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The Reign Of Kings by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRaised by a family of cops who see the world in black and white,I grew up with a defiant streak a mile long,And an immunity to gun-toting alpha males.That is until I find myself at the Carnage clubhouse,At the mercy of their Kings.Now my black and white world is a dirty shade of gray,And my immunity to alpha males has disappeared along with my underwear... -
The Heir of Shadows: An Underestimated Novel Book 4 by Candice Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere was a little girl, who had a little gun, pointed right at the center of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very goodBecause if she was bad, she was dead... -
Broken Hearts by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI love him, and it’s killing me… I never thought this would happen, but here I am—a willing captive to the most sinfully-handsome serial killer the world has ever seen. I belong to him now, the man who is both my savior and my downfall. The man who will probably destroy me one day, just like he’s destroyed so many others before me. If I want to live, I have to be a good girl... -
Atone by Cassandra Robbins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI don’t apologize or regret the destruction I’m about to cause. I’m at peace with what I must do… nothing can or will stand in my way. Not even the raven-haired beauty with golden eyes who haunts my dreams.No one is innocent in the story of my life. Fairy tales don’t exist!I. Make. No. Excuses.Everyone needs to atone, and I’m the man who is going to see to it... -
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Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Stolen Dolls.Have you ever had to make a decision that haunts you every single day for the rest of your life—the life you stole back? I have... -
Love Me by Ashley N. Rostek
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsColt is my comfort.He’s the first one to hold my hand when life becomes hard.Creed is my support.He always has my back, is always ready to help me battle the world or my insecurities.Keelan is my joy.He effortlessly makes me laugh and exudes a light even when days become dark.Knox is my strength.He holds me together even when I want to break... -
Dirty Hearts by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDarkly intense and deeply erotic, we return to the Lion and Mouse. The war has ended. Kazimir hopes to spend quiet time with Emily, but there are more enemies creeping within the shadows. New dangers that threaten the couple’s happiness... -
Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDexter crossed with 50 Shades: enter a world filled with dark secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I’m coming for her… I’ve watched her, I’ve hunted her, and now I’m here to claim her. Celeste Riley, my pretty little angel. Soon to be my pretty little captive. She pretends she’ll never want a killer like me, but we both know that isn’t true... -
Searching for Redemption by Tonya Burrows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrazy. Dangerous. Monster.Shane Trevisano knows what the town of Steam Valley, Arizona thinks of him, and he’s happy being their bogeyman in the woods. After suffering horrific burns that left him disfigured, all the former SEAL wants is to be left alone in his remote cabin with his demons... -
Brainwashed by Nyla K.
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrainwashed Official cover & blurb reveal: June 7th, 2022 Monster. That's what they call me. Lock your doors, hold your loved ones tight. The Carver is on the loose. Except I'm not. I was caught. The days of allowing my inner depravity to run wild are over. I've been sent to prison for good, something of a celebrity in this dark, dank hell-hole they call Alabaster Penitentiary... -
No Rest For Wicked by Persephone Steele
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPsychic.What a joke.The only thing I can be sure of these days are the three men who have somehow battered their way past my walls and forced me to, dare I say it, start feeling things.Well…them, and my trusty trash panda partners in crime. But they've always had my heart.I must have kissed their asses real good, because instead of wanting to kill me, I think they might actually kind of like me... -
Cold Fury by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven years ago, Hope Harper was a star defense attorney with a great life and a beautiful family—until she got the wrong defendant released, and he turned around and viciously slaughtered her husband and child. Since then, the only thing Hope cares about is locking bad guys behind bars where they can’t hurt anyone else... -
Unholy Bonds : A Dark Serial Killer Romantic Suspense by Maya Raine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree serial killers connected by an unholy thread, tangled in a twisted chase for revenge and blood. In this game of hunters, who will become the ultimate prey?***He is every sin she wants to commit. Yara West spends her day as a Medical Examiner. At nights, she dons the mask of a twisted killer to satiate the demons in her head... -
Pretty New Doll by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBenny, broken, hurting, and aloneLost his dolly, his love, his home.Injured and searching, reborn anew,He finds himself befriended by one who’s true.Learning about the world, urges, and lust.Finding a new future, a new dolly, is a must.Then out of old pain, fresh prospects come to life,Benny’s sick mind summons him, so his hand takes the knife... -
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Stolen Crush by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFinding out you’re the daughter of a millionaire true crime novelist isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.When I was two, I was kidnapped. Kidnapped by a loving family, sure, but still kidnapped.Now, my biological mom wants me to live with her on the opposite side of the country.Her … and my new stepdad and his jerk of a son: Parrish.Wannabe tattoo artist, languorous rich boy, pouty mouth... -
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Deep Spiral by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE A deadly, unstable shooter. A trap Malcolm and Seong-Jae can't escape. And more than one life on the line as they find themselves facing down one of the Golden Ratio Killer's proxies in a high-stakes hostage situation that could ramp up the serial murderer's mathematical body counts exponentially. And if Malcolm and Seong-Jae aren't careful, they'll be among the tally... -
Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt takes a monster to destroy a monster. My enemies have taken Celeste. Kidnapped her to torture and kill her. I won’t stop looking for her. Won’t give up on her. I’ll destroy anyone and anything that gets in my way, and the punishment for those who have taken her will be brutal and unmerciful. She belongs with me. She belongs to me. I’m never letting go. Ever... -
Maniac by Onley James
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden.Aiden Mulvaney doesn’t exist. He’s a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him... -
Be Still My Heart by Emily McIntire, Sav R. Miller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSkelm Island, Maine has always been known for two things: lobsters and its broken lighthouse.But when corpses start showing up in the water, the isolated town becomes the face of a cryptic investigation.At the heart of which stands Lincoln Porter, a grumpy ex-SEAL whose lobstering business seems to attract more dead bodies than fish... -
Control: A Dark Mafia Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I wake up terrified, humiliated, and chained to a wall. The shackles around my wrists mean only one thing. He owns me now. With his dark glares and barked orders, he is dangerous... -
Surviving Doctor Vincent: The Good Doctor Trilogy Book 2 by Renea Mason, Nancy Cassidy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to Curing Doctor Vincent... -
Provoke by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA taste of this dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust… FREE! Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I meet her in a wedding dress, walking down the aisle towards my sworn enemy. Our eyes catch from across the room. And monster that I am, I know I have to have her... -
Hollow Veins by J. Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll I ever wanted was the chance to live. From the moment I left my cage, I’ve fought for every single breath. But my new life came at a cost.The rapture approaches. Hysteria is taking over the country.Michael Abaddon stole everything from me. My freedom. My sanity. My soul. As his reign of terror escalates, the time has come to take my life back.He wants to burn us all... -
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Buried Lies by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe left her painful past behind. Poppy Larsen is finally free. She moved to Crimson Point to make a new life for herself, full of bright possibilities. A whole new world awaits her, if she can find the courage to trust again—even her gorgeous neighbor, the town sheriff. But darkness lurks in the picturesque Oregon Coast town, concealing a deadly threat that’s closer than she ever imagined... -
The Annihilator by RuNyx
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe highly anticipated fifth book in the bestselling Dark Verse series.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?She lives in the shadows. He rules them.She's the moon, and he the dark night encompassing her. She's surrounded by demons, and he's the biggest devil of them all. And she's his... -
Wrath by Coralee June
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI hated fire. I hated how the smoke wrapped around my naked body, stinging my skin with defiant embers. I hated the smell of burnt flesh, the ashes heavy on my tongue, my charred soul like splinters deep in my chest.She’s dead, Juliet.There’s nothing else you can do--Dragging my bleeding feet across the concrete, I walked toward the flames. Heat licked at my cheeks... -
Vigilante by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings* A new stand-alone dark romance from bestselling author Jessica Gadziala. * I’m a bad guy. I do bad things. But I do them for the right reasons. That’s why I can sleep easy at night even with the smell of fresh blood still in my nostrils. One more scumbag off the streets. One more righting of a wrong. That was all my life was about... -
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Marrow by Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTwo rival serial killers. One common enemy. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Jack Sorensen is the perfect serial killer. In the bright lights of his public persona he’s a respected scientist, a leader in the field of human decomposition. But in his shadowed secret life he’s a ruthless and elusive killer, unseen by the authorities who have failed to follow his faint trail of destruction... -
Trajectory by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRising tensions between Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi reach a tipping point — and send our devilish duo on a rogue mission. Mal and Seong-Jae are off the radar, off the rails, and determined to track down the connection between Sila and the Golden Ratio Killer, no matter who stands in their way.One way or another, they'll put a name and a face to the nightmare.One way or another.. -
Bloodthirsty by Cassandra Featherstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Forgive me.”Those were Professor Arnaud’s final words before I sliced through his neck. His was the first head I took, but it wouldn’t be the last.Severing my connections to l’Academie d’Invisible was harder, but eventually, I escaped and built a reputation of my own.Infamy suits me, and the harsh lessons of my childhood have served me well. I’m untouchable, undetectable, and untraceable... -
Fractal Recursion by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's first blood drawn as the white rabbit dangles the lives of innocents in the balance, forcing Malcolm to choose between his parents and a missing FBI agent. Yet Malcolm's attempts to stall for time and find a better solution open a doorway into the Golden Ratio Killer's thoughts, his secrets...and the truth of the past that made him who he is today... -
White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe white rabbit crashes storytime with Sila, Malcolm, and Seong-Jae — a little too literally, leaving our intrepid detectives battered but not broken. Yet what they find with the white rabbit's arrival could destroy even the strongest man: a diabolical game with over two dozen lives at stake, turning their final showdown into a macabre stage play with the white rabbit as its star... -
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Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeiraI was born with darkness in my veins.My name is Keira Hill. I’m the daughter of one of the country’s most notorious serial killers.I hide in plain sight. Pretending to fit in. Pretending I’m not haunted by my father’s skeletons.In two months’ time, he’s scheduled to be executed... -
Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdley:Nobody thinks that a pretty woman holds dark secrets, but then again, the world only sees what we allow it to.I was raised by very bad people.I learned to do very bad things—things that others would see as depraved.I was fine living my life in the shadows, going unseen…Until he stepped from the abyss... -
Awakening the Beast by Jodie King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWren - The night I lost him, everything I cherished turned into ashes along with that fire, swallowed by the inferno that scarred my heart and mind. I became who they call ‘The Queen of Darkness’, mimicking the love of my life, Arlo Hayes, lost in the abyss of trauma and hatred. Now, as he stands before me, the happiness I should feel wars with the despair that has settled deep within me... -
Unhinged by Onley James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAdam Mulvaney lives a double life. By day, he’s the spoiled youngest son of an eccentric billionaire. By night, he’s an unrepentant killer, one of seven psychopaths raised to right the wrongs of a justice system that keeps failing.Noah Holt has spent years dreaming of vengeance for the death of his father, but when faced with his killer, he learns a daunting truth he can’t escape... -
Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine... -
A Legacy of Sorrow by Mallory Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLust fuels the worst evil. Love is overrated.Killing for retribution is everything I’ve ever wanted...They’re all going to die.Those who have sinned will know it. Sorrow. I’ll carve it in their bloody hearts if I have to.I can’t help it. This is who I am.Their angel of deathMy boys…they think they know me. Think they have me tamed. That they can handle me and then walk away.They’re wrong... -
Cherish by Olivia Ryann
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. Something has shifted and changed in me. I have left Katherine behind, and stepped fully into the blossom of Fiore. But while I am undergoing that transformation, Monster too senses a sea change within... -
Divine Proportion by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings20% of monthly revenues from sales of this book from now until January 1st, 2021 will be donated to causes supporting #BlackLivesMatter and the families of victims of police violence. While Captain Anjulie Zarate y Salazar faces a crisis of loyalty at home, Malcolm Khalaji faces another crisis in Los Angeles—one that will test him to his absolute limits.And that crisis is named Yoon Eun-Ji... -
In the Shadows by J.A. Owenby
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you finally meet the monster hiding under your bed.One, two, I’m coming for you.She’s my obsession.Three, four, kneel on the floor.I want to possess her in every way.Five, six, I’m up to my old tricks.She knows me as The Portland Serial K!ll3r.Seven, eight, lay in wait.Little does she know I’m watching her.Nine, ten, never to be seen again.Welcome to your worst nightmare, Little Lamb... -
Reaper and Ruin by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn explosion shatters the night. The three men I love are thrown from the bluff into the raging sea below.And one of them can’t swim.But the fall isn’t the only thing trying to kill us.Every step we take, danger stalks closer.Every breath we steal, the killer waits in the shadows.When he rips someone I love away from me, the fragile family I’ve fought to build begins to unravel... -
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Dead Man Walking by Giana Darling
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Giana Darling comes a dark MC romance about a broken enforcer and the beautiful, innocent woman who shows him that light can exist even in the dark... A killer. A criminal.A psychopath.The Irish enforcer for The Fallen Men MC is everything good girls are taught to stay away from... -
With Visions of Red by Trisha Wolfe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a dark erotic thriller intended for adult audiences. The UNSUB has made contact. After a rapid string of grisly murders shakes the usually peaceful city of Arlington, Virginia, the sadistic killings of young women lull into a deceptive calm. Agent Sadie Bonds knows the terror isn’t over; serial killers don’t stop until caught... -
Cold Calculation by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... .. -
Corpse Roads by J. Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn therapy, they tell you to use your senses.List the things you know. Sermons recited with malice. A blood-soaked ritual. The sting of tears and gasping sobs of the dying. Rotting flesh. I grew up in a cage, tortured by the Lord Almighty's most twisted servant. Death and despair became my close companions as I watched years of slaughter at Pastor Michaels’ hand. Eighteen girls. Dead... -
In Sequence by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE The Golden Ratio killer resurfaces in California to target a former victim, and this time the case takes Malcolm and Seong-Jae hunting deep into his past, searching for connections between victim and killer that may reveal his identity... -
Possession by L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter relocating to Washington, D.C. to avoid an overzealous secret admirer, Dr. Madeline Parrish wants to learn all that the city has to offer. When a friend invites her to explore the dark pleasures at the exclusive BDSM club, Black Light, Madeline meets two enigmatic Doms, with whom she spends one explosive night...
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