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Fighter in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBosco Roth is a crime lord. The owner of the biggest underground casino.He's the kind of man who gets what he wants. He's got the best poker face in the world.Now he wants me.When things become too intense, I hit the brakes and make a run for it.But one problem...he won't let me go.Now I belong to Bosco Roth... -
King's Reign by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe epic conclusion to King's story. I was chasing pure darkness. Succumbing to the needs I’d forced to the far edges of my soul. Running like a madman towards evil. Then I found her. She breathed life into me when I hadn’t thought there was any life beyond what I knew. She gave me hope after I’d forgotten what it was. She helped quiet the demons raging deep inside me... -
Fine in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI've decided to keep her.I paid for her, after all.I should feel guilty for the decision I've made, but why? She prefers me to her previous master anyway.And it's not like my father didn't do the same thing when he was my age.I'm rich, powerful, and untouchable.I'm a Barsetti, and I can do whatever I please... -
Dark Legacy by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.We knew it wasn’t going to be easy.That our love could start a war.That my family might not accept the idea of us.But we never even got the chance to find out…Because everything’s been ripped away from me... -
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Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’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... -
Dark Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.She's the mafia princess he was meant to stay away from. And he did.Until that one night when he was able to hide his identity and his darkness under a different kind of mask. But one taste wasn't enough... -
Jokers' Wrath Motorcycle Club: Boxed set - Books 1-4 by Bella Jewel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today, International and Amazon bestselling author comes the complete Jokers’ Wrath series – four novels for only 99c. Fall in love with them the same way the world did. PRECARIOUS In darkness, we find danger. In danger, I find Beau. Ash is a prison guard, she's tough, she's strong and she never backs away from a fight... -
Wicked Dark Heathens by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat tangled webs we weave...He’s everything I don’t want. A playboy. A beast with a cunningly gorgeous smile. Faces like his only mean one thing. Somewhere underneath all of that handsomeness, there lies a monster.And if anyone can sense a monster, it’s me.I understand cruelty. I’ve lived and breathed it for my entire life... -
Saving Graves by Drew Sera
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNeglected. Tortured. Abused. Unloved. I was left for dead at seventeen and learned to protect myself the only way I knew how…by not letting anyone get close to me — not anyone. Discovering Club Irons has been like finding home for the first time in my life. It’s been a beacon of light in my dark life, and it’s where I finally belong . I’m the most sought after Dom at Club Irons... -
Getting Rowdy (A Club Irons Novel) by Drew Sera
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlake Eriksson has it all. Money, power, sex appeal and control. Yeah. He has control in spades. But not in a bad way. He’s a nurturer, a protector, a mentor – all good qualities for a Daddy Dom. Kelsie has natural submissive tendencies with a fun lean toward bratty. She’s not disrespectful, but she likes to be a bit of a challenge. She likes to be…rowdy... -
Princess in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis woman used to be my slave. But now she means more to me. More than she should. I've done unforgivable things to her, treated her like livestock I bought at the market. I made her tend to my needs without question. To make up for it, I should let her go. But even now I can't. Instead, I want her to marry me. Whether she wants to or not... -
Play You: A Second Chance/Single Dad Romance by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI hated to play her...But she left me no choice with her betrayal.Star-crossed lovers doesn’t even begin to describe what happened seventeen years ago when I fell for the one girl I shouldn’t have.The forbidden. Our Rival. My enemy.Piper Collins.She was perfect, despite her family name. Too good to be true... too bad she was a snitch.Planted to infiltrate our club... -
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Thirty Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dark romance with trigger warnings! Book 2 of a 3 part serial. My captor's rules have changed ...I’m still Sergei's prisoner. Freedom seems further away than ever. I swore I’d endure everything, and make him care for me. I accepted every cruel word, every punishing blow, until one day he looked at me with stark, naked hunger instead of hatred... -
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The Retaliation You Deliver by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen something seems too good to be true. It’s usually because it is.A lesson I learned the hard way.Every single fear I had about falling for Leon, has just come true in the most brutal way.The sweet guy act he’s been putting on the past few weeks is over.The cold, hard truth is... he never wanted me. He only wanted retaliation.And like a fool, I played right into his wicked scheme... -
The Angel by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDer Engel Ein sterbender Mann gab mir das Geschenk des Lebens. Zwei Namen.Einer davon gehört zu der Mutter, von der ich nie wusste, dass ich sie hatte.Als ich sie fand, wollte ich Antworten und noch etwas mehr. Ihre Stieftochter. Louisa Sullivan. Die Tochter eines Milliardärs, aber es ist nicht das Geld, das mich interessiert. Meine Mutter zu finden, war nur ein Teil meines Plans... -
Devil's Night Series by Penelope Douglas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIl mio sbaglio più grande - Mille ragioni per odiarti - L’errore che rifarei3 romanzi in 1Dall’autrice dei bestseller Mai per amore e Odiami come io ti amoConosco i segreti di Michael Crist. È il fratello del mio ragazzo, Bellissimo e terrificante. Conosco i suoi misfatti, ma non so quanto riuscirò a tenerli per me... -
Taint Her: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe wants to ruin her. She wants to save him.Hadley Rexford was a distraction I didn’t need. But when she discovers me with blood on my hands, I know I can’t walk away without demanding her silence.I’ll taint her.Torment her.In the end, I’ll ruin her.Cole Jagger was a puzzle I wanted to solve. But he refuses to let me in, and now I’m ensnared in his trap.He’s cold.Immoral... -
Nikolai: The Complete Boxed Set by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe complete collection of the USA Today Bestselling romance between Russian mob boss Nikolai and the sweet, innocent artist who steals his heart includes NIKOLAI, NIKOLAI II, PAPER and LION’S FIRST ROAR. NIKOLAI After a brush with death as a juvenile delinquent, Vivian swore she’d never stray across that line again—but there’s just one problem with her plan to stay on the right side of the law... -
Ranger by Jeneveir Evans
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Wyatt Asher Reynolds. I go by Ranger. I received that moniker when I was in the military, serving as an elite Army Ranger sniper. During my fifteenth year in the service, I was shot. A couple inches lower and I would have been a dead man. The injury made me rethink my long-term goals and I decided it was time to head home. That was seven years ago... -
Make You Mine by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDax's story from Make You Beg: A Dark High School Bully... -
The Empathy series Box set by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the entire Empathy series including, Empathy, Desolate, Vacant and Deadly. This is a dark romance series...read with caution. Blake: I am a brother I am a police detective I am a contract killer I don’t want to love I don’t want to feel I don’t want … EMPATHY... -
Finally Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 4 in the Room 103 series It's time to say Goodbye. Take a final road trip with the 103 boy's. Let's leave with a tear, a smile and good memories. Romeo has struggled with his secret for years. He has managed to keep it from not only his family and friends but the girl he has loved for years. But one night changes that... -
Nikolai: Mine to Protect by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Justine walked into my life, I swore an allegiance, an oath to protect her with everything I have. I slayed the devil and stole his crown. I now sit in his throne with my queen at my side. But what happens when everything I’ve ever wanted is pulled out from beneath me? I’ve risen from the ashes more than once, but this resurrection is by far the most dangerous... -
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Finn by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaunted by the shadows of his own mind, Finn has no plans on getting involved with a woman. But Fate has other ideas in mind when a woman who was dragged to the clubhouse by her sister suddenly asks him to give her a ride home. Just as he was about to deliver her safely home, though, a threat materializes, causing damage to them both that bonds the unlikely pair together... -
His Deal by Rebel Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNothing in my life is the same. She has changed everything, simultaneously turning my world upside down while making it right for the first time ever. I break this woman a little more each day—and she lets me. It’s all part of our deal. But every pleasure that she gives to me brings her closer to freedom. Closer to paying her debt in full. And I’m not ready to let her go. Ruthless... -
Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence.Now, it’s my turn.He thought he was safe.They all did.They were wrong.Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see... -
Kincaid by Laurelin Paige
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPast and present weave together in Donovan’s point of view for the next chapter in Donovan and Sabrina’s life.She was supposed to save me.In a twist of fate, I rescued her. Since then, I’ve lived for her, breathed for her, overreached with my love.She’s still here, so I must be doing something right. But now I want more... -
Buy My Soul by Jade West
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPart two of the Sixty Days trilogy. My sixty days begin here. The beautiful monster holds my body and soul in his brutal fingers. I’m his to use. His to dominate. His to command like a puppet on a stage for dirty eyes across the dark web. I shouldn’t want this. Shouldn’t want him. Shouldn’t want to take every dark instruction from his lips and give him my everything. But I do... -
Between The Lines by Drew Sera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“She believed she could, so she did.” My name is Amy Andrews, and those are the words I live by. I write happy-ever-after romance novels, and after writing ten romance novels you’d think I’d know a thing or two about love. But I’ve been chasing my own happy-ever-after for a long time. I seem to have no problem starting my fairytale, but the ending never comes to be... -
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Traded by A.K. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Order took something from me… My property. Vivienne. And now she belongs to another man… Macoy Daniel’s. The moment he signed that contract, he signed his own death warrant. With the sons, we track her down. Only when we get there, we find something unexpected. Her…savage and full of fury. We don’t call her wildcat for no reason...Categorized as:
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Chasing Me by Cat Mason
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing the flashy frontman for the band Shaft definitely has its perks. Hunter Chesterfield, is infamous for exploiting them all shamelessly. When he isn't busy commanding the stage and wooing every groupie in sight, he's living for the three Bs; Bitches, Booze, and Bacon. He has it all, or so he thought. Women have always been disposable to Hunter. Frisbees to toss away once's he had his fun... -
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... -
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The Trap by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Trap: A Bratva Vows Prequel I saw a possible threat; he saw a victim in waiting. Violet: I had a plan. A naïve and dangerous plan. Get the mob boss to notice me, seduce the mob boss, kill the mob boss. Except the elderly mob boss wasn’t the only one to notice me. He did. Andrius. Beautiful. Cold. Deadly. He’s a monster amongst men. I crave him. I fear him... -
Escape by Nenia Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's been one year since Val beat Gavin at his own game...She buried her old life and her old name, but memories from her dark past dog her at every corner--and some of those memories have teeth. The public wants her blood. Her enemies want her life. And Val just wants to forget. So she escaped to the city, where even the hunted can blend in with steel and concrete... -
Dexter by Erica Chilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarning: Erica Chilson is revising/rewriting/restructuring/editing/formatting the Mistress & Master of Restraint Series in its entirety for release into Print. A few titles will receive updated covers, as well as a more descriptive synopsis. The FINAL editions will vary from those currently in release... -
Impossible Box Set by Julia Sykes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavior I've never met a man as dangerous for me as Clayton. The sexy FBI agent wants to save my junkie kid brother from the violent Latin Kings and save me from my self-destructive behavior. He makes me want to be better than what I am. It thrills me almost as much as it terrifies me. To keep me close, he ruthlessly exploits my weakness: lust... -
Shattered by Jaci J
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’d never met anyone like Cruz Hernandez. Strong. Brutal. Fierce. Crazy. He was nothing I thought I wanted but everything I needed. He saved my life. He loved me. He repaired my shattered heart. Mia Chase is a goddamn angel. Sweet. Innocent. Beautiful. Mine. I wasn’t looking for anything, not when I saved her life, and she in turn saved mine. But she was everything I fucking needed... -
Twisted by Ashton Blackthorne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m a bad boy in a good suit.I’ve lived a sexy and fascinating life. I’ve been called a heartbreaker by many women. NI’m a bad boy in a good suit.I’ve lived a sexy and fascinating life. I’ve been called a heartbreaker by many women. Now with my own heart broken, shattered, I have no one to turn to.Or do I?My sexy secretary, Amber has always been at my side... -
Audacious Heir by Pennelope Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSparrow Winchester. I want to take her, lock her up in my imaginary cage, and never let her go.Instead, I choose to break her; break her wings so well that she can’t fly without my assistance.She doesn’t know it, but she drives me to hurt her. Every way she calls out to me, I answer. She wants it and I want to do it for her... -
Cry by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book has been discontinued by the author, and combined with Sing... -
The Invitation by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings* First published in the anthology, The More The Merrier . Cara has spent her entire life as the good girl – the straight-A, straight-laced, good girl – and she’s tired of it... -
A Taste of Paradise by Elizabeth Lennox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRevenge. It was the only way her brother could get on with his life. If Gaia could steer her brother’s need for revenge towards the Steele brothers, make the consequences less horrible, then she was going to do it. She’d do anything to help her brother move on with his life... -
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I is for... by L. DuBois
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew a little ice could burn so hot? Master Raine needs control the way fish need water. His life outside LA’s most exclusive BDSM club is chaotic, and as a result he demands complete obedience from his submissives. Chastity is delighted when she learns she’s been assigned the letter I as part of the club’s checklist game... -
Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren... -
One Reckless Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI wanted to drown. I wanted the world to swallow me up whole and take me back to a time when everything was okay. A time when I hadn’t just buried the only father I've ever known. One where I’m not watching as my mother loses herself to her grief. One where the pain isn’t so insufferable. Everything in my world is a dull muted grey. I crave colour. Excitement. Recklessness...Categorized as:
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Corrupt Valentine Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.Roses are red.Violets are blue.I'm horny and I need you.I'll be in room sixty-nine waiting on the bed.I hope you're in the mood for giving h...If you're up for a game.I promise to scream your name... -
Until Then by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe one thing my pen pal and I have in common is imprisonment. While his is literal, I am bound in the chains of my abusive partner. While he is locked behind bars, he gives me a glimpse of the love I have been looking for my entire life. When my world starts to come down around me we both gain our freedom, allowing us to face our demons together... -
Twisted Bitch by Jaci J, Rebel Edit and Design
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon Lie, cheat, steal … Dante will do anything to get his way. I drew a line. I stay on one side and Dante on the other, plain and simple. Blurry, blotchy, and broken in most places, this line I’ve drawn, the one that says absolutely no f*****g Dante beyond this point, is useless. We’ll have to be around each other, and there’s no way to change that … yet...
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