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  • Product Of The Street: Union City 3 by E. Bowser

    Product Of The Street: Union City 3 by E. Bowser

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fransisco ‘Faxx’ Wellington saw Crescent at Myth and knew she would become his obsession.Their connection created a soul tie he wasn’t prepared for. But secrets and hidden agendas reveal themselves, leaving Faxx teetering on the edge of darkness that only Cresent can pull him from.Crescent ‘Cent’ Johnson is questioning the authenticity of her connection with Fransisco...
  • Saving Meadow by Riley Edwards

    Saving Meadow by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A sexy FBI suspense thriller romance Meadow The road was long, it was painful, and it was raw. It has taken me four years to come to terms with my new reality. A life in which I live with the daily reminders of a vicious attack that has left me scarred both emotionally and physically...
  • The Last Straw by Sharon Sala

    The Last Straw by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Charlie Dodge may be down, but he’s most definitely not out. He’s still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need...
  • The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree

    The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Monsters have stalked me my entire life.From my father’s failing drug business to the evil men he sold me to, I have seen the worst of humanity only to find safety in the arms of the greatest monster of all.I call the Butcher of the Bay mine.Betrayed by his oldest and most loyal friend, I was stolen away from him and have once again been sold at auction...
  • Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose

    Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The fourth and final book in Karen Rose's nail-biting Cincinnati Series revisits your favourite characters battling crime in the city's dark underbelly. Fans of Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson and Karin Slaughter will not be able to tear themselves away from this explosive thriller. Homicide detective Adam Kimble is no stranger to battling demons...
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    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • I Will Mend You by Gigi Styx

    I Will Mend You by Gigi Styx

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My worst nightmare finally stepped out of the mirror.And the only man who can save me is a ghost.PreyI'm trapped in a forgotten nightmare with the monster I most fear.The key to my freedom lies behind a wall of memories.Xero's specter invades my mind, whispering both vengeance and salvation.He insists he's real, yet I can't trust my shattered psyche...
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
  • The Heir of Shadows: An Underestimated Novel Book 4 by Candice Wright

    The Heir of Shadows: An Underestimated Novel Book 4 by Candice Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There was a little girl, who had a little gun, pointed right at the center of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very goodBecause if she was bad, she was dead...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  organized-crime  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Saving Charlie by Jane Blythe

    Saving Charlie by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Suffering recognizes suffering.Faith Johnson is the only surviving victim of an international serial killer. She survived weeks in his torture room and when she escapes she thought the hard part of her ordeal was over. She was wrong. The hard part was only just beginning...
  • 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...
  • Dirty Hearts by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Hearts by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Darkly intense and deeply erotic, we return to the Lion and Mouse. The war has ended. Kazimir hopes to spend quiet time with Emily, but there are more enemies creeping within the shadows. New dangers that threaten the couple’s happiness...
  • Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart

    Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dexter crossed with 50 Shades: enter a world filled with dark secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I’m coming for her… I’ve watched her, I’ve hunted her, and now I’m here to claim her. Celeste Riley, my pretty little angel. Soon to be my pretty little captive. She pretends she’ll never want a killer like me, but we both know that isn’t true...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  age-gap  billionaire  book
  • Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke

    Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A life for a life … will kill the both of us in the end.Clover I know nothing of the Sickness at Eastpoint University. I know only the backroads that slip past the southern beaches and the gators that make their way onto the swamps shores. Until him. Until the killer known as Braxton Smalls finds his way into my stilted trailer on the coast of Port Charlotte...
  • Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson

    Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One night changes everythingOne fight gone viral can win Paxton a million dollars, endorsements, UFC recruiting.And another video gone viral could cost him it all.Because now a stalker is sending him videos from the night his mother was killed.Pax thought he’d killed her murderer. He thought he could move on...
  • Marked for Death by Anna Blakely

    Marked for Death by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She speaks for the dead.For Dr. Maggie Carpenter, spending the day surrounded by death isn't just normal...it's her calling. As a forensic pathologist, it's her job to find justice for victims who are unable to speak for themselves. So when the sexy FBI agent she worked with a few months ago asks her to consult on a particularly disturbing case in Colorado, she can't bring herself to say no...
  • The Vecellio Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Vecellio Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sadistic smugglers. Hacked cars. The ultimate revenge. Nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team have spent the last year tracking Marcus Gallo, a disgraced Brazilian business tycoon and ruthless killer. Then a hacked car transporting artwork brings a teammate’s past back to distract and haunt them all...
  • Midnight Obsession by Melinda Leigh

    Midnight Obsession by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s edgy new thriller, Louisa Hancock thought she was safe…but there’s a new killer in town.When a mysterious package lands on Louisa Hancock’s doorstep, the Philadelphia museum curator can hardly anticipate the nightmare that’s about to envelop her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • I See You by Mary Burton

    I See You by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton comes a gritty, suspenseful story in the Criminal Profiler series. FBI special agent Zoe Spencer uses skeletal remains to recreate the faces of murder victims through sculpture. Though highly scientific, the process is also sensitive and intimate; she becomes attached to the individuals she identifies, desperate to find justice for each...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • With Love by Liz Lovelock

    With Love by Liz Lovelock

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dear Captor, Do you find pleasure in my tortured screams? My darkened cell is my own living nightmare. Why do you continue to play this game? Why don’t you just kill me? You’ve almost broken me all over again—but I’ve held firm. I’ve pushed through the pain you’ve inflicted. And now I’m seeing a side of you I never knew could exist. A side I connect with. A side I could grow to like...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  kidnapping  crime  romance  abuse  torture  angst
  • Constant Risk by Janie Crouch

    Constant Risk by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The hunters Become the hunted. Deputy Tanner Dempsey and Bree Daniels are tasked with unraveling a deadly mystery in Dallas—one that involves transmitting live feeds of victims trapped in tanks as they fill with water. Bree’s computer genius is their only hope at solving the crime...
  • Merciless by Mary Burton

    Merciless by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this riveting linked novel, rising romantic suspense star Burton deftly heightens the suspense that began in "Senseless." No Pity. Each skeleton is flawless—gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing… No Compassion...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Burn You Twice by Mary Burton, Melissa Moran

    Burn You Twice by Mary Burton, Melissa Moran

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    8 hours, 56 minutesFire can destroy the past. It can also uncover secrets in this novel of searing suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.Ten years ago as an undergrad, Joan Mason escaped an arsonist’s fire. Shaken, she fled the small collegiate Montana town, leaving behind friends and not looking back...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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  suspense  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary
  • The Invitation by A.J. Rivers

    The Invitation by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When FBI agent Ava James received a call from an ex,she could have never predicted the mayhem that would follow...After receiving an invitation to attend a Christmas themed wedding in the mountains,Ava had planned out her perfect winter escape.However, the getaway turns into a nightmare when she stumbles upon the groom’s sister frozen in the snow...
  • Control: A Dark Mafia Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann

    Control: A Dark Mafia Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I wake up terrified, humiliated, and chained to a wall. The shackles around my wrists mean only one thing. He owns me now. With his dark glares and barked orders, he is dangerous...
  • Dirty Minds: An Interracial Russian Mafia Romance by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Minds: An Interracial Russian Mafia Romance by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Follow the Lion and Mouse on a high-octane romance set along the glittering lights of Paris.  The Corsican has kidnapped Emily. Lethally passionate, Kazimir will stop at nothing to get his lover back. Meanwhile, the Corsican is finding it difficult to hold on to this cunning woman.  Paris will never be the same again...
  • Provoke by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood

    Provoke by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A taste of this dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust… FREE! Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I meet her in a wedding dress, walking down the aisle towards my sworn enemy. Our eyes catch from across the room. And monster that I am, I know I have to have her...
  • Remy by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Remy by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After two confidential informants are murdered by a drug lord the DEA has spent months trying to bust, agent Avery Carmichael is ordered to go undercover.She’s going to need some help infiltrating the outlaw world, which is where the hottest, most infuriating man she’s ever met comes in. Remy Fulton is the president of the newest Savage Kings MC chapter in Rockland, Virginia...
  • Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier

    Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A serial sex attacker is spreading fear in Stockport and DI Ted Darling and his team are on the case.The man randomly targets young women and abducts them from busy supermarket car parks. He's armed with a knife and is clearly highly trained in how to handle it.Ever-dwindling police resources make the manhunt harder, even though the attacker clearly doesn't care whether or not he's caught...
  • 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  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Gift by Kate Anslinger

    The Gift by Kate Anslinger

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    AMAZON BEST SELLER One look in a criminal’s eyes and she witnesses their crimes. Grace McKenna is not your average police officer. She is haunted by the unsettling images she sees when she locks eyes with a criminal, her vision flooded with clues that force her to solve cases on her own. A sullen boy, a tormented woman, a breathless man, a thousand pieces of shattered green glass...
  • Death is Not Enough by Karen Rose

    Death is Not Enough by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The past comes back to haunt a high-profile defense attorney in the newest book in the Baltimore series from the New York Times bestselling author of Edge of Darkness and Monster in the Closet.In his work as a defense attorney in Baltimore, Thorne has always been noble to a fault--specializing in helping young people in trouble just as someone did for him when he was younger...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • No Escape by Mary Burton

    No Escape by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He Was Taught How To Kill Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Day Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Protect: A Dark Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood

    Protect: A Dark Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust is by Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood. She writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I wake up in the wreckage, ready to fight for Rue. Only she is gone, stolen away by my archenemy. I start to see red. No one touches my girl and expects to live. The deck is stacked against us. Emotions are running high...
  • In the Lawman's Protection by Janie Crouch

    In the Lawman's Protection by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An agent will do anything to take down a terrorist.Even if that means using a woman as his weapon.To locate a terrorist, Ren McClement must find the criminal’s “dead” wife Natalie. His plan: use the innocent beauty as bait. But when his duplicity leads them into grave danger, Ren reveals his secret to Natalie...and his passion for her...
  • Night Stalker by Shirlee McCoy

    Night Stalker by Shirlee McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A serial killer is on the loose… in the first book in Shirlee McCoy's FBI: SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT series After Special Agent Adam Whitfield's ex-wife is nearly killed when she stops an abduction, the serial killer that Adam's been hunting turns his focus on Charlotte Murray for getting in his way...
  • Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader

    Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adley:Nobody thinks that a pretty woman holds dark secrets, but then again, the world only sees what we allow it to.I was raised by very bad people.I learned to do very bad things—things that others would see as depraved.I was fine living my life in the shadows, going unseen…Until he stepped from the abyss...
  • Awakening the Beast by Jodie King

    Awakening the Beast by Jodie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wren - The night I lost him, everything I cherished turned into ashes along with that fire, swallowed by the inferno that scarred my heart and mind. I became who they call ‘The Queen of Darkness’, mimicking the love of my life, Arlo Hayes, lost in the abyss of trauma and hatred. Now, as he stands before me, the happiness I should feel wars with the despair that has settled deep within me...
  • Profile of Terror by Alexa Grace

    Profile of Terror by Alexa Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A missing coed named Abby Reece. Two clever thrill killers are committing the most brutal, public, and horrifying abductions and murders in the county’s history. The killers, known as the Gamers, have done this before, and are now upping their evil game to a new level. The question is — can they be stopped before they kill again? Things get complicated...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  killer  mystery
  • Cherish by Olivia Ryann

    Cherish by Olivia Ryann

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. Something has shifted and changed in me. I have left Katherine behind, and stepped fully into the blossom of Fiore. But while I am undergoing that transformation, Monster too senses a sea change within...
  • Deep Beneath by Dale Mayer

    Deep Beneath by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You might think you know what lurks below, … but do you really?A kayaking incident off Seattle’s shores sends Whimsy into a coma, where her nightmares are a revolving repeat of her drowning. She wakes to life on an isolated island, involving her strange savior, two dogs with unique identities, and voices, sounds, emotions that aren’t hers alone...
  • The Shadow by Amanda McKinney

    The Shadow by Amanda McKinney

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A gruesome murder linking to a famous painting sends FBI Criminal Profiler Eli Archer down a path of lies, deceit… and infatuation. Eli Archer has been called many things at the Bureau, but carefree and light-hearted aren’t two of them...
  • Senseless & Merciless Bundle by Mary Burton

    Senseless & Merciless Bundle by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Senseless & Merciless Bundle Senseless Every Serial Killer Knows. . . The vicious burns scarring the victims' flesh reveal the agony of their last moments. Each woman was branded with a star, then stabbed through the heart. With every death, a vengeful killer finds a brief, blissful moment of calm. But soon it's time for the bloodshed to start again. . . The Perfect Time. .
  • Sole Survivor by Candice M. Wright

    Sole Survivor by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s a murderer on the loose.One who kills without hesitation and remorse.When Rue Anderson, the killer’s tenth victim, is found in a shallow grave at a children’s park, it sends shockwaves through the local community and sparks a media frenzy.But there is a difference between Rue and the nine victims that came before her.Rue survived...
  • The Surviving Girls by Katee Robert

    The Surviving Girls by Katee Robert

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fierce survivor and a fearless FBI agent battle a copycat serial killer in a gripping thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert. Twelve years ago, Lei Zhang and her friend Emma Nilsson miraculously lived through the notorious Sorority Row Murders that left twenty-one of their sisters dead...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Wrecked by Cynthia Eden

    Wrecked by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In New York Times Bestselling Author Cynthia Eden’s gripping new LOST novel, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse…? SHE LEFT HIM ONCE. LOST Agent Ana Young was only fourteen when she was abducted by a madman, but unlike many kidnapping victims, she did go home. Now, her mission is to find the missing. But her new case has her on the hunt for the escaped convict who’s obsessed with her...
  • Shattered by Cynthia Eden, Abby Craden

    Shattered by Cynthia Eden, Abby Craden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's latest novel featuring the Last Option Search Team (LOST), one agent is forced to face her past as she uncovers secrets about the man who may be the key to her future.Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars...
  • Dying Scream by Mary Burton

    Dying Scream by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The killing just won’t stop as a ruthless psychopath revisits his greatest obsession—but this time, a Richmond, Virginia, homicide detective is determined to stop him in his bloody tracks . . .   An aspiring artist. A high-school senior. A stripper. Three missing women with only one thing in common—wealthy Craig Thornton knew them all. For that, they paid the ultimate price...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  book  fiction  murder
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