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  • Indulge by Dani René

    Indulge by Dani René

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a glutton. I indulge in women because I can. Carrick knows love is merely a shattered memory. 
Until Peyton stumbles into his arms and he steals a kiss. 
One taste isn’t enough. One touch would never satiate him. And he does what he’s become accustomed to, he indulges in her. A man hell bent on not falling in love, he pushes. But Peyton’s not giving up...
  • Shattered by Bethany-Kris

    Shattered by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Don’t fall in love with me. I ruin beautiful things.” Love made him this way, but life makes him stay. Life doesn’t give a redo. There’s no rewind or pause button to take you back or stop time. Once something happens, it happened. The most tragic of those times in his life, the ones he wouldn’t get back and the moments he could never fix, reminded Demyan Avdonin of a bullet meeting glass...
  • Submitting in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Submitting in Vegas by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Over the years, I’ve watched Rafe Morelli charm every kind of beautiful woman out of her panties. Most of them are practical enough to hold onto their hearts, though; he doesn’t want those. I am the only woman around who has managed to keep her panties out of Rafe’s hands, but not her heart...
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor 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...
  • Cole by Eden Summers

    Cole by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    These men don't build bridges... They bury bodies.I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resembled the devil so closely it was sickening.But I learned from my mistakes.At least I thought I had.Until I’m tempted back into his life with a case I can’t refuse.Cole Torian needs my help.And I’m unable to deny him.This time I voluntarily put my career on the line.Along with my safety. My heart...
  • Second by Penelope Sky

    Second by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s gone. But the fortune can’t be true because she means nothing to me. Nothing at all. But the doubt starts to creep in. My thoughts only focus on one thing. The other women no longer satisfy me. It starts to drive me crazy. When I finally confront her, the horror shatters me. She’s marrying someone else...
  • Enigma: The Complete Collection by Shandi Boyes

    Enigma: The Complete Collection by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Enigma: The Complete Collection is the entire story of the tumultuous relationship of Isaac and Isabelle. A sitting on the edge of your seat read that will have you enthralled until the very last word. Over 390,000 words on an enigmatic alpha male and the FBI agent assigned to his case. This is a story about two people who were never destined to fall in love...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Her Mafioso King by Terri Anne Browning

    Her Mafioso King by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Anya Volkov was everything I wanted and nothing I could have. I was never supposed to love her. My future has been set in stone since birth, down to who I am expected to marry. With our inner circle now compromised from my bastard of an uncle, it looked like my future had arrived earlier than expected...
  • Connors' Devils by E.C. Land

    Connors' Devils by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Connors When life knocks you down and you get right back up again. That’s what you’re supposed to do, right? You don’t allow the monsters to tear you down. Never did I expect to see my life where it is now. I might seem to have my life together on the outside but on the inside I’m a catastrophe. I don’t trust easily, and I refuse to allow men in my life. There’s a good reason for that, though...
  • Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James

    Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My life will never be the same, altered by lead, damaged but not broken.I’m becoming a new me.I won’t run any longer; this time, I’m the hunter instead of the prey.But it takes hard work, skill, and a bit of luck to catch a mob boss.I’m going to need all three to survive this.Especially when I’ve got five gorgeous a**holes for teachers—and occasional bedmates.The Blackbirch Company...
  • Forever by Penelope Sky

    Forever by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s mine once again but she’s practically a ghost. She’s just using me...not that I mind. But her indifference is suffocating. I mean nothing to her...less than what she used to mean to me. Admissions of regret and apologies aren’t enough to fix it. I have to return to the gypsy...and hope for the best...
  • Cruz by Serena Akeroyd

    Cruz by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CRUZShe was forbidden fruit. The sister of a man I respected. I shouldn’t touch her. But I have to. She’s addictive. Even better, she bites. But she’s been through so much, suffered the worst kind of abuse, and even as I want to shield her from the world, I can’t. I’m a Sinner. I bring danger with me wherever I go. Once it taints her, there’s no going back… INDYHe was forbidden fruit...
  • Three Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Three Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Remember when I said Two Tricks doesn’t work with MC gangs… Well I might have jumped the gun on that.The leaders of the Phantom Saints MC kidnapped me in order to broker a deal with Tricks. Jokes on them when they find out the truth. But that is the least of my worries right now after saving my best friend from getting taken by a rival MC...
  • A Ryan Restraint by Sadie Kincaid

    A Ryan Restraint by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Jessie goes for her regular gym session with Conor and he decides to shake things up with a little boxing, things get way more heated than either of them expected. Who will come out on top?This is a super spicy short story connected to the New York Ruthless series...
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • Fortitude by D.H. Sidebottom

    Fortitude by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, love is just that little bit too unhealthy. It’s time to put demons to rest and say goodbye… once and for all. Mason My wife isn’t just fighting for her family anymore, or even for her beliefs and what she judges to be right concerning her family. She’s fighting to survive...
  • Our Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Our Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The gauntlet has been thrown, lines have been drawn, and sides have been chosen. Now it’s time to see who will win.Removing Diego from power was the last obstacle to getting to Marco—or so I thought. The deeper we dive into this mess, the clearer it is that Marco has been hunting me for a long time. He’s methodical, calculating, and knows how to use every pawn at his disposal...
  • Ferocity by D.H. Sidebottom

    Ferocity by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This short 18,500 word novella is intended to read alongside the Heart of Stone books but after Endurance. Sometimes, love is just that little bit too cruel. Trouble. There it is again, smack bang in the middle of the Fox’s lives once more. Mason and Ava Fox are back in town when family problems demand their return...
  • Owned by A.K. Rose

    Owned by A.K. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She's one defiant, forbidden, pain in my as*.One I can't touch.One I can’t train.But Vivienne is mine. Body. Soul…And most importantly, her bloodline.None of them understand how important she is.But I know.My sons and I will protect that information - her - to the death to keep it for ourselves.So, she’ll remain here, under my roof…obeying my rules.Resisting me at every goddamn opportunity...
  • Brutal Princess by Kylie Kent

    Brutal Princess by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a Dark Mafia Romance, think all the triggers!! A lot of Adult language, even more sexual content mixed in with violence. This is book 4 in the Valentino Series, it is a standalone HEA!!AngelicaDaughter.Mother.Mafia princess.The Donatello assassin.I’ve been called many things.My favorite, though, is when he says I’m his angel.Neo Valentino, my brother’s best friend...
  • Sir's Redemption by Laylah Roberts

    Sir's Redemption by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kinley Stevens was in trouble. Lying to your Dom is never a good idea. Not if you want to sit comfortably the next day. But she had no other choice. She loved being dominated in the bedroom, but Sloan was the type of guy who would take over her life if she let him. Mind you, he couldn’t do a worse job of managing her life than she was...
  • For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Cam can be read as standalone, but it's advised to read book 3 For Adriano before book 4. Book 1 and 2 center around another couple.Camilla Guillermo’s life has been turned upside down ever since she joined the Chicago Syndicate and was reunited with Adriano Montesi, the cocky and charismatic Mafia man who captured her heart two years ago...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Atonement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Atonement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the fourth book in The Heart of Stone collection. It is essential to read the first three books in this series before reading this volume. Reading order: Incineration Tolerance Resolution Atonement You would think after eight years in a relationship, that you would know your partner inside out. Ava Fox thought that… How wrong she was...
  • Pure Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Pure Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew I'd done the right thing by leaving him. He deserved someone who could give him everything he wanted, and that couldn't be me. I'd been broken far too long. When twenty-two year-old Jenna Lang leave the man she loves because she can't give him children, she believes she's making the right choice. As much as it breaks her heart, she wants him to move on and be happy...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if I was to tell you, you’re all evil? In some shape or form, you are. What If I was to tell you, I was the worst kind of evil? Would you believe me? I did not believe that there wasn’t anyone who didn’t contain evil. I was proved wrong, and it stumped me. I became obsessed with her, someone of pure goodness. And couldn’t get enough...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was drawn to darkness, and he was the abyss.Safe.It’s a liar’s word. No one is ever truly safe.Control is how I survived.I lived my life by two principles: order and excellence. My moral compass steered me out of the backwoods of Tennessee and towards the woman I was destined to become, but not without gathering a few skeletons along the way...
  • First by Penelope Sky

    First by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hades retired from the business. Now it’s just me. Look at me now...bitter...angry...depressed. I resent my former friend so much, even hate the guy, but I’ve never been the same since he refused to forgive me. I meet a woman. She’s like all the others...beautiful, interesting, good at the fun stuff, but I don’t feel anything...
  • A Ryan Rewind by Sadie Kincaid

    A Ryan Rewind by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacade Jordan is no good for me. He’s a master at deception, a criminal, trouble. He’s been putting on the ultimate show of betrayal for years. He also saved my life and makes me feel more alive than I ever could have imagined...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • One Filthy Man by James Crow

    One Filthy Man by James Crow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhiannon The high-walled mansion seems almost impenetrable. My contact talks of one man and up to 100 women behind those walls. It could be the trafficking of sex slaves, some twisted sex cult, or even a brothel. Either way, uncovering criminals in the trade of women is my job – my life. I want the scoop – want to expose this one man’s terrible secrets and nail his sorry ass...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Savage Reckoning by T.L Smith

    Savage Reckoning by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was everything, yet she was nothing. She was there, then she wasn’t. I didn’t expect her, never wanted her. But there she was, everywhere yet nowhere. She drew me in with her looks. Locked me with her first words, then stole me with her lust. She was everything I didn’t know I was searching for, yet nothing I needed. She was a conundrum, difficult and confusing...
  • Dismissed by T.L. Smith

    Dismissed by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A heart is something that should not be entrusted to me. I will tear, crush, and destroy it with my very own hands. Then back away with a smile on my face. It’s who I am—a killer, a player, a joker. But hers, I’m unsure about...
  • Reckoning by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar

    Reckoning by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone around me calls me a monster. I can’t say that I blame them, over the years I was turned into one, into my worst nightmare – something that I tried so hard not to become. What no one knows is what I had to go through, and I doubt that they ever will. Sure, I married a monster and maybe he did turn me into what I am today...
  • Filthy Richer by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Richer by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven-year itch?Can’t say I know what that feels like when my husband is as obsessed with me now as he was on our wedding day.A lot has happened since that first meeting, but through it all, Eoghan's obsession with me is an insatiable craving to make me happy.
If anything, I've gotten FILTHY RICHER on his love...
  • Snowed In: Volume One by Kali Noir, Victoria Sue

    Snowed In: Volume One by Kali Noir, Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Snowed in: Why choose holiday anthology is a collection of original, brand-new short stories for this holiday season...
  • For the Love of Luca by Soraya Naomi

    For the Love of Luca by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ALTERNATE COVER EDITIONAlthough part of the Chicago Syndicate world, For the Love of Luca is a standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series.*It's not necessary to have read book 1 and 2.I have it all: power, love, wealth, and most of all...control.I’m a husband.I’m a murderer.I’m the underboss of the Chicagoan mafia...
  • Wasted Love with You: Season 1 by Whitney G.

    Wasted Love with You: Season 1 by Whitney G.

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last time my husband gave me an orgasm was … Well, that's never happened. And from the way our marriage is crumbling under the weight of his lies, it never will.Alas, after fighting like hell for a divorce, I promise myself that I'll never waste love on anyone else.I don't even want to 'date' anyone else...
  • Avengement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Avengement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Any profit made from this book will be donated to Breast Cancer Research. Sometimes, love is just that little bit too exciting. Mason Fox is angry, very angry. Someone has hurt his sister and in Mason’s world, that is not tolerated...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  organized-crime  steamy  adult  book
  • The Hacker by Renee Rose

    The Hacker by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SHE BETRAYED MY FAMILY--I WILL MAKE HER PAY.The sweet redhead in our building isn’t as innocent as we thought.She brought a Fed into our circle. Got my twin brother shot.Now she will pay. I’m putting her in charge of nursing him back to health. If he dies, she dies. That’s what I told her, anyway. Of course I wouldn’t actually harm her.Our beautiful neighbor is already under my skin...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Endurance by D.H. Sidebottom

    Endurance by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book is a short novella intended for reading alongside the Heart of Stone series, but after Kade. Sometimes, love is just that little bit too unyielding. To save the ones you love, sometimes you have to sacrifice your hopes and dreams… and your soul...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  organized-crime  steamy  adult  book
  • SINS of the Rex by Emma Slate

    SINS of the Rex by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THIS IS BOOK THREE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. IF YOU HATE CLIFFHANGERS – SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. It’s complicated, dark, and nothing is as it seems. My name is Barrett Schaefer and I thought I knew myself. And then I met Flynn Campbell. The mystery and danger surrounding him called to me. He changed my wants, my needs, my life. Love can destroy a person. So can death...
  • Deadly Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Deadly Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’ve spent the last eight years focused on one thing, and one thing only. Revenge.I’ve kept people at a distance. Didn’t let anyone under my skin. I had my rules and they worked well.Until they didn’t.Four men worked their way in without me even noticing. I thought I was shattered. Broken beyond repair. I thought there was nothing left to break. I thought I could do this on my own.I was wrong...
  • Blood & Loyalties by Ryan Michele

    Blood & Loyalties by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **Special PreOrder Price of $2.99** Family meant everything. Good, bad, right, wrong, legal, illegal—none of that mattered when it came to family. Family was and always would be number one. Catarina Lambardoni stayed on the legal side of the family businesses by running Lambardoni Enterprises. Professionally, she was beyond successful...
  • Crooks & Kings by London Miller

    Crooks & Kings by London Miller

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a game of crooks and kings, only the cunning survive … She was a girl with secrets. He was a man with demons. For her, it was supposed to be a way out from beneath the hands of a man who wanted her dead. For him, it was supposed to be a job to make amends for a past wrong. They were never meant to fall in love...
  • The Trap by S.R. Jones

    The Trap by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Client by Jessica Gadziala

    The Client by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My job is simple.I get hired to make men fall in love with me. Then I cut their legs out from under them.Fenway Arlington was next on the chopping block.Playboy billionaire.Heart-breaker. Experience chaser.Known for numerous international scandals,usually involving a woman.It should have been easy work.But I never could have prepared myself for the impossible.Catching feelings for the client...
  • Twilight Tears by Naomi West

    Twilight Tears by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m pregnant with the pakhan’s baby…And he has no intention of letting me out of his sight.I used to like surprises.Not anymore.Because every surprise lately has been worse than the last.Surprise! A blind date with a mob boss ruined my life.Surprise! I ended up pregnant with his baby...
  • Secret Baby for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Secret Baby for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A wild night with four tattooed bikers is the worst time for my birth control to fail.Pampered and protected from the moment I was born, I walked through the gates of the Screaming Eagles MC on a dare and wobbled out the next morning after four sexy men blew my innocent mind. It should’ve ended there.I didn’t count on the baby.Everyone knows bikers and Mafia don't get along...
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