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Fighter in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBosco 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... -
![Savage Tracker by Maggie Cole]()
Savage Tracker by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWanting anything resembling what I had should suffocate me. Meeting my neighbor, Obrecht Ivanov, confuses me. The moment he walks through my door, I desperately want him to command me to kneel. I swore I would never return to anything like life with my ex-husband... -
![Cruel Enforcer by Maggie Cole]()
Cruel Enforcer by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA tormented soul on the verge of breaking...The night we met, I joked about being his cougar. He said it depended on how much I could handle. Nothing prepared me for how Sergey Ivanov turned my world upside down.Borderline scandalous describes the things he introduces me to. Every limit I reach, he knows to back off or keep pushing... -
![Heartless Lover by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray]()
Heartless Lover by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger…For a man like me, that thing is darkness.The darkness from my past never ended my life.It darkened my heart and flowed through my veins, fueling my hunger for revenge.That's why I accepted the job to protect her.Her: Summer Reeves.The beautiful angel who became an asset to me when she saw something she shouldn’t have seen.The job should have been simple... -
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![Whiskey Pain by Nicole Fox]()
Whiskey Pain by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomeone stole my baby.But Timofey Viktorov thinks it was me .I took my loved ones and ran.What other choice did I have?But somewhere out there, some monster has the baby I’ve come to love as my own.Timofey comes after me.He finds us—because duh, of course he does.Now, I’m in the fight of my life... -
![Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire]()
Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living...Categorized as:
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![The War by S.R. Jones]()
The War by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKonstantin:I took her to protect her. To keep her safe.Now she wants more.She wants to claim my heart.She says she will fight for me, for us.Trouble is, I don’t know if I have anything left to give.Cassie:He took me to keep me safe.My captor, my protector, my lover.I want more. He’s a Bratva king, and every king needs his queen.My heart is on the line, but I won’t give up the fight... -
![Sax by Lane Hart, D.B. West]()
Sax by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI never thought I would be stupid enough to make a deal with the devil, but here I am doing just that.It’s not like he really gave me a choice. I have to give the Governor what he wants, or he’s going to throw all of my Savage Kings MC brothers into prison for decades.And what exactly does Governor Satan need from me? That’s the real kicker because he’s insisting that I…date his daughter... -
![The Scandal by S.R. Jones]()
The Scandal by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo broken people don’t make a whole, they just make a mess.The first moment I saw Rhea, I knew I’d burn the world down just to have her.Her beauty captured me, but her spirit made me want to stay.I was the married cartel kingpin, and she was the abused cult member. We were a match made in hell.We were the worst idea, but we were the best reality... -
![Entangled by E.C. Land]()
Entangled by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKenyonA baby was left on my doorstep, with a note saying it’s mine.It’s something out of a movie, but it’s not fictional. It’s my life. I hired someone to confirm this wasn’t just a big hoax, and the baby’s mine.In my family, we take care of our own, regardless of the circumstances... -
![Dissolution by Rachel Van Dyken]()
Dissolution by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mafia romance about family, loyalty, and love, Dissolution is the powerful conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken's Eagle Elite series. "There is always a beginning—I will be their end." For ten years the Cosa Nostra has ruled with an iron fist in Chicago—their reign is about to end, and I'll be the one to bring them down...Categorized as:
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![Torian by Eden Summers]()
Torian by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom International bestselling author, Eden Summers, comes a seductive forbidden romance destined to leave you breathless. I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resemble the devil so closely it frightens me.We were meant to hate each other.To despise and detest.But his appeal is so much greater than the playboy smile and body built for sin.What I'm doing is wrong.What I'm feeling is immoral... -
![Bloody Cruel Monster by Lucy Smoke]()
Bloody Cruel Monster by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt will end the same way it started … with death.CloverI gave Braxton Smalls everything. I sacrificed myself and all I ended up with was a broken heart and a shattered soul. Now, I’ve got bigger things to worry about than an angry Eastpoint Heir hot on my trail.Brax may be the psycho who kidnapped me–but he’s nothing compared to the organization my brother works for... -
![Captured: Red Horsemen #1 by Raven Amor]()
Captured: Red Horsemen #1 by Raven Amor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaeFor years I’ve run.When I finally listened to my mother's last words to go to her hometown, I never planned on staying.I hadn’t survived this long by being foolish.I had rules for a reason.Never stay in one place too long.No friends or attachments.Only, I never expected to meet him.Ice, as cold as his name until he looked at me.Those ice blue eyes would burn across my skin.I broke my own rules... -
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![Veiled Treasure by Measha Stone]()
Veiled Treasure by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm his now, and he's not going to be gentle with me.When my brothers tried to arrange a marriage for me back in New York, I ran away to Boston. Making it on my own at eighteen wasn't easy, but for two years I managed to keep my freedom.Until Gregor Romanov came looking for me... -
![The Savage by Stella Andrews]()
The Savage by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIvan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage.Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her.I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals.She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...Categorized as:
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![Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West]()
Cooper by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCooper and Elizabeth Townsend are from two very different worlds - she's an attorney and he's an outlaw biker. At first, she was just an escape he needed, but now she's everything to him, even though their relationship remains a secret.After his world is blown apart, Cooper is no longer the same man he was before... -
![Dalton by Lane Hart, D.B. West]()
Dalton by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Dalton will be released in January as part of Wanted: An Outlaw Anthology *Ladies love me.That's not arrogance; it's just the truth.I give them a night they'll never forget. One they'll tell their friends about to make them jealous. A night their future husbands won't be able to live up to.Oh, yeah, I'm that good.Tonight, though, I'm actually on a mission for our club, the Savage Kings MC... -
![Twilight Sins by Naomi West]()
Twilight Sins by Naomi West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat's worse than a surprise blind date?Finding out your date is a mob boss...And ending up pregnant with his baby.My BFF pulled a bait-and-switch on me.Instead of drinks with the girls, I'm at this bar to meet a blind date."He's nice and normal and handsome!" she promises.Only one of those three is correct.Yakov Kulikov is as gorgeous as they come—and ten times as dangerous... -
![The Gift by S.R. Jones]()
The Gift by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKeep 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... -
![Paved in Fire by Sonja Grey]()
Paved in Fire by Sonja Grey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s time to bring Alina home. Alina:When I was young, I fell in love with a dark-eyed boy.I never grew out of that crush. Not even when the teenaged boy grew up to be a very dangerous man.Every year it just grew stronger until I finally turned eighteen and forced him to see me as the woman I’d become and not just as his best friend’s little sister... -
![Frozen Kiss by E.C. Land]()
Frozen Kiss by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrozen in heart to others, can he be that way with me?BlakeMy life is turned upside down. Or maybe right-side up. I’m not sure, but either way, it’s in the hands of a man I just met. A man I feel a connection to and decide to give him my trust. Maybe the fact he’s friends with my brother helps.Danger surrounds us all, and I’m not sure if I’m strong enough to handle what’s coming... -
![Roman's War by Karen Renee]()
Roman's War by Karen Renee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is running out for Trinity Benoit. She must get married to claim her grandfather’s legacy. In her family’s social circle, any man interested in her is only after the inheritance. Not to mention, those men aren’t her type.Always attracted to bad boys, Roman Sanchez steals Trinity’s attention the day she lays eyes on him.Nothing goes to plan when she approaches Roman with her proposal... -
![Petros by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Petros by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe day Kinsey’s life shatters is the day a menacing biker appears and forces her to pick up the pieces of her miserable life. As the president of Royal Bastards MC, Lincoln, Nebraska Chapter, Petros knows how to rule with a steel grip and a rough demand... -
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![Mafia Boss by Vi Carter]()
Mafia Boss by Vi Carter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings: dark irish mafia romance (young irish... -
![Solemn Vow by Measha Stone]()
Solemn Vow by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s being blackmailed. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be my concern. But since it's her, someone will have to pay... -
![Blood & Loyalties by Ryan Michele]()
Blood & Loyalties by Ryan Michele
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**Special PreOrder Price of $2.99** Family meant everything. Good, bad, right, wrong, legal, illegal—none of that mattered when it came to family. Family was and always would be number one. Catarina Lambardoni stayed on the legal side of the family businesses by running Lambardoni Enterprises. Professionally, she was beyond successful... -
![Savage Daddy: A Dark Captive Mafia Romance (Boston Mafia Doms) by Bianca Cole]()
Savage Daddy: A Dark Captive Mafia Romance (Boston Mafia Doms) by Bianca Cole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDesperation led me into the hands of a savage. I should never have considered auctioning my virginity. The kind of men likely to bid are the type you never want to meet. Dark, twisted, and dangerous.Malachy is no exception. He buys me at the auction. He takes me home and locks me away. It turns out selling your virginity has an entirely different meaning to what I thought... -
![Dance for Me by Kay Elle Parker]()
Dance for Me by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDown on her luck, Boadicea McGee is desperate for a job.Bills to pay, a roof to keep over her head, and vultures for parents leave her with few options. When her best friend offers her a dream opportunity, she has to weigh dreams against survival and her own morals. The pay is good, the people are nice...but working in a BDSM club just isn't her thing... -
![Cedric by Lane Hart, D.B. West]()
Cedric by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything changed two years ago. Evelyn Young was only eighteen when she agreed to marry an outlaw biker. There was no other way for her to pay the medical bills her mother was accruing, so she said goodbye to her longtime best friend Cedric Crawford and ran away with the bad boy. Not a day goes by that Evelyn doesn’t miss her old life with Cedric... -
![Bratva Devil: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sonja Grey]()
Bratva Devil: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sonja Grey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe loves the chase.Turns out I love to get caught.The world’s worst meet cute—I walk in on him slitting a throat.I run like hell, but he really loves the chase…judging by my body’s reaction, so do I.He kidnaps me, thinking I’m someone else, but when he finds out the truth, I manage to convince him to hire me as his maid instead of offing my ass... -
![Marble Sins by Lisa Lovell]()
Marble Sins by Lisa Lovell
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt first, he was my worst nightmare.Until he threw his life away… to save mine.But Timur Yakov became so much more than just my love and savior.Because he left me with a gift.A gift that will grow inside me, for the next nine months.Too bad I won’t make it that long.Because his enemies have found me.And they will take my life and the one growing inside me... -
![Brutally His by Blake Hensley, Zoe Blake]()
Brutally His by Blake Hensley, Zoe Blake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom our very first fiery encounter, I was tempted to fire my beautiful new assistant.Right after I punished her for that defiant slap she delivered in response to my undeniably inappropriate kiss. As Harrison Astrid, New York's formidable District Attorney, distractions were a luxury I couldn't afford... -
![Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder]()
Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe destroyed my world when he corrupted me in his bed. By all means, I'm supposed to hate him.But somewhere along the line, the monster who stole me ended up stealing my heart.He promised me he would do anything to protect me.Anything to protect our baby growing in my belly.To keep me close.And never let me go... -
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![The Soldier by S.R. Jones]()
The Soldier by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn love, as in war, there can be only one victor.I wasn’t born a monster—they made me one.I wasn’t born a king—I claimed the right to be one.I was born a soldier—a fighter, a warrior. Waging war is in my very soul, bone deep and blood-soaked.There’s a new conflict on the horizon, time for me to defend my Bratva crown.Time for me to reap cruel vengeance on those who wronged me... -
![Decker by Eden Summers]()
Decker by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow an AMAZON INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A beautifully crafted, thrilling red-hot romantic suspense." Goodreads reviewer. He protected me from danger and became my biggest threat. He’s my defender. My savior. A brutally determined man with a cocky smirk and an equally cocky attitude. Broad. Strong. Focused. He seduces me with his flirtation. Warms me with his care. But he’s hiding something... -
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The Priest by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey call me The Priest, but there’s nothing holy about me.Call sign: PriestOccupation: MercenaryAssignment: Hostage ExtractionThe assignment was simple: Extract the hostage. Take out all hostiles. Relocate the hostage to a safe house.The assignment was simple…Until it wasn’t.Roze is a mafia princess, but she doesn’t live in that world.Innocent, young, and naïve, she’s become mine to protect... -
![Runaway Queen by Mila Kane]()
Runaway Queen by Mila Kane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy whole life I've been alone, unwanted, used...When I finally fell, he was the only one who tried to catch me.My Savior.My Villain. - Sofia De SanctisRunaway Queen is Book 2 in a duet, and resolves the story. The story begins in Malevolent King. This is a dark mafia meets bratva romance, and as such contains dark themes which may not be to everyone’s tastes. Please read with caution... -
![Twilight Tears by Naomi West]()
Twilight Tears by Naomi West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m pregnant with the pakhan’s baby…And he has no intention of letting me out of his sight.I used to like surprises.Not anymore.Because every surprise lately has been worse than the last.Surprise! A blind date with a mob boss ruined my life.Surprise! I ended up pregnant with his baby... -
![Fierce Obsession by Sadie Kincaid]()
Fierce Obsession by Sadie Kincaid
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJackson Decker - he is the perfect husband. The perfect father to my son. The perfect man. Fierce, loyal, protective and everything I’ve ever wanted.I’m happier than I ever imagined possible, but happiness is never easily won for people like me. Somebody, somewhere wants to ruin what we have, and to do that they’re willing to risk the wrath of the entire Montoya family... -
![Mafia Prince : Dark Irish Mafia Romance by Vi Carter]()
Mafia Prince : Dark Irish Mafia Romance by Vi Carter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJackI’m the son of Liam O’Reagan, next in line to wear the crown.And when I prove myself worthy, I will RULE over the Irish Mafia.I don’t have time for distractions—much less time for a woman who has always been the bane of my existence.When Maeve comes back into my life, I fight like hell to resist the pull she has on me.An attraction that has only grown stronger with time... -
![Ruthless Savior by Julia Sykes]()
Ruthless Savior by Julia Sykes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy pretty little captive thinks she can run from me. She doesn't understand how ruthless I truly am... Guarding my lovely hostage has become my obsession. I protect Marisol from the vicious men in my brutal cartel, including myself. I've kept the promise I made to my boss on the night of her capture: No one touches her... -
![Cruel Promise by S.R. Jones]()
Cruel Promise by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the sins of the father, I will take payment from the daughter...They call me the Italian Prince, the Amalfi Banker, and so many other names. Whispered names … dangerous names.I’m a man who always gets what he wants. She is no exception.Amelia Marshall, the daughter of Charles Marshall, an old family friend. Book smart, but life stupid. She’s sin wrapped in innocence... -
![His: Tony by Fiona Murphy]()
His: Tony by Fiona Murphy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Sabatini may be a lot of things: an asshole, rude, ruthless, even a killer. But one thing we never are is sloppy, not with our money, not our business, and especially not with our bodies.Until the moment I got sloppy with the most dangerous thing I could: a woman. I’m third generation in the Outfit. I’ve killed more than my share of men, have had more than a few guns held to my head... -
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![Enzo by Cala Riley]()
Enzo by Cala Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanicaI'm so tired of running.For the past three years, I have bounced around constantly to avoid the demons from my past.Then I moved in next to him.This was supposed to be my fresh start, yet I can't help but want to be with him and his daughter.Is it fair for me to bring them into my life knowing the dangers that await?EnzoOne look and my life irrevocably changed... -
![Savage Savior by Sonja Grey]()
Savage Savior by Sonja Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo everyone else he’s a killer, the man they run from in fear,but to me, he’s the only man who’s ever made me feel safe.Riley:They call him Death.He’s a scarred, tatted-up wall of muscle,a highly trained killer that I should be running from,but I’m lost to Artyom from the first moment I walk into his club and meet his sexy, grey eyes... -
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Executioner by Rebecca Gannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDante They call me The Executioner. I’m feared by everyone.Except her. At least, not anymore.Katarina Carfano. I was never supposed to want her.Her father took me in when I was thirteen and turned me into the ruthless man I am today. He told me to stay away from his daughter, but she’s the only reason I’m still here. I live for her. I breathe for her. I do what I do for the family for her... -
![Paved in Blood: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sonja Grey]()
Paved in Blood: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sonja Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ll walk through hell to be with him,Even if the path is paved in blood.Roman Melnikov is a deadly man in an expensive suit.But I know what lies beneath the façade—the scars and tattoos that hint at the man he really is.He came here to find his sister, and his search leads him to my dad and his friends.We both want to take them down,and the only way to do that is together... -
![Arrogant Bratva Bastard by Sonja Grey]()
Arrogant Bratva Bastard by Sonja Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve spent my life running from my family’s mafia ties.I never expected it all to end in the arms of an arrogant Bratva bastard.Gia:Growing up in a mafia family taught me that I want nothing to do with it.I washed my hands of all of them and ran off with my younger brother before they could sink their claws into him.Years later, the Fedorov Bratva took down the Rossi mafia... -
![Deadly Games by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray]()
Deadly Games by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe were supposed to be two passing ships on an unforgettable night…I accepted a foolish dare that changed everything-pretend you’re someone you aren’t until sunrise.I chose to be normal and free.Not bound by the duties my father forced on me.The sinfully gorgeous god-like man staring at me in the club with the I’m-going-to-devour-you smile was who I picked to be normal and free with...
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