago Syndicate and was reunited with Adriano Montesi, the cocky and charismatic Mafia man who captured her heart two years ago...
  • Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Disbelief by T.L Smith

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

    Dangerous Vow by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He thinks I’m weak. He sees me as prey. He doesn’t know what I’m capable of or the terrible secrets I hide.Giovanni Bianchi: Handsome, wealthy, and controlling.He’s the man who has it all—except me.When he offers me the opportunity to work as a librarian for his estate, I can’t turn him down despite my father’s deathbed warning. I have nothing to lose. My father is dead. My home is in danger...
  • Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was drawn to darkness, and he was the abyss.Safe.It’s a liar’s word. No one is ever truly safe.Control is how I survived.I lived my life by two principles: order and excellence. My moral compass steered me out of the backwoods of Tennessee and towards the woman I was destined to become, but not without gathering a few skeletons along the way...
  • Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacade Jordan is no good for me. He’s a master at deception, a criminal, trouble. He’s been putting on the ultimate show of betrayal for years. He also saved my life and makes me feel more alive than I ever could have imagined...
  • One Filthy Man by James Crow

    One Filthy Man by James Crow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhiannon The high-walled mansion seems almost impenetrable. My contact talks of one man and up to 100 women behind those walls. It could be the trafficking of sex slaves, some twisted sex cult, or even a brothel. Either way, uncovering criminals in the trade of women is my job – my life. I want the scoop – want to expose this one man’s terrible secrets and nail his sorry ass...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake

    Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Like in the past I write genres the way I see them. This is my version of a mafia story...and believe me, book 1, only scratches the surface of the madness that's to come. **A twisted mafia romance about quiet wealth and refined darkness SiennaIt’s been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  organized-crime  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Rust by Aria Ray

    Rust by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Fallen Angel, Part II by Tracie Podger

    Fallen Angel, Part II by Tracie Podger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part II of the Fallen Angel series When Brooke Stiles had said, “It was in a small room in an office block in Washington, DC, that my life changed, forever,” she had no idea of the enormity of that statement. Just a few short months ago, Brooke, had lived a quiet suburban life in the UK...
  • WYLDER by Kristina Weaver

    WYLDER by Kristina Weaver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. And I mean it. Really mean it. You've been warned :) The Wylders have only one goal in life, avenging their murdered sister. But when they meet the woman they were meant to love, sometimes revenge isn’t the only thing that can change a man..
  • Nadia's Salvation by K.A. Knight

    Nadia's Salvation by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My world was perfect until he came along. Spiralling from the recent loss of my grandmother I find myself witness to a kidnapping and in the spiders clutches as he tries to stop it happening again. It’s a race against time to stop the men behind this, secrets shrouding them at every turn...but when we are forced to work together sparks fly cracking his cold exterior...
  • 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...
  • Her Heartless King by Ella Jade

    Her Heartless King by Ella Jade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one can survive torn between two ruthless mafia families. But that’s exactly where I find myself.I made a grave mistake when I agreed to spy on my new husband for my family.I thought it was a way to take my place in this brutal life I never asked for.But then the unthinkable happened...I fell in love with him, and I never imagined my betrayal would have so many consequences...
  • Emancipated Father by Francesca Penn

    Emancipated Father by Francesca Penn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Traded by A.K. Rose

    Traded by A.K. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Order took something from me… My property. Vivienne. And now she belongs to another man… Macoy Daniel’s. The moment he signed that contract, he signed his own death warrant. With the sons, we track her down. Only when we get there, we find something unexpected. Her…savage and full of fury. We don’t call her wildcat for no reason...
  • Filthy Richer by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Richer by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven-year itch?Can’t say I know what that feels like when my husband is as obsessed with me now as he was on our wedding day.A lot has happened since that first meeting, but through it all, Eoghan's obsession with me is an insatiable craving to make me happy.
If anything, I've gotten FILTHY RICHER on his love...
  • Ruler of Hearts by Bella Di Corte

    Ruler of Hearts by Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the war that almost took my husband from me, life felt settled—as settled as it could be when you belonged to the infamous Fausti famiglia .Enemies retreated, and the life we created in New York seemed to be moving us in the right direction. Until things took an unexpected turn...
  • Destroy a King by Stella Andrews

    Destroy a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The King of Media Corp is Dexter PrincePossessive. Dominant. Broken.A monster in an Armani suit.I worked under him and was so low on his radar I barely registered.Then it all changed with one foolish lapse of judgment. I stepped into his world with killer heels and an attitude that rubbed him up the wrong way...
  • Hurt by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden

    Hurt by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enrapture by Rachel Van DykenTrace is everything.My freaking world.And I would do anything to keep her safe.But, I can't protect her from every kind of evil..and I can no longer keep the past a secret...We were left folders.Each one filled with the sins of our pasts.And Traces grandfather just asked us to read his.There was no preparation...
  • The Hacker by Renee Rose

    The Hacker by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SHE BETRAYED MY FAMILY--I WILL MAKE HER PAY.The sweet redhead in our building isn’t as innocent as we thought.She brought a Fed into our circle. Got my twin brother shot.Now she will pay. I’m putting her in charge of nursing him back to health. If he dies, she dies. That’s what I told her, anyway. Of course I wouldn’t actually harm her.Our beautiful neighbor is already under my skin...
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