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Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe just wants to be loved… by the one man who is not capable of feeling it. A CUTE PSYCHO Charming and unpredictable, Vlad Kuznetsov is known as the joker of the underground world. Known to many yet known by none, he is a true social chameleon. His feigned affability might present him as inoffensive but his inner demons could unleash a bloodbath at any time... -
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Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom 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... -
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Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom 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... -
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Die For Me by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCOME TO METhe first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her... -
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![Morsel by Audrey Rush]()
Morsel by Audrey Rush
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy 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... -
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Snatched by the Sandman by Emily Shore
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you use TW's as a shopping list and love "WTF did I just read?" books that will give you trauma until you need therapy...or an exorcism, this book is for you.ZENYAA skeletal king saving me from faceless beings in another dimension is not the wildest part of my day. I follow the walking bone daddy into his fortress where I learn he is Nyxion, the God of Nightmares, and he has big plans for me... -
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Rejected Gambit by Avery Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe stares into your eyes with nothing but hate, forced to acknowledge the truth of your brilliant strategy. Your first move puts you in the lead, but will you achieve checkmate?Being appointed leader of the Grandmasters should be another check in your column of wins, but instead, the news triggers something dangerous, because those who surround you want nothing but bloodshed... -
![War, Unfinished by Veronica Lancet]()
War, Unfinished by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a pitch black villain romance with irredeemable characters. Please check triggers before reading New York City. Vicious Battlefield. Home. With a million dollar bounty on my head, it took me years to step foot in the city again. Now I'm back. And the order of business is rather simple. 1. Destroy my reprobate brother. 2. Take back my stolen legacy. 3. Have a goddamn drink in peace... -
![Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox]()
Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHey, Over here. No, look up.Yeah, I’m the one they talk about. The headmaster’s prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of NotreDame Parochial College. To most of the students I was just a myth. An urban legend.The girl who rings the bells up in the tower, the one who talks to gargoyles.Frollo’s secret Then they showed up, those heartless heathens. Outcasts, just like me... -
![If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes]()
If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey are marionettes under a concrete sky.Pain shoots through Maeve Campbell’s body when she wakes cold and disoriented, locked in a neglected cement room.Her drowsy eyes sweep the cell and land on a masculine, limp body across the room. Gripping his shoulder, she rolls him to his back, face angling toward her. Only it’s not who she thinks.It’s not her husband.And they aren’t alone... -
![No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose]()
No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA car crashes in front of rookie PI Paige Holden’s home. And suddenly, she finds one of her pro bono clients dying in her arms—from a gunshot wound. With her last breath, the woman whispers cryptic words into her ear and hands her a blood-smeared flash drive. Five years ago, State’s Attorney Grayson Smith put a murderer behind bars... -
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Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsYoung, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel... -
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Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine... -
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Wicked Little Games by A.R. Breck
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you spark a match in hell, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯?Some wonder how deep the curse runs through Castle Pointe.I never realized the malevolent roots are embedded into every fiber of this town.A simple game turned into devastation, wreaking havoc upon us, spreading it’s wickedness through our veins.Haunting us around every turn.Death rises. Evil corrupts. Fear consumes us... -
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![Ending Evil by Vickie McKeehan]()
Ending Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Evil TrilogyThree friends believe they have escaped the evil clutches that have haunted them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle. Ending EvilThe castoff daughter of rock star, Nick Tyler and artist, Ella Canyon, Quinn is determined to overcome her grim childhood and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor... -
![Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin]()
Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs she missing…or a murderer? When Laura Chaucer, daughter of a U.S. senator, vanishes from her college campus, celebrated FBI profilers Special Agent Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin Cassidy are called in. Thirteen years ago, Laura and her nanny disappeared from her family’s Denver home. Laura was found alive, but her nanny wasn’t so lucky… and the killer was never caught... -
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Nocturnes & Nightmares by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Keri Lake comes an intense and gritty romantic thriller that’ll have you turning the pages well past your bedtime. The most terrifying monsters aren’t found in dreams ... Four young socialites have gone missing in the Chicago area. Two found dead, bearing the signature marks of a brutal serial killer... -
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Requiem & Reverie by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Keri Lake comes an intense and gritty romantic thriller that'll have you turning the pages well past your bedtime. It takes a killer to catch a killer. And no one understands the motives of ruthless murderer, The Sandman, quite like Rhett Voss. Having spent his childhood in the shadows of the deranged lunatic, he’s become an expert on the topic... -
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The Pretty Dead Girls by Skylar Finn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen two young girls go missing from a small Georgia town, the crime remains unsolved for nearly thirty years.When Savannah moves home to the small town of Humble, Georgia, she has no intention of getting involved in a kidnapping investigation. But when her older brother Mac becomes the main suspect, Savannah launches a secret investigation in order to clear her brother’s name... -
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Til Def by Jodie King
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a dark romance/horror erotica. Please check the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book before you start by following the link to my website. This story is dark, with horror and gore, extremely explicit content, and unsettling situations/flashbacks. Readers are warned to read at their own risk... -
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Desolate by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWarning, this book contains dark themes and explicit sex, read with caution. Desolate is the SECOND book to the International Bestselling title, Empathy. Please read book 1 to truly enjoy this title."Dark... raw... desolate. Ker Dukey at her finest." - International Bestselling Author, S.K. Hartley.Dark, twisted and captivating. I couldn't devour this book fast enough. Dukey does it again. . -
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Pretty Broken Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final book in the Pretty Little Dolls Series. Betrayal and rage, a festering sting. Monster vs Master. Who will be king? Damaged and desperate, a solution they must find, To bring back the dolly who is one of a kind. Disloyalty and failure will not be forgiven. Seeking revenge, the monster is driven. Hungry for his affection, our master has waited... -
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See No Evil by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying... -
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Shifter Syndicate by Avery Stone
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe ultimate punishment for protecting a Shadowborn is death... Plagued by the memories of my slain pack, I disappear into a shadowy survival, rejected by a universe that has never wanted or accepted me — Selene Bleu, one of the few surviving Shadowborns.As an orphaned pup, my life should have remained as it has been for the last fourteen years... -
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![The Flesh Cartel #18: The Long Road by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
The Flesh Cartel #18: The Long Road by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . . With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
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Redeemed by Lane Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARNING: This is the SECOND book in the Dark Redemption series. Therefore, Exploited should be read first. Both books contain dark, dirty and dangerous situations. ~ Brede ~ For years I’ve left a path of death and destruction wherever I go, and now God’s punishing me. Time’s running out for my fallen angel, but I’ll do whatever it takes to save her... -
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Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRELEASE DATE: May 31, 2020ARCs sign-up open through May 18, 2020: bit.ly/CO8ARCsAll of my choices had been stripped from me except for one.Dance or die.Three years ago, I was taken, stolen away, far from the world I knew, far from civilization. I became a slave, forced to serve one of the four families with my talent. I'd been abused, battered, tortured in isolation... -
![Cirque: Act 2 by Ashleigh Giannoccaro]()
Cirque: Act 2 by Ashleigh Giannoccaro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithout my box I can’t be me Kidnapped by a clown close to the sea He’s torn inside where one equals two One I hate, the other I love true Secrets and lies become alibis Sivan is damaged, it’s in his eyes Riddles unravel when you know who masters Now Imogene’s only home is Masters An eye playing spy held me together When I broke, he broke, two ends of frayed tether We’re joined by the past... -
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Broad Daylight by A.M. Wilson, Alex Grayson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Authors A. M. Wilson and Alex Grayson return to Westbridge with the sequel to Pitch Dark. Detective Niko James may have found what he was looking for, but his brother Reece has no idea what's coming for him.Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Or so they say…The small town of Westbridge isn't so lucky... -
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The Flesh Cartel, Season 3: Transformation by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith a wedge at last driven between Mat and Dougie Carmichael, courtesy of Nikolai Petrovic’s expert manipulations, the brothers must each accept their new path forward: Dougie, a perfect slave, sweet and obedient and loving. Mat, a tightly reined dog, snarling and snapping but never allowed to bite. Unfortunately, no transformation, however well planned, is without its growing pains... -
![The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose]()
The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLITTLE SUNI am the princess of Writhe, a secret society slithering with evil. But I have everything I could ever want… except him. Sullen Rule disappeared two years ago from Ritual Drive, our shared, private street. After sending off dozens of unanswered letters in hopes they may one day reach him, I have nearly given up on ever seeing the boy of shadows again. But one night at Hotel No... -
![Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
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No, For An Answer by C.J Riggs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMY BEST FRIEND KILLED HERSELF.MY OWN PERSONAL ANGEL WAS RIPPED FROM MY FINGERTIPS, AND I TOOK A DEEP DIVE, INTO MY OWN VERSION OF HELL.IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I LOST HER, A YEAR SINCE I RECEIVED HER DIARY, AND FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED IT...WHO CAUSED IT, AND NOW IT'S PAYBACK.I'VE PLANNED HER REVENGE FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, AND I WONT STOP UNTIL EACH OF THEM PAY THE PRICE... -
![SKIN: A Dark Retelling by Sybil Knight]()
SKIN: A Dark Retelling by Sybil Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsObsession was a five-letter word. Ten years in the making. And her name was Emily. But the real question was who was I?When my pretty little pet leaned forward, offered me a view of her cleavage, and tried to make a deal, I said why the hell not?Five days. Thirty minutes. She could ask me anything to her heart’s content. Anything but my name. She had to figure that one out on her own... -
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![Abandoned Grace: An Interview with Devin Andersen by Marissa Honeycutt]()
Abandoned Grace: An Interview with Devin Andersen by Marissa Honeycutt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs an author, I know that characters often take on lives of their own. But what would you do if you received a phone call from someone you thought only existed in the pages of your book? That is exactly what happened to me, Marissa Honeycutt, author of The Life of Anna... -
![Deeper Evil by Vickie McKeehan]()
Deeper Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Evil Secrets TrilogyThree friends believe they have escaped the evil clutches that have haunted them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle. Deeper EvilBaylee Scott is the daughter of renowned director William Scott and actress Sarah Moreland. Baylee has worked for years to put her father’s abusive alcoholic outbursts behind her... -
![Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross]()
Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsContemporary/MF/Thriller-Horror/Serial Killer/Captive/DarkKirby wished for a new life, but the Devil sent her Cain.I knew what my calling in life was at a young age. I was the embodiment of death. The scent of blood and watching the life fade from something’s eyes was more delicious than any dessert... -
![The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay]()
The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy secrets are infested with infatuation. His cravings are dripping in blood. Is it love? Or is it something much darker… An obsession. Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul. No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me... -
![Nocticadia by Keri Lake]()
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me... -
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Searching for Shadows by Tonya Burrows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s trapped by fear.Veronica Martens once soared boldly through life as an Air Force pilot until a brutal assault shattered her spirit. Now, she’s a prisoner in her own home, paralyzed by agoraphobia and haunted by the ghosts of her past. She’s lost her wings, independence, and will to live.He thrives on terror.Horror writer Connelly Davis needs to recharge his creative batteries...Categorized as:
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Master of My Heart by Marissa Honeycutt
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen life goes wrong, can it ever be made right? Five years ago... Sabrina left Boston anticipating her stay back home to be full of joy and hope. Instead, she became the leading role in her own living hell. Nothing more than a shadow of her former self, she escapes a malevolence determined to break her, and returns to Boston, trying to regain a semblance of the girl she once was... -
![The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake]()
The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them. In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved... -
![The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson]()
The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHIS VICTIMS . . . A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive--and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear . . . WILL TAKE HIS SECRETS . . -
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Final Scream by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times best-selling author Lisa Jackson crafts the breathtaking tale of a woman haunted by disaster, unable to escape the ghosts of her past. When she was only 16, Cassidy Buchanan fell for the 19-year-old bad boy in town, Brig McKenzie - who'd had his share of run-ins with both the law and the local women. Then a terrible fire killed Cassidy's sister, and Brig was the chief suspect... -
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![The Flesh Cartel #14: Independence Day by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
The Flesh Cartel #14: Independence Day by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home... -
![The House Always Wins by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
The House Always Wins by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home... -
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Twenty-Five by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
![To the Victor by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
To the Victor by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
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Relentless by Bonny Capps
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the third and final book in the Killer series. WARNING: THIS IS A DARK BOOK. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. M: What do you want to know? My family, they've abandoned me. My existence is stitched together by sin, regret and blood. This is my story. This is my salvation. This is a family's curse. Adriana: My soul is torn, my heart shattered. This isn't where I planned on ending up... -
![The Flesh Cartel, Season 2: Fragmentation by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
The Flesh Cartel, Season 2: Fragmentation by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNikolai Petrovic is a man of refinement. He collects fine art, enjoys gourmet cuisine, and trains boutique sex slaves for some of the wealthiest-and most morally dubious-men and women in the world...
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