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  • Whispered Promises by Red Phoenix

    Whispered Promises by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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    captivity  dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Saving Graves by Drew Sera

    Saving Graves by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Neglected. 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

    Getting Rowdy (A Club Irons Novel) by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blake 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...
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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Twice Claimed by Betty Shreffler

    Twice Claimed by Betty Shreffler

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author, Betty Shreffler comes the second installment in the passionate, riveting, and adventurous Crowned and Claimed Series. As a newly crowned Queen, I've been chased from my home, forced to turn to an unfamiliar man for protection. In my world, we thrive on what you have to offer, and in order to save my home, I must give myself to a King in exchange for victory...
  • Royal by Blair Babylon

    Royal by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dree has been swindled, chased, heartbroken, conscripted, and kidnapped. What on Earth could be worse than all that? Don’t ask. Don’t miss the exciting next book in the Maxence saga, ROYAL! Is this the first Maxence book you’ve run across? Start the series with the first book, ROGUE. Her ex-boyfriend was supposed to propose in Paris, but instead, he swindled her out of every penny she had...
  • The Demon by Stella Andrews

    The Demon by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Thirty Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 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...
  • The Angel by Stella Andrews

    The Angel by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Der 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

    Devil's Night Series by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Il 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...
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    dark  steamy  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Over two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget...
  • Descent by Gemma James

    Descent by Gemma James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion of Alex and Rafe's saga is here! We did it. We said the vows, dressed for the occasion, dared to believe in Happily Ever After. Alex Mason. It has a nice ring to it, the promise of forever. Until I awake the morning after to an empty bed and my worst nightmare waiting to strike. Rafe is gone, but his twisted desires leave me with the chance for survival...
  • The Decadence After Dark Box Set: Decadence after Dark Books 1-3 by M. Never

    The Decadence After Dark Box Set: Decadence after Dark Books 1-3 by M. Never

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three dark erotic tales under one sinful cover... Get Owned, Claimed, and Ruined with The Decadence After Dark Series. One hundred and eighty thousand words of pulse-pounding heat, raw passion and insatiable love! Owned (Book One in The Decadence After Dark Series) "I like you collared, baby. I like you naked, I like you mine...
  • Finally Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom

    Finally Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 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...
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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • A Demon's Bliss by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Bliss by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ChazI swore five years ago that I'd never allow another woman get to me. To never allow them in my heart. Not after everything that happened, not after the heartache and pain I felt. I've lost people before, but never in the way I lost her. After being on my own for this long I've determined all I need is my music and the people I call my family -- my band.Or so I thought...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • A Demon's Harmony by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Harmony by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TannerI lost the one person who brought harmony into my life. She hates me and I know exactly why. If only she could see what's right in front of her face. The person who she trusted even more than me -- she's the one who put the nails in the coffin that was the end of my relationship.It's been years since it happened and I'm watching my closest friends find their forever women...
  • Hawk by J.E. Daelman

    Hawk by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HAWK She literally stormed into my life, running into our MC compound one evening, her eyes silently begging for help. Even though we don’t know who she is, the Triple Kings MC protect women who need it; that’s just how we roll. In order to protect her, and my club from possible blow-back, we need to know what her story is...
  • Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him...
  • Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong from the beginning, wrong about everything. I find her trying to take down a human trafficking ring, unsure whether I'm there to help her, or drag her down. But from now on, Willow doesn't have a choice. She will be my wife. She will submit. She will play her role...
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    captivity  dark  kidnapping  steamy  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Stone Cold by K.J. Dahlen

    Stone Cold by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bane is back. But he comes with more than a visit in mind… Cricket He came back for me a second time – Bane. A world class assassin with an implacable hunger. This time, he wants something of my fathers. A pair of daggers from the time of knights and kings. Fighting back the whispers of fear and dread in my heart, I refused...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book  contemporary
  • A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HunterThe day she walked through the front door, I wanted nothing more than to hate her. I didn't trust her, and she rubbed me the wrong way from the get-go.I wanted nothing to do with her, so I ensured I'd avoid her at all costs. It worked for a while, until I found her on the side of the road in the middle of the night...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Between The Lines by Drew Sera

    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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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Rust by Aria Ray

    Rust by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Embracing Fate by Ellie Masters

    Embracing Fate by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who do you hire to save innocent women from monstrous men? You find a man the monsters fear. My job is straightforward. Buy a girl. Make her mine. Infiltrate a human-trafficking ring and take it down. It doesn’t matter which unfortunate girl I choose. I’ll sacrifice one to save the many, or some such nonsense like that. Does that justify what I must do? Does that make me the hero?No...
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    dark  steamy  captivity  contemporary  crime  abuse  fiction  suspense
  • Saving Angela by Nicole Flockton

    Saving Angela by Nicole Flockton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Debauchery and the Earl by Mary Lancaster

    Debauchery and the Earl by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love plays havoc with the worst of intentions!The Earl of Calton is such an infamous rake that Josephine is not surprised when her sister names him as the father of her unborn child. The bored and world-weary Calton, however, is both astonished and intrigued to be held at gunpoint by a masked seductress and told he is to marry her sister or else...
  • Stolen Fate by S. Nelson

    Stolen Fate by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This isn’t your typical story about boy meets girl then they fall in love and live happily ever after. No. This is a story about deception and betrayal at its finest. This is a story about hatred and attraction which does everything in its power to destroy two people...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  new-adult
  • Severed: A Dark Romance by Dani René

    Severed: A Dark Romance by Dani René

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the international bestselling author, Dani René, comes a dark romance that will leave you guessing until the very end! *This is NOT a standalone. You need to read Stolen - The Prequel to fully understand this storyline. My world was hell on earth, son of a man who was evil incarnate. Hate was all I knew. When she was stolen, I swore I’d find her...
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    captivity  dark  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Beautiful Trouble by B.B. Hamel

    Beautiful Trouble by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Bad Boys: Books 1-3 by Jordan Silver

    Bad Boys: Books 1-3 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This anthology includes: The Thug Giovanni Bianchi is a thug, that's what he is, that's what he does. When he overhears the hot little number over the wire at one of his clubs saying what she'd like to do with and to him, his curiosity gets the better of him and he takes a look. Now he's bound and determined to own her. Alexandra Conti is a good girl...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  anthologies  biker  crime  fiction
  • Twisted by Ashton Blackthorne

    Twisted by Ashton Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’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...
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    dark  steamy  contemporary  fiction  sexual-assault
  • Surrender to Me by B.J. Wane

    Surrender to Me by B.J. Wane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For six months, Shea Murphy has been moving from city to city, attempting to distance herself from her failure as both a sub and wife following her husband’s suicide. With the loss of her Master’s strict discipline to keep her obsessive compulsive disorder under control, she’s finally driven to seek relief with another Dom...
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    dark  steamy  abuse  domestic-drama  fiction  mystery  suspense
  • Mafia Monster by Rosa Milano

    Mafia Monster by Rosa Milano

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Her Master's Christmas by Lily White

    Her Master's Christmas by Lily White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am a Master. You must know this fact to understand my story. I’m not here to offer you a delightful or cheerful holiday story. It is not my job to fill up your heart with the festive spirit of the season. It doesn’t make sense for me to subscribe to the spirit of the season when it’s one of the things I work so hard to extinguish in the courtesans I train...
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    dark  steamy  kidnapping  romance  alpha-mc  wlw  multi-pov  slavery
  • Secrets of Betrayal by L.K. Shaw

    Secrets of Betrayal by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *this book contains dark elements that may be difficult for some readers*Betray (verb): to deliver to an enemy by treacherySold to a sex trafficker by her drug-dealing boyfriend, Phebe Lawson possessed first-hand knowledge of the secrets of betrayal. She’d given up all hope. Her life no longer held any meaning...
  • Toy by Stella Hart

    Toy by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Original Sin trilogy continues – step into the sadistic world of America’s most depraved cult to reveal their sinister secrets, wicked games, ruthless desires, and the darkest deception of all… It started as a twisted game of revenge. Jolie was nothing but my captive toy, bound for punishment and death. Now I know how wrong I was. She’s everything I ever wanted. Everything I ever needed...
  • Asher by Terry Towers

    Asher by Terry Towers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling Author, Terry Towers, brings you her newest steamy dark romance. ASHER!She should have died that night.I should have killed her as quickly and without conscience, as I had the man I’d been assigned to ensure stopped breathing.But something stopped me.Instead, I found myself draping her over my shoulder and taking her home...
  • Wild Thing by JA Huss

    Wild Thing by JA Huss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kidnapping her was the easy part. Now I’ve got to tame her. Runaway corporate princess, Lyssa Baylor, was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But that’s not what I’ll be sticking in there. LYSSA Freelance princess hunter, Mason Macintyre, thinks he’s so tough with those bulging muscles. He thinks he’s so smart with his plan to tame me with spankings and submission...
  • Until You're Mine: Requested Trilogy - Part Two by Sabre Rose

    Until You're Mine: Requested Trilogy - Part Two by Sabre Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Taken. Broken. Captive. There used to be a small amount of safety within the walls of my cell. Not anymore. Now my body is broken and bruised. And he doesn't come to comfort me. I ache for him. His face dominates my dreams. His body dominates my desire. Then he offers himself to me and I lose myself in him. But I do not love him. I cannot love him. To do so would risk my chance at escape . .
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    captivity  dark  kidnapping  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Daddy's Addiction by B.J. Alpha

    Daddy's Addiction by B.J. Alpha

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mistaken identity has never been so wrong.TommyAfter years of sabotaging my body and blaming my family for the loss of my love, I’ve refused to be a part of our Mafia involvement.Then my usual Indulgence service arrives, and for the first time in years, my body comes alive. I can feel.The only problem is the girl in my arms. The one I crave is not the girl I ordered.No, it’s my stepdaughter...
  • Soffocami by Chiara Cilli

    Soffocami by Chiara Cilli

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Avevo tutto ciò che ho sempre sognato.Non ho mai avuto la vita che sognavo.Avevo lavorato sodo per arrivare dov'ero.Violenza, soprusi e crudeltà mi avevano segnato per dieci anni. Ero pronta a portare l'azienda di famiglia ai vertici del successo. Ero pronto a saziare la mia vendetta contro chi aveva abusato di me per lungo tempo.Poi mi hanno rapita. Così ho preso la figlia di Nikolayev...
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    dark  steamy  fiction  suspense
  • Unleash Me, Vol. 3 by Christina Ross

    Unleash Me, Vol. 3 by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Note: You must read Volumes 1 and 2 before reading this final volume.Description : A threat. An assault. An abduction...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Violent Leader by Bianca Cole

    Violent Leader by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The city is in chaos, but I thrive in the aftermath.Grief surrounds our family as we bury our father.As the eldest son, leading the clan is my responsibility.The first task on my list;Make the Bratva pay for what they did.I’ll take the most precious thing from Spartak and defile her.Viktoria Volkov.Bratva princess and only daughter of the Pakhan.She will pay for the sins of her father...
  • The Perfect Lie by Sharon Sala

    The Perfect Lie by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the New York Times–bestselling author comes a romantic suspense novel about a man who can’t escape the sins of his past—or the woman who got away.   Back from undercover work in the jungles of South America, CIA agent Jonah Slade has returned to discover that his former lover has been killed in cold blood, and her fifteen year-old-son has been kidnapped...
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    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  murder
  • Tears of Tess Bonus Epilogue by Pepper Winters

    Tears of Tess Bonus Epilogue by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a BONUS EPILOGUE for the Dark Romance Trilogy, Monsters in the Dark.This bonus takes place as an additional snippet to TEARS OF TESS told from Tess's Point of View.Also included is a three chapter preview to PENNIES (Dollar Series #1) and CAN'T TOUCH THIS (romantic comedy standalone)...
  • Anthony & Catherine: Bad Boy by Willow Winters

    Anthony & Catherine: Bad Boy by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m a dangerous man. You may be fooled by my good looks and charm, but my eyes give it away.I’m the hitman for the Valetti familia, and I’m damn good at what I do. They want men to talk, and I make them talk. They want men gone — bang, it’s done. It’s as simple as that.Until her.She’s on my list, but I want her. On her knees and submitting to my every command...
  • Phoenix's Plight by Tiffany Casper

    Phoenix's Plight by Tiffany Casper

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After being left in a dumpster as a baby, Heathen’s life was laid to ruin from the start. Being adopted should have been his saving grace, but after his adoptive mom passes away he’s left alone once more. That was until Powers, a member of the Wrath MC, gave him a home and a family among the brotherhood.With the tendency to level everything in his path, Heathen was appointed Enforcer of the club...
  • Punished into Submission by Holly Carter

    Punished into Submission by Holly Carter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Growing up with a drug dealer and a whore was never easy. I saw things that a child should never see. I felt things as a teenager that one should never feel and there are things that I heard that one should never hear. I was grateful when Sailor saved my life.”Kat was determined to get away and become someone else after her tragic childhood. Become someone people would fear. Become invincible...
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    dark  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction  romance
  • Moments Lost and Found by Olivia Jake

    Moments Lost and Found by Olivia Jake

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Picking up where IN THE MOMENT left off, the adventure with Sam and Laurent continues in Paris. Like most everything with Laurent so far, Sam experiences more emotions and sensations than ever before. The highs are so high, but the lows are perilously low...
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    dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Russian's Dangerous Game by Elizabeth Lennox

    The Russian's Dangerous Game by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? As a budding newspaper reporter, Brianna Stewart knows that if she ever wants to move up in her career, she needs to break a big story. Her target: Rocco Antoniv - a great white shark of the business world whose methods are as enigmatic as his looks are captivating...
  • Her Journey by Rachael Orman

    Her Journey by Rachael Orman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s exactly what she doesn’t need… He’s exactly what she shouldn’t want… He’s exactly what she should stay away from… But she can't. After losing her mother, Melia knew her life would never be the same, she just didn’t expect it to be so drastically different. Her mother’s final wish was something that not only changed her life but also the way she lives it...
    Categorized as:
    dark  kidnapping  steamy  adult  biker  book  children  contemporary
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