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Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI know this has no future.Only heartbreak.Bosco Roth may be the man I've fallen for, but he'll never be the man I marry.He's too dangerous. Too risky.When our three months is over, I'll walk away.At least that's what I keep telling myself.. -
Declan by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDeclan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered... -
Forever Mine by Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI fought against fate, and I won. I made a deal with the devil to keep her. It was supposed to be over. We were meant to be happy. Too bad my enemies had other plans. Note: This is the conclusion of Peter & Sara’s story. It is strongly recommended that you read Twist Me and Capture Me trilogies before embarking on this book, as there will be major spoilers for those series... -
Jewell by Kris Michaels, Digitally Imagined
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsObsessive. Toxic. Ice Princess. Witch. Jewell King ignored the epithets slung at her behind her back. Hell, after six, or was it seven, personal security officers asked to be reassigned rather than continue to guard her 24/7, maybe she deserved the names. She didn't care. Good riddance. Well..Categorized as:
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Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith Blossom has hit rock bottom.She’s drowning.Broke, demoralised, tired, and alone, she accepts a job that could be the answer to her problems.So long as she can survive a force of nature bent on destroying everything in his path.Reuben Jones.He’s driven, loyal, stern, and unforgiving.Possessive and protective.Grumpy.And he wants to own her. Dominate and control her.Be her Daddy... -
Steel Rush by P.T. Michelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ISBN13: 9781939672285.This is the second book in the BLACK SHADOWS duet, Cass and Calder's story. You must read GOLD SHIMMER before reading STEEL RUSH. Cass has spent years trying to forget her past. But the thing about pasts…they always come back around, sometimes in the most unexpected ways... -
The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love...Categorized as:
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My Every Breath by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCade King has fallen for the wrong woman. She's the daughter of New York's most notorious hitman, and he's the newest target.After ten years of living in the shadow of the Irish mob, Gia Callaghan wants nothing more than to escape the darkness of her life. Her burning desire for answers about her past has her constantly plotting new ways to flee... -
The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA mysterious deal maker. A ruthless businessman. And now he’s on her board of directors . . . Holly McGregor shouldn’t be attracted to someone with ulterior motives at her company. But she can’t avoid his unforgiving stare, deny their electric chemistry, or resist his touch, his mouth, the dangerous invitation she sees in his eyes...Categorized as:
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La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband." - Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans... -
Brother's Keeper III: Luke by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuke O’Reilly has seen it all, done it all, and lived through it all. When a career ending injury forces him to retire from the military, he struggles to adapt. Luke was born to be a soldier, not conform to the nine-to-five mediocrity of everyday life. He needs to protect and serve like he needs his next breath... -
Ti Amo (Battaglia Mafia Series) by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet there be war...Don Giovanni Battaglia will have his revenge. A bloody Mafia war has ravaged the southern region of Italy. Every man, woman, and child born under the name Calderone must be made to atone. That is the law. After two years of blood and bullets, the men sworn to follow without question find themselves wanting peace...Categorized as:
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How to Hack a Hacker by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKyou has a routine. A system. He guards Brannigan Genovese, hacks for his family of choice, and drinks far too much caffeine for any living being...Categorized as:
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Chokehold by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings--- The ugliest truths blossom into the prettiest lies. ---A year into the relationship with Domenico, Seth still wants him as desperately as ever. Nothing is better than being intoxicated with lust for his deadly man and feeling his steady hands all over.No matter the misunderstandings, the fights... The crash. The burn...Categorized as:
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Into the Black: A Romantic Thriller by Elise Noble
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiamond may be used to saving the world, but can she save her own relationship? With her husband’s killer still on the loose and her life in England a disaster, Diamond returns to the only thing she knows: work. As the star of special ops takes on enemies from the States to Syria, she finds the toughest battle is the one going on in her own head... -
Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition... -
Bastard Prince by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author, Nana Malone, comes a deliciously royal, roommates to lovers romance. Lucas... I'll never stop fighting for her...no matter the stakes. A year ago I found out I was a long lost prince. But with one lie, that’s all been undone. But prince or pauper, I’m not going to stop fighting for Bryna. She may be the only thing I can count on right now... -
Betting On Him by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a gangster going straight. She’s a waitress going bankrupt. Will their gamble on a marriage of convenience pay off in true love? Alex Wilde desperately wants to be free of the family’s mob business. But when his infamous father is murdered, the family attorney makes a suggestion he can’t ignore: find a bride before the funeral or they'll force a wedding with a nice Russian gangster girl... -
Deadly Betrayal by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s been two years since Mr Rising offered Ever and her men the chance to work for them. They’ve settled into the job now, but by no means have their lives become any less dangerous. The older teams don’t like how many high-profile jobs they get, and now there’s a mole in their midst, one that threatens everyone who works for Mr Rising; agents and families are in danger... -
Severe : Carolina Hell Reapers by Keta Kendric
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJade Raised by a drug kingpin, you would think that I would be intimately familiar with chaos but the roles in my life were flipped after my father’s death. Boarding school, owning businesses, and mingling with the social elite became my norm.Until one day, the chaos returned... -
More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the Mad Dogs put down, now it’s time to go for my longest running rival—the De León Cartel.The Mad Dogs are six feet under, but the monster itself isn’t dead, just wounded. One down, two to go and they only get tougher. Diego De León and I have never been friends—always looking for ways to take each other out. Now I have my excuse to blow his shit up...Categorized as:
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Angels & Assassins by K. Alex Walker
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTayler Diaz, a pediatric oncologist working in the small town of Yearwood, NC, stumbles upon Gage Wolfe's virtually lifeless body when leaving for the day after a long shift at Yearwood Medical. While phoning for help to get him into the hospital for treatment, Gage makes one last declaration that sends a chill straight to her bones: "Just let me die, love... -
Raw by Trevion Burns
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis was it. She was going to prison. She’d tested Detective Lincoln Hill’s determination one time too many. Underestimated his keen wit. Misjudged his naked resolve. But she couldn’t dwell on how she’d been caught. She couldn’t dwell on anything but the fact that her quest for revenge was officially over. Brought to an end by her best friend... -
Bodyguard to the Billionaire by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDerrick Arlington is one of the world's most eligible billionaires. Voted Sexiest Man Alive—two years running. And I just so happen to look exactly like him. It’s never come in handy until I get offered an actual job out of it. It was supposed to be so simple. Go to the Winston Isles, stand in as his body double for a few weeks, go back to my life... -
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Chill Factor: A Holiday Anthology by Freya Barker, Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpending the holidays in the snowy mountains of Colorado could be a dream come true…unless you’re in the path of a monster blizzard. As the guests of Aspen’s prestigious ski resort, the St. James Inn, brace for the storm of the century, their holiday vacation changes from jovial celebration to desperate survival...Categorized as:
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Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“We are two halves of the same rotten apple.”Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten.Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long...Categorized as:
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Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell. He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...Categorized as:
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Happy Death Day by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKane Mendez.The son of a drug lord, who is not his father's son, and yet, he has enemies. Too many enemies.Lilah Love.The FBI agent who perhaps kills a little too easily. Or does she? As she's called in to consult on a case, and catch a killer, her troubles back home don't go away. People want her dead. She simply wants them dead first.Kane and Lilah. Lilah and Kane. War is on the horizon...Categorized as:
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Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI didn't think I could live with them.Turns out, I can't live without them.Rock - the one who takes care of me.Oscar - the one who makes me feel seen.And Neo - the one who lights my soul on fire.They made me see who I really am.Now I may have lost them forever.*This is the conclusion of the Aventine University series featuring Neo, Oscar, Rock, and Willa...Categorized as:
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Sugar by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Candy shopWhere poison never tasted so sweet...Sugar Daniels is nobody’s victim.Cool, calm, and collected, she’s the epitome of a femme fatale and nothing like the little girl she used to be.As the original Candy girl, she’s on a mission to save as many ill-fated people as possible,Buying redemption with every lost soul she finds...Categorized as:
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When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEthan is finally free. He’s left the Cabal behind and embraced a civilian life with Jack, the man he loves. The only problem is that the Cabal isn’t willing to let him go. A call in the middle of the night and a threat to Jack’s family, and Ethan is back in the game. The only way out is to take on the organization that spent years warping his life... -
Nix. by London Miller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWould you like a gift? Five little words ... They should have meant nothing, just a proposition made by a man Luna Santiago didn't know for reasons she didn't understand.Five little words was all it had taken to open her eyes and see the new life he offered.With five little words, Kit Runehart owned her...Categorized as:
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Mafia Heir: Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by L. Steele
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMine to protect. Mine to take. She is MINE!Five brothersOne broken familyA past that will haunt them forever"If you dare leave me for another if you ever look at another man if you ever let anyone else touch you... I’ll not let him live, Beauty... -
Mafia Boss by Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetter to be at the right hand of the devil than in his path… When you come from a crime family, you have a name to live up to. My enemies know I'm a bastard who shows no mercy—exactly the cold-hearted don my father would want me to be. Except we're not the ones in charge... -
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Save Me by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after... -
Dirty Love by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’d found God in her eyes and a prayer in the subtle way she moaned. I found my soul, the spirit of humanity between her thighs. Devilish temptress or holy angel, I would have her all to myself. Nothing could happen to her, ever. Not one scratch. Not one frown on her face. I would kill to make her happy. * * * * * From Harlem to Prague, Moscow to St. Petersburg... -
Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs this the end of us? I found a woman I can’t live without. We’ve been through so much. We’ve had our set backs. But our love is stronger than ever. We are survivors. But when they take her from me at the altar, right before she is to become my wife, everything breaks. I will do anything to free her. I will do anything to make her mine for good...Categorized as:
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Sergei, Volume 2 by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWedding dress designer and boutique owner Bianca Bradshaw always plays by the rules—until Sergei. The Russian behemoth broke down the walls guarding her heart as easily as he kicked down her front door...Categorized as:
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Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnna Brookes also known by her Professional name 15, did what she had never done before. She didn’t kill her target, HiT 149. HiT 149 better known as Ben Pearson did something he had never done before. He fell in love with Anna Brookes...Categorized as:
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Awakening by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAWAKENING: Alfonzo Volume V The Family Saga continues.... Drink and women can't erase the betrayal of one woman Alfonzo swore to love forever. It's only sharpened the blade of hurt.Sometimes the hardest battles to win are the internal wars... -
Aftermath by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE ALFONZO FAMILY SAGA CONTINUES IN THIS LATEST INSTALLMENT: AFTERMATH: Alfonzo Volume VII "Forgive me father, for I have sinned...again!" -Alfonzo (Aftermath) The families have gathered in Palermo for a final farewell to beloved Capo de tutti, Alberti Luca. During the mourning, there is discourse and a simmering feud between cousins flares into a near fatal brawl... -
Associates by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe charismatic Alfonzo Diaz, his wife Selange, Giuseppe, Nico and the family return in this latest edition of an underground hit, many readers call 'raw' and 'addictive.' Alfonzo knows what is not spoken is found in actions. Observe, listen and often truth is revealed. “Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests... -
Gabriel's Regret: Book 1 by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGabriel Medlov has lived two very different lives in his 30 years on this earth, mostly because of his very different parents & paths... -
Gabriel's Regret: Book Two by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia S. Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“There is nothing redeeming in what we do. We are simply bad men.” Dmitry Medlov Russian Billionaire bad-boy Gabriel Medlov is in serious mortal danger... -
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To Love a Prince by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe good news is, I'm out of exile and I have the woman I love by my side. And I still have my crown, tarnished though it may be. The bad news is...all of that is temporary. There are those that want me as far away from the crown as possible. I still have a killer on my tail who has a more permanent solution in mind. Oh and there's the small matter of all the secrets I'm keeping from Ariel... -
The Billionaire's Secret by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was supposed to be a simple job. Go to the Winston Isles, stand in for my billionaire double for a few weeks.But between the kidnapping attempt and accidentally falling in love with my bodyguard, things have been far from simple.The good news, at least now the woman I love knows who I really am. The bad news is, no one else knows and someone is still trying to kill me... -
Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe thinks she can win against me… she’s wrong. I am the best art thief in the business. I will not tolerate anyone encroaching on my territory… and that includes Valentina Key.She may be beautiful, intelligent and talented, but in our underworld of crime, I am king. She is about to learn I am willing to do anything to win.And that includes seducing her into submission. Dangerous. Territorial... -
Too Far Gone by Christy Reece
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsToo Far Gone, A Grey Justice Novel Some obsessions can be deadly Gabriella Mendoza has lived her life in seclusion. Guarded by the most corrupt men in the world, she has no chance for escape until an unexpected meeting with the mysterious Grey Justice Group changes everything...Categorized as:
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An Endless Kind of Love by Krista Lakes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I thought you were beautiful the first time I saw you in the rain..." Dylan: The sudden death of Dylan's father was a wake-up call. After pouring a decade of his life into his company, Dylan felt like had nothing to show for it. No wife, no kids, no family. With no destination in mind, he sells his company and wanders the world, eventually finding himself in Silver Springs.. -
Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn arranged marriage is already quite dramatic, especially with two grooms. When a bomb goes off at the wedding reception, Gabriella Torres is left wondering who exactly she just married.This might have been an assassination attempt aimed at her new husband Vincente, the security minister for Castile...
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