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  • Mafia Madman: A Dark Mafia Romance by Mila Finelli

    Mafia Madman: A Dark Mafia Romance by Mila Finelli

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s no angel . . . and he’s the very devil. GIAI may be a mafia princess, but I have bigger plans than to stay in this sheltered world.I’m in Milan to pursue my dreams as a fashion designer. Having an affair is the last thing on my mind, except he’s handsome and charming and Italian. In other words, he’s irresistible...
  • Fighter in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Fighter in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bosco Roth is a crime lord. The owner of the biggest underground casino.He's the kind of man who gets what he wants. He's got the best poker face in the world.Now he wants me.When things become too intense, I hit the brakes and make a run for it.But one problem...he won't let me go.Now I belong to Bosco Roth...
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    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  anti-hero  book
  • Fine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Fine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've decided to keep her.I paid for her, after all.I should feel guilty for the decision I've made, but why? She prefers me to her previous master anyway.And it's not like my father didn't do the same thing when he was my age.I'm rich, powerful, and untouchable.I'm a Barsetti, and I can do whatever I please...
  • Truth by Penelope Sky

    Truth by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I had no idea she was going to tell Damien. If I did, I would have stopped her. I would have told her the truth myself. Now I'm afraid I'm going to lose her...and there's nothing I can do about it...
  • Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m risking everything for Vanessa. One last time. I can’t turn the other way and let her family be murdered by the Skull Kings. I have to do something. Maybe I can earn her father’s trust. And finally get my woman back...
  • Let Me Love You by Brittney Sahin

    Let Me Love You by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love is a risk for a woman in danger and a mercenary sworn to protect in a blistering novel of vengeance and redemption by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin. Six years ago, Maria Romano got her birthday wish—a kiss from Enzo Costa. A man she could never take her eyes off, but who seemed as haunted as her favorite book boyfriends and strictly off-limits...
  • Beautiful Russian Monster by Odette Stone

    Beautiful Russian Monster by Odette Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Odette Stone writes wonderful, passionate stories with real men and strong women that pull you in from the prologue!" ~ An Odette Stone fan, 5 star review~When my grandfather, a shipping tycoon, went missing,I quickly discovered that there are some problemsthat money can’t solve. And this frightening situation was one of them. I didn’t think things could possibly get worse,but then I woke up...
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    crime  dark  organized-crime  slow-burn  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Camorra Chronicles Collection Volume 1 by Cora Reilly

    Camorra Chronicles Collection Volume 1 by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Camorra Chronicles Collection Volume 1 includes the first three books in the Camorra Chronicles in one big book.The following books are included:Twisted Loyalties(Fabiano was raised to follow in his father’s footsteps as Consigliere of the Chicago Outfit – until the man abandons him. Left to fend for himself, Fabiano is forced to fight for a place in the mafia world...
  • Secret by Penelope Sky

    Secret by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She saved my life. She promised she wouldn't intervene, that her loyalty was to her family, not me. But she did it anyway. Now everything is different. I can feel it with every kiss, every time she's underneath me. This isn't a meaningless fling anymore. It's so much more. I know it...and she knows it...
  • Princess in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Princess in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This woman used to be my slave. But now she means more to me. More than she should. I've done unforgivable things to her, treated her like livestock I bought at the market. I made her tend to my needs without question. To make up for it, I should let her go. But even now I can't. Instead, I want her to marry me. Whether she wants to or not...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Claiming The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Claiming The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author Glenna Maynard brings readers a new gritty and dark romance novel set in the Royal Bastards MC World.VikingA war is on the horizon. I’m no stranger to fighting.Loyalty and respect are codes I live and die by.My club means everything to me.I’ll do whatever it takes to protect what’s mine.The life we’ve built and the freedom we crave.And her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  steamy  dark  suspense  contemporary  biker  fiction  book
  • 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...
  • Bound by Deception by Stephanie Amaral

    Bound by Deception by Stephanie Amaral

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FrancescaWhile men made war, women were expected to keep the peace. I had loved a man before. I swore that would never happen again.So marrying for the sake of the family wasn’t the worst thing.That’s what I thought.I was a mafia princess afterall and serving as a trading item was my only role in this world ruled by men...
  • Arrogant Monster by Nicole Fox

    Arrogant Monster by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I just crashed my car in the middle of nowhere. Luckily for me, someone showed up to save me. Unluckily for me, that person is a runaway criminal. Daniil Vlasov. He’s six and a half feet of blue-eyed broodiness. He won’t tell me a single thing about who he is or what he’s doing out here. But it doesn’t take a genius to realize this man screams danger. I do the only thing I can do: play along...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  slow-burn  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Amara by Elizabeth Knox

    Amara by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AmaraHe took me.Kept me as his own-- his plaything, his woman to toy with and torture whenever he felt like it.I've been trapped within these four walls for over a year. The slowest most agonizing year of my life.I begged for him to kill me, yet he wouldn't. You know why? Because he had too much fun with me. That's what he said. It's what he always said-- how much he enjoyed it all...
  • Cease by JC Emery

    Cease by JC Emery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    DEATH SILENCES. LOVE ECHOES. Ruby Buckley is no stranger to loss. She lost her twins in their infancy, lost her son to his demons, and lost herself to a life she never wanted. Until him. Jim Stone is lost. He’s a father who doesn’t know how to parent, a brother who doesn’t know why he ever patched in, and is completely numb to everything around him. Until her...
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    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • 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...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins.Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now.Or so she thought.When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • 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  steamy  crime  suspense  romance  fiction  drama
  • Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The graduation ball sealed her fate.The unmasking ceremony chained her to my side.The most beautiful woman in Andromeda.Cassiopeia Brookes-Stanley, a vision wrapped in sin.Aquamarine eyes that steal my breath and capture my soul.Soft curves that beg for my attention with an innocence she will surrender only to me...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Lyric by Molly McAdams

    Lyric by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams delivers the first captivating, stand-alone novel in her REDEMPTION series spin-off—the REBEL series . . . I’m not the kind of girl you forget. I wish I was. I wish I was normal. That I could blend into a crowd. Have a future with the man I’ve loved my entire life… Maxon James understands me in a way others can’t...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Bookie by Renee Rose

    The Bookie by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I BARGAINED WITH THE BRATVA--MY BROTHER’S LIFE FOR MY OWN.They offered me a deal: thirty nights for my brother's life.Thirty nights...with him. Nikolai Novikov.The charming but dangerous loanshark.He’s deceptively smooth. Sinfully handsome.Addictive, even.But it's only an illusion.I vow to give him nothing more than I promised,Yet he sees right through me...
  • 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...
  • First by Penelope Sky

    First by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hades retired from the business. Now it’s just me. Look at me now...bitter...angry...depressed. I resent my former friend so much, even hate the guy, but I’ve never been the same since he refused to forgive me. I meet a woman. She’s like all the others...beautiful, interesting, good at the fun stuff, but I don’t feel anything...
  • Nyx: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Nyx: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nyx is the night.He's the dark.The monster under your bed.The demon in your dreams.He's a child's savior.The slayer of filth.A guardian no one dare cross.But there's blood on his hands, rage in his heart, black in his soul, and he's caught my eye... And his demons? They want me...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • 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:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Royally Taken by Elle Boon

    Royally Taken by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayed and broken, can Kailani trust Traeger to heal her, or will she forever be damaged from her past? Kailani is worth more than she believes…She’s not as weak as she thought. She’s lived what most thought was a pampered life, what they don’t know, what they don’t see are that monsters wear suits and live behind the very walls of the place she calls home...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Ensnared by E.C. Land

    Ensnared by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forced to marry a traitor's daughter, I'll shed blood to make sure it doesn't happen. MarcAs a child I was put on a silver platter and my parents were presented with marriage opportunities. Many other mafiosos were trying to secure their daughter's hand in marriage to me, a cousin of the Irish Boss. Eventually, they accepted one. The only problem is, I've never intended on being with one woman...
  • 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..
  • Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexander Black Ruler of an empire. An enigma. Ruthless and powerful. Someone is setting him up, threatening to destroy everything he's built. He's got one thing on his mind; keeping Gemma safe. Gemma Trudeau A pawn in a game. It's a game she has no way of winning, with players who win only one way. Elimination. Black will not lose. To him, it's no game. It's life and death...
  • Stone by Linzi Basset

    Stone by Linzi Basset

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Castle Sin is a dark BDSM suspense series Seven Masters Seven Dungeons Seven Times the Kink “I should warn you, Master Eagle, I bite and have been known to scratch.” Peyton Jackson was a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, the best in her field, but in Castle Sin, she was known only as Sub PJ...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  crime  fiction  contemporary  book  adult  romance
  • Evil Empire by Kristen Luciani

    Evil Empire by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dark mafia forced marriage age gap...
  • Blind Luck by Olivia Gaines

    Blind Luck by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mr. Yield popped in at a small roadside eatery in Missouri for a bowl of grits, three crispy strips of bacon and a cup of coffee. Already angry at the bullet hole in his leg courtesy of Mr. Stop, the last thing he wanted was trouble. Trouble came calling with the start of an antique watch, a woman named Millicent and obsessive Sheriff...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • The Man in Black by Soraya Naomi

    The Man in Black by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Standalone. Although part of the Chicago Syndicate world, The Man in Black is a standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series.BrielleHe consumed my mind. I never even crossed his.From the moment I met Michael, mysteriously brooding and dressed like a dark angel, there was something electric between us. Or so I thought...
  • SINS of the Rex by Emma Slate

    SINS of the Rex by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THIS IS BOOK THREE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. IF YOU HATE CLIFFHANGERS – SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. It’s complicated, dark, and nothing is as it seems. My name is Barrett Schaefer and I thought I knew myself. And then I met Flynn Campbell. The mystery and danger surrounding him called to me. He changed my wants, my needs, my life. Love can destroy a person. So can death...
  • Cross + Catherine: The Companion by Bethany-Kris

    Cross + Catherine: The Companion by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The crime boss and the hustling queen are back for one last goodbye … Cross and Catherine watch as their kids grow up, and everything changes again. Life is still as busy as it ever was for these two, and their family. Cece and Nazio are trying to figure this life thing out. From toddling babies to wedding bells, everything they’ve ever wanted is already at their fingertips...
  • Cuffed by Measha Stone

    Cuffed by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Do you think you're the only woman in this room that loves the pain?" Sydney isn’t one to go around directing the doms she plays with. If they don’t know how hard and how long to go, she walks.  Voicing her desires isn’t even an option. As an assistant DA she’s used to asking questions, not answering them...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
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