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  • Forever Mine by Anna Zaires

    Forever Mine by Anna Zaires

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I 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...
  • Phoenix by Teagan Brooks

    Phoenix by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Phoenix I met the love of my life when I was 17 years old. She was my best friend, my love, my soulmate. Even at such a young age, we had a solid plan for our future. I would join the Marines after graduation. We would get married after my first deployment. When my time with Marines was up, we would start a family. But that’s not what happened...
  • Reddest Black: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Book 7 by P.T. Michelle

    Reddest Black: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Book 7 by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Passion, betrayal, and heartache collide in an emotionally charged and dangerous chain of events that could unravel everything Sebastian and Talia have worked to overcome...
  • Dollars by Pepper Winters

    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

    UNBREAKABLE by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fear 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...
  • Famished: Part Two: by Ellie Messe

    Famished: Part Two: by Ellie Messe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a coward. I just wanted to forget. I just wanted an escape from reality. I didn’t ask for any of this. Hiding the truth just might kill me, but how can I come clean when everything around me is so twisted? Funerals, weddings, secrets…between them all, I’m losing myself. I’m not even sure I know who I am anymore. I missed the memo where families are built on lies...
  • Little Girl Vanished by Denise Grover Swank

    Little Girl Vanished by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new mystery series by Denise Grover Swank, author of the USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Rose Gardner Series. James "Skeeter" Malcolm's story isn't finished yet.Disgraced, ex-detective Harper Adams is perfectly content wallowing at rock bottom...
  • Blackest Red by P.T. Michelle

    Blackest Red by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times, USA Today, and International Bestselling seriesNo matter how hard I've tried to let go of Mister Black, the memories of us together torture me. They're an unforgettable reminder of a life I can't have for many reasons.Burying myself in work mostly keeps thoughts of him to a screaming minimum, until he's thrust into my life under circumstances beyond my control...
  • Revealed: The Missing Years by Aleatha Romig

    Revealed: The Missing Years by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the thrilling continuation of a powerful series about secrets and deception, passion and love, and choices and consequences. The unexpected fourth novel of the Consequences series, REVEALED: The Missing Years is..
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  kidnapping  revenge  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Seeds of Iniquity by J.A. Redmerski, Kris Koscheski

    Seeds of Iniquity by J.A. Redmerski, Kris Koscheski

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Victor 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...
  • Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey

    Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Lost Dolls which is book two in the continuation of the epic Pretty Little Dolls series.Have you ever touched another’s soul with the essence of your own and breathed them in, so they become a part of you? I have...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping  revenge  steamy  suspense
  • Heathens by Sheridan Anne

    Heathens by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twinkle, 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...
  • Broken Hearts by Stella Hart

    Broken Hearts by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I love him, and it’s killing me… I never thought this would happen, but here I am—a willing captive to the most sinfully-handsome serial killer the world has ever seen. I belong to him now, the man who is both my savior and my downfall. The man who will probably destroy me one day, just like he’s destroyed so many others before me. If I want to live, I have to be a good girl...
  • Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey

    Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Stolen Dolls.Have you ever had to make a decision that haunts you every single day for the rest of your life—the life you stole back? I have...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping  revenge  steamy  suspense
  • Blaire by Anita Gray

    Blaire by Anita Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Bought. Conditioned. Sold to the enemy. My name is Blaire. I'm head of security to a man who controls the Russian underworld in Europe. His name is Maksim and he's my master. He bought me ten years ago and conditioned me with brutality to worship and protect him. And I have protected him. I've slain everyone who has tried to do him harm...
  • Second Sight by Sharon Sala

    Second Sight by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • Concealed Affliction by Harlow Stone

    Concealed Affliction by Harlow Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder has done his best to break my armor. It’s been a slow process but he’s reminded me what it’s like to feel again. I could never thank him enough for the toe curling and life altering experiences. He’s been my light in a hurricane-but even I know the sun can’t shine all the time. I have a big decision to make and it’s not as simple as just going left or right, forward or backward...
  • VII: Seven by Lana Sky

    VII: Seven by Lana Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WHEN OBSESSION BECOMES DESIRE… Ellen Winthorp has no choice but to rely on the protection of Mischa Stepanov—the vicious mafia leader who captured and disfigured her. But the more she learns about him, the deeper she falls into a world of violence, deception and intrigue where danger lurks around every corner...
  • Carved in Ice by Ivy Smoak

    Carved in Ice by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When I was little, I dreamed my life would be a fairy tale. But it just so happens that I don't need a knight in shining armor to save me anymore. I'm made of freaking steel. It's time for answers. Time for vengeance. And time to finally unmask the notorious V. There's no going back now. See what happens in the epic conclusion of the Made of Steel series...
  • Gypsy Brothers: The Complete Series by Lili St. Germain

    Gypsy Brothers: The Complete Series by Lili St. Germain

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *LIMITED EDITION ON SALE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY - INCLUDES BONUS EXCLUSIVE NOVELLA* Lili's USA Today Bestselling series, together in one edition for the first time! Contains ALTERNATE - A Gypsy Brothers novella featuring chapters told from Jase, Elliot and Dornan's points of view. The GYPSY BROTHERS series My father was most certainly NOT an innocent man...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  organized-crime  revenge  steamy
  • Reckless Whisper by Barbara Freethy

    Reckless Whisper by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Bree Adams has a personal secret, something she has managed to keep hidden for the past ten years-at least she always thought so… But a chance encounter on a train, and whispered words of chilling consequence change everything. Is the truth about to come out or is someone playing with her mind and her life? Nathan Bishop knew Bree when she was a street kid like him...
  • Love Hard: A Reverse Harem Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Eva Ashwood

    Love Hard: A Reverse Harem Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Love Hard is the explosive final book in the Black Rose Kisses series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you've finished reading the first three books. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Fight Dirty. Got it? Great!***With a single bullet, my heart shattered.With a single bullet, the Jackals destroyed any chance at peace...
  • Destructive Truths by Shauna Mairéad

    Destructive Truths by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lies, Saoirse. It was all lies.Those were the last words I heard before my attacker held me under.Left shattered by deceit, with a past I couldn’t outrun, Killybegs destroyed the girl I used to be.But here’s the thing, this queen was born to rise, and those who hurt me will pay for the sins they committed...
  • Behind The Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski

    Behind The Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Even professional killers need vacations, but for Victor Faust, his vacation in Venezuela is about more than relaxation and time alone with Izabel Seyfried. It is a chance for him to come clean to Izabel: to tell her the truth about why he sent her to Italy with his brother, the truth behind his interest in Nora Kessler, and about his knowledge of Izabel’s child with her former captor...
  • Behind His Eyes - Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    Behind His Eyes - Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  kidnapping  revenge  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • The Silent Dolls by Rita Herron

    The Silent Dolls by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Silent tears trickle down her cheeks as she curls inside the tiny cave-like space. She lies on her side, darkness all around her, rubbing her fingers over the little wooden doll he’d carved. He told her to be quiet, not to cry or scream. Not to be a baby. Her throat was raw, her eyes swollen shut. She wanted her mommy and daddy. She wanted to go home...
  • Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart

    Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It takes a monster to destroy a monster. My enemies have taken Celeste. Kidnapped her to torture and kill her. I won’t stop looking for her. Won’t give up on her. I’ll destroy anyone and anything that gets in my way, and the punishment for those who have taken her will be brutal and unmerciful. She belongs with me. She belongs to me. I’m never letting go. Ever...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap  book
  • Justice Delivered by Patricia Bradley

    Justice Delivered by Patricia Bradley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carly Smith came by her trust issues honestly. A victim of sex trafficking, she's been at the mercy of merciless men, ignored by law enforcement officers who should have helped her, and seemingly rejected by her family. She can't even trust herself to do the right thing...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Shamrock by Courtney Lynn Rose

    Shamrock by Courtney Lynn Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, I became the President of the Emerald Isle MC . . . At the ripe age of twenty-two. It wasn’t supposed to go down like that, though. Back then, I was young and enjoying life— and freshly in love with the girl of my dreams. Faylinn O’Shea wasn’t just any girl. She was my Vice President’s daughter, my sister’s best friend, and a club princess— but she was mine...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  dark  female-mc  kidnapping  revenge  suspense  abuse
  • Four Score by Lili St. Germain

    Four Score by Lili St. Germain

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Love and hate aren’t all that different. Two sides of the same coin, the yin and the yang. Once upon a time, Jason Ross loved me. And now that he knows what I’ve done, I see the love and the hate warring within him. I see the way he looks at me. The way he wonders how I could do the things I’ve done. I hear it in the way he begs me to stop, to leave this life and run away with him...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  organized-crime  revenge  steamy
  • Blinded by Fate by Harlow Stone

    Blinded by Fate by Harlow Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Nothing is as it seems. What you believe you know is all a lie"Book Fairy ReviewsI'm kneeling on the floor at the hands of a monster. My choices along with my dignity are about to be taken and there's little I can do for myself.How did I get here?Of course I know the answer, but if those bastards Fate and Karmatruly hold the cards then I wish I knew where the hell I went wrong...
  • United Reign by Kylie Kent

    United Reign by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark 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...
  • Devil by Ker Dukey

    Devil by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is a Dark romance for 18 years and over. Evi Devil. Yes, that is really my name. The irony is not lost on me. I was created from two evil souls and have the name to prove it. Devil worshipers, perverts, murderer. Is all terms used to describe the parents I refuse to remember. My mind will not allow me to...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  revenge  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd

    Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t belong with her. Born into darkness, life made me a cynic incapable of love. But then Ellie waltzed in. Innocent, optimistic, kind. She’s the opposite of what I deserve. I bought her, but she she stole my heart. Now my business is going up in flames. I have only one chance to make it right. That’s where it happens…something I can never take back...
  • Engage by Drew Elyse

    Engage by Drew Elyse

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once a Disciple, forever a Disciple. They came for her in the night. When she wakes, she’s in a cell. She has no idea if it will help, but it is the only option she has: She tells them she belongs to the Savage Disciples MC. A Disciple will fight like a savage when it counts. Years ago, he lost everything. Now, the club is the only thing Jager allows himself to care about...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  dark  kidnapping  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron

    All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a violent storm hits Graveyard Falls, it unearths the unimaginable: skeletons of teenage girls, each dressed in white and holding a candle. It’s clear to FBI agent Beth Fields that this is the work of a long-standing killer—but could it be the one she escaped years ago? She has no memory of the man who held her captive and murdered her friend...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Good Little Girls by Rita Herron

    Good Little Girls by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fear becomes a woman’s greatest weapon in a heart-pounding novel of suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of Pretty Little Killers. Tinsley Jensen survived the torturous clutches of an elusive masked killer dubbed the Skull, only to be held hostage by her nightmares. She’s terrified of leaving her cottage on Seahawk Island, knowing that the madman is still out there...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  justice  kidnapping  suspense  vigilante  adult
  • Tell Me to Lie by Charlotte Byrd

    Tell Me to Lie by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There was a time when my debt was the only link we had. There was a time when I couldn’t tell him how much I loved him and he couldn’t tell me. There was a time when I thought I could never have enough money. Now, everything is different. Nicholas Crawford is a stranger who is becoming more strange with every moment. I used to think I could make a life with him, but now I’m not so sure...
  • Beyond the Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    Beyond the Consequences by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes more of the suspenseful romantic thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, choices and consequences. Secrets and deception As the pieces of their puzzle come together, Anthony and Claire Rawlings continue to defy the odds. Together they overcame an incomprehensible beginning. Apart they endured unimaginable heartache...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  kidnapping  revenge  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dirty, Dark, and Deadly, #2This is a SERIES. This is BOOK TWO.“Secrets keep the darkness alive,” Harper tells me. But that’s not how I see it at all. Secrets keep me alive. The truth is overrated. Honesty is never the best policy. And everything you know absolutely can hurt you.The contracts I fulfill are just agreements. Death is a business deal. Secrets are currency in my world...
  • Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three years ago, Alec and Raegan McClane lived every parent’s worst nightmare: their one-year-old daughter, Emma, was abducted from a park when Alec turned his back for just a moment. Emma was never found, and presumed dead. The crushing trauma, plus Alec’s unbearable guilt, ended the couple’s marriage. Now a four-year-old girl matching Emma’s profile is found wandering a local park...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Two Roads by Lili St. Germain

    Two Roads by Lili St. Germain

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The sixth book in the #1 bestselling Gypsy Brothers series Juliette and Jase may be out of Dornan's immediate reach, but as tensions rise, will they end up walking right into the enemy's trap? Can Juliette forgive Jase for his devastating betrayal, or will it destroy everything they've been fighting for? What people are saying about Two Roads so far..
  • When Sinners Play by Eva Ashwood

    When Sinners Play by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sin isn’t supposed to feel this good. I never wanted to come here.The scholarship to Hawthorne University is my ticket to a better life,but I don’t fit in with these rich, privileged students.I’m the daughter of a drug addict.A girl with a half-remembered past.A foster kid who’s seen too much of the wrong side of humanity.My tattoos are my battle scars, and my heart beats for no one...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  female-mc  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • Five Miles by Lili St. Germain

    Five Miles by Lili St. Germain

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    My father taught me the importance of an eye for an eye—a cardinal rule, ingrained in every club member.A life for a life.Seven lives in payment for an unimaginable list of sins.People might wonder why I’m doing this. If this vengeance is borne from some noble cause. If I’m trying to prevent others from suffering at the hands of Dornan Ross and his sons.But I’m no selfless vigilante...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  organized-crime  revenge  steamy
  • Identity by Nora Roberts

    Identity by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never feed your fears, Saoirse, because if you do, they will eat you alive.Those were the last words my mother uttered before the masked men arrived.She begged me to run, to save myself from the past she kept hidden.But here's the thing, the past doesn't stay buried forever, and somebody has to pay the price for the choices she made.All the King's horses and all the King's men..
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  gothic  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Wrath by Gwyn McNamee

    Wrath by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All I see is red.Blood.Pain.Rage.It consumes me.The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.I only have one purpose. End him and take back what’s mine. Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin...
  • A New Paige by Zara Teleg

    A New Paige by Zara Teleg

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Would you risk losing the ones you love if it meant finally finding out the truth?PaigeAfter being kidnapped and nearly killed by a sadistic drug lord, I discovered a startling secret, and I can't let it go. I was forced to move to small-town Sugar Maple. Kai, the hot-as-hell biker who rescued me, is now my new landlord and makes me feel safe...
  • Ruthless by Dani René

    Ruthless by Dani René

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  revenge  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Beecher by Esther E. Schmidt

    Beecher by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There's a legend amongst members of the Wicked Throttle MC. Something that's rooted deep into their DNA. Once a soul finds its other half, there is no going back. Only one option; love and claim at first sight...
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