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  • State of Bliss by Marie Force

    State of Bliss by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When you have their jobs, there’s no such thing as a peaceful vacation…Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC—and the White House—for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware...
  • Command by Nina Levine

    Command by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Betrayal. Destruction. Loss.The Storm MC is a club in crisis and their new President, Scott Cole, has declared war on their enemy. As Scott takes command, the MC is thrust into the biggest battle in their history – a battle to not only save the club, but the lives of its members. Harlow James stands behind her man as he takes charge. She’s determined to prove she can be the woman he needs...
  • American Hellhound by Lauren Gilley

    American Hellhound by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Black dogs. Demons. Hellhounds. Damned souls that haunt crossroads, taking the forms of hulking dogs with glowing red eyes. Legends of the Old World, but just stories meant to scare lonely wanderers. Mostly. Knoxville, Tennessee boasts black dogs of its own: the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club...
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    biker  crime  epic  family  multi-pov  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • Darkness Embraced by Tillie Cole

    Darkness Embraced by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THE DEEPEST LOVE CAN BE BORN FROM THE FIERCEST HATE…⁣ ⁣ Born to sit on opposing thrones.⁣ They were never meant to fall.⁣ ⁣ Tanner Ayers is the heir of the Texas Ku Klux Klan. Fed nothing but hate, violence, and intolerance from the day he was born, Tanner kills for his cause without remorse.⁣ Until he meets Adelita Quintana, the daughter of the most brutal cartel boss in Mexico...
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    biker  crime  epic  family  multi-pov  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Adler by Jessica Gadziala

    Adler by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He decided it was time to retire, settle down, become something nice and tame. Like an arms-dealing biker in some town called Navesink Bank. He could get behind that lifestyle. He'd anticipated a lot of things. Drinking. Brotherhood. A little action peppered in here and there to keep things from getting too dull. But there was one thing he hadn't planned on...
  • Skylar by Addison Jane

    Skylar by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Skylar thought she’d outrun her past six years ago. Growing up, her life was dictated for her and reinforced with a heavy fist. The people who were meant to love and protect her were those that caused her the most pain. So she risked everything and ran...
  • Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Frankie Sullivan was everything I wasn’t.She was good, beautiful and strong.She hadn’t let her past break her. She’d held on to the hope for a better tomorrow, not only for herself but for her two boys.She was a woman who wanted...who deserved more. I wasn’t a man who could give more.I was cold, broken and full of rage. My past had broken me.I never allowed anyone get too close...
  • Loverboy by Lauren Gilley

    Loverboy by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Lean Dogs MC has long been a haven for the outlaws, the rebels, the ill-adjusted, and the outright monsters of Knoxville, Tennessee. They are a dark, dangerous brand of misfit, etched with ink, splattered with blood, and vilified by the town they call home. The only laws they follow are the ones set down in the club charter by their leather-clad forefathers...
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    biker  crime  epic  family  multi-pov  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Ex Con by Scott Hildreth

    Ex Con by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shocked by an act of bravery, and intrigued by a stranger's good looks and demanding demeanor, Emily Stewart agrees to let a man walk her to her car. She had no idea at the time that this was exactly what Jackson Shephard had hoped for. Jackson "Big Jack" Shephard rides with the Hell's Fury MC...
    Categorized as:
    crime  biker  family  romance  humor  new adult  suspense  steamy
  • Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The flame never dies . . . Millie Cross knows what it's like to burn for someone. She was young and wild and he was fierce and even wilder-a Chaos biker who made her heart pound. They fell in love at first sight and life was good, until she learned she couldn't be the woman he needed and made it so he had no choice but to walk away...
  • Blood by Nicole James

    Blood by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A tale of revenge, loyalty and debts owed. He’s the Enforcer for the New Orleans Chapter of the Evil Dead MC. She’s a nurse, kidnapped and thrust into a situation out of her control. Chained to a bed, his wounds on fire, his mind foggy with fever, Blood is losing all hope of ever making it out of the stifling New Orleans row house. Until the door opens and an angel of mercy is thrust inside...
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    biker  crime  family  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Harley by Marie James

    Harley by Marie James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They say misery loves company, but after losing the love of my life all I wanted was to be completely alone.Having a young daughter made that impossible.I couldn’t curl into myself.I couldn’t spend hours in the dark living in regret.I couldn’t end it all no matter how many times that thought crossed my mind.Regretfully, I couldn’t go through life on my own...
  • Copper by K. Webster

    Copper by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster, comes a new MC dark standalone novel!I’m a Fed.Rigid. Rule follower. One of the good guys. I uphold the law…when it suits me.My loyalty lies first with my brother, Koyn, and secondly with his motorcycle club.Jeremy Koynakov was the man I used to be. I’m Copper now. For a decade, I aided my brother in his quest for revenge. We thirsted for vengeance...
  • Slay by Nina Levine

    Slay by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book 4 in the Bestselling Storm MC Series by Nina Levine BLOOD WILL BE SHED... The ghosts of Donovan "Blade" Brookes' life are closing in on him.   Hardened by an abusive childhood and haunted by the murder of his fiancé, Blade struggles against the dark forces threatening to consume him.  When he helps Layla Reed in her hour of need, he has no idea she will be the light to his darkness...
  • Illusive by Nina Levine

    Illusive by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Griff's...
  • Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder

    Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series.Stitch was stepping down.And he was preparing me to take his place.He’d seen the darkness in me.He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his.And he was right.I used them, and I used them well.They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her...
  • Reeve by Jessica Gadziala

    Reeve by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reeve I had long since given up hope of the pursuit of genuine happiness. It wasn’t possible after all the sh*t I had been through. I had my siblings, my club, a purpose in life. It was enough. Until I came across her. She represented everything that I knew I couldn’t have - stability, a future, a way out of my past...
  • Price of Angels by Lauren Gilley

    Price of Angels by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book II in the Dartmoor Series. Holly Jessup came to Knoxville in search of the Lean Dogs MC, hoping to find a killer among them. She’s spent four months cozying up to Sgt. at Arms Michael, and it’s time to make her move. Michael McCall isn’t in the habit of accepting contract hits, but Holly isn’t the kind of girl who chases after Dogs...
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    biker  crime  epic  family  multi-pov  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Gunner: Satan's Fury MC- Memphis by L. Wilder

    Gunner: Satan's Fury MC- Memphis by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In our world, there are some lines you just don’t cross. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC- Memphis series. Get ready for a ‘wilder’ ride. Gus wasn’t just my president. He was the father I never had. He was steadfast and strong. I looked up to him and trusted him without question...
  • Legend by Marie James

    Legend by Marie James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wouldn’t call it love at first sight, but my body definitely reacted when I saw her.Getting Faith Robbins under me became my obsession.I knew I wanted fast and done.It’s how I always did things.Looking for anything more with a woman was never in the cards.I wasn’t like the other guys in the Cerberus MC. I didn’t want more.It was physical, sating a desire...
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    biker  crime  family  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • Deviance by K.E. Osborn

    Deviance by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m broken. My fractured pieces held together by the grit of my brothers. My sanity—questionable at best. My pride—rocked every time someone says I’m a cold-blooded monster. It happened when she walked away. Forcing me to become the man I am today. Now, she’s back with a threat on her tail, and I’m the only man who can protect her...
  • When He's Wild by Lisa Renee Jones

    When He's Wild by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The third and final book in a Walker Security trilogy featuring Adrian Ramos...He was dirty, then he was bad, now he's just plain wild. Like all the men of Walker Security, when he fell for his woman, he fell hard. Some might call his love for Priscilla a weakness, but you might as well call her a weapon.You hurt her, vengeance is coming and his name is Adrian...
  • Savage by K.L. Savage

    Savage by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm on the road, but there's only one thing on my mind.Eden...Problem is, this isn't me.I don't chase.I don't pursue.But I can't help myself.Eden is stubborn.Headstrong.The toughest woman I know.My mistake was letting myself have a taste.It wasn't enough.I'm addicted.I'm breaking my own rules.I don't care how complicated it is.But the complications keep coming..
    Categorized as:
    family  biker  crime  romance  dark  fighter  contemporary  suspense
  • The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He hadn’t planned on being a part of the Family.Life had thrown a curve at him at a young age that made him reevaluate his path in life.And he chose out.But when tragedy strikes, awakening the need for revenge, he finds himself wanting back in. To the Family. The life. The people.Including a woman he never could have seen coming, one he never would have thought he’d want in his life...
  • Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption...
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    biker  crime  family  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  betrayal  book
  • Savage Collision: A Hawke Family Novel by Gwyn McNamee

    Savage Collision: A Hawke Family Novel by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The last thing I expect when I walk into The Hawkeye Club is to fall head over heels in lust. It’s supposed to be a rescue mission. I have to get my baby sister off the pole, into some clothes, and out of the grasp of the pussy peddler who somehow manipulated her into stripping...
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    crime  epic  family  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • War of Hearts by Nina Levine

    War of Hearts by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An explosive and epic love story set in the gritty world of the Storm MC..I tried not to look at her.I tried not to want her.I tried not to love her.But she won this war of hearts and now I'm a man on my knees.This love may kill me.My president will see to that.No one touches his daughter.He's removed me from her life.He's sent me to hell where every day is a bloodbath...
  • Captivate Me by Ryan Michele

    Captivate Me by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Who’s behind all the mayhem in the Ravage MC? Time to find out. **Please note, this is the last book in the Ravage MC series. It is told from several different points of view. Including, but not limited to: Buzz, Bella, Breaker, Pops and Ma. Of course in true Ryan Michele fashion, there are twists, turns and action to keep you on your toes and the pages flying.** Full blurb coming soon...
  • Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Gemma Wells came to Bliss, Colorado, after a scandal cost her everything. Utterly lost, the disgraced attorney built walls so high that she thinks no one can get through them. She’s given up on love, friendship, and all matters of the heart...
  • Niro by Jessica Gadziala

    Niro by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    * You do not need to read the OG Henchmen to read this new series *Joining the MC had never been a question.Raised by an ex-cage-fighting member, Niro hadn’t seen any future for himself that didn’t involve bikes, guns, violence, and the brotherhood he’d learned to revere above all else. But joining the Henchmen meant he couldn’t have the only other thing in life he wanted.Andi...
  • Link'd Up by Harley Stone

    Link'd Up by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    President Tyler “Link” Lincoln of the Dead Presidents MC, runs a club dedicated to helping military vets readjust to society. When his sergeant at arms is arrested for the attempted murder of a prominent Seattle figure, Link’s search for a lawyer brave enough to fight for justice leads him to an alluring defense attorney with a bleeding heart and a steel backbone...
  • Force by Cassandra Robbins

    Force by Cassandra Robbins

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Cassandra Robbins comes an explosive, second- chance, age- gap, standalone love story about the dangerous Disciples enforcer and his fierce, secret obsession.I’ve made two impulsive decisions in my life, and both have involved the notorious enforcer of the Disciples MC.The first, I humiliated myself by spying on him...
    Categorized as:
    crime  biker  family  romance  dark  mystery  contemporary  steamy
  • Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Best Selling author Ali Parker I’m a loner, and it seems I always will be. It’s safer that way. My last girl up and left because things got too dangerous. Not that I blame her. It’d be better if I could stay away from love for good, but the pretty single mom who dances at my club has my attention, then my body, and now my heart...
  • Revive by Nina Levine

    Revive by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He doesn’t do relationships. Neither does she. But they can’t fight the attraction any longer…Nash Walker hides the demons that consume his soul. He buries them deep and distracts himself with sex. Anything to avoid facing a past full of heartbreak and regret; anything to numb the pain that he struggles with daily.Velvet Carr has spent years fighting her demons. It’s a fight she’s winning...
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    biker  crime  epic  family  multi-pov  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Outlaw's Promise by Helena Newbury

    Outlaw's Promise by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She was just a kid when she found me lying injured beside the road and saved my life. I promised her I'd return if she ever needed me. Twelve years later, I answer the phone and hear her voice: a biker gang's about to sell her to the highest bidder. Like hell they are! I tear the place apart and we roar off on my Harley..
  • Marcus by Bethany-Kris

    Marcus by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When falling is easy, people often forget about the crash.The time has finally come for Marcus Guzzi to step into his birthright. He’s the firstborn—the next boss to take over his family’s mafia and he’s never been more ready...
  • The Dust and the Roar: Motorcycle Club Saga by Cat Porter

    The Dust and the Roar: Motorcycle Club Saga by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Wreck took me on a wild ride that I didn’t want to come back from. Raw, gritty, intense, & all-consuming. Wreck wrecked me in the best possible way." - Claire C. Riley USA Today Bestselling Author A forgotten era A forever love Their untold story. Screw the rules...
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    biker  crime  epic  family  action-adventure  adult  angst  book
  • Fateless by Meli Raine

    Fateless by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The future isn’t real.The past isn’t real, either.Only the present is, solid and full, flying at our faces, our bodies, our hearts and souls at breakneck speed as we work to take it all in.As we work to protect others.And, finally - ourselves.We’ve started to break the bonds of Stateless, a system as rotten as the one it seeks to destroy...
  • Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose

    Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Authors Note: Family of Blue (book 1) and Forever Blue (book 2) must be read prior to reading Out of the Blue, the final book in the series.For Kellie, life was almost perfect.She’d found the man of her dreams in Lance, and finally consigned their initial problems to the past...
  • Colson by Jessica Gadziala

    Colson by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The club has known peace for so long.Too long, it seemed. And now the president is missing,the supply chain is drying up,and there are threats from within and out.Colson should have had nothing else on his mind.But then there she was.The new neighbor.A woman with her hands full of her own problems should have sent him running, but he just couldn't seem to stay away...
  • Diablo by Chiah Wilder

    Diablo by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Diablo, Sergeant-At-Arms of the Night Rebels MC, doesn’t chase women the way his fellow brothers do. Women flock to the ripped, bearded, tatted biker, but he pushes them away. His past haunts him and rage burns deep inside him. His only focus is the club, his Harley, and his shots of whiskey. He doesn’t want a woman messing with his life. He doesn’t trust them. Then he sees her...
  • Drifter by Janine Infante Bosco

    Drifter by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Stryker" I’m a drifter. A man born to ride through this world alone. There used to be a time when I thought I was the rescuing type. I enlisted in the Marines and made it my duty—I was going to save lives. I was going to be a true American hero. But God had another plan. Or maybe Satan did. For everything I touch finds mortality. I’m no hero. I’m nothing...
  • Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley

    Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Raised by a widower and a pack of uncles, Michelle Calloway has known only one way of life, that of the Lean Dogs MC, London chapter. When circumstances force her to flee to America, she fears her days of working alongside the club are over. But Derek Snow isn't the sort of man to let talent go to waste...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  epic  family  multi-pov  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • Goldie by Chiah Wilder

    Goldie by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Goldie, Road Captain of the Night Rebels MC, loves women and women love him. He’s a simple man who only needs his Harley, whiskey, and women—in that order—in his life to make it hum. Being an officer of an outlaw motorcycle club, the women are more than willing to accommodate the blond, ripped, and tatted biker. His rule is simple: pleasure without commitment...
  • Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd

    Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t belong with her. Born into darkness, life made me a cynic incapable of love. But then Ellie waltzed in. Innocent, optimistic, kind. She’s the opposite of what I deserve. I bought her, but she she stole my heart. Now my business is going up in flames. I have only one chance to make it right. That’s where it happens…something I can never take back...
  • Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd

    Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Is this the end of us? I found a woman I can’t live without. We’ve been through so much. We’ve had our set backs. But our love is stronger than ever. We are survivors. But when they take her from me at the altar, right before she is to become my wife, everything breaks. I will do anything to free her. I will do anything to make her mine for good...
  • Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock is the ripped, handsome Sergeant-At-Arms for the Insurgents MC. Being one of the club’s officers, women clamor to share his bed. The biker’s more than willing to oblige as long as it’s a short-time hookup; long-term relationship is not part of his vocabulary. He’s only been in love once—a long time ago—and the end result was shattering. He learned his lesson: keep his heart encased in steel...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  biker  romance  dark  contemporary  suspense  steamy
  • Risking It All by Kati Wilde

    Risking It All by Kati Wilde

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Risking It All is a 29,000 word novella with a satisfying romantic ending -- no cliffhangers. It is the second of three novellas featuring Jack & Lily, preceded by Betting It All (out now) and followed by Burning It All (April 1st). The Motorcycle Clubs series is a novella series for women who want all of the heat and emotion, but who don't have all of the time...
  • Burning It All by Kati Wilde

    Burning It All by Kati Wilde

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Burning It All is a 22,000 word novella with a satisfying romantic ending -- no cliffhangers. It is the third of three novellas featuring Jack & Lily, preceded by Betting It All and Risking It All (available now!) The Motorcycle Clubs series is a novella series for women who want all of the heat and emotion, but who don't have all of the time...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  multi-pov  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Tethered Souls by Beth Flynn

    Tethered Souls by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My family has secrets. I’m always the good girl, doing what’s necessary to keep my loved ones safe. I've kept the darkest secrets from everyone I know. As painful as it is to hold them all inside where they live and gnaw away at me, that’s where they must stay. I haven't seen my closest childhood friend, Christian Bear, since I was a teenager—he hasn't changed a bit...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  epic  family  action-adventure  alpha-mc  angst  book
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