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Forever Mine by Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI fought against fate, and I won. I made a deal with the devil to keep her. It was supposed to be over. We were meant to be happy. Too bad my enemies had other plans. Note: This is the conclusion of Peter & Sara’s story. It is strongly recommended that you read Twist Me and Capture Me trilogies before embarking on this book, as there will be major spoilers for those series... -
DEFY: The Kings Of Retribution MC by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE SMALLEST OF MIRACLES CAN HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT Defying everything life has thrown at them Logan and Bella's love is unwavering and stronger than ever. They have everything…almost. Both long for more; Dream of creating a family of their own. Sometimes their smiles and laughter are a mask-hiding struggle, heartbreak, and pain... -
Dollars by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“I should never have asked for a night with you. This would never have happened if I’d had more willpower.” A thief met a possession and did what he did best. Now, he has to live with the consequences. Including the girl he claimed. Pimlico was stolen and sold all before her twenty-first birthday. Two years with a master who almost killed her is over. She has a new master now... -
UNBREAKABLE by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFear makes us stronger and we become Unbreakable. As the President of The Kings of Retribution MC, Jake Delane has dedicated his life to his family and watched his Club flourish. Seeing his brothers find strong women to stand at their sides unearthed buried feelings of loss; making the idea of never finding love again more absolute. Until a beautiful, and fierce redhead moved to town... -
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Born, Madly by Trisha Wolfe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDuet: a performance by two. But who is acting, and who is devolving? A buried past is unearthed, and Grayson Sullivan—AKA The Angel of Maine—retaliates against the system who made him, deploying psychological warfare on the woman who initially set him free. Dr... -
Seeds of Iniquity by J.A. Redmerski, Kris Koscheski
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVictor Faust's new Order is growing. Business is good as there is no rest for the wicked in an underground world of hardcore criminals and contract killing. Relationships among the operatives have changed little over the past year—but things are about to change now, and all six high-ranking members of the new Order will be blindsided by an unlikely enemy... -
This Isn't Fair, Baby by K. Webster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***This is the sixth book in the series. First five books must be read in order to fully understand this story line.*** The king in my world fell and a new one slid into place. He wasn’t just. He wasn’t FAIR. He was cruel and hateful and twisted. But I had this black king figured out. Or so I thought... -
His To Keep by Lydia Goodfellow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAva is ripped from her life by a sadistic priest on her way home from school. He leads a very sinister and secret life. She is forced to live in a room with his son, trapped in a house of hell. Day by day her innocence is torn apart, but despite witnessing horrific events, she finds herself caring for the boy with dark secrets. To survive, Ava must choose between her freedom and love... -
Heathens by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwinkle, twinkle little starHeathens coming, brand new scar.Slaughter turns to pained goodbye.Never knowing if I’ll die.A DeAngelis family war is brewing and these heathens are the vicious ringleaders, pulling the strings of their pawns for the greatest show of all—a show that will guarantee sweet, sweet victory.Only victory comes with a price... -
Twist Me: The Complete Trilogy by Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll 3 books in the New York Times bestselling trilogy, available for the first time in one convenient, discounted bundle. Over 1000 pages of addictive, thrilling dark romance at 30% off the individual books’ prices. “Will you ever let me go?” “No, Nora,” he replies, and I can feel his smile in the darkness. “Never... -
Counterfeit Love by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinch can spot a fake a mile away.Raised in the Bayou with crime in his veins, he managed to turn his talent into a career. Making money. Racking up a few enemies along the way.On the run from one of those, he starts overin a new town. Where he meets her. Full of lists and guards and attitude.Someone beautiful enough to make even blackmail seem sexy.Chris has lived through hell... -
Second Sight by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe clock is ticking… When Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic woman stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Dimension, he takes the case without hesitation. The cult’s rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people who have supernatural powers... -
Strike by Jay Marie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHER 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... -
Obsessed by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEverything changed the night our eyes met across the room. His green gaze upon me prickled my skin with uncustomary warmth while my peek beneath his cuff—of a riot of color on his wrist—sparked my insatiable curiosity. Tall and mysterious, Kader was a man whose secrets I longed to know... -
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Resisting Mateo by Sam Mariano
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf you dance with the devil, don't be surprised when all Hell breaks loose.BOOK FIVE in the Morelli Family series. MUST be read in order! Or a unicorn dies. (Seriously, you do not want to start with this book. It'll be kookydooks... -
The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer one good deed is about to turn into her worst nightmare.Becoming a surrogate for Marcia and Travis Thorpe is Grace’s chance to overcome her inner demons.Nothing can go wrong. Her life depends on it.Determined to focus on the pregnancy, she drops everything and accepts the Thorpes’ offer to move in with them until the baby is born. A simple decision. One big mistake... -
Two Footsteps by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"My life is in the Wolf's hands." He is the Wolf. I am his Red. The game has begun and he wants me dead. But who is the Wolf? And why has he chosen me? He whistles a tune that's haunting. He glares at me through eyes that are vacant. I feel his heart beating, yet I know he has no soul. He moves like the wind...I can't hear his footsteps. I want this to end. He's playing with my mind... -
Unjustly Destroyed by Marie Skye
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHIDING… From my past, my secrets, who I really am. But now, he's caught up with me. Back to destroy me, once and for all, with his smug, smiling face. He's going to ensure that I'm in pain, and I'm going to fight like Hell to stop him. I'm at my limit. I'll do anything to protect Grayson. Protect myself. Protect us. Even if it's the last Fu*king thing I do. HIDING.. -
Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOver two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget... -
Behind His Eyes - Consequences by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the much-anticipated first companion to the suspenseful thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, and choices and consequences... -
Fearless by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was the last thing she thought she needed, but she was everything he wanted. Abused and alone, Kitty had no idea how far she’d have to flee after she finally got the courage to run. She never would have guessed she’d end up halfway around the world, or in the home — much less the arms — of dominant Australian whip-master, Noah Carver... -
Obey by Lana Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnder the dangerous Maxim Koslov's spell, Frankie Marconi finds herself falling deeper and deeper into a world of violence and sin. But the rabbit hole of chaos can only go so far. When cruel reality threatens her cocoon of pain, can she rely on Maxim to help her withstand the onslaught? Or will she goad him into finally ending their twisted game... Once and for all... -
Live for Me by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne week.Loki Jackson spent one delightful week with a lonely and misunderstood woman from Washington D.C. Months later, he still couldn't get his Christmas fling with Myna out of his head, and it affected every aspect of his life. He couldn't tattoo without seeing her face in the ink, couldn't pierce without wondering what she would look like with her own shiny baubles... -
Cosa Nostra by Nicci Harris
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I love you, Max Butcher." Those words are dangerous. Just about as dangerous as the world I was born into. As dangerous as the ruthless bastards that I call family.They hurt her.My. Little. Ballerina. . . My piece of purity.They hurt her. . .I wanted to keep the world beautiful for her.I failed.So I should let her go. For her own safety and my sanity.But she crawled into my bed... -
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Stolen Life by Charmaine Pauls
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA DIAMOND MAGNATE NOVELIan Hart stole a night of my life but he took so much more. His obsession pinned a label on me. His lust put me in an impossible situation. Now I have to choose sides. I have to decide between right and wrong. Only, no matter what choice I make, each comes with dreadful consequences. There’s only one way this can end—how every tragedy ends... -
United Reign by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark Mafia RomanceTheoEverything we’ve built is crashing down around me.I’m consumed by the darkness, my blood boiling with the need for revenge.My wife is the only light in my life; she’s the very reason I keep on fighting.They’re coming after me. And worse yet, they’re coming after her.But let them come…I’m waiting. We’re waiting.To send them all back to the hell they crawled out of... -
Sinfully Yours, Sir by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was her every fantasy brought to life—protective, dominant, sweet and sexy. And he wanted her. Life was looking pretty good… Until Tilly gets a phone call that flips her world upside down. Now there’s a gang breathing down her neck; she’s relying on a mob boss for help and she’s in a whole world of trouble... -
Cain by Lane Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEveryone always asks me why I’m so f*cking angry all the time. Let me count the ways. I threw away my dreams when I was forced to fight and beat men bloody for her, but she doesn’t even know it. Whenever I try to protect her, she pushes me away... -
Deathly: The Dillon Sisters by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI’m a fraud. Or an imposter. I’m certainly a hypocrite. I offer advice for a living. Encourage my patients to make wise decisions—help them help themselves to walk through life stronger, healthier, happier. Isn’t that the goal? To live our best lives? If only I practiced what I preach. I wasn’t always like this. Every move I make lately is the opposite of smart... -
BRICK (Lords of Carnage MC) by Daphne Loveling
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the walls come down, all bets are off. BRICK Sassy, sexy, and hot-headed, She came into town like a wildfire. She’s got secrets, I can tell. But Sydney Banner’s keeping her cards close to her chest. She can fight it all she wants, But as the Enforcer for the Lords of Carnage, I have a way of getting what I want. And I want her in my bed. Every. Damn. Night... -
Turn (Gentry Generations) by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCASSIE I'm determined to leave my mistakes in the past. These days I'm back in school, I'm surrounded by my wonderful, crazy family and I'm working for my dad. Then Curtis Mulligan happens. A supposedly reformed gang member from the rundown prison town where my folks grew up, Curtis looks like he was built for mayhem. We have nothing in common... -
Fly for Me by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe boy who was bullied became a Master. William Carradine spent his childhood as the main target of brutal beatings and homophobic slurs - not all of them from his classmates. He knows what it is to be different, to be so far apart from society's definition of normal that it scares people to be around him, and yet his only sin is being bisexual... -
Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJafari’s little rabbit might try to run, but he’s going to catch her. No matter what.Kacy's past is dark and twisted, and it's coming back to haunt her. But she's not alone this time.Dominant and possessive, Jafari isn't going to let his favorite masochist run away again. He'll keep her tied up and begging for him while he slays her dragons, even if she insists she's no damsel in distress... -
Ruthless by Dani René
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m an asshole. And I make no apologies for it. My life has been spent drenched in the blood of my enemies. Our family legacy, left only to me when my brother walked away. Women are pawns in a game for pleasure. Nothing more. Until her. Madison Parker. I’m enthralled. Captivated. But my past is far too dark. Pushing her away is my only option... -
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Reviving Izabel by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDetermined to live a dark life in the company of the assassin who freed her from bondage, Sarai sets out on her own to settle a score with an evil sadist. Unskilled and untrained in the art of killing, the events that unfold leave her hanging precariously on the edge of death when nothing goes as planned... -
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her “superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose” ( BuzzFeed ), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast... -
Striking a Balance by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThalia and James have just met under the most insane of circumstances. He purchased her at an underground auction from a man who kidnapped her, tormented her, and sold her to the highest bidder... -
Keeping Her: A Dark Romance by Angela Snyder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"She calls to me like one of the Sirens from Greek mythology, and I would gladly crash into a thousand jagged rocks for just a single touch from her." To say I had a rough start in life would be the understatement of the century. My uncle may have rescued me from my abusive childhood, but he couldn't save me from the neurotic and compulsive obsessions I would develop in my adulthood... -
Shadows Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething’s not right in Hunters Ridge… Ebony Blakely has her life nearly exactly where she wants it. She’s a country vet with a successful business in Hunters Ridge, a town that she loves, and has a close group of friends. The only thing missing is romance... -
XV: by Lana Sky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWHEN HATE BECOMES OBSESSION… Mistaken for her beautiful half-sister, Ellen Winthorp is taken captive by a madman who declares that she will be his "fifteen": the fifteenth victim of a vicious mafia blood feud. Armed with only her instincts, Ellen must resist her captor for as long as she can—which is easier said than done the more she's exposed to the complex man beneath the beast... -
Submit: XXX Maxim by Lana Sky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Pain is the most potent drug and Frankie Marconi is addicted to the burning sting of it. Maxim Koslov, a deranged crime lord with a tormented past, is more than willing to deliver the dose she needs... -
Stolen Love by Charmaine Pauls
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA DIAMOND MAGNATE NOVELOnce upon a time, a thief stole me in the middle of the night. He took what he wanted, gave me an illusion, and ripped it all away to claim his ultimate trophy. My heart may be physically weak, but fighting to live made me stronger. I won’t perish as easily as that. I’m turning the tables on him. After all, I learned from the best. I’m robbing him of what he stole from me... -
Requiem & Reverie by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Keri Lake comes an intense and gritty romantic thriller that'll have you turning the pages well past your bedtime. It takes a killer to catch a killer. And no one understands the motives of ruthless murderer, The Sandman, quite like Rhett Voss. Having spent his childhood in the shadows of the deranged lunatic, he’s become an expert on the topic... -
Ruining Her by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings⚠️⚠️This Book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, profanity, sexual content and violence. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read. This is book 1 in a 2 part duet, a cliff-hanger can be expected.⚠️⚠️EmilyI never thought I would be seeking shelter here of all places.I’m out of options though. I needed a place to hide out... -
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STONE: Her Ruthless Enforcer: 50 Loving States, North Carolina by Theodora Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy ruthless enforcer is broken, dangerous, and determined to claim me…The first time I meet Stone Ferraro, it’s hate at first sight, and then he kidnaps me. On his mafia boss’s orders, but still...not a great first impression.The second time I meet him, he calls me a derogatory name, and I knee him in the balls. Not exactly the sweet social worker look I was going for, but hey, it had to be done... -
Devilish King by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDark Mafia Romance, Contains scenes that could be triggering to some, read with caution. This is book 1 of a trilogy, an epic cliff-hanger can be expected!!TheoMy whole life was mapped out, designed for me, before I was even a twinkle in my old man's eye. I am the heir to the Valentino throne. A kingdom built with blood and dirty money. But one I'll rule all the same... -
Hateful Promise by B.B. Hamel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe prefers women in handcuffs, not cocktail dresses.And I’m his new obsession.When my father steals money from three powerful casino bosses, I’m taken captive by the worst of them Erick Costa, notorious gangster and vicious criminal with violent tastes and sickening delights.But it turns out, he’s a big fan of my art, and he wants more than his money back.He cuts me a deal... -
Diamonds in the Dust: A Diamond Magnate Novel by Charmaine Pauls
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratings~ A DARK MAFIA ROMANCE ~Men like us, we see things.We do things, things that make us unfeeling.That’s the price of power and money, of living la belle vie and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement—fragile yet resilient, a breath of beauty among the filth... -
Diamonds in the Rough: A Diamond Magnate Novel by Charmaine Pauls
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA DARK MAFIA ROMANCEGirls like me, we know how to survive.We each have our own little ways, but we acquire those skills at the same tender age.If you ask me how many times a person can die, I’ll tell you many times. As many times as a man stabs you in the stomach with betrayal and wrings out your heart with lies.Girls like me, we live.We don’t get a choice.We step over the cliff and fall... -
Pretty Broken Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final book in the Pretty Little Dolls Series. Betrayal and rage, a festering sting. Monster vs Master. Who will be king? Damaged and desperate, a solution they must find, To bring back the dolly who is one of a kind. Disloyalty and failure will not be forgiven. Seeking revenge, the monster is driven. Hungry for his affection, our master has waited...
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