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Club 22 by Tate James
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsClub 22 is the THIRD in a new Shadow Grove series. Several characters cross over to the Madison Kate series but it is not necessary to read MK's story first. HADES is a contemporary new adult reverse harem series, which means the leading lady has several love interests and never has to choose in order to find her HEA. ◆◆◆They say to keep your enemies close and mine are all around me...Categorized as:
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Anarchy by Tate James
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAnarchy is the SECOND in a new Shadow Grove series. Several characters cross over to the Madison Kate series but it is not necessary to read MK's story first. HADES is a contemporary new adult reverse harem series, which means the leading lady has several love interests and never has to choose in order to find her HEA. ◆◆◆Five years ago, I made a choice that I haven’t regretted a day since...Categorized as:
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Timber by Tate James
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBetrayed. My best friend, my right hand, the man I trusted above all others. Zayden de Rosa declared his love for me and pursued me until he shattered the walls between us. Then the man who loved me proved to be a traitor. I never saw that coming.Abandoned.My fierce lover, he died to protect me. Let me kill him and erase him so he could move in the shadows...Categorized as:
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Forever After All: A Marriage of Convenience Novel by Catharina Maura
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the author of The Tie That Binds comes another spellbinding marriage of convenience novel.ElenaI’m ready to sacrifice my dignity if it will save my dying mother. Or so I convinced myself as I walked into a gentlemen’s club, ready to trade my body for my mother’s life. I didn’t expect Alexander Kennedy to be there. I didn’t expect him to stop me... -
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The Banker by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey've taken my father. They'll take me next unless I comply with their demands. Taking down the most powerful man in Italy. Cato Marino. The man is accompanied by his security team everywhere he goes. His fortress in Tuscany is impenetrable. He's the most paranoid man in the country. And there's no possibility I'll be able to take him down alone...Categorized as:
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Unraveled by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSummer Evers Sinclair is dangerous. One flash of that teasing smile, and I know he’s going to ruin me. He makes my body shiver and my brain melt. He’s also a huge mistake. Girls like me don’t land guys like Evers. But every time he knocks on my door, I let him in. I thought we understood each other. I thought we were playing the same game. I was wrong... -
Empress in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'm Vanessa Barsetti, the daughter of the infamous Crow Barsetti. My father taught me how to fight. If a man lays a hand on me, I'll put him in his grave. As a Barsetti, I'm proud, stubborn, and don't take nonsense from anybody. I walk home from a bar and take the wrong path. And witness a brutal crime. The murderer won't let me go. He's handsome, lethal, and terrifying... -
Filthy Secret by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's the dawn of a new age...Secrets—you know my family is founded on them.You just don’t know how much they’re suffocating us.Lies—my marriage hinges on one.You know that I chose to protect the wrong woman.I kept the past buried like a coward. Now, I feel the constraints of my choices like they’re a chokehold.I know that it’s time to tell my wife the truth...Categorized as:
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Twisted Bonds by Cora Reilly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCan you ever truly leave the past behind in a house full of haunted souls? Kiara always wanted a loving family she could take care of. She never thought she’d find it with the Falcones. Nino and Kiara both lost part of themselves in their traumatic childhood...Categorized as:
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Stolen Heart by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGriffenWhat happens when the only person you ever trusted betrays you?Hope Daniels was my friend. My confident.Right up until the day she stabbed me in the back and cost me everything.My family. My fortune. My legacy.Now my father's been murdered and his will might be the death of me.It wasn’t enough to banish me fifteen years ago. Even dead, he cant resist twisting the knife... -
Buttons & Beauty by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss... -
Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss... -
Dancer in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGriffin offered to take me home but I refused, knowing he needed to get Vanessa home. I walked to my apartment and took a short cut down an alleyway. That was the worst mistake of my life. Four men grabbed me. I fought them off, but when the barrel of a gun was pressed between my eyes, I knew the game was up. But then a man appeared from the shadows and scared the men away like rats... -
Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith Blossom has hit rock bottom.She’s drowning.Broke, demoralised, tired, and alone, she accepts a job that could be the answer to her problems.So long as she can survive a force of nature bent on destroying everything in his path.Reuben Jones.He’s driven, loyal, stern, and unforgiving.Possessive and protective.Grumpy.And he wants to own her. Dominate and control her.Be her Daddy... -
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Queen in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMuse told the world how she felt about me.Instead of feeling joy, I felt terror.This isn't what I want.This isn't how our relationship is supposed to be.I end things because I have no other choice.But I struggle to cope with my misery, to sleep in an empty bed without her beside me...Categorized as:
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The Don : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBlood stains my hands, my soul, my heart, yet I’ll shed more to keep her safe. A chance meeting brings Jen MacNeill into my life—the woman born to reign at my side.She just doesn’t know it yet. How could my Lady be anything other than a silken promise taunting me with every breath she takes?A new Don reigns over Manhattan.But though I won the war, peace isn’t easily brokered... -
Ruin by Laurelin Paige
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith her heart literally in his hands, Celia will have to try and bargain with a devil.Edward Fasbender is my captor.Trapped on this island he owns everything on--including, it seems, me.He told me he would break me, but I thought he meant in the bedroom. It turns out Edward is playing a completely different game.And he won't stop until he's ruined me... -
Rhapsody of Pain by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI know Demyen Zakrevsky is wrong for me.But I can't help hoping... What if he's not?After all, he's saved me time and time again.He's made me a mother twice over.He's healed my broken heart.But he's also the one who sold me in the first place.The one who got my baby stolen away from me.The one who broke my heart over and over and over.I can't decide if he's a saint or a sinner... -
The Enforcer by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s my weakness, my obsession. And now my prisoner.I spent twelve long years in a Siberian prison.Since my release, nothing's held my interest.Nothing except her.Week after week, I watch her band perform.I can't get her out of my mind.When my past catches up to me, she becomes a target.The only way to save her is to lock her away.Hold her prisoner until things blow over... -
Carson by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMegan: Carson Flynn is dangerous and brooding.Intensely possessive.Angry, fierce...Haunted.He’s a member of the Clan. A criminal.And a single father who’d burn the world for his daughter.But when he turns his eye on me, I know I should run.I should definitely hide.But it’s already too late...Because when Carson sets his mind on something, he gets what he wants.And what he wants... is me... -
When Villains Rise by Giana Darling
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling comes the conclusion to the Anti-Heroes in Love duet, a gripping mafia romance about the capo who will risk everything to keep the woman he loves safe...I am the hero no one wanted...I was a murderer.One of the cruelest and wealthiest men in New York City.Dante Salvatore, capo of capos.Yet I had one weakness.Elena Lombardi...Categorized as:
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Filthy King by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'm nothing like my father.My brothers don't realize I'm a thousand times worse.Grief fuels my every action.Vengeance burns through my veins, dictating every decision I make.I'll shatter allegiances to please him.I'm nothing like my father.You don't realize that I'm a thousand times worse... -
Revenge by Laurelin Paige
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTheir relationship changes again when Celia learns the devil takes care of his own.Edward Fasbender is my savior.From the ashes of who I once was, he is helping me to rise. He has a list of people who have wronged him. And now he's adding names to that list. Names that I gave him. And we will have our revenge... -
Merciless Saints by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAt St. Monarch’s Academy, you’re either a predator, a pawn, or prey. It’s the only neutral territory where heirs of the wealthiest rival crime families learn underworld skills.Alliances are made. Loyalty is owned. Love is taken.As the best protector in training, I will be paired with the top assassin. Because I’m unbeatable, everyone fears me.Even her, Winter, Mafia Princess of the Hemsley family... -
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Tears Of Betrayal by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new standalone, full-length romantic suspense novel.My father is the head of the Bratva, but being born out of wedlock, I’ve never been a part of that world.Until a hit is taken out on me. I’m kidnapped in the dead of night and waking up, it’s to come face to face with Demitri Vetrov...Categorized as:
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Becoming His by Ami Van
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDerrick King He and his brothers are the ruthless heads of a crime family. KINGS. They’ve built their empire to become what it is today, collecting fortune and power, bending rules and taking out whoever stood in their way. Tall, dark and sinfully gorgeous, Derrick as head of the family never went to bed alone yet never slept in a bed with any woman either...Categorized as:
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The Oracle by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI friendzoned Hunter Lachlan because I thought he could never give me what I needed. After a decade of pushing him away, I don't recognize Las Vegas's new Don.Maybe my childhood best friend knew me better than I ever realized... And maybe, just maybe, he's the one man for whom I'll kneel...Categorized as:
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Family Ties by Sam Mariano
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrancesca Morelli.Sweet as sin, like the cupcakes she slings at the Morelli bakery. Her sweetness and killer looks are what reeled me in, but her unexpected vulnerability really sealed my fate. I don't care if there’s a war brewing between our families. I don’t care if I have to go through her evil dictator of a brother... -
His Queen of Clubs: A Bratva / Dark Mafia Romance by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSORRY, PRINTSESSA, FREEDOM ISN'T IN THE CARDS FOR YOU.YOU'RE MINE NOW. I came for revenge.The Tacone Family wiped out the Chicago mafiya.My bratva. My family.So I captured their little sister.Now that I have her, I don't want to let her go.I'd rather keep her forever--my captive bride.They'll pay a dowry instead of ransom.At the end of the day, the girl and the fortune will be mine... -
Art of War by Monique Orgeron
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWar is inevitable, but who will win? The minute Murphy Larussa stepped foot in New Orleans, her life changed forever. Murphy was meant to remain in the shadows, hidden from prying eyes, like any good bastard. She finds herself hunted by a dangerous family for a debt she has no knowledge of. Everyone wants her gone, but they underestimate her... -
The Wolf and His Wife by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTensions rise and now I have two enemies that want me dead. But I've never felt safer. My wolf protects me. He cherishes me. And I think he loves me. This arranged marriage was detested by us both, but now I look at him with new eyes. My husband is strong, smart, and gorgeous. His coffee-colored eyes make me melt... -
Rise of a Queen by Rina Kent
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNothing is fair in love. This is my kingdom. My territory.I own everything and control everyone, Aurora included.She shouldn’t have barged into my world with no armour.She shouldn’t have caught my attention with no warning.Alas, she did.Then she thought she could disappear.If a battle is what it’ll take to protect and own her, I’ll shed blood.Wars aren’t fair, and neither am I...Categorized as:
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Cruel Saints by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance Alliances are made. Loyalty is owned. Love is taken. Little did I know my love and freedom would be taken to form a new alliance.Brutal, possessive, and dangerous, Lucian is feared by all. Including myself. When his father is assassinated, Lucian takes his rightful place as head of the Cotroni family... -
Wreck & Ruin by Emma Slate
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"You're not lying to me, are you?" Dev's voice was low and dangerous. "I don't like people who lie to me." Wrong place, wrong time. I've attracted the attention of a violent MC president. Dev Rawlins wants me. Desperate, I turn to Dev's enemy, Colt Weston, President of the Blue Angels. He’s the sexiest man I’ve ever met, and the only one who can save me in a world of outlaws...Categorized as:
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Burned Cinder by Jagger Cole
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe monster from under my bed is now the one in it.First of all, this is not a fairytale. There’s no Prince Charming.But there is a villain.An insidiously gorgeous devil with eyes that pierce through all my secrets, and a cold black heart pumping pure venom and conquest.But seven years after Noel Ransom scorched-earthed my life, I’ve come for my revenge.Except Noel’s come for something, too: me...Categorized as:
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The Fixer: A Dark Bratva Billionaire Romance by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOWNED BY THE MAN I BETRAYEDEight years ago I uttered a lie that changed a man’s life.My father banished him from his bratva cell. From the country.Now he’s back to take my inheritance. My life. Not through murder, but marriage.And my own father arranged it.Maxim thinks he can make me submit to his will. He thinks he gets to call all the shots. I wanted him once and he refused me... -
Savage Storm by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMayhem is coming for the Knight's Legion MC…Madeline. My Angel. The light to my darkness. As President of the Knight’s Legion MC, death and destruction come with the territory—this club is my life. Then she comes along and casts a spell on me with her innocent blue eyes. A healing balm to my soul. Powerful enough to chase away my demons... -
Velvet Chains : A Dark Russian Mafia Romance by Mya Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings🔥Sold to the Morozov Bratva. I convinced myself I could survive 365 days as his captive wife.Get my bookstore back.Simple, right? Wrong. I wasn’t ready for the raw, vajayjay-clenching desire in his look.The way he devours me night after night.He promises to ruin me for any other man.And I'm paying for my naivety, One filthy groan at a time.I also didn't foresee on the hunger. The vomiting...Categorized as:
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Oath of Silence: A Dark Mafia Romance by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'll give her my ring to claim my crown.Vittoria DeSanto leaves me no choice.What she knows could destroy me.Destroy my family.And I won't allow that.She's homeless, penniless, powerless.I’ll give her the life of a mafia princess.Anything she desires will be hers…Except her freedom.Because our marriage will make me The Boss of the Rossi crime family.My word is law... -
Bride by Logan Chance
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author, Logan Chance, comes a powerfully spell-binding enemies to lovers duet ready to capture your heart. Here comes the bride, all dressed in lies. Love and cherish are not in Gabriel Prince’s vocabulary. He’s used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is me—as his bride. I won’t give in to Gabriel’s undeniable sex appeal... -
The Tyrant by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI've fallen in love with Cato, and I'm not afraid to say it.He doesn't need to say it back. I know how he feels.Even if he doesn't have the balls to admit it.Our daughter will be here soon, and our lives will change forever... -
Husband by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo years of bitter loneliness have passed. The woman I love is now the woman I hate. I lose myself in beautiful women every night and tell myself that fortune reading was nothing but a scam.But then her mother asks me to marry her.I say yes.Now this woman will be mine forever.Maybe the prophecy really is true. I’m committing to a woman that will never love me in return... -
Reign of a King by Rina Kent
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNothing is fair in war. Jonathan King is every bit his last name.Powerful.Untouchable.Corrupted.He’s also my dead sister’s husband and way older than me.When I first met him as a clueless child, I thought he was a god.Now, I have to confront that god to protect my business from his ruthless grip.Little did I know that declaring a war on the king will cost me everything...Categorized as:
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Kill Game: The Devious Games Duet, Part 1 by D.D. Prince
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe flip of a coin. Lies. Broken promises. A debt to be repaid. A broken girl. How far will Killian go to make Ray lose? Taking Violet as a debt flesh payment becomesso... much... more...Wagers. Pain. Danger. Deceit.Is Killian just a player?Or... Is this game for keeps?Killian:Three years ago I let the flip of a coindecide which of us got to ask her out.The coin picked wrong... -
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Say My Name by Logan Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Logan Chance comes a thrilling and sizzling romantic suspense that will have you heating up as you race to uncover the truth!Devereaux Huxley has a problem his billions can’t fix…me...Categorized as:
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Lavish Corruption by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGood girls don’t break rules—but for one night with him, any risk was worth it.Walker St. Claire is my older brother’s best friend and strictly off limits. Especially while he’s an Initiate during his Trials to gain entrance to the secret society.But after a lifetime of following the rules and being the good girl everyone expected me to be, I’m ready to break a few... -
Bratva Angel by Sabine Barclay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOur worlds couldn’t be further apart…She’s light. I’m dark. She’s an angel. I’m a devil.I’ll never walk away from my life with the bratva.My only choice is to bring her in.She’s mine and always will be.Maybe she doesn’t know we’re soulmates yet, but I have since we met.I’ll do anything to protect her. No one’s foolish enough to stop me...Categorized as:
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For Logan by Soraya Naomi
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough part of the Chicago Syndicate world, For Logan is a complete standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series.After a lifetime of loss, Logan Wade has no faith in things such as justice. He screws and discards women with ease, and deep down, he doesn’t even know who he is anymore. He’s an agent who’s defecting to the Chicagoan mafia, the Syndicate... -
The Woman with the Flowers by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCesare Costa never thought he’d have to drag himself back up to Maine, but when there seems to be an issue with the money coming in from the ports there, he has no choice but to drive up and see what is going on. Only to find himself face-to-face with a sweet florist who has no idea the mafia is moving illegal items through her shop.Mere was happy with her life...Categorized as:
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Brutalize Me by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings...Categorized as:
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