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  • The Devil's Match by Amo Jones

    The Devil's Match by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychopath /ˈsʌɪkəpaθ/ noun A person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour. synonyms: madman/madwoman, mad person, deranged person, maniac, lunatic, psychotic, sociopath - informal an unstable and aggressive person. - informal/2 F R O S T Ella Since I was a little girl, I have been surrounded by hate, death, murder, and slavery...
  • Eli by Jessica Gadziala

    Eli by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Six years on the inside gave a man a lot of time to think. And a lot of time to plan. When I got out, I was determined for things to go a different way. I never wanted to lose control and rage out again. The only way to accomplish that, though, was to shut it all down. Complete disconnect. That meant no family, no friends, no links to anything attached to the man I was before...
  • Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bones 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

    Dancer in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Griffin 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...
  • Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Carmen Pyre had it all until her husband was murdered by a madman who threatened everyone she loved. Now that her husband has been avenged, it's time to move on... she just doesn't know how. Two men who fill her husband’s former roles offer to help her move forward with her life...
  • Addicted to Love by A.M. Myers

    Addicted to Love by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At sixteen years old, Carly Mills was taught a very valuable lesson about just how cruel people can be. In the years since, she's carried that with her, closing herself off from the world to avoid experiencing the same heartbreak she endured at such a young age. Enter Chance Turner...
  • Wicked Things by Callie Hart

    Wicked Things by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "This is the reason I called her my angry girl in the first place. I was teasing her back then, but the truth of the matter is that she impressed me. She blew me away with her strength of character and her fire. She’s not just angry. She’s fierce. She’s determined. She’s strong. She’s brave as f#*$...
  • The Don : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd

    The Don : The Oath Duet by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood 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...
  • 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...
  • Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March

    Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a new dangerously sexy alpha hero... The only permanent thing in my life is the ink I put on my clients. I drift from city to city, in and out of beds, from one tattoo shop to the next. Every time I start to put down roots, I rip them up. Until New Orleans. Until her. She’s everything I’m not. Full of fire and life...
  • Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One. Two. Three. The cat is in the tree. As far as Lilah's concern, her note writing stalker just gets more stupid everyday. One, two, three, the cat is in the tree?What is that? And what does it have to do with a wedding turned bloody? The sixth book in the Lilah Love series...
  • 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...
  • Mallicks: Back to the Beginning by Jessica Gadziala

    Mallicks: Back to the Beginning by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A girl raised by monsters.A man who helped get her free.A love that spans decades.Let's go back to the 80s to see how Charlie and Helen Mallick fell in love...
  • Scheming Heart by Ivy Layne

    Scheming Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ScarlettI don’t want to lie to him. I really don’t.First of all, he's hot. Really hot. I know I swore off gorgeous men for the rest of eternity, but Tenn Sawyer has me questioning all of my choices. At least, any choices that mean I can’t have him.Second, he isn’t just hot, Tenn is bossy and domineering and patient and his smile makes my panties melt. And that was all before he kidnapped me.After...
  • Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I OWN YOU NOW” She made a big mistake. You don’t blackmail a Tacone. Coming to me with a threat? Unacceptable. If she needs money, she’ll have to ask nicely. But once I give it to her, we both know what it means: She belongs to me. I do my best to hold back. Give her respect. Trouble is, I can’t keep my hands off her...
  • Prospect: The Kings of Retribution MC by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Prospect: The Kings of Retribution MC by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family isn't always by blood. Family is who you are willing to bleed for. Refusing to yield to his father's will and expectations to one day take the reins of the family business, Sam McGregor leaves his home in Texas. Fate leads him to the small town of Polson Montana, home to the Kings of Retribution MC, where he starts over and meets Sofia Torres...
  • Filthy King by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy King by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'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...
  • Syn. by London Miller

    Syn. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ONE NIGHT WAS ALL HE WANTED ... Synek ‘Syn’ Jøsson has never been anything more than a jaded, broken man trying not to lose himself in his darker urges, but sometimes, the need to do something reckless proves too strong. ONE NIGHT WAS ALL SHE NEEDED ..
  • The Skull Ruler by Penelope Sky

    The Skull Ruler by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Instead of handing me back to Lucian so Balto can get everything he wants, he keeps me. He pledges to fight for me until I'm free. But as the weeks pass, freedom isn't as appealing as it used to be. This place has become my home. This man is my home. I'm not sure if I'd ever want to leave...even if Lucian was dead...
  • Bound by Family by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Family by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cooper Cruz knows what it means to be surrounded and bound by family. Loyalty, brotherhood, and protection are all learned, earned, and respected by him and the Ravage Motorcycle Club family he grew up in. At the same, he’s a man, having fun and living the life he has always envisioned, until a trip to Florida changes everything...
  • Two Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Two Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Listen up, and listen good— I’ll only say this shit once!Two Tricks does not work with MC gangs, and that’s final. Period. The end.No. No, you don’t get to ask why. Tricks runs the West Coast smuggling ring, so if you want anything to come and go, you play by the rules. You don’t like it? Well, then you’re gonna get a visit from me...
  • Shattered by Bethany-Kris

    Shattered by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Don’t fall in love with me. I ruin beautiful things.” Love made him this way, but life makes him stay. Life doesn’t give a redo. There’s no rewind or pause button to take you back or stop time. Once something happens, it happened. The most tragic of those times in his life, the ones he wouldn’t get back and the moments he could never fix, reminded Demyan Avdonin of a bullet meeting glass...
  • Sonata by Kenya Wright

    Sonata by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***From bestselling author Kenya Wright, comes the Butcher and the Violinist book 2.*** The Butcher of the Corsican. Jean-Pierre’s relentless pursuit of Eden has paid off. But can he keep her safe? Russians lurk within the shadows. Dead bodies pile. There are new enemies on the board, and it all goes down in Paris. WARNING: This is KW, being very KW. Mystery. Money. Darkness. Power...
  • Second Sight by Sharon Sala

    Second Sight by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The clock is ticking… When Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic woman stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Dimension, he takes the case without hesitation. The cult’s rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people who have supernatural powers...
  • Darragh's Dilemma by Ciara St. James

    Darragh's Dilemma by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The O’Sheerans aren't what most might expect a mobster family to be like, however, make no mistake, when it counts they have no problem making those who threaten those they love and protect disappear. The days of being outright feuding mobsters have been tamed, but they’re still the largest Irish mobster family in the US...
  • Rhapsody by Kenya Wright

    Rhapsody by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***From bestselling author Kenya Wright, comes a new series called the Butcher and the Violinist.*** In Paris, they called him Le Boucher. The Butcher of the Corsican. Jean-Pierre’s greatest gift was a lack of feelings. His past had ripped them away. But then he saw Eden. On stage, she played her violin, spinning his head with songs that he’d tried to forget...
  • The Rise of Ferryn by Jessica Gadziala

    The Rise of Ferryn by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She left a broken girl. Damaged in a way no one should ever be. But determined to make a difference in the world. She stayed away. Training. Learning. Hardening. Bending and breaking herself into what she needed to become to fulfill her mission in life. Something righteous, but wicked in its own way. She returned a warrior. There were promises left unfulfilled. Questions left unanswered...
  • Beautifully Loyal by Nicole Edwards

    Beautifully Loyal by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes love isn’t enough… Sometimes you’re required to be beautifully loyal. If you think you know her… You’re wrong. If you think you know her family… Wrong again. If you think you know her story… You don’t. Ashlynn Adorite is no stranger to the cruel and unusual world she was born into. In fact, she accepts it, understands it, embraces it...
  • Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Sometimes they just scab over. Haunted by memories of a failed marriage, trauma surgeon Barbie Anderson escapes to her hometown for a fresh start. But the quaint community of Pumpkin Rest has memories and failures of its own that should stay buried...
  • 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...
  • Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones

    Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The next heart-racing Lilah Love story is coming. This installment to Lilah's series is a standalone. Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to demands...
  • Kansas by K.L. Savage

    Kansas by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Instincts are all we have to rely on.And mine were spot on.There are a few things I don’t like to talk about in life.My father.And Kansas.I hate him, and I hate that godforsaken state.To this day, I haven’t loved because there’s a fear.An inkling.An instinct that I will be just like him.I convinced myself our blood was rotten, tainted, and sour...
  • Where the Snow Falls by London Miller, Bethany-Kris

    Where the Snow Falls by London Miller, Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood always leaves the brightest stains where the snow falls. Fresh out of lockup, Kazimir Markovic is focused on two things only—having Violet Gallucci back at his side, and putting his father in the ground. With his plans already in motion the very second he’s free, Kaz goes after what’s most important. Violet first. Vasily second. The Russians are out for blood...
  • In Chaos We Reign by Amo Jones

    In Chaos We Reign by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was the trick that they could never play.She was the greatest game of all…There is elegance that comes from being carved from the ashes of all the darkness that surrounds you in the world. You start as dust, and you end as dust. At least that’s what I always thought. Crowned Princess Mayhem all my life became old fast, and I found myself forging my iron crown with the blood of our enemies...
  • Sin: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Sin: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sin's a born sinner. His name was earned. His reputation is feared. Before he was Sin, he was Padraig, and Padraig?Makes Sin look innocent, and that makes me want him, and all his darkness, more than ever. But then, I'm a spoiled brat—until I can't be that anymore. Until my kingdom crashes down around me, and I become a nobody. A nothing. But to Sin? I could never be nothing...
  • Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The mayhem continues for the Knight's Legion MC…Storm. My protector. I need his darkness, like he needs my light. After surviving an abusive relationship, I swore off men. Until the President of the Knight’s Legion MC crashes into my life, holding me captive with his haunted gray eyes. Storm is a force to be reckoned with and I welcome the chaos— it makes me feel alive. He owns me. Body and soul...
  • Duke by Jessica Gadziala

    Duke by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It meant war. DUKE The relative peace we have known for years was gone in one violent act. Then, among the ever-present and increasingly bloody unknown threat, I met her...
  • 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...
  • Black Hat Hacker (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi

    Black Hat Hacker (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Although part of the Chicago Syndicate world, Black Hat Hacker is a complete standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series. You don’t know me. But that’s only because I don’t want you to. I have the most lucrative job in the country as a hacker in the notorious underworld...
  • Dark by Aleatha Romig

    Dark by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” ~ Madeline L’EngleDarkness has fallen upon the Sparrow world. What seemed secure was breached, and what was assumed unattainable is possible. In this dangerous underground world, we Sparrows took our power by force...
  • Bene by Bethany-Kris

    Bene by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vendetta can change everything … Bene Guzzi is walking a fine line. In his family, the mafia, and even with his own twin. Being a Guzzi principe means he doesn't have time to be a screw up, so he needs to fix it and fast. Vanna Falco is nothing that she seems. Her angel's face hides a past filled with pain and her secrets might be enough to finally take the Guzzi family down for good...
  • Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A life for a life. That was the code they lived by. After their Don was gunned down, things changed. This was no longer a life for a life situation. A coward had tried to make a name for himself by taking on their family. It was time for the DeLucas to show their enemies just how brutally savage their bloodline could be...
  • 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...
  • The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was not the kind of man meant to fall in love. He was the proud enforcer of the Costa Family who perhaps enjoyed the violent, bloody parts of his job a bit too much.All that changed, though, when he was put on a job that had him crossing paths with a woman who changed everything.She was not the kind of woman to have hope. The life she found herself trapped in had very little to look forward to...
  • Down to my Bones by Bijou Hunter

    Down to my Bones by Bijou Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HEAT ღ HUMOR ღ HEA The first time I notice Miranda Johansson, she’s feeding potato salad to geese. I instantly crave the gorgeous oddball. Tempting her dangerous father’s temper, I travel to Ellsberg with the sole purpose of getting to know Miranda up close and personal. She quickly steals any urge I have to return home. Where Miranda goes, I will follow...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  crime  dark  insta-love  suspense  adult  biker
  • Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Agent Lex Taylor My assignment—take down human and drug trafficker Miguel Santino and rescue Leyna Martinez, the sister of an outlaw MC member. One look. That's all it took. My center of gravity shifted, and I knew; she was going to be mine. I take down criminals; the rats of society. I eat, sleep and breathe the law, but I'm willing to risk it all—my badge and my life to protect her...
  • Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison...
  • 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...
  • The Redemption of Roan by Kathy Coopmans

    The Redemption of Roan by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Roan Diamond’s loyalty to the family may be obligated by blood, but nobody ever said he had to love them all, right? As the next in line to head the Diamond dynasty, he has loose ends to take care of, and one of those is his brother Royal. Yet his plans for revenge fall apart the minute he lays eyes on Alina—Royal’s ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be the daughter of the rival Solokov family...
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