Books like 'Kings of Desire'
Readers who enjoyed Kings of Desire by M.O. Absinthe also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Loving Dark Men by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA man lures a woman into the woods.Another ruins the life of his best friend.And yet another strings them along like puppets.Dark men.They are intriguing, and charming, and powerful.They are changing the world.They are changing themselves.They are playing with lust, and love, and fear, and loathing.Addicted to each other, to their secret, to the seduction, to the sex.It’s a crash in the making... -
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Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...Categorized as:
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Playboy Princes by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe's my last chance. Those four words echo in Violet Spencer’s mind, tugging at her curiosity even as rage builds within her. Arbon Academy was supposed to be a bright new start. An opportunity for greatness, and something an orphan girl could only dream of. For a while there, it seemed to be exactly that. But Violet's bright future is suddenly looking dim... -
![Anarchy Chained by J.A. Huss]()
Anarchy Chained by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone wants revenge.That’s what I tell my new would-be partner in crime, Sadie Scott.“You’re crazy,” she says. “Certifiably insane.”Just a little. But isn’t everyone a little crazy?“And I’m gonna get the hell away from you as fast as I can.”She’s so cute when she’s defiant. “As soon as I get my memory back and figure out who I am.”Yeah. That little problem is definitely working in my favor... -
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![Checkmate by Jaye Pratt]()
Checkmate by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTeam Zeus were designed to protect Jolie and they swore that they would do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if that meant she would never forgive them. They have been trying for years to take down the owner of Olympia Corp–Mr. Z. Which has proven easier said than done... -
![Seminal by C.M. Stunich]()
Seminal by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI don’t play the role of the kidnapped princess very well.And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I’m Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I’m in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No.I don’t care how handsome he is, I don’t want to marry him.I don’t care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets.Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones... -
![Kiss of Luck by Delta James]()
Kiss of Luck by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe got away once. It won't happen againSaylorMy unique relationship with Beck ten years ago made me the perfect choice for an undercover operation. My job... bring down Randall Beckett and his Phoenix Syndicate. In all these years I have never shared his secrets, what makes me think I can now?BeckA decade ago my uncle sent Saylor, my beautiful curvy girlfriend, away... -
![Ravenous Predator by Piper Stone]()
Ravenous Predator by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years I’ve run my family’s organization in Philadelphia, ruling the city’s underworld with an iron first. I thought no one would dare to steal from me… until someone did. Now she must pay... -
![Ruthless Monster by Piper Stone]()
Ruthless Monster by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI went to Miami on the tail of an assassin, but when he turned the tables on me it was mafia kingpin Sebastian Dupree who saved my life... -
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Deathless by Crystal Ash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeathless is the third and final book in the Vengeful Gods MC series! Full description coming soon... -
![Ravage by A.L. Rook]()
Ravage by A.L. Rook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe promised to stick together. And then they betrayed me.In a world where more children are being born with special abilities, we were six of the ones kidnapped and hidden away for testing and training.We banded together and became a family…until one of us was killed.The others turned on me and left me for dead...Categorized as:
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![The Athlete by Elin Peer]()
The Athlete by Elin Peer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you win a soccer game when you’re not just playing against the other team, but your captain too? When Hunter Hercules, the biggest soccer star in the Northlands, is transferred to play in the Motherlands, he’s mad as hell... -
![Her Commanders by M.K. Eidem]()
Her Commanders by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCali has spent her entire existence hiding everything she truly is from everyone… including her family. Love isn't something she believes in. She's seen the harm that so-called emotion can cause in her own parents' relationship and wants no part of it.Star Base Commander Jamis Dexxirs and his Sub Commander Taarig Ynn are well known for their attitudes toward females and their sexual preferences... -
![The Wife Code: Banks by Charlie Hart, Frankie Love]()
The Wife Code: Banks by Charlie Hart, Frankie Love
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLawson wants what is lawfully his, but Banks is prepared to fight for his bride. Banks and Tia haven't consummated their marriage. He's done waiting. But he isn't like her other husbands. And while they both have a love for learning, Tia is about to get an entirely new sort of education. Banks is ready to teach his wife a few things about his dark desires... -
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![The Wife Legacy: Huxley by Charlie Hart, Frankie Love]()
The Wife Legacy: Huxley by Charlie Hart, Frankie Love
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world, at large, is in crisis but so is the marriage between Tia and her husbands. She thought she could trust them all but when one man betrays her, the cracks in the relationship are revealed.In a desperate, emotional finale to the Six Men of Alaska saga, Tia is faced with her worst enemy one last time.A gun is placed in someone’s hands and the trigger is pulled... -
![Syndicate Princess by Kira Stanley]()
Syndicate Princess by Kira Stanley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey call themselves The Syndicate. The werewolf Rossey clan, the mage Winstale clan, the fae Glovefox clan, the demon Devil clan and vampire Desmond clan. The five paranormal families who rule the criminal underground. Being a vampire boss's daughter was a lot of work. Being the only girl heir from the five families, I’ve always had to work harder, fight dirtier, care less...Categorized as:
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![Unbreakable by K.A. Knight]()
Unbreakable by K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe thought it was over. We were wrong. My father is alive, and he wants his research back—me. However, I am not a scared little girl anymore, and he will learn to fear the person he created with his twisted experiments.He thought he won. He believed he ruined us. He should know better...because I’m Unbreakable.*Unbreakable is the second and final book in the Pretty Liars duet... -
![Martyr by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Martyr by Chani Lynn Feener
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNix Monroe is in over his head.He thought he was smart enough to handle the Demons of Foxglove Grove and find his cousin's abuser. The plan was always to get in and get out. Lake, West, and Yejun have a different idea in mind, however, and the more time he spends in their clutches, the more of himself Nix seems to lose... -
![The Forgotten by K.A. Knight]()
The Forgotten by K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe rules of Paradise are simple: Everyone must work. Everyone must contribute. If you leave, you may never come back. Paradise is the new world, to question that is to question the law. They have been drilled into us since the world ended and those bunker doors shut... -
![Quis Custodiet by Manna Francis]()
Quis Custodiet by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere are all the good guys?No protests, no bombings, no subversion. Is it possible that in one part of the European Administration at least, almost all the citizens are happy with their lot in life? It seems unlikely... -
![Hunting Their Mate by Piper Stone]()
Hunting Their Mate by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey hunted me. They caught me. Now they're going to breed me.As far as I'm concerned, the Cenzans will always be the enemy, and there can be no peace while they remain on our planet. I planned to make them pay for invading our world, but I was hunted down and captured by two of their warriors with the help of a battle-hardened former Marine... -
![Game, Set by Manna Francis]()
Game, Set by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother not-so-short story in The Administration series. Toreth gets saddled with a Socioanalyst, who just so happenes to know Warrick from long back... -
![Shopping & Fucking by Manna Francis]()
Shopping & Fucking by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth takes Warrick shopping for something a bit more lucrative... -
![Without The Game by Manna Francis]()
Without The Game by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series... -
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![Wait For It by Manna Francis]()
Wait For It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick asks Toreth to wait for it as long as he can stand it. It being sex... -
![Boy's Toys by Manna Francis]()
Boy's Toys by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick finds a new kink: guns... -
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Hunted by the Barbarians by Epsilon Angel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey hunted me, caught me, and claimed me. Now they're going to share me.Barbarians. Just thinking about the shameful things these beasts would do with a human girl like me should have been enough to keep me out of the forest on Hunting Night, but I went anyway.The moment they caught my scent, my fate was sealed... -
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Auctioned for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter she is captured by Yashonty marauders, twenty-four-year-old college student Brianne Mortenson is put up for auction. Bare and on display, she blushes crimson as her naked, quivering body is teased and inspected by potential bidders, but the real shock comes when she learns that she has been bought by not one but two huge, intimidatingly sexy alien brutes... -
![Enslaved for Their Use by Ivy Barrett]()
Enslaved for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLorna Mortenson has been looking after her family since her parents died while she was still a teenager, so when her sister is kidnapped by aliens of the rogue Yashonty species she considers it her responsibility to bring her home, even if it means setting herself up to be abducted as well... -
![Captured for Their Use by Ivy Barrett]()
Captured for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaken prisoner by the fearsome Yashonty, Celeste Mortenson is given a choice. She will be given either to General Ram or to four of his warriors. Ashamed at the thought of being shared, Celeste chooses Ram, but as the battle-hardened brute strips her, spanks her, and claims her hard and thoroughly, she quickly discovers that he can easily make her blush crimson all on his own... -
![Sins of the Father by Nikki Landis]()
Sins of the Father by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRIDE OR DIE baby . . .I was drunk, angry, and spoiling for a fight. The crowded bar was the perfect distraction until all hell broke loose.She walked in. My world collapsed.It wasn't supposed to happen like this. I never thought I'd see her again. Rae never should have been there that night . . -
![VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters]()
VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEVERLEE VERA This isn’t the life I’m meant to live—stuck on the arm of a rich asshole while he has a pissing contest with other rich assholes. They’re all puppets, playing a dutiful role that condemns them to hell until death do they part. Hatred pushes me forward. Lust fuels me. And there is only one guy who checks both: Holden Van. My boyfriend’s enemy. The guy who flusters me beyond anything... -
![Virtues of Syn: A Phoenix Project Novel by Candice M. Wright]()
Virtues of Syn: A Phoenix Project Novel by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy mother taught me to embrace my gift.I was special, she said, and one day I would change the world.But that was before they murdered her and forced me into a cage.All those things that once made me special became my curse.And the gift I’m blessed with became a weapon to use against me.When the chance of freedom presents itself, I take it,Seeking to reclaim the life they stole from me... -
![Summoned by Eve Vaughn]()
Summoned by Eve Vaughn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought we were untouchable, safe from The Registry and the invaders who essentially turned my people into their slaves. But my idyllic life was brought to an abrupt end when the Enforcers ripped us from our homes, tearing families apart. I was certain my defiance of the new laws would surely result in my death until I heard that fateful Breeder... -
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![Kept for Their Use by Ivy Barrett]()
Kept for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJasmine Aldrich has spent years perfecting the art of enticing and manipulating men, but now two stern, sexy aliens have decided to claim her for themselves and she is totally unprepared for what is in store for her. These huge, handsome brutes aren't just going to strip Jasmine bare and teach her what happens to a naughty little human who teases her mates... -
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Until the World Falls Down by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer freedom or her heart…in forty-eight hours, she'll lose one forever.When a brutal betrayal leaves twenty-eight-year-old Nell heartbroken, she makes a desperate plea for love—offering anything in exchange... -
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Subdued by Sara Fields
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey hunted her. They caught her. Now they will subdue her. The resistance sent them, but that's not really why these four battle-hardened Vakarrans are here. They came for me. To conquer me. To master me. To ravage me... -
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Ravaged by Sara Fields
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey rescued her. They tamed her. Now they will ravage her.Though the aliens were the ones I always feared, it was my own kind who hurt me. Men took me captive, and it was four Vakarran warriors who saved me. But they don't plan to set me free...I belong to them now, and they intend to make me theirs more thoroughly than I can imagine... -
![Gladiators' Claim by Michele Mills]()
Gladiators' Claim by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSofiya wants love, marriage and children. But she can’t have that with the alien gladiators who’ve raided her facility… Or can she?Sofiya Petrov is stuck in a stand-off with the most celebrated gladiator-athletes in the entire four sectors... -
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Devil May Care by Chani Lynn Feener
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Devil of Vitality always rises to a challenge.Nate Narek is barely keeping his head above water.But no one would guess that by looking at him. He's got camouflaging himself down to an art form. Feelings? As far as anyone else is concerned, he's happy and satisfied all the time. Only he isn't...Categorized as:
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![Tainted Desire by Kat Bammer]()
Tainted Desire by Kat Bammer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRelease date is tentativeBlurb to...Categorized as:
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![Sedition by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox]()
Sedition by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The softest woman requires the hardest men to survive. Dark, gritty, and perfectly filthy--modern MC meets Mad Max in this amazing RH tale.” ~Addison Cain, USA Today bestselling authorIf home is dangerous, what lies beyond it may be far worse.Follow the continuing adventures of Setora and her men in SEDITION, Book Three of the wildly popular Saving Setora series... -
![The Wife Gamble: Salinger by Charlie Hart, Frankie Love]()
The Wife Gamble: Salinger by Charlie Hart, Frankie Love
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe trusts him with her secrets ... but can she trust him with her heart? In a world where everyone struggles for survival, Tia is no exception. Enemies are on to her, and she won't be able to keep her husbands safe forever.For two of her men, it might already be too late.When Tia's secret is revealed, she has no choice but to trust Salinger with her life.But he has secrets too... -
![Anarchy Missing: Alpha Case by J.A. Huss]()
Anarchy Missing: Alpha Case by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Even the bad guy deserves a happily ever after. The Alphas of Cathedral City are overflowing with sexy and it'll take a very special super woman to tame them. It's Deadpool meets Mr. Robot. With more sex, more fun, and of course--the trademark plot twists, dark undertone, and shocking ending that only JA Huss can deliver... -
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![Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton]()
Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonsters rule the world. And now, they rule me.After an attempt on my life, I find myself saved by an unlikely ally. Injured, confused, and faced with emotions I don’t know how to deal with, I hunker down in a monster’s safe house.But I refuse to stay hidden.With threats coming at us from all angles, I must learn to put my trust in the very monsters I swore to hate.The Grotesque. The Creeper... -
![Theirs to Command by Ivy Barrett]()
Theirs to Command by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYesterday Marissa Scott thought she would never be selected for breeding.Today she stands naked before her new masters with her tear-stained cheeks blushing crimson, her bottom burning from a stern reminder of her place, and her helpless arousal on full display.But it isn't just the thought of three Kobar warriors ravaging her without mercy that terrifies her... -
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Deviant Evolution by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTsing has big plans for the viral program now they are back in the heart of the Empire. Plans that Lilly doesn’t agree with. But that’s the least of her concerns now that Ethan is back. Because Lilly is sitting on a secret. And hiding it could see her tried for treason amid the ever escalating stakes of the war. Stay or run? There are no easy options left with Ethan watching her every move...Categorized as:
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![Saint by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Saint by Chani Lynn Feener
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNix Monroe has had it with playing things safe.Where exactly has that gotten him anyway? In the bed of three of the Demons of Foxglove Grove, in over his head. Since he arrived at the prestigious university, nothing has gone his way, and nothing has been what it seemed. Now that he's finally discovered the truth behind what his cousin was up to, he's reevaluating his next moves... -
![Poison Throne by Jaymin Eve, Tate James]()
Poison Throne by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey're waiting for you.Those four words should have been a warning. They should have filled Violet with dread. But she was so focused on Rafe's disappearance, she forgot.The resistance was supposed to be fighting for a better world. A group of freedom fighters formed during the Monarch War, pushing back against laws that would see everyone enslaved. For a while there, they gave hope... -
![Terror by Milana Jacks]()
Terror by Milana Jacks
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTerror Hordesman came. With flowers. Red roses. He came, he marked me, and he moved into my house. This is bad. Very bad. Because, I'm funding the Betaren project he's trying to destroy. If he finds out, I fear, he'll kill me...
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