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  • Make My Move by J. Bree

    Make My Move by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Mounty trash has wormed her way into our circle.We have no choice but to wait until she shows her hand, each move on the board more risky than the last. There’s no way she’s not a spy, not with her allegiance with the sociopath drug addict who walks the halls with murder on his mind.We’re watching her every move, every choice she makes reshaping the world we live in...
  • Beast: Part One by Tiya Rayne

    Beast: Part One by Tiya Rayne

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BeastIt started with me. Five years ago, she interrupted my menu. I’d never met anyone like her. She didn’t run from me. Mother said they would all run. But despite how much she intrigued me, I had to kill her. It’s part of my job. Yet, when the time came, I couldn’t do it.Now, five years later, I’m finally out of lockdown. I have a new mission; to take down the Church...
  • Not Until This Day by Valerie M. Bodden

    Not Until This Day by Valerie M. Bodden

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three kids. Two broken hearts. One chance to become a family.Isabel has three simple rules: Keep moving. No friends. No men. It's the only way to keep herself and her daughter safe. But when she arrives in the small town of Hope Springs, she finds that she suddenly wants to break all the rules. Especially when it comes to a certain sweet single dad...
  • Iris. by London Miller

    Iris. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One chance was all she needed … Iris Adler made a promise to herself and her father that she would ensure the man responsible for ruining their lives paid for what he had done, but she hadn’t anticipated Syn, or how quickly she would fall for the beautiful but damaged mercenary...
  • The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree

    The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Monsters have stalked me my entire life.From my father’s failing drug business to the evil men he sold me to, I have seen the worst of humanity only to find safety in the arms of the greatest monster of all.I call the Butcher of the Bay mine.Betrayed by his oldest and most loyal friend, I was stolen away from him and have once again been sold at auction...
  • Sinning Like Hell by Trilina Pucci

    Sinning Like Hell by Trilina Pucci

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA TODAY bestselling author, Trilina Pucci brings you the finale of Sutton and Calder’s heart wrenching love story. We’ll never run away.There won’t be stars or a blue sky filled with heaven staring down on us.All we have is death and destruction.A life sentence, forced to survive within the absence of our love.Until five years later...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  high-school  revenge  angst  book
  • Break Free by R.A. Smyth

    Break Free by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He thinks they’ve broken me.He thinks I’m nothing but an empty shell, ready to be molded into their perfect soldier, his perfect wife, a damaged plaything.He might be right.I’ve never been so exhausted, beaten down, and wary. I’m so close to giving up, so close to accepting my defeat and twisted fate...
  • Beyond Vengeance by R.A. Smyth

    Beyond Vengeance by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I know better. I know better than to be complacent.Finding my family was supposed to be a dream come true, but it’s only brought more questions, more secrets and forced family responsibilities. Surprisingly, Hawk is by my side while dealing with the utter ridiculousness our parents keep pushing on me...
  • Enemy by A.J. Macey

    Enemy by A.J. Macey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Damsel in distress? More like damsel causing distress.Hey b*tches, me again- Kiera, a.k.a The Cat. You remember my b*stard father and his merry mob of minions?No? Well, let me give you a little recap.I was going about, preparing to move against my most hated enemy and his cohorts when my cover was blown. But I guess that’s what I get for not minding my own damned business...
  • Repercussions by Nikita Parmenter

    Repercussions by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Liam revealing one of Ever's biggest secrets should be the only big revelation of the week but now Ever and her men, along with Peter are in a race against time to get to Elena before a threat from her past can.Ever's skills are tested, the bonds with her men grow even stronger, more secrets are revealed, and more allies are made along the way as the repercussions catch up to those who deserve it...
  • Mallicks: Back to the Beginning by Jessica Gadziala

    Mallicks: Back to the Beginning by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A girl raised by monsters.A man who helped get her free.A love that spans decades.Let's go back to the 80s to see how Charlie and Helen Mallick fell in love...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  crime  dark  female-mc  revenge  abuse  adult
  • Chaos & Carnage by R.A. Smyth

    Chaos & Carnage by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood will be shed.Lives will be lost.Freedom will be won.I might have my brother back, but Giovanni still runs free, and his alliance with the Grim Bastards is causing chaos in the streets of Black Creek.Now, more than ever, it is important for us to work as a team, but tensions are at an all time high...
  • Syn. by London Miller

    Syn. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ONE NIGHT WAS ALL HE WANTED ... Synek ‘Syn’ Jøsson has never been anything more than a jaded, broken man trying not to lose himself in his darker urges, but sometimes, the need to do something reckless proves too strong. ONE NIGHT WAS ALL SHE NEEDED ..
  • The End: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent

    The End: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It doesn’t feel like the end.It feels like all of my problems are just beginning.There’s more happening in my town of Raven River than I knew.More lies. More secrets. More pain.Enemies seen and unseen are circling and not even my guardian angels can protect me.There’s a war coming and I’ll fight because this time my Angels…My Horsemen…My loves……are the ones who need saving...
  • Hush: Family Secrets by Blue Saffire

    Hush: Family Secrets by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hush : Family Secrets Book 1 in Series Uri Donati is like a ghost and not your friendly variety. If he finds you, you are as good as ghost. He is the Donati family’s weapon. So it is clear that he has no room for love. Or does he? Valentina Caprisi is not your average woman. Pain birthed the woman she is and pain is what she now delivers...
  • White Rabbit: The Rise by London Miller

    White Rabbit: The Rise by London Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As an investigative journalist, Karina Ashworth’s job involves delving into New York’s black market of criminals and mischief where sin is almost too tempting to ignore. When she crosses paths with a man whose smile is a little too cunning—and his power a little too vast—she learns very quickly that dancing with the devil is far more enjoyable than she had ever imagined...
  • Calavera. by London Miller

    Calavera. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the Den ... Four days before she's meant to take on an assignment she doesn't want, Luna 'Calavera' Santiago is offered another gift—this one from the man she knows she shouldn't trust—the Kingmaker. He'll stop at nothing to get revenge against those that have plotted against him, even his own brother. Kit ... The one man she vowed to love, honor, and obey ..
  • Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FBI agent Lilah Love leads a complicated life. She's engaged to Kane Mendez, a man most call dangerous, but hey birds of a feather, do flock together. She's dangerous, too, and in ways only Kane understands. As for their happily ever after, well that might have to wait...
  • Deadly Betrayal by Nikita Parmenter

    Deadly Betrayal by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’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...
  • The Doctor's Nanny by Rose Fresquez

    The Doctor's Nanny by Rose Fresquez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s about to propose to the woman of his dreams when he meets the love of his life.As a successful neurosurgeon about to propose to his gorgeous girlfriend, Ryan Harper has the perfect life. When his sister and brother-in-law die in a tragic car accident, he suddenly becomes a single dad to his orphaned niece and nephews...
  • Edison by Jessica Gadziala

    Edison by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lenny I have one mission in life. Revenge. I didn’t have time for anything else. Let alone the mysterious, unfairly good-looking member of a local outlaw biker gang. But Edison is not the kind of man to be easily ignored, and the closer he gets, the more I seem to sway from my mission. Until the unthinkable happens. Edison She’s special...
  • Freaks by Callie Hart

    Freaks by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fix Marcosa is at war. The battlefield: New York City. He knows every street like the back of his hand. The darkened alleyways and back streets conceal secrets only he knows. Somewhere out there, an unknown element is threatening the life of the woman he loves. Fix doesn’t mind shedding a little blood to get protect those close to him, though...
  • Twisted Complications by Nikita Parmenter

    Twisted Complications by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There’s something strange going on at the academy. The longer they’re there the more dark and twisted secrets start to be exposed somehow they’re at the heart of it...
  • Adversary by A.J. Macey

    Adversary by A.J. Macey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Damsel in distress? Not anymore. Hey b*tches, me again- Kiera, a.k.a The Cat. You remember those f*cking bastards over in the Alloy Kings MC? No? Well, let me give you a little recap. I was going about, minding my own damned business, when the bastards decided to hit The Aces MC—my newest allies—where it hurt the most. Some sh*t went down, and now here we are facing a long, hard battle...
  • Wicked Trials by Elena Lawson, Jake Bordeaux

    Wicked Trials by Elena Lawson, Jake Bordeaux

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This wasn’t supposed to happen. I was supposed to glide through senior year unnoticed and ride into the sunset on the back of my aunt’s inflated bank account. I was supposed to be in control.Now they are.The trials will last 60 days. They can happen anytime, anyplace, and anyone or anything is fair game. I won’t see them coming. I’ll need to be ready at all times...
  • Dark Prince by Jagger Cole

    Dark Prince by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This is not a fairytale.There’s no glass slipper, only shards. Prince Charming is the villain, and happily ever afters are a myth.Except now, I need to construct one.Me, the fake princess, with a make-believe happily never after, to the anti-Prince Charming himself.Coldly beautiful, brutally ruthless, and heir to a criminal empire...
  • Assassin's Prey by Ella Sheridan

    Assassin's Prey by Ella Sheridan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I killed my first man at the age of twelve. I've been killing ever since. I thought it was all I lived for…until Abby. Until the woman I'd kidnapped became the woman I couldn't walk away from. She owns a piece of me I wouldn't take back, but the rest? The only way to protect her is to hold back the parts inside me that are too ugly to ever reveal. I'll keep her safe, even from me...
  • Heart's Ransom by Dora Hiers

    Heart's Ransom by Dora Hiers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A leaky sink. An orphaned puppy. A naval officer who wants a second chance. Will love and faith win Arden's heart? Or has that ship already sailed…Arden Mayhall doesn’t know what to do with her life anymore. Approaching sixty, it’s not as if she can go out and find a job to fill the time she used to spend caring for her beloved husband...
  • Wicked Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Wicked Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.My entire life has been a lie.The one person I've trusted despite all his secrets has shattered my faith, and the men around me have proved just how unworthy they really are...
  • 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...
  • Breaking All The Rules by Rhonda McKnight

    Breaking All The Rules by Rhonda McKnight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some rules are made to be broken…About the BookDeniece Malcolm is shocked and heartbroken when she finds out her baby sister, Janette, is marrying Terrance Wright, because she was the one who was supposed to marry him! Everybody knows there’s a rule about dating exes. Janette is pregnant and not only is this wedding happening, but Deniece has to arrange the festivities...
  • Bene by Bethany-Kris

    Bene by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vendetta can change everything … Bene Guzzi is walking a fine line. In his family, the mafia, and even with his own twin. Being a Guzzi principe means he doesn't have time to be a screw up, so he needs to fix it and fast. Vanna Falco is nothing that she seems. Her angel's face hides a past filled with pain and her secrets might be enough to finally take the Guzzi family down for good...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  anti-hero  crime  dark  revenge  adult  book  contemporary
  • Happy Death Day by Lisa Renee Jones

    Happy Death Day by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kane 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...
  • Sugar by Candice M. Wright

    Sugar by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Crow by Jessica Gadziala

    Crow by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was busy trying to keep his demons at bay. When one night, a woman crosses his path. And nearly kills him for sticking his nose where it didn’t belong. He could never clearly imagine settling down and starting a future with someone. Until he found a woman whose demons played well with his own.She never wanted anything to do with any man again...
  • Eden High Finale by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Finale by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this conclusion to the High School days of Jace Sian and the gang, we have a quadruple wedding, a honeymoon on a private island and lots of adventure. Jace is watching over his new bride and their friends on Seychelles, while back in L.A. he's started a campaign of vengeance against Mandy and Stanley for their suspected involvement in the attempted murder of his wife...
  • 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  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Celebrating Tina: An Inspirational Holiday Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard

    Celebrating Tina: An Inspirational Holiday Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A K-9 handler determined to prove she belongs. A detective with an unwavering plan. Can they overcome their painful pasts and accept the gift of love?Tina West has spent her life feeling like she stood on the outside, but since taking a job at Stryker Security, life seems to be turning for the better.Tina never imagined when she took a job as a nanny she’d end up training for search and rescue...
  • Dangerous Vow by S.R. Jones

    Dangerous Vow by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He thinks I’m weak. He sees me as prey. He doesn’t know what I’m capable of or the terrible secrets I hide.Giovanni Bianchi: Handsome, wealthy, and controlling.He’s the man who has it all—except me.When he offers me the opportunity to work as a librarian for his estate, I can’t turn him down despite my father’s deathbed warning. I have nothing to lose. My father is dead. My home is in danger...
  • Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble

    Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets.Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn’t sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist...
  • A Mother's Secret by Amy Clipston

    A Mother's Secret by Amy Clipston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Carolyn Lapp dreams of marrying for love. But will the errors of her past destroy this dream forever? Carolyn Lapp longs to have a traditional Amish family. But she lives on her brother's farm with her parents and her 15-year old son, Benjamin. Carolyn has never revealed the identity of Benjamin's father and lives daily with the guilt and shame of her youthful indiscretion...
  • Bound by Ruby Vincent

    Bound by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Five people bound by the most terrible secret... and something else. I never thought I could forgive them. I didn't believe there was still a heart inside of me that could forgive. But my boys, my knights, were taking down my walls and claiming a piece for themselves.All I wanted was to lock our secret away and enter junior year as though the past never happened......but someone won't let me...
  • Fall into You by Roni Loren

    Fall into You by Roni Loren

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’ll do anything for you. But you’d better say please. When tomboy sports reporter Charli Beaumonde loses a dream TV job because she’s not girly enough for primetime, she’s determined to land a big scoop and prove her boss made a mistake...
  • Empire of Ruin by Eva Ashwood

    Empire of Ruin by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Empire of Ruin is the heart-pounding final installment in the Dirty Broken Savages series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you're caught up on the series, starting with book one, Kings of Chaos. You've been warned!***I was a good girl once, but now I’ve got bloody hands and a broken heart...
  • Taken by the Hitman: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Alexis Abbott

    Taken by the Hitman: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Alexis Abbott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Out of the darkest evil will come the strongest love. The Bratva is changing, but whenever there's change, there's resistance. I have to prove I’m one of them or else I’m dead. I wasn’t prepared for what they wanted. They gave me a young and beautiful woman, to defile and break. With a gun to my head, it's not like I have a choice. I've never met a woman like her...
  • Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer

    Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anna 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...
  • Dual Power of Convenience by Chautona Havig

    Dual Power of Convenience by Chautona Havig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All they wanted was a happily-never-after.When Richard Danforth inherits the family estate on Merriweather Island, he doesn’t have time to deal with it—especially not from halfway across the globe. He’s too busy working to become the world’s newest billionaire and avoiding the women who would detract him from his goals.Enter Lyla Santana...
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died.For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right.Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge.Only revenge.Eight years of not really living at all.While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me.A home...
  • Wrecked by A.K. MacBride

    Wrecked by A.K. MacBride

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What would you do for the one you love? Me? I traded my freedom for hers. But then she betrayed me and left me to rot without so much as a goodbye. You know how they say you need to forgive and forget? Well, I can't. I won't. In fact, I'm good with never laying eyes on Kenzie Michaels again. Unfortunately for me, life has other plans...
  • Choose Me by Marion Ueckermann

    Choose Me by Marion Ueckermann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The one thing he wants most in the world, she can't give him.Her heart broken at the altar, real estate agent Julia Delpont moves south to Chapel Cove, away from the humiliation, the gossip, the stares. At least in this small town, nobody knew her story. And she had every intention of keeping it that way. No man would ever break her heart again...
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