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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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    dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Declan by Riley Edwards

    Declan by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Declan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A tragedy in his past shaped the man he was today . . .Hard. Ruthless. Possessive.If you were his, Jacob Reyes would protect you with his dying breath.That’s why he let so few people close.Then there was HER.Soft and strong. Sweet and sassy.A Little in trouble who called to his Daddy instincts to protect her...
  • 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...
  • Once You're Mine by Barbara Freethy

    Once You're Mine by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a page-turning, poignant and thrilling romantic suspense novel about love, courage and risking it all! Firefighter Dylan Callaway is no coward when it comes to running into burning buildings but running into love with a beautiful and seriously annoying brunette is another story...
  • 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...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne

    Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Xander was a dream that would never be. One catastrophic night left me orphaned at the age of seventeen. Hunted by a murderer, Xander saved me from the pits of hell, braving a fire that would have ended my life. Hiding me from a killer, he became my protector, my best friend, but never anything more. Sin was a nightmare waiting to happen...
  • Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...
  • Reginald Bones 2 by Lucian Bane

    Reginald Bones 2 by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***WARNING*** PROCEED WITH CAUTION. EXTREMELY HOT MIND BENDER AHEAD Bones should have known allowing Reginald to "date" a woman would end badly. And if he'd known just how badly, he would've forbidden him. But it's too late. Winter Rose is in their life, their mind, and their basement with a death wish. And after discovering her dirty secrets, Bones is ready to oblige her...
  • Fiery Surrender by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Fiery Surrender by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Langston has finally taken his place among the Trinity Masters, America’s most powerful secret society, and he’s ready to stand at the altar to meet his trinity. However, when the Grand Master, Juliet, pairs him in an arranged menage marriage with Rich and Mina, he finds himself struggling to fit into this society he’s only just discovered...
  • Royally F**ked by Elle Boon

    Royally F**ked by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HE WAS HER KNIGHT IN BLACK LEATHER. SHE WAS HIS CHANCE AT REDEMPTION.COSMO WAS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE...To those who didn't know him he looked like a rich playboy with too much time on his hands. However, to his brothers, he's the guy they called when they needed a private jet, or someone to back them up, no questions asked. Now it's his turn for some no questions asked backup...
  • Fate Heals by Tina Saxon

    Fate Heals by Tina Saxon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fate has forced me down a twisted path. When I think it can’t get any worse, it reminds me that it can, pushing me into a thick, thorny maze and leaves deep, irrevocable scars. My will to fight has taken hit after hit, that burnt-out fire leaving only embers to scorch those closest to me...
  • Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***THIS IS A TWO-BOOK BUNDLE*** COME – Dirty, Dark, and Deadly Book One THIS IS BOOK ONE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. YOU WILL GET MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS IN THIS BOOK. IF YOU HATE THAT - SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. (It's twisty, complicated, dark, dirty, and ALL the main characters are killers.) My name is James Fenici and you will never see me coming...
  • Rogue: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Blair Babylon

    Rogue: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maxence’s brother was trying to kidnap or kill him, and an organized crime thug wanted to cut off Max’s head and feed it to the sharks for entirely different reasons.So, when a cute little blonde stood up on a barstool in the middle of the Buddha Bar in Paris and drew the attention of the wrong sort of guys, Maxence swooped in for the rescue...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde

    Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was born into luxury and used to getting what I wanted. What I desired most, with my life in disarray, was the man who sat across from me. He was tall, dark and handsome, but, most notably, forbidden. It made every accidental touch more sinful and every session more addictive. There was so much tragedy and he was supposed to fix me...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary
  • Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I have my own suspicions about you, Sophie.”   Sophie Nelson knows her kinky interests are no more than fantasy, definitely not something that’ll ever happen in the real world. So the sexual playground Black Light is the best place to turn. A safe place to play. Until Scott. Detective Scott Russo knows better than to get sexually involved with his partner...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  crime
  • 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...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime
  • Fate Hates by Tina Saxon

    Fate Hates by Tina Saxon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Of all the times to crave a man's touch, now is not it.Between being handcuffed to a bed post for trespassing, and the stare down from the sexy-as-sin bodyguard sent in to find answers, I'm certain my body must be confusing fear with lust.I was on a mission to find my mother's killer, not a man, but my body seems to think now is a good time to pursue its search for Mr. Right.He's not Mr. Right...
  • Reagan's Redemption: Book Eight In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman

    Reagan's Redemption: Book Eight In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Doctor Reagan Rosner loves her fast-paced life of practicing medicine in New York City’s busiest trauma center. Kind and confident, she’s taking her profession by storm—until a young girl’s accidental death leaves her shaken to her core...
  • Dead Serious by C.M. Stunich

    Dead Serious by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Naomi Knox is on her way to becoming the world's most worshipped Rock Goddess. I'm so in love with this chick that I could be the King to her Queen, the Devil to her Angel. But a wise soul once told me that your past is your foundation, and if it's crumbling, then you've got nothing left to build on. I'll fight the f*cking world to see her safe, risk my life just to hear her sing one more time...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Damien: A Stark Novel by J. Kenner

    Damien: A Stark Novel by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark series… I am Damien Stark. From the outside, I have a perfect life. A billionaire with a beautiful family. But if you could see inside my head, you’d know I’m as f-ed up as a person can be. Now more than ever...
  • My Cruel Salvation by J. Kenner

    My Cruel Salvation by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Don’t miss the final exciting and romantic chapter in Devlin and Ellie’s love story.He’ll keep her safe, no matter the price.Investigative reporter Ellie Holmes has uncovered billionaire Devlin Saint’s dark and dangerous secrets, and he has both stripped away her protective armor and tamed the wildness within her...
  • 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:
    dark  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Rock Reclaimed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rock Reclaimed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m the black sheep son. The one no one ever knew about. The one your mum wouldn’t want you to bring home. I have the Kagan face and the Kagan voice and let’s be real—the legendary Kagan d!ck. And now I was a rockstar too, on my way up. Soaring so high no one could rip me back down to earth. Finally, I had it all…and then there was Zoe...
  • 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...
  • Joker by Andi Rhodes, Nicole Cypher

    Joker by Andi Rhodes, Nicole Cypher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Joker…Skeletons and secrets. We all have them. They weigh on our souls, even when we try to fool ourselves and pretend they don’t. Since I was a kid I’ve carried a secret that haunts me, casting shadows of doubt over every relationship I have. I know the signs of someone hiding the truth, because I do it every day...
  • River by C.E. Johnson

    River by C.E. Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first time I met Kalina Lawson, she nearly passed out. Being a firefighter, I couldn’t just walk back to my cabin. I stayed with her until I knew she was all right. But her warm and friendly company is refreshing, and I quickly become enamored with the stunning cabin manager...
  • Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake

    Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Watch her. Crave her. Covet her. I’m the monster in the shadows—but she’s addicted to monsters.She looks so pretty when she cries out in her sleep. I’m obsessed by her gasps when she hears me coming for her. I'm hooked on the way she fights me when I pin her down...
    Categorized as:
    dark  in-uniform  suspense  steamy  romance  fiction  mystery  stalking
  • 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:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime
  • Her Hero by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Her Hero by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Donnie Nolan learned early that the secret to life is control. Born into a world of blood and violence, he broke free from the chains of his past with the help of Master Blake and his crew at The Club, and vowed that nothing would drag him back… until a knock at the door reminds him that there are some chains that can never be broken...
  • Naked Truth by Lisa Renee Jones

    Naked Truth by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jax North. He's handsome, brutally so, and wealthy. Our first encounter is intense and sex is my escape. I go with it. I go with him and what a ride it is. And then, I say goodbye. Only you don't say goodbye to a man like Jax if he doesn't want you to. I've challenged him without meaning to. He wants me. I don't want to want him, and yet, I crave him. And he tears me down, my resistance, my walls...
  • America's Bravest by Kathryn Shay

    America's Bravest by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Rescue Squad in the Hidden Cove Fire Department deals with all kinds of emergencies: blazing fires, horrific car accidents and a myriad of medical calls. Like most firefighters, they also have complicated personal relationships due to the nature of their jobs...
  • Inked by Drew Elyse

    Inked by Drew Elyse

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    INSTANT ATTRACTION IS A POWERFUL THING. Six months of dancing around each other led to one explosive night and two weeks without a word. Only then did I learn the truth: The man I’d wanted since he walked into Sailor’s Grave Tattoo Parlor was actually an undercover cop. And the worst part is, I don’t even know his real name...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  steamy  romance  contemporary  mystery  alpha-mc  biker
  • Knight by Julia Sykes

    Knight by Julia Sykes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abducted. Drugged. Broken. I am plaything, a possession. If I did ever have a name, I don't remember it now. Slaves don't have names. But then, my new Master rescued me and took me into his care. He protects me from the sadistic madman who is determined to steal me back from him. Master's touch keeps me sane. His control keeps me grounded in reality...
    Categorized as:
    dark  in-uniform  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Beneath the Secrets Part 1 ) by Lisa Renee Jones

    Beneath the Secrets Part 1 ) by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Beneath the Secrets, Part One includes: Prelude: One Dangerous Night Blake Walker left behind the ATF when the drug cartel he was hunting cost him the life of his fellow agent, and fiancee. Now, two years later, he's working with his brothers at Walker Security, but he's living fast, hard, and wild, until he reaches the ultimate high...revenge. And he's close, so close he can taste it...
  • Into the Firestorm by Kat Martin

    Into the Firestorm by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    At Brodie Operations Security Service, Inc., following your instincts is company policy . . . M. Cassidy—Luke Brodie had heard the name before, some novice bounty hunter working Seattle, catching tricky skips with more success than a newcomer should expect. But the dark curls, sparkly top, and impressive cleavage were not what Brodie had pictured...
  • My Body-Mine by Blakely Bennett

    My Body-Mine by Blakely Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jane has accepted that the relationship with her husband Luke, who drew her into the darker side of BDSM, is over. She has taken refuge at the home of Luke’s powerful friend Marcello and his submissive, Janice. With Marcello’s patience exhausted, Jane must either submit to his demands or move on from his household and his support...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN YOU HANDLE 25 SMOKIN' HOT, TAKE-CHARGE, BAD BOYS?Don't miss this sizzling compilation of panty-melting military masters, determined detectives, and rope twirling cowboys. Your knees will grow weak with each take-charge encounter leaving you breathless for more. Sink into the novellas and submit to these sinfully strict salacious alpha males...
  • Black Obsession by C.J. Thomas

    Black Obsession by C.J. Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bound by his obsession, Kelly Black had my emotions tied up into a mixture of fear and sadness. Timothy Parker was after Kelly. But with Kelly’s sights set on Nash Brooks for the murder of Maria Greer, he’d convinced me that Alex’s life was also in danger. The similarities between the victim and my best friend were too great to ignore...
  • Deceit in Bloom by Jennifer Michael

    Deceit in Bloom by Jennifer Michael

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cautionary tales don’t usually have happy endings… Raised in foster care. The sister of a whore. The fool who fell for the wrong guy. Paisley James is all too aware that sometimes fairy tales just don’t exist. There is no telling where hearts belong or loyalties lie when deceit is in bloom...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Wicked as Seduction by Shayla Black

    Wicked as Seduction by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll protect her…even if he has to take her captive to save her.Tech wiz and former elite soldier Forest “Trees” Scott had one mission: Rescue the woman being hunted by a vicious cartel and get her to safety. It should have been simple…but the minute he sees the wary beauty with haunted eyes, his desire for her complicates everything. So does her stubborn refusal to trust him...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  angst  book
  • The Sex Tourist by Olivia Wild

    The Sex Tourist by Olivia Wild

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When sex worker Lilian falls for a British guy she can’t help but imagine a better life for herself, but the temptation of easy money will ultimately seal her fate...
  • Submit to Me by Anya Summers

    Submit to Me by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Veronica McGinnis is a single mom, more concerned with her son's homework than dating. She lives quietly on the Scottish coast, writing articles for the local newspaper and raising her child. When her cousin Declan asks her to attend his huge wedding, she doesn't hesitate to accept the invitation. Veronica needs to escape her humdrum existence, if only for a while...
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • Heat by Jayne Blue

    Heat by Jayne Blue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Mitch Gates is sworn to protect the one woman he can’t have. Mitch – When my best friend and brother in blue was killed in the line of duty, I swore an oath to protect the woman he meant to marry. Stella. She was never mine, but I’ve loved her since the day I met her. Now she’s back. Targeted by a dangerous crime syndicate, I have to keep her close to keep her safe...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  romance  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult
  • Reunited With Danger by Olivia Jaymes

    Reunited With Danger by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leann Anderson has spent the last fifteen years living far away and only coming home to visit.  She’s enjoyed her freedom but she misses her family.  In town for her high school reunion, she thinks this just might be the right time to move back. Zach Gibson thinks Leann is lovely and sweet, but as the little sister of his employer she’s completely off limits...
  • Command by Ellie Masters

    Command by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kate Summers's career on the police force came to an implosive end when the mayor’s wife exposed her secret life as the Mistress of Pain. Kate lost not only her detective’s badge but something much more valuable: she lost her confidence as a Mistress of men. She now scrapes by as a private investigator, feeding off the misery of others...
  • Tease Me by J. Kenner

    Tease Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark International series…Entertainment reporter Jamie Archer knew it would be hard when her husband, Stark Security Chief Ryan Hunter, was called away for a long-term project in London. The distance is difficult to endure, but Jamie trusts the deep and passionate love that has always burned between them...
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