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  • Savior Bear by Harmony Raines

    Savior Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Plus size model, Madison, is comfortable in her own skin. She’s worked hard to create a life she loves. But when bodyguard, Rob, is hired to protect her comfortable is the last word she’d use to describe the way he makes her feel. Their attraction is instant. And mutual. But love at first sight? Madison has never experienced love at all. Not true, deep love...
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
  • Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing in life has ever come easily for him, and rescuing his woman is no exception. Jared “Blade” Walker’s life hasn’t been his own for a long time. Sold by his father when he was just sixteen to the head of the mob, he did what he had to in order to survive and became one of their most lethal enforcers. But now, thanks to his ties with the Charon MC, he has a chance to get some vengeance...
  • Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott

    Bound for Life by Alexis Abbott

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bruno: I sacrificed everything for her. When I saved her from the mafia, I traded my freedom for hers. I’ve never regretted it. Never looked back. I cut her out of my life to keep her safe. She never even knew what I traded for her. I did everything I could to protect her from the retribution of the Italian Mafia, but it wasn’t enough...
  • Missing in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Missing in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who killed Lexi Wise?Former FBI agent Spenser Song thought she was leaving the chaos behind her after taking the job as Sheriff of Sweetwater Falls.But when a monster from her past catches up with her, she finds herself fighting for her life once again.Despite the danger, Spenser begins to settle in, making new friends and earning the respect of the local townspeople...
  • Menacing by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox

    Menacing by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Someone's trying to use my past against me.VanirThe one thing I love about my life is that when I go through shit, I'm not alone. The club's always got my back. I've been seeing Vail for a while now and when a series of old photographs are brought to light, Vail almost leaves. I almost lost the best thing in my damn life. While things might've been fine, I wasn't going to simply let it go...
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    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first?It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules. The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime  suspense  adult
  • Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SYBIL Falling for my Protector might cost me my life. I was abducted and shipped out, meant to be sold. My freedom stolen. My body no longer mine. My life…over. Or so I thought. The Guardians swooped in. They saved me from a living Hell, but my life is still in danger. The men who took me want me back. They’re out there, hunting me. Once again, the Guardians step up...
  • Dead and Buried by Pandora Pine

    Dead and Buried by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content to work insurance fraud and cheating spouse cases, Detective Ronan O’Mara is shocked when prominent YouTube ghost hunter Marlowe Bond and his partner seek him out to solve the most bizarre set of murders Ronan’s ever encountered: thirteen skeletons buried in the flower beds of Trip Cahill’s Massachusetts home.Psychic Tennyson Grimm can hear the thirteen spirits speaking to him...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  fantasy  romance
  • Hope: The Innocent Part 2 by C.J. Bishop, A.M. Snead

    Hope: The Innocent Part 2 by C.J. Bishop, A.M. Snead

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Everyone needs a little Hope in their lives." The notion of domestic life has always been a foreign concept from which mob enforcers Clint and Cochise distanced themselves. Their lives were simple as was the code they lived by - "Eye for an Eye." Through the love of two very different men, the hardcore gangsters have come to learn that life without love—is a cold empty existence...
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    crime  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime  adult  book  fiction  steamy
  • Lost World by C.J. Bishop, A.M. Snead

    Lost World by C.J. Bishop, A.M. Snead

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **BOOK 3 OF 4**While Clint rallies support inside the prison, Cochise ventures outside the walls with Hallahan to pick up some “cargo”—unaware that he is about to embark on an unplanned rescue mission that will ultimately bring him to his knees and remind him what’s most important in life...
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    crime  dark  lgbtq  mlm  organized-crime  adult  bodyguard  book
  • The Wild Charge by Lauren Gilley

    The Wild Charge by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A storm is brewing, and the Lean Dogs find themselves in the center of it. What at first seemed like a routine clash with a cartel proves to be part of a much more sinister - and more powerful - operation than any of them expected. The Dogs have a choice: back out now, play dumb...or go full-on vigilante. Tennyson Fox has a new name, a new home, a new family..
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    mlm  dark  crime  lgbtq  organized-crime  kidnapping  romance  abuse
  • Entangled by E.C. Land

    Entangled by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KenyonA baby was left on my doorstep, with a note saying it’s mine.It’s something out of a movie, but it’s not fictional. It’s my life. I hired someone to confirm this wasn’t just a big hoax, and the baby’s mine.In my family, we take care of our own, regardless of the circumstances...
  • Dissolution by Rachel Van Dyken

    Dissolution by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A mafia romance about family, loyalty, and love, Dissolution is the powerful conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken's Eagle Elite series. "There is always a beginning—I will be their end." For ten years the Cosa Nostra has ruled with an iron fist in Chicago—their reign is about to end, and I'll be the one to bring them down...
  • Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Marry a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The graduation ball sealed her fate.The unmasking ceremony chained her to my side.The most beautiful woman in Andromeda.Cassiopeia Brookes-Stanley, a vision wrapped in sin.Aquamarine eyes that steal my breath and capture my soul.Soft curves that beg for my attention with an innocence she will surrender only to me...
  • 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...
  • Derailed: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Sarah Bailey

    Derailed: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first?It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I’d come to trust. The ones I was starting to love.My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together.I’m caught between two worlds...
  • Beta Team-The Saviors: Part one by Ames Mills

    Beta Team-The Saviors: Part one by Ames Mills

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Saviors.We’re the protectors. We play judge, jury, and executioner to keep people safe. We take on missions that no one in their right mind ever would, and we do this without complaint.That is until we take a mission none of us saw coming. A simple protection detail might be enough to bring us down. Our bond is tested, lines are crossed, and lives are on the line...
  • Leith by Jane Henry

    Leith by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cairstina Reilly was locked in silence when I found her.When I ravaged my way through weak men to save her.When I killed for her.Now our fates are tangled together in a web of lies, danger, and betrayal.I have to take her hostage.Drag her from her silent, private world,And force her into mine...
  • Flint by A.K. Michaels

    Flint by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Vampire’s Thirst: Dark, Dangerous and Undeniable! Flint is an ancient Vampire. He used to work as a bodyguard for his friend, Victor, but when Victor finds his Bloodmate and heads off on a round-the-world honeymoon, Flint goes on his own adventure, setting off to the Highlands of Scotland. Only trouble is…Flint doesn’t want to go...
  • Dalton by Erica Chilson

    Dalton by Erica Chilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: Erica Chilson is revising/rewriting/restructuring/editing/formatting the Mistress & Master of Restraint Series in its entirety for release into Print. A few titles will receive updated covers, as well as a more descriptive synopsis. The FINAL editions will vary from those currently in release...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  book  fiction  steamy
  • Phoenix Undone by C.J. Bishop

    Phoenix Undone by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Storms never end. There are lulls. There are “calms” at the center. And there are even extended breaks. But life is made up of storms, and they will inevitably hit from time to time. Some will manifest with no more power than a strong gust of wind…others will strike with devastating force...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  mlm  adult  anthologies  bodyguard  fiction  romance
  • Devoted to the Don by Leighton Greene

    Devoted to the Don by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luca thought keeping me out of the Family business would keep me safe.He was wrong. Now his own life is hanging in the balance, too. While our enemies stalk us, long-buried secrets begin to resurface, and I’m not sure who we can trust.But I won’t let anyone take him from me. No matter what I have to do.I meant every promise I made to Luca in my marriage vows...
  • Royally Taken by Elle Boon

    Royally Taken by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayed and broken, can Kailani trust Traeger to heal her, or will she forever be damaged from her past? Kailani is worth more than she believes…She’s not as weak as she thought. She’s lived what most thought was a pampered life, what they don’t know, what they don’t see are that monsters wear suits and live behind the very walls of the place she calls home...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  organized-crime  paranormal  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Ensnared by E.C. Land

    Ensnared by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forced to marry a traitor's daughter, I'll shed blood to make sure it doesn't happen. MarcAs a child I was put on a silver platter and my parents were presented with marriage opportunities. Many other mafiosos were trying to secure their daughter's hand in marriage to me, a cousin of the Irish Boss. Eventually, they accepted one. The only problem is, I've never intended on being with one woman...
  • Frozen Kiss by E.C. Land

    Frozen Kiss by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Frozen in heart to others, can he be that way with me?BlakeMy life is turned upside down. Or maybe right-side up. I’m not sure, but either way, it’s in the hands of a man I just met. A man I feel a connection to and decide to give him my trust. Maybe the fact he’s friends with my brother helps.Danger surrounds us all, and I’m not sure if I’m strong enough to handle what’s coming...
  • Fallen Angel, Part II by Tracie Podger

    Fallen Angel, Part II by Tracie Podger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part II of the Fallen Angel series When Brooke Stiles had said, “It was in a small room in an office block in Washington, DC, that my life changed, forever,” she had no idea of the enormity of that statement. Just a few short months ago, Brooke, had lived a quiet suburban life in the UK...
  • WYLDER by Kristina Weaver

    WYLDER by Kristina Weaver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. And I mean it. Really mean it. You've been warned :) The Wylders have only one goal in life, avenging their murdered sister. But when they meet the woman they were meant to love, sometimes revenge isn’t the only thing that can change a man..
  • A Good Man by B.A. Stretke

    A Good Man by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The vampire’s throne is empty, and the game is on. Everyone has to play, no matter how dangerous it gets... Rian Brennan isn’t usually the type to attend a party like this. When Master Phillips sent the invitation, his first instinct was to decline. But that is exactly what the Assembly wants him to do. Hide away, show weakness...
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    mlm  vampires  paranormal  lgbtq  shapeshifters  fiction  book  adult
  • Hellhounds and Hellfire by B.A. Stretke

    Hellhounds and Hellfire by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The leader of the Hellhounds must fight for everything he holds dear. Evrard, the Hellhound Bard, is a fearsome leader seldom seen outside his Rocky Mountain compound. When he reached out to Coven DuCane for a meeting, the entire Coven went on alert. Evrard isn’t a man who makes social calls...
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    mlm  vampires  lgbtq  paranormal  shapeshifters  fiction  book  adult
  • Crimson Christmas by B.A. Stretke

    Crimson Christmas by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crimson Christmas Ethan Turner and Cullen Volakis have been together for nearly two years and continue to relish in the joy of finding one another. Ethan lived a life of torment at the hands of his abusive father and had emotional and physical scars in need of healing. Cullen was the feared and fearsome second-in-command of the Crimson Vampire Coven, with little in his life but work and war...
  • Hawk: Devil's Nightmare MC by Lena Bourne

    Hawk: Devil's Nightmare MC by Lena Bourne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HAWK is a full-length, standalone first book in a steamy and suspenseful new MC Romance series - Devil's Nightmare MC - by USA Today Bestselling Author Lena Bourne. No Cliffhanger, HEA Guaranteed! Trying to stay away from him is a losing fight...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  organized-crime  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • 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...
  • Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SHE BEAT HIM AT HIS OWN GAME ONCE.NOW IT’S ROUND TWO,AND THIS TIME THEY’RE PLAYING DIRTY.DAGEN SAINTFive years ago, Nyla stole two million dollars from me and disappeared.Now she’s resurfaced, and I’m determined to settle her debt…one way or another...
  • Destroy a King by Stella Andrews

    Destroy a King by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The King of Media Corp is Dexter PrincePossessive. Dominant. Broken.A monster in an Armani suit.I worked under him and was so low on his radar I barely registered.Then it all changed with one foolish lapse of judgment. I stepped into his world with killer heels and an attitude that rubbed him up the wrong way...
  • Fallen by Kristen Luciani

    Fallen by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this life, it’s never just an eye for an eye.When I stopped my car that night, it was to do something good. Something right. I ignored the deadly threats hanging over me and saved a life.But my actions came with a price, one too steep for me alone to pay.And that mistake is about to cost me everything...
  • Bound by Blood by Lisa Oliver

    Bound by Blood by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Cloverleah Pack series spin-off story.Maximillian "Max" Lipovsky has been Regent of the Atlanta coven for the past six months. His days are full of meetings and paperwork as he does his best to straighten out the mess left during the disastrous reign of Vadim's brother Ermine...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  suspense  vampires  adult  book  fiction
  • Saint's Song by Garrett Leigh

    Saint's Song by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Expect: a fragile king, a sweet-hearted henchman, an enigmatic hitman, and a fight to the death. Cam, Alexei, and Saint have survived their battle with the devil, but with too many enemies to count, can they survive the war? “Kill me,” I choked out. “If he’s dead, you gotta kill me too.” One club, one heart. Three men, one soul...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  mlm  adult  biker  book  fiction  romance
  • Hurt by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden

    Hurt by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enrapture by Rachel Van DykenTrace is everything.My freaking world.And I would do anything to keep her safe.But, I can't protect her from every kind of evil..and I can no longer keep the past a secret...We were left folders.Each one filled with the sins of our pasts.And Traces grandfather just asked us to read his.There was no preparation...
  • Entwined by E.C. Land

    Entwined by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MitchI lost the love of my life ten years ago, and now I'm being thrust into a marriage I never wanted.I agreed to help find a prominent Irishwoman, but in doing so I didn't realize the magnitude of what I was agreeing todo. I was to marry a complete stranger. This woman is a mafia princess, who happens to be my boss's wife's sister...
  • Lunchtime Chronicles: Salt Shaker by S. London

    Lunchtime Chronicles: Salt Shaker by S. London

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Roman Scarponi“Like it? I’ll let you taste it,” she purred in my ear. WTF? This woman has no idea she’s tempting a savage. Now that she has my attention—now that I have her scent—I want more than one taste. It would have been best for her to never know a man like me exists, but she will.Nesa DumontMy rules for dating are simple. Never utter the “L” word. Never get attached...
  • Addicted to the Ruin by Rosa Lee

    Addicted to the Ruin by Rosa Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What would you do if you had to betray the people who taught you the true meaning of freedom?When cornered, I turn against the Tailors, the four men who taught me the true meaning of love and who own me in a way that no one else ever has. Though they forgive me, we soon discover a new danger stalking us, one that threatens to tear us apart...
  • 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 Sauce by Jill Sanders

    Secret Sauce by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trent owns one of the highest profiled restaurants in New York. His food and secret recipes are highly sought after. His personal life follows his successful career, beautiful women hang on his every word. But, when his restaurant receives a bad review from one of the highest profiled food critics, things take a turn for the worse...
  • Conviction: Devine by D H Sidebottom

    Conviction: Devine by D H Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devine, Conviction is book 2 in Jake and Isla's story. You must read book 1, Devine. Surrender, before reading this volume. Thank you. Our choices can change. Our lives can change. Our views can change...
  • Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN YOU HANDLE 25 SMOKIN' HOT, TAKE-CHARGE, BAD BOYS?Don't miss this sizzling compilation of panty-melting military masters, determined detectives, and rope twirling cowboys. Your knees will grow weak with each take-charge encounter leaving you breathless for more. Sink into the novellas and submit to these sinfully strict salacious alpha males...
  • Captured by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole

    Captured by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s a war raging, and I’m caught in the middle. My father has had a run in with the New York brotherhood, and one of the New York brotherhood spies takes me. Lyov is muscle bound, tattooed, and gorgeous. He is also quiet and brooding. He won’t speak to me. He barely looks at me. The rare occasions I do catch his eyes on me, they’re burning with dark desire...
  • Hostile Takeover by B.A. Stretke

    Hostile Takeover by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anders McCord cannot believe what he heard. He was in a back room looking up a file when he overheard the owner of the corporation he works for planning corporate sabotage. The Billionaire Tycoon Ellery Melon is not a man who takes no for an answer. He will destroy the lives of anyone who gets in his way...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  fiction  shapeshifters
  • Smashin' Candy by Maddison Cole

    Smashin' Candy by Maddison Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    So bloody sweet, I’ll give you tooth decay.Call off the search party, here I am. Candy Crystal is back for another round with my Gambler’s Monarchs. And don’t be mistaken, they are mine. All mine. So much has changed, except for me obviously. I’m as perfect as Angus’ advice on a dismal day...
  • Cooper by Eve Riley

    Cooper by Eve Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The right path can save a life…Growing up in foster care, the only true friends Cooper Jones had were the black hat hackers at the community center. At eighteen, after being caught by the government for hacking into Homeland Security, The Agent in Charge, impressed by Coop’s skills, determined he needed to work for the government instead of hacking them...
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