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  • Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis

    Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A student-teacher forbidden romance from USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with an HEA and no cliffhanger. Kaden The woman I love will never be mine because she already belongs to another. I’ve tried everything to forget her, but it’s impossible when she occupies a starring role in my dreams...
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    coming-of-age  crime  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc
  • Payback Princess by C.M. Stunich

    Payback Princess by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finding out you’re the daughter of a famous serial killer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.My father—the Seattle Slayer—is charismatic, intelligent, and charming.He’s also trying to teach me to kill people, so … his good qualities don’t seem to matter much.He’s kidnapped my boyfriend, a guy that I used to hate but grew to love.Parrish, I’m coming for you. I’ll do anything—anything—to keep you safe...
  • Whisper by Dani René

    Whisper by Dani René

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the international bestselling author comes the story of two people who find out that sometimes fate does step in and play it's part. "Lust. It drives people to do things they normally wouldn't." A whisper is a secret that keeps you safe in the dark. It may hold truth, but it may bring about pain. When Eli said goodbye to love, he never counted on Gia...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Glass by Ellen Hopkins

    Glass by Ellen Hopkins

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  high-school  sad  abuse  angst  audiobook  book
  • Jardin's Gamble by Laylah Roberts

    Jardin's Gamble by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jardin had once had it all. A submissive to love, cherish and dominate. His best friend to share her with.Until he lost it all.Then he hires a sassy, take-no-prisoners assistant with a surprisingly sweet, submissive side.Could she be his second shot at happiness?Bitter and angry, Carrick bailed on his previous life, with no intention of ever looking back. He didn't want or need anyone...
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    crime  dark  sad  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Blue String by Tess Thompson

    Blue String by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's a single mom happily raising her son with the help of her family. He's a country music star reeling from tragedy. When he shows up on her doorstep asking for a safe place to hide from the world, will she let him into her heart and family?Costume designer Teagan Lanigan only has time to love her work and the young son she’s raising by herself...
    Categorized as:
    sad  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart

    The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alice hurting herself. Ever since then, Lily has been desperately trying to keep things together, for herself and for her family. But now Alice is coming home from her treatment program and it is becoming harder for Lily to ignore all of the feelings she's been trying to outrun...
  • Cole's Mistake by Laylah Roberts

    Cole's Mistake by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone deserves a second chance, right? Cole Saxon wasn’t so sure of that. He’d burned so many bridges, he wasn’t sure anything he could do would be enough to make amends. Then fate brings him to Haven. To the brother he’d disowned and to the only two people to ever have a hold on his cold, black heart. Keira and Julian have been through hell...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Obsession by Shantel Tessier

    Obsession by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have lost those who I have loved. I have bled for those I hate. I have lied to those who are honest. What am I? You're a sinner dressed in white. You’re a ghost in the night. You're the demons that I fight. Who are you? Both of us were sinners. She was hell-bent on revenge, and I was determined to let her have it. She was a beautiful sin that alone would be my damnation...
  • Make Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Make Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Reagan is smart. She’s successful. She’s also in big trouble. The cops think she’s crazy. But she knows someone is breaking into her apartment and messing with her mind. Luckily for her, the Doms of Club Decadence look after their own. They hire Black-Gray Investigations to look into her stalker. They send in Tiny. Sexy, confident, all male. He confuses her, arouses her and irritates her...
  • Inked Babies: Epilogue to Inked Brotherhood by Jo Raven

    Inked Babies: Epilogue to Inked Brotherhood by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the epilogue to the bestselling series Inked Brotherhood. Follow the five boys and their girls as they get married, have babies... and save Zane from his demons. Five brothers in all but blood, five girls who love them, emerging from a past fraught with darkness and danger. There are wedding bells, and baby cries and laughter all around. They have found their happy ending...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Chased by Him by Kylie Kent

    Chased by Him by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ⚠⚠This book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, domestic violence, profanity, sexual content, violence and miscarraige through trauma. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read.⚠⚠ChasePeople take one look at me and see a pretty face.Because that’s what I want them to see...
  • 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...
  • Scandalized by Livia Grant

    Scandalized by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four lives tangled by an invisible thread...Prepare to be scandalized!Nolan and Piper have a lot in common, and a complicated history that has already hit the rocks twice before. But their undeniable chemistry keeps pulling them back together, and even if she's Mistress Ice, Nolan is determined to have Piper any way he can get her -- secrets and all...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Unjustly Destroyed by Marie Skye

    Unjustly Destroyed by Marie Skye

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HIDING… From my past, my secrets, who I really am. But now, he's caught up with me. Back to destroy me, once and for all, with his smug, smiling face. He's going to ensure that I'm in pain, and I'm going to fight like Hell to stop him. I'm at my limit. I'll do anything to protect Grayson. Protect myself. Protect us. Even if it's the last Fu*king thing I do. HIDING..
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  angst  billionaire
  • Roamer by Janine Infante Bosco

    Roamer by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deuce: The first moment I stared into Ally’s tortured blue eyes, my subconscious knew I’d never escape her. She called to the darkest part of my soul and made it impossible to ignore the strange pull I felt towards her. Some things are just meant to be. As long as we were both breathing, my heart would do time with hers...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  sad  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.67 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..
  • Morsel by Audrey Rush

    Morsel by Audrey Rush

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My violent desires are harmless. My fantasy tends to scare most women away, but my daydreams never hurt anyone. When I find Mona, a mysterious artist with similar sensual needs, we indulge in roleplaying.It seems like I found my dream girl. But while we grow closer, Mona’s desires become more extreme, and my primal cravings become harder to control...
    Categorized as:
    dark  crime  suspense  romance  horror  steamy  cannibalism  abuse
  • You Can't Hide by Karen Rose

    You Can't Hide by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0446616893 / 9780446616898 is located here Terror has forever changed the life of psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli. Someone is tormenting her patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But Tess can't break her oath to protect her patients' privacy at all costs...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Sabian: by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Sabian: by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Best Selling Author, Ali Parker... I’m an unlucky guy. Shit just has a way of kicking me when I’m down. When the girl of my dreams comes back to New York City and doesn’t refrain from seeking me out, I know it’s only a matter of time before the other shoe drops and shit hits the fan. Someone is hunting Lost Breed members and they’re not being shy about it...
  • 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  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  christian  contemporary
  • Fearless by Maren Smith

    Fearless by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was the last thing she thought she needed, but she was everything he wanted. Abused and alone, Kitty had no idea how far she’d have to flee after she finally got the courage to run. She never would have guessed she’d end up halfway around the world, or in the home — much less the arms — of dominant Australian whip-master, Noah Carver...
  • Cosa Nostra by Nicci Harris

    Cosa Nostra by Nicci Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "I love you, Max Butcher." Those words are dangerous. Just about as dangerous as the world I was born into. As dangerous as the ruthless bastards that I call family.They hurt her.My. Little. Ballerina. . . My piece of purity.They hurt her. . .I wanted to keep the world beautiful for her.I failed.So I should let her go. For her own safety and my sanity.But she crawled into my bed...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  sad  suspense  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  angst
  • Justified Steel by M.J. Fields

    Justified Steel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When offered the keys to the kingdom, I all but pissed on the throne.I didn’t need the figurative crown to become the king, and I sure as hell didn’t want anything more to do with the little queen.When the power started to shift and lives were being torn apart, justice needed to be served...
  • Shattered Rhythm by R.B. Hilliard

    Shattered Rhythm by R.B. Hilliard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chaz Jones’ life hasn’t been easy. Meltdown’s newest drummer doesn’t give a damn about anything except for his kit, his sticks and his throne. Music offers him a way out and he takes it, only to discover it isn’t enough. Nothing is ever enough. … Until Olivia Olivia Marshall had her dream job, her dream boyfriend, and her dream life...
  • Sinfully Yours, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Sinfully Yours, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was her every fantasy brought to life—protective, dominant, sweet and sexy. And he wanted her. Life was looking pretty good… Until Tilly gets a phone call that flips her world upside down. Now there’s a gang breathing down her neck; she’s relying on a mob boss for help and she’s in a whole world of trouble...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Finding Me by Judith Keim

    Finding Me by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, receive the unexpected news that their Uncle Gavin Sullivan, the black sheep of the family, has left them a hotel on the Gulf coast of Florida. The gift comes with a twist. They must live together for one year at the hotel and prepare the hotel to receive guests within a year...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  sad  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  humor
  • 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:
    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  biker
  • 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  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

    The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.What was once simple, is now complex...
  • 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  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Run: Gemma Falls never expected to use her game theory expertise to outrun a killer. But for years, that skill is all that kept her one step ahead of a deadly stalker. When Gemma gets the chance to teach at D.C. University, she hopes she and her young daughter have found a safe harbor...
  • Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith

    Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It started with Piggy. It escalated with Kitty. It ends with Puppy.  For almost a year, Ethen O’Dowell has been locked behind bars and yet Puppy is far from free. A legal ward of her parents, she shares her bedroom with Pony, the only part of her old, submissive life that she has left... apart from the guilt, the fear, and the weekly punishments Ethen dishes out every time they visit him...
  • Before He Vanished by Debra Webb

    Before He Vanished by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His disappearance changed her life forever.Twenty-five years ago, Halle Lane’s best friend vanished from their Tennessee town. When a childhood photo brings Liam Hart to Winchester, Halle is certain the man is the same child who vanished. Now Liam seeks out Halle to help him investigate the circumstances of his mysterious past...
  • Timber by Courtney Lynn Rose

    Timber by Courtney Lynn Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TimberCaelan Finnigan is mine.Just because she's technically a clubwh*re, and I haven't claimed her as my ol' lady, doesn't change a thing. She's been mine since she was twenty-three, she just didn't realize it.Even though I swore I'd never take an ol' lady, things are changing. I'm changing. Watching my sister getting married, my older brother having a baby-- I want all that...
  • In Her Father's Shadow by Quinn Avery

    In Her Father's Shadow by Quinn Avery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sienna Rivers’s aspirations for a normal childhood came crashing down the night they discovered her father was a serial killer. Once her mother’s illusion of a perfect family is destroyed, Sienna is sent to live with the only other “family” she knows...
  • 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  high-school  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cruel-mc
  • 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...
  • Wanted by Maren Smith

    Wanted by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  psychological  steamy
  • Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jafari’s little rabbit might try to run, but he’s going to catch her. No matter what.Kacy's past is dark and twisted, and it's coming back to haunt her. But she's not alone this time.Dominant and possessive, Jafari isn't going to let his favorite masochist run away again. He'll keep her tied up and begging for him while he slays her dragons, even if she insists she's no damsel in distress...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  poc-mc
  • 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...
  • Judas: Indignant Few MC Book 1 by Deja Voss

    Judas: Indignant Few MC Book 1 by Deja Voss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No bikers ever, that’s my one rule to live by. Burning bridges to the ground is my super power.  I fled the Indignant Few MC after my dad was murdered to start a life of my own in the adult industry. I’d rather sell my body on the internet then sell my soul to the kind of men I was raised around. I don’t want to end up a club slut, or worse, an old lady like my mother...
  • Ashes to New by Ellie Masters

    Ashes to New by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Although Ashes to New is a prequel, the author recommends it be read after book #1, Heart's Insanity.Ashes to New is a story about the fiercest kind of love. It's about enduring. Surviving. And never giving up. Elsbeth and Forest are two teenagers trapped within an abusive foster home. They endure tragedy, but find there is light in the darkest places...
  • Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads

    Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can love untangle a web of lies and expose the truth?A loner with a mysterious childhood…FBI agent Dolan Watts is no stranger to pain. From his childhood spent in foster care, to his daily grind of hunting down hardened criminals, pain has been the one constant through the years. It carved out gut feelings he can trust to solve cases in record time. Until now...
  • To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts

    To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What would you do to save the person you loved? Would you die for them? Would you kill for them? She just wanted to make the world a better place... All Jenna wanted was to help people. That’s why she went to medical school. Why she joined Doctors Without Borders. She knew she could make a difference ...until the day her world is ripped apart...
  • 默读 by Priest

    默读 by Priest

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  crime  romance  mystery  lgbtq  fiction  contemporary
  • Ruining Her by Kylie Kent

    Ruining Her by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ⚠️⚠️This Book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, profanity, sexual content and violence. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read. This is book 1 in a 2 part duet, a cliff-hanger can be expected.⚠️⚠️EmilyI never thought I would be seeking shelter here of all places.I’m out of options though. I needed a place to hide out...
  • Vanished by Kendra Elliot

    Vanished by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kendra Elliot.When an eleven-year-old is abducted on her way to school, the FBI doesn’t waste a moment, sending agents to scour the area and embedding Special Agent Ava McLane with the distraught family...
  • Devilish King by Kylie Kent

    Devilish King by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dark Mafia Romance, Contains scenes that could be triggering to some, read with caution. This is book 1 of a trilogy, an epic cliff-hanger can be expected!!TheoMy whole life was mapped out, designed for me, before I was even a twinkle in my old man's eye. I am the heir to the Valentino throne. A kingdom built with blood and dirty money. But one I'll rule all the same...
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