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  • Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Marjorie Steel, sister of Talon, Jonah, and Ryan, takes center stage in Breathless, the highly anticipated next installment of the Steel Brothers Saga. #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt has captivated readers with the twists and turns of the Steels, and Marjorie’s story promises to deliver even more heat and surprises...
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    age-gap  dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    anti-hero  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • 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...
  • Descent by Ashton Blackthorne, Drew Sera

    Descent by Ashton Blackthorne, Drew Sera

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darkness had surrounded Colt his whole life dragging him down into a black abyss. He needed an angel, someone to save him from his worst enemy. Himself. Leda was a beautiful, but broken doll looking for her own dark angel. She longed for the darkness to envelop her...
  • Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    steamy  suspense  contemporary  legal  small-town
  • Twister's Survival by E.C. Land, Cosmic Letterz Design

    Twister's Survival by E.C. Land, Cosmic Letterz Design

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Izzy For as long as I can remember, I've only felt one thing - pain. It consumes every part of me and I just want it to end. Enough has happened over the years and I'm ready to make it all stop. The night I lay out my plan and am fully prepared to end my life - he stops me. His act is simple, offering me his hand but in that, he gave me so much hope...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  dark  angst  romance  contemporary  fiction  biker
  • Getting Rowdy  (A Club Irons Novel) by Drew Sera

    Getting Rowdy (A Club Irons Novel) by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blake Eriksson has it all. Money, power, sex appeal and control. Yeah. He has control in spades. But not in a bad way. He’s a nurturer, a protector, a mentor – all good qualities for a Daddy Dom. Kelsie has natural submissive tendencies with a fun lean toward bratty. She’s not disrespectful, but she likes to be a bit of a challenge. She likes to be…rowdy...
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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • The Demon by Stella Andrews

    The Demon by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Black Light: Valentine Roulette by Livia Grant, Jennifer Bene

    Black Light: Valentine Roulette by Livia Grant, Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three hours. Four hard limits. Eight sexy stories.               Are you brave enough to spin the wheel? Get ready to explore some of your naughtiest desires while you celebrate Valentine’s Day with eight kinky stories from eight USA Today and international bestselling authors! Black Light is the most exclusive BDSM club in Washington, D.C...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  anthologies  bdsm  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • Hammer's Pride by E.C. Land

    Hammer's Pride by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HammerNothing works out the way it's supposed to. The day I walked in to find my entire family gone, I learned that hard lesson. It was the same day I completely shut down. Why? Because you can’t lose yourself when you have no emotions. I became who I am now by being ruthless, I pride myself in it...
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    age-gap  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book
  • Malice's Soul by E.C. Land

    Malice's Soul by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Malice For as long as I can remember, I’ve only felt one thing—hatred. No other emotion has ever lived within the confines of my soul. On many occasions I’ve been told I have no soul. Not that I give a damn. It only means I won’t get burned. Growing up I saw the people closest to me get hurt by those who were important to them. It showed me that feelings were overrated...
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    age-gap  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  biker  book
  • 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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    age-gap  angst  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Remi's Fight by Shayne Ford

    Remi's Fight by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stranded in Buenos Aires, Remi and Esme face their first hurdle. Will they be able to overcome it? An unexpected invitation pulls them into a different world that brings them closer and helps them sort their feelings.Would Remi learn how to express his feelings?AUTHOR'S NOTE:This book ends on a cliffhanger. The NEXT book will be the last volume of Remi's story.
  • Love Remi by Shayne Ford

    Love Remi by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A turn of events in Buenos Aires alters Esme and Remi’s plans. Back in New York, they struggle to adjust. Things are different, slipping out of control at times...
  • Devoted by Cami Checketts

    Devoted by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
  • Bones by Aria Ray

    Bones by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  biker
  • Phoenix by Cole Denton

    Phoenix by Cole Denton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I hadn’t seen Ryan Hudson coming. He stumbled into my life and settled immediately into my soul. As I’ve watched him beginning to explore a new kind of freedom, my heart has swelled and shattered a million times. The trust he has placed in my hands is monumental. I will not let him down as others have. He thought the protective wall he built was strong enough, but I’m pulling it down...
    Categorized as:
    dark  age-gap  angst  steamy  romance  mlm  abuse  slow-burn
  • Healing Hope by P.J. Fiala

    Healing Hope by P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A former SEAL on a life changing mission.A congressional aide caught up in the underworld of greed.The explosive culmination of secrets, lies, and salvation.Former SEAL, Creed Rowan, rescued a beautiful captive on a yacht during a mission, but there’s more to his rescue than meets the eye. She’s the connection RAPTOR needs to stop an international exchange and save the lives of hundreds of women...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  angst  steamy  romance  audiobook  military  realistic
  • Come Back To Me by Emily Catlow

    Come Back To Me by Emily Catlow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The life they've only ever dared to dream about is almost in Madison and Dean's hands.When a new player comes on the scene, Dean must move Rippers MC into new ventures to ensure peace is maintained with their rival club, the Sodom Saviours.Before any business is conducted though, threats are made, and trust between all parties is suddenly fraught...
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    steamy  suspense  dark  romance  biker  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I want to just clarify a couple of things.Submission is not abdication. Submission is not resignation. It’s not weak or fragile. It doesn’t mean I break at the first sign of trouble.Well, I broke for a few weeks. When I realized I was falling in love with Jonathan and that I’d never be the same if I allowed it to continue, I broke into a million sharp little pieces...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • The Empathy series Box set by Ker Dukey

    The Empathy series Box set by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the entire Empathy series including, Empathy, Desolate, Vacant and Deadly. This is a dark romance series...read with caution. Blake: I am a brother I am a police detective I am a contract killer I don’t want to love I don’t want to feel I don’t want … EMPATHY...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Brutal Princess by Kylie Kent

    Brutal Princess by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a Dark Mafia Romance, think all the triggers!! A lot of Adult language, even more sexual content mixed in with violence. This is book 4 in the Valentino Series, it is a standalone HEA!!AngelicaDaughter.Mother.Mafia princess.The Donatello assassin.I’ve been called many things.My favorite, though, is when he says I’m his angel.Neo Valentino, my brother’s best friend...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  anti-hero  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Whiskey by Sybil Bartel

    Whiskey by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mercenary.Navy SEAL.Unconventional Operative.I didn’t join the Teams. I was recruited. They called me the Specialist. They said I had a unique skill set. I knew who I was.For eight years, the Navy tried to rein me in with their tactics, techniques and procedures—operations, missions, objectives—they told me to adapt and overcome. I didn’t adapt. I did my time.Now I worked for Alpha Elite Security...
  • Set In Stone by Dakota Willink

    Set In Stone by Dakota Willink

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two declarations of love. And a past that won’t set them free. Alexander  I had rules. Krystina broke them. That’s just the way things were. But that didn’t mean I didn’t want to make her my wife. She exemplified the triskelion, representing my past, my present, and my future. Without her, I am nothing. But then the past returns to rear its ugly head...
  • Trident's Enjoyment by Ciara St. James

    Trident's Enjoyment by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trident gave thirty years of his life to his country. He enjoyed that life and after searching for two years, he thinks he’s found a new family. However, it isn’t just a new family he finds, but a woman who affects him like no other. He finds love. If only the woman in question will give him the time of day.He’s battled for months to get her to see him as something more than a player...
  • Ruined Prince: A Russian Mafia Romance by Naomi West

    Ruined Prince: A Russian Mafia Romance by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of a girl's life.For me, it was a nightmare.Because the man I'm promised to isn't exactly Prince Charming.And the way I ended up on this altar isn't exactly the stuff of fairy tales.You see, my family isn't like yours.My father and brother do... things... that should never see the light of day...
  • His Deal by Rebel Rose

    His Deal by Rebel Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nothing in my life is the same. She has changed everything, simultaneously turning my world upside down while making it right for the first time ever. I break this woman a little more each day—and she lets me. It’s all part of our deal. But every pleasure that she gives to me brings her closer to freedom. Closer to paying her debt in full. And I’m not ready to let her go. Ruthless...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  anti-hero  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hostile Takeover by Amelia Wilde

    Hostile Takeover by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The stakes are higher than money. They’re deeper than secrets. They’re life or death when Mason Hill sets his sights on the Van Kempt family. Charlotte’s hopes and dreams crash down around her. She questions everything, especially her own father. But she’s always understood the value of loyalty. She’ll defend her parents’ lives—even if it means risking her own...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  anti-hero  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  betrayal
  • Protector by B.J. Wane

    Protector by B.J. Wane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deputy Sheriff Shawn McDuff can’t figure out why the new teacher in Mountain Bend seems so familiar, but Lisa Halldor’s evasive answers to his inquiries confirms his suspicions they have met before. When he sees her struggling to focus and respond during a scene at his private club, he intervenes and finds himself as drawn to Lisa’s submissive nature as he is determined to unearth her secrets...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Buy My Soul by Jade West

    Buy My Soul by Jade West

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Part two of the Sixty Days trilogy. My sixty days begin here. The beautiful monster holds my body and soul in his brutal fingers. I’m his to use. His to dominate. His to command like a puppet on a stage for dirty eyes across the dark web. I shouldn’t want this. Shouldn’t want him. Shouldn’t want to take every dark instruction from his lips and give him my everything. But I do...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  anti-hero  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • The Gift by S.R. Jones

    The Gift by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Keep your friends close, and your enemies in your bed...ANDRIUSI’m the man they all fear. King of the murky world in which I live.A Bratva hitman with no mercy.Then she comes along, courtesy of a mob boss with no morals. She’s given to me.A gift...mine.To own, to keep. To do with as I please.With blonde hair, and violet eyes, and an innocence begging to be tarnished, she torments me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  anti-hero  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • Dalton by Erica Chilson

    Dalton by Erica Chilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: Erica Chilson is revising/rewriting/restructuring/editing/formatting the Mistress & Master of Restraint Series in its entirety for release into Print. A few titles will receive updated covers, as well as a more descriptive synopsis. The FINAL editions will vary from those currently in release...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  fiction  lgbtq  mlm
  • Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forbidden addictions and dangerous desire abound in the sexy, gripping conclusion to Forbidden Pleasure by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh. Keiley has never known the kind of pleasure Mac and Jethro make her feel when she is with them both...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silas: 

I'm a hard man; I've had to be thanks to my father. I protect those I love and care for with everything I have and nothing gets to me. Until the day I carried a slip of a woman, Destiny, out of the hell she had been held in, I took what I wanted with no regrets...
    Categorized as:
    angst  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HunterThe day she walked through the front door, I wanted nothing more than to hate her. I didn't trust her, and she rubbed me the wrong way from the get-go.I wanted nothing to do with her, so I ensured I'd avoid her at all costs. It worked for a while, until I found her on the side of the road in the middle of the night...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  kidnapping
  • Toxic  (The Crossover Series) by Kathy Coopmans, Hj Bellus

    Toxic (The Crossover Series) by Kathy Coopmans, Hj Bellus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m toxic. She’s pure. I can’t stay away. I saved a life by taking another. It throttled me into a vortex of endless darkness with booze and sex as my only solace. Until her. Maria Richards brought light back into my life even through my drunken haze. For weeks, I treated her like trash. Felt guilty as hell the moment I left her bed and breakfast...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  contemporary  multi-pov
  • Oliver (Blaire's World) by Anna Edwards, Anita Gray

    Oliver (Blaire's World) by Anna Edwards, Anita Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Bestselling Author, Anna Edwards, comes a new Dark Romance that is part of BLAIRE’S WORLD. Anita Gray is proud to announce that Anna has written a BLAIRE original character! About OLIVER: My name is Oliver. I was a guard to Maksim Markov; king of the Russian underworld in Europe. I’ve seen things that would turn a cast iron stomach...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  adult  anthologies  fiction
  • Her Lawful Master by Anya Summers

    Her Lawful Master by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Piper Delaney keeps men – Dominants in particular – at arm’s length. There are dark secrets in her past that have been keeping her from willingly submitting, or forging any type of intimate relationship with anyone. That all changes when she is hired to photograph Pleasure Island for a brochure and she runs headlong into Theo, a man who stirs her body and challenges her lonely existence...
  • Remi's World by Shayne Ford

    Remi's World by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She needed a challenge, and I was it. Caught between two worlds, Esme follows Remi's lead in an adventurous journey that sweeps her senses as much as it leaves her baffled. The more she learns about the mysterious tycoon, the more she feels confused, and yet she goes head-to-head with him, determined to uncover his secrets...
  • Touched by Daddy's 4 Dirty Friends by Barbi Cox

    Touched by Daddy's 4 Dirty Friends by Barbi Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  reverse-harem  romance
  • War, Unjust by Veronica Lancet

    War, Unjust by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Continuation of book 1. Not a standalone. "You should have never been born." Getting told that daily has a way of messing with one's head.But I didn't let it.I had my siblings. I had a secret best friend who understood me.I had hope.Until I didn't.One by one they all left. Abandoned me. Betrayed me.One by one they turned me into who I am today.The monster bearing the stench of death, blood—rot...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  dark  abuse  organized-crime  revenge
  • Rust by Aria Ray

    Rust by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Saviour by Andie M. Long

    Saviour by Andie M. Long

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Saviour – (n.) A person who rescues another from danger or harm. Taken into care, then ignored by ambivalent foster parents, Eden Stark seeks happiness through pleasure. Tired of one night stands she knowingly takes a job as a personal assistant for a couple, where the personal extends to their bedroom...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • Luther: 2 Truths and a Lie by K.L. Donn

    Luther: 2 Truths and a Lie by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    2 Truths I was ready to die He saved me And a lie Rock bottom is your breaking point Or is it? **WARNING**
The Adair Empire is a dark and graphic romance that will push your buttons, and maybe your boundaries. Each book contains a new couple but ends with a plot cliff-hanger. Series must be read in order of release...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  anti-hero  dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Remi's Love by Shayne Ford

    Remi's Love by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A twist of events takes Esme across the world where a conversation with a mysterious woman sheds life on Remi's life. More than ever, she wants all or nothing when it comes to him. Would Remi give her what she wants? Digging deeper into Remi's life, Esme gathers more information about his past, and yet, she misses a few critical pieces of the puzzle...
  • Snake by Zahra Girard

    Snake by Zahra Girard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  in-uniform  contemporary  biker
  • Flawless by Ivy Nelson

    Flawless by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Matthew Bruce has a lot of secrets. He’s legally married to royalty, he’s in love with his wife’s little sister, and he’s not really dead like everyone thinks. To top it all off, it turns out his recently deceased grandfather was part of the international underground organization his friends at Club Solitaire have been tracking down...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  suspense  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Taken By The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Taken By The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holy is his road name, but there is nothing saintly about him.HolyWhat started as a simple assignment became an obsession.Hazel’s my Prez’s niece. He tasked me with tracking her down. Falling for her was never part of the plan. I’m not taking no for an answer. She will be mine. If I have to kidnap her to prove my point I will. She belongs to me. HazelI’ve always been on my own...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  age-gap  suspense  biker  crime  contemporary  humor
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