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  • Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him.Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people.No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway...
  • Doc: a Club Alias novel by K.D. Robichaux, Kayla Robichaux

    Doc: a Club Alias novel by K.D. Robichaux, Kayla Robichaux

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dr Neil Walker, MD, MFT, Ph DI’m not your average therapist. As the founder of Imperium Security—the cover for my mercenary team—I’ve dedicated my entire life to helping heal those who’ve had their power unwillingly taken from them and avenging the ones who didn’t survive...
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    age-gap  crime  dark  military  steamy  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Stars by Tal Bauer

    Stars by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have looked to the stars my whole life… For two years, Sasha Andreyev has been in NASA astronaut training, the final step on his lifelong dream. During that time, he and Russian President Sergey Puchkov have kept their love hidden. But as graduation nears, secrets start to slip, and Sergey makes a dangerous trip to Houston for a weekend with Sasha...
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    age-gap  crime  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  politics  action-adventure
  • The Secret Plan by Cara Dee

    The Secret Plan by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's the sequel readers have been waiting for. Colt, Kit, and Lucas are back from Their Boy and ready to spread their—holiday cheer. - The Game Series is a BDSM series where romance meets the reality of kink...
  • No Greater Love by D.A. Young

    No Greater Love by D.A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexei and Vivienne Romankov have always been the loving and supportive patriarch and matriarch of the Sullivan clan and their extended family, but how did this power couple come to be, and who or what is behind the wedge that has driven them apart for more than twenty years? Take a trip down memory lane as we discover their not-so-humble beginnings and finally learn the truth behind all the...
  • Already Home by Carly Marie

    Already Home by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    By leaving Nashville, Harrison wanted to escape. What he found at home in Oklahoma was better than anything he’d ever had before. Harrison is happier with Greg and Jasper than he’s ever been. When Harrison can no longer avoid his ex and has to go back to Tennessee, he has Jasper and Greg by his side. But being back in Nashville also means facing Neil and Derek...
  • Knight for a Queen by K. Alex Walker

    Knight for a Queen by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An interracial mafia romance (the international mafia series book...
  • The Bait by N.R. Walker

    The Bait by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When three men turn up in their sleepy little town of Tallowwood, Harry and Asher know something’s wrong. Not because someone could find them, but the fact that Asher’s informant and oldest friend, Yunho, failed to alert them. Messages and phone calls unanswered; Harry and Asher go to Thailand to find Yunho is missing...
  • Chief by Lesli Richardson

    Chief by Lesli Richardson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 3 of the Governor Trilogy (mmf, political romance) Behind every good man is a good woman. That's what they say. They're wrong. Even my wife would agree. The truth is, behind every good man is a real bastard--that would be me...
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    age-gap  dark  military  mlm  politician  politics  polyamory  steamy
  • Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “We are two halves of the same rotten apple.”Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten.Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long...
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    assassins  crime  dark  lgbtq  mlm  political-intrigue  steamy  abuse
  • Bulletproof by Reese Knightley

    Bulletproof by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a glimpse.- A chance encounter left an impression and Wolfgang Brandt was hooked. When Caleb turns eighteen in two months, Wolf is going to be at that birthday party come hell or high water. He doesn’t care if he has to fly across the world to be there. But then things go south and Wolf is left reeling when Caleb goes missing...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  crime  dark  kidnapping  lgbtq  military  mlm  abuse
  • Played by Cara Dee

    Played by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, possibly yell at your e-reader, and swoon just a little bit. One last mission. One last operation—and the stakes had never been higher...
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    age-gap  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  revenge  steamy  action-adventure
  • Finished by Cara Dee

    Finished by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 5 | Romantic Suspense | Hurt/Comfort | Trauma | Age Difference The Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, possibly yell at your e-reader, and swoon just a little bit...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult
  • On the Double by Cara Dee

    On the Double by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go...
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    mlm  military  polyamory  lgbtq  age-gap  kidnapping  dark  crime
  • Poison Hearts by Jennifer Cody

    Poison Hearts by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Orlando:No one intentionally starts out life trying to become a hired unaliver. Weeellllll, most people don’t. I come from a legacy of unalivers, though I think I might be the first one to make a career out of it. Accidentally...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  crime  lgbtq  assassins  steamy  dark  political-intrigue  romance
  • Wanted by Kaylea Cross

    Wanted by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She thought her past was behind her. After nearly dying at the hands of a madman in New Orleans a year ago, Zoe Renard has worked hard to put that trauma behind her and move on. With her man at her side she’s focused on her writing career and building a future together. Things are almost perfect between them, until a series of shocking events turns her world upside down again...
  • 180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile...
  • Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith

    Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It started with Piggy. It escalated with Kitty. It ends with Puppy.  For almost a year, Ethen O’Dowell has been locked behind bars and yet Puppy is far from free. A legal ward of her parents, she shares her bedroom with Pony, the only part of her old, submissive life that she has left... apart from the guilt, the fear, and the weekly punishments Ethen dishes out every time they visit him...
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    age-gap  crime  dark  military  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Love & Power by Elizabeth Knight

    Love & Power by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is what started this whole thing. A man who loved two women. A mother who sacrificed herself for her daughter. A daughter who will stop at nothing to take down those who killed and threatened the ones she loves. I’ve been told all my life that love was a weakness in our world. That couldn’t be further from the truth, but that’s only half of what I need to finish the job...
    Categorized as:
    dark  crime  mlm  steamy  lgbtq  polyamory  romance  reverse-harem
  • Captured by A.K. Rose

    Captured by A.K. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was a liar. A deceiver. A seductress. And now Helene King is a Daughter of the Order.Under the guise she was headed for the place where Halestrom Hale held our sister she is forced into a truck.Only that wasn’t where she was headed.A new breed of evil rose. One that told us exactly what Hell waited for her...
  • Shadows by J.L. Drake

    Shadows by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *HIGHLY-HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading my Broken and Blackstone Series before starting this series.*I know I barely know that girl, but I’m gonna marry her. You watch.1974We travel back in time to the very beginning and discover the birth of Shadows.The aftereffects of a horrible war left broken men, but then a secret brought them back to life...
  • Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake

    Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Expanded Content for Deadly Lover!Justin Mallory is an assassin. But he’s really a good guy.He has years of bad decisions to make up for, starting with agreeing to join the CIA after being recruited out of the Marines. No reason to add more black marks to his soul.Now he chooses the jobs and he works always alone. It’s safer that way, and he can make sure the good guy always wins...
  • Adoring Ali & Ace by Pepper North

    Adoring Ali & Ace by Pepper North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The best souvenirs for a Daddy? His perfect Littles. On vacation at the coast, Zeke expects to find sand, ocean breezes, and relaxation. To his delight, he discovers two captivating locals who he suspects are Littles. Ali and Ace are best friends and lovers. Determined to stay together, the duo know that someone is missing from their lives...
  • Petra's Biker by Misty Walker

    Petra's Biker by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I had nothing left to give. It took two dirty bikers to prove me wrong. From USA Today bestselling author, Misty Walker, comes a dark, MMF MC romance.Cameron Bixby was in her third year of residency at UMC of Southern Nevada when her entire world was stripped from her...
  • Detonate by Reese Knightley

    Detonate by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The love of a lifetime hasn't always been easy…Stefano – Phoenix Commander He’d waited around long enough. They’d known each other for over thirty years, been together for a good portion of those years, and had lived in the same house for the past two. And still, Giovanni Rossi wouldn’t tell people they were a couple...
  • A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the one man she can never forgive…or forget.Lexi Mattingly, a hotshot Pentagon security specialist, can’t escape her past. Sent down to Little Creek to track down hackers attempting to infiltrate Top Secret naval databases, the last man she expects to run into is the ruggedly handsome Navy SEAL she left in Coronado a lifetime ago...
  • Interlude: Cavatina by Tal Bauer

    Interlude: Cavatina by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cavatina: A solo in the midst of a larger composition Join the couples from your favorite Tal Bauer novels in Interlude: Cavatina, a collection of stories that brings everyone together in one volume! Jack and Ethan Spiers-Reichenbach are settling into their marriage and enjoying their second holiday season together, this time in Texas instead of the White House...
  • Triple Threat by Davidson King

    Triple Threat by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lee, Jones, and Ginger deal with dangerous situations and mounting stress daily working for the most powerful assassin organization in the world. All of those things seem like a walk in the park compared to the friction that sparks between them. When all three are assigned to the same job, ignoring the heat from the inferno of desire becomes impossible...
  • Waiting for Derek by Izaia Winter

    Waiting for Derek by Izaia Winter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Derek knew his life was about to become very interesting. Derek Astor knows next to nothing about BDSM, but when Foster Hayes, the co-owner of the local BDSM club, walks into his photography studio and offers him a job, he can’t refuse. And after seeing a photo of one of the club’s dungeon monitors on the website, Derek doesn’t want to...
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    lgbtq  military  mlm  polyamory  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Close to Home by Carly Marie

    Close to Home by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jasper Scott is a single workaholic. He split with his girlfriend two years ago and hasn’t felt drawn to anyone else since… except the sexy Navy SEAL he met at his brother’s house two years ago. But that man lives halfway across the country and after so long, Jasper’s convinced his mind has embellished Greg’s sexy gray eyes, rippling muscles, and gorgeous salt and pepper hair...
  • No Beginning, No End by Richard Rider

    No Beginning, No End by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Third part in the Stockholm Syndrome trilogy:Settling back into a normal life is more difficult than anticipated...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  steamy  dark  lgbtq  age-gap  crime  romance  contemporary
  • Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone

    Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Steele Givens doesn’t do relationships and he knows better than to fall for a man he rescued during a CIA Operation; but then he’s never been a ‘follow the rules’ kinda man. He always swore he’d never drag someone he cared about into a world of danger. But what do you do, when danger stalks him anyway? Kalon Roberts wanted to move on. He’s done with danger and Black Ops Operators...
  • Knocked Up by the Bikers: A Military Reverse Harem Romance by Kai Lesy

    Knocked Up by the Bikers: A Military Reverse Harem Romance by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Play your cards right, and you'll beg us never to let you free."  According to my father I'm not pretty, thin, or perfect enough.As the mayor of our town, he wages war against the Steel Knights MC.Too bad I'm irresistibly drawn to the very bikers he loathes.After a day of enduring his endless ridicule,I come home lost in a haze of forbidden biker fantasies...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  mlm  dark  steamy  kidnapping  military  polyamory  romance
  • Found by Annabella Michaels

    Found by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As a former USAF pararescueman, Jeremy O’Brien is used to following orders, no questions asked. So, when Micah, his boss at Hamilton Security, asks him to take on a special case, he readily accepts. Micah’s instructions are simple, find the man in the picture and bring him back to Chicago...
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    age-gap  crime  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  abuse  action-adventure
  • Breathless by Cara Dee

    Breathless by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Will you beat me without knowing the reason?”That’s the question I ask when I go to clubs to seek out Sadists. Most men say no immediately. They see the flags my question raises and walk away. They’re the good guys. They’re the guys who adhere to safe, sane, and consensual. They wanna be aware of the risks and cause no harm.But I’m not looking for a good guy.I’m looking for punishment...
  • Snow Storm by Davidson King

    Snow Storm by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The city of Haven Hart rests under the heel of Christopher Manos. He reigns over the most dangerous and deadliest citizens as the most powerful crime boss the city has seen in generations. Yet, for the last five years, the harshest edges of his nature have been tempered by the loving devotion of his husband, Snow, and the nephew Christopher adores like a son...
  • Punishing for Pleasure by Avery Gale

    Punishing for Pleasure by Avery Gale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: For Mature Adult Audiences. Contains language and actions some may deem offensive. Sexually explicit content. Ménage – MFM. In book five of the Masters of the Prairie Winds Club: Merilee’s life centered entirely on her career until she agreed to date John Stevens...
  • Crazy Little Thing Cold Love by Colette Davison

    Crazy Little Thing Cold Love by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can two very different men turn an intense holiday romance into lasting love? Jude I shoot my mouth off and hide behind my smile as I try—and fail—to fill the void inside. Nothing has felt right since I was medically discharged from the army...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Hold Safe: a bodyguard/age play/daddy gay romance by Sue Brown

    Hold Safe: a bodyguard/age play/daddy gay romance by Sue Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A bodyguard/age play/daddy gay romance. The third in Sue Brown's Biker Daddy Bodyguards series. Joseph saw someone being killed and now his life is in danger. The security isn’t the issue. The grim-faced Daddy at his back is a different matter. Mo is content with the quiet life. Once upon a time he had his happy ever after, but that ended...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult  biker
  • His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

    His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s nothing more lethal than a hitman in love.Johnny “Jack” Jacopo was once the Castellani Family’s top hitman, but one terrible mistake saw him kicked back down the ladder. So when the Boss orders him to look into the disappearance of a Hollywood starlet, Jack sees an opportunity to rise back up the Family ranks.His first move is to question the missing actress’s twin brother...
  • The Mortician by Gianni Holmes

    The Mortician by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a betrayal destroys Mort's dreams of love and family, he pledges his undying loyalty to the Grimm Reapers. As their newly appointed enforcer, he instills fear and carries out vengeance without mercy. The last thing he needs is the club’s notorious hangaround boy sliding beneath his sheets and messing with his head...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dark  crime  lgbtq  age-gap  steamy  action-adventure  biker
  • War of the Wicked by Davidson King

    War of the Wicked by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucifer’s Landing is full of unscrupulous people: five families desperate to own every inch. For years, under the watchful and most powerful eye, there has been peace. With the murder of the most powerful man, it’s as if the gates of Hell have opened.Dante Scavo is trying to fill his father’s shoes, find the person responsible for killing him, and stop Lucifer’s Landing from becoming a war zone...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  crime  lgbtq  kidnapping  age-gap  dark  romance  organized-crime
  • Mad Dog by Ophelia Bell

    Mad Dog by Ophelia Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Not even the king of Los Angeles’s underground can stop me from loving Celeste.Arturo Flores could make me disappear with a snap of his fingers, and nearly did. Limping away from a beatdown when I was seventeen didn’t change the fact that his daughter was worth the pain. Running into her in my tattoo shop twelve years later, she still makes my blood run hot with a glance...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  crime  military  romance  contemporary
  • His Death Bringer by Courtney W. Dixon

    His Death Bringer by Courtney W. Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PLEASE READ THE BLURB AND WARNINGS IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO TRIGGERS!He calls me his dark angel, but I’m merely a killer. A bringer of death.Luca DavenportHe is my angel, sent to be my death bringer to save me from my tormentors and betrayers—those who sold me into slavery when I was only eight years old...
  • Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KITDodging bullets and jumping from two story buildings are things I’d only ever seen in movies.Never would I have expected that this would become my life.I keep deadly secrets for the man I love.I’ll follow him across countries to have his back.Why am I willing to risk everything for him?Because of the look in his eyes when I purr for him.SULLYWorking with Kit is my greatest joy...
  • Four Play by H.J. Welch

    Four Play by H.J. Welch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three hungry wolves. One pretty little lamb. The hunt for love is on.HARPERI’m here for a good time, not a long time. When a total cutie asks me if I’d be interested in him and his two Daddies chasing me down and having their way with me, it sounds fun. I’m only in this crappy town for the summer, after all. But what we share is intense. I signed on to get caught…not to catch feelings...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  age-gap  lgbtq  polyamory  kidnapping  military  dark  romance
  • Written in Blood by A.D. Wilde

    Written in Blood by A.D. Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ZAKWith sharp claws and a forked tongue, the she-devil herself dances through my nightmares, haunting me like the most alluring demon to ever roam the earth. But after a twisted turn of fate, she’s not just plaguing my mind. She’s in my home and under my protection.And now that I have her within reach, I’m not so sure I can let her go. Even if keeping her means my own assured destruction...
  • The Kiss of His Blade by Romeo Alexander

    The Kiss of His Blade by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For an assassin like Tristan, life is straightforward. You get offered a contract or two, take the one you want, execute it to the best of your abilities, and move on to the next. Of course, things can get a little messy when you have a conscience and you’re picky about your targets. But hey, in a world with plenty of corrupt people, it’s not that hard to make a good living...
  • Shaw by M. Tasia

    Shaw by M. Tasia

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SNEAK ATTACKA child shouldn't know the games adults play, but since Shaw's parents hadn't shielded him from their "proclivities" his take on love and intimacy was forever skewed.Fast-forward to his life after being a Navy SEAL, and although he now has the time, Shaw still hasn't found a reason to engage in more than temporary arrangements...
  • His Boy to Cherish by Colette Davison

    His Boy to Cherish by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dear Santa,I’m going to be upfront and tell you that I feel silly doing this, but here goes nothing!I’ve realised that I lean more towards being a Daddy, than a strict Dom. I’m kind and caring, and I want someone to spoil. I’ll always put my boy’s needs before my own. I’ll take care of him in every way he needs me to...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book
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