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Hello Again by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom NYT bestseller Brenda Novak comes the next installment of Dr. Evelyn Talbot and her murderous home for psychopaths in Hello Again. SHE CAN MAKE SENSE OF A COMPLEX CRIMINAL MIND. Evelyn Talbot, a psychiatrist at a maximum-security prison in Alaska, studies some of the world's worst serial killers. But she’s about to meet her most elusive patient at Hanover House yet: Dr... -
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Face Off by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTortured and left for dead at sixteen, Evelyn Talbot turned her personal nightmare into her life’s work—studying the disturbing psychopathy of some of the world’s most vicious serial killers... -
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Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of... -
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His To Keep by Lydia Goodfellow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAva is ripped from her life by a sadistic priest on her way home from school. He leads a very sinister and secret life. She is forced to live in a room with his son, trapped in a house of hell. Day by day her innocence is torn apart, but despite witnessing horrific events, she finds herself caring for the boy with dark secrets. To survive, Ava must choose between her freedom and love... -
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![Cole's Mistake by Laylah Roberts]()
Cole's Mistake by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone deserves a second chance, right? Cole Saxon wasn’t so sure of that. He’d burned so many bridges, he wasn’t sure anything he could do would be enough to make amends. Then fate brings him to Haven. To the brother he’d disowned and to the only two people to ever have a hold on his cold, black heart. Keira and Julian have been through hell... -
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Strike by Jay Marie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHER It's been over a year since my first taste of blood, since I've learned what it means to truly evolve in order to survive. I'm not proud of what I've become, but I'll do what I have to in order to remain on the pedestal I've been placed on. Hardened, determined, calculated, my motivation rests on the eternal satisfaction of one man, and I've gotten damn good at keeping it up... -
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Scandalized by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour lives tangled by an invisible thread...Prepare to be scandalized!Nolan and Piper have a lot in common, and a complicated history that has already hit the rocks twice before. But their undeniable chemistry keeps pulling them back together, and even if she's Mistress Ice, Nolan is determined to have Piper any way he can get her -- secrets and all... -
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Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOver two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget... -
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Cross Fire by C.C. Warrens
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Holly's worst nightmare steps back into her life, she has to decide whether to stand and fight or flee and survive... -
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Fearless by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was the last thing she thought she needed, but she was everything he wanted. Abused and alone, Kitty had no idea how far she’d have to flee after she finally got the courage to run. She never would have guessed she’d end up halfway around the world, or in the home — much less the arms — of dominant Australian whip-master, Noah Carver... -
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Sleep for Me by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs one of the new Masters of Avalon, Saul Danvers takes his responsibilities seriously. With two Masters absent from the club, he knows it's not the best time to take a few days' vacation, but he needs to clear his head...Categorized as:
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Survival by Jay Marie
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHER I'm usually brutally honest. I don't like to sugar coat shit or beat around the bush. But this time, I couldn't want to run further from my own destructive truth. I'd been sold. Sold. Like some kind of dog to a man born of cruelty and carnage. A man who rules a criminal organization on a global scale, and now... rules my body but, most importantly... my freedom... -
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The Stepchild by Nicole Trope
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree-year-old Millie Everleigh disappears on a crisp winter’s day, and nothing is as it seems…It’s the phone call every mother dreads.I’m climbing into the car after a trip to the grocery store. As the engine starts, my phone rings. It’s my stepdaughter, Shelby, who is babysitting my three-year-old little girl Millie.‘I only went upstairs for a second,’ she says through her sobs. ‘She’s gone... -
![Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith]()
Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt 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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Wanted by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life... -
![Love Lost Her Way: A tragic story about a girl who lost all hope by Julie Anne Addicott]()
Love Lost Her Way: A tragic story about a girl who lost all hope by Julie Anne Addicott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the outside, my life was picture perfect. On the inside, something sinister lurked. I thought he was sick. I thought I could fix him. All I wanted was for him to love me. I was used and abused. Sold to the highest bidder. Unloved. Unseen. Unheard. Until Declan. He was my saviour. He helped me believe in the power of unconditional love. Then, he was gone... -
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Learn for Me by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day she was there; the next she was gone.Zeke mourned the loss of his blue-haired angel, missed the sound of her voice and the touch of her hand on his. She'd been there while his broken body tried to heal, had soothed him when the pain was consuming, bewitched him with her laugh and ever-present smile.Nothing could happen between them, he'd known that from the start... -
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Signs of Life by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRogan Sneed . . . Portland’s Worst NightmareWhen a mass shooting rips through Portland's Pioneer Square, high school teacher Tyson Cooper races to the scene, only to find his beloved lies among the fallen. Shattered and seething, Cooper vows vengeance against the 19-year-old shooter Rogan Sneed, no matter the cost...Categorized as:
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Reginald Bones by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBones is hell-bent on hiding from the world. Reginald is hell-bent on living in it. Bones vowed to never talk to women again. Reginald is falling for the one that visits their graveyard. The problem is, Reginald and Bones share the same body. And when Bones gives an inch to accommodate Reginald His dark past returns to devour them whole... -
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Ruin by Taylor Rose, Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsREADER DISCRETION IS ADVISED:This is a twisted ride. Dark psychological themes, dubious situations, and intense sexual circumstances layer this story and may be triggering or offensive to some.CAINPhoenix is sinfully beautiful, but she stole from me.And, she didn’t know that I was a monster.Now she’s mine. Mine to break. Mine to cut. Mine to bleed.PHOENIXCain is my torturer. A gorgeous psychopath... -
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Green Light by Jescie Hall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom Amazon's bestselling author Jescie Hall comes a new dark college romance about one man's online obsession with his new stepsister.K1ngK0br@: I fell for your lies, and you sucked me into your twisted game. You made me crave your taste, hungered for your full attention. I gave you everything, only for you to go ghost. You hollowed my heart, sending me into a spiral of self-destruction... -
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Striking a Balance by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThalia and James have just met under the most insane of circumstances. He purchased her at an underground auction from a man who kidnapped her, tormented her, and sold her to the highest bidder... -
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Perfect Monster by B.B. Hamel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNothing good happens in a monster’s bedroom.Roman Lenkov could burn the world to ashes.Ice blue eyes, fingers like a sculptor. He’s beautiful and terrible. Cruel but fair.And a member of a secret society of ultra-powerful, ultra-wealthy men called The Oligarchs.Mafias bow at his feet. Woman beg to spend one night in his luxurious bed.And I want absolutely nothing to do with that psychopath...Categorized as:
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The Ex Wives by Jenna Kernan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo ex-wives. Two missing girls. Will yours be next?Pulling a batch of my husband’s favourite golden oatmeal cookies from the oven, I smile to hear my daughter Phoebe playing in the treehouse outside. I was once so close to losing everything, but since I married handsome Jackson, I have a perfect life. Jackson might tell me what to wear, but he just likes to buy me nice things... -
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![If the Devil Had a Dog by T.K. Lukas]()
If the Devil Had a Dog by T.K. Lukas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSidney McQueen flees the most evil man she's ever known - her husband. Can Markus Yeager, former Marine turned CIA operative, convince her to accept his help when he's grappling with his own personal demons? IF THE DEVIL HAD A DOG - an edgy, psychological thriller that keeps you riveted."This novel will thrash you about on an emotional rollercoaster ride... -
![Breaking the Girl by M.C. Webb]()
Breaking the Girl by M.C. Webb
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBreaking the Girl by M.C. Webb is a dark story of desire. Two souls collide, breaking open a long forgotten past, and a very tortured present. What drives the lovers closer, may be the very thing the tears them apart. Axel Stone is a porn star, a highly successful porn star. Now semi-retired and frigidly cold, Axel stumbles through life the only way he knows how – lots of booze and women... -
![Pretty When You Lie: A Dark Second Chance Romance by Anne Roman]()
Pretty When You Lie: A Dark Second Chance Romance by Anne Roman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJuniper Wild is a liar.With her full lips, pretty blue eyes, and angelic face, she might have fooled everyone else in our small town, but not me. I know the truth about her - that she's a spoiled, selfish liar. Five years ago, she shattered my dreams with a single lie. And just when I thought she was gone for good, she shows up again, still hiding something...Categorized as:
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![Noel of Sin by Jodie King]()
Noel of Sin by Jodie King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Within the cold walls of this metal shell, Bunny, there will be no silent night, tonight—only an unholy night.”Bunny - 'Twas the night before Noel and I was carried away,by the plague who had a sickening game to play.He stole and took me deep in the night,Locked in the woods, with no mercy in sight... -
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Deviant by Gemma James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes light can be found in the dark. Rafe is a blazing sun in the center of my universe. He’s my strength. The only man capable of healing me. He's the love of my life. He’s also my enforcer. The strikes of his belt shield me from self-harm’s temptation, but old habits are hard to break... -
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Dark Lies by Clarissa Wild
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery dark wish,Costs a lie to make reality.“Punish me.”Just two words sealed my fate.Eli took me and made me his.I didn’t know the submission he’d demand from me.Or the secrets I kept buried deep inside.But there was more beyond this dark wish of mine.More hidden behind those perfect dark lies of his.Because it wasn’t just my soul that craved redemption... -
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Her Master's Redemption by Lily White
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was a Master. To understand me, you must understand my past. My father was a Master. My mother his Courtesan. I was raised in a business that trained women to become whores for the men that owned them. I was taught to train with a strict hand...but to seduce with a kind heart... -
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Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole, B.T. Urruela
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdwin Allen Mercer I want them all to read my words. And they do. Every last blood-stained sentence, they've read and praised me for. They love the gore and violence, the realness. And I get a sense of power with it all because I know a secret: the victims in my books—they’re real and have all died on my table. And maybe that’s why the last book had such awful reviews... -
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Mentor by Julia Sykes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 5 in the Impossible Series- Can be read as a standalone. A beautiful, nameless man took me. He wants to break me and make me his. He treats me like his plaything, but I suspect I mean more to him than idle amusement. The monster needs me. What's truly terrifying is that I'm coming to need him. He sets my body on fire, and I crave his touch... -
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![Beauty: A Hate Story, The End by Mary Catherine Gebhard]()
Beauty: A Hate Story, The End by Mary Catherine Gebhard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale. My prince was a Beast with blood on his hands and ice in his veins. My family offered to save me. The only price: leaving the tattered pieces of my heart behind. Our love was irrational. Cruel. Unforgiving. Nothing like the storybooks said it should be—but it was perfect. The longer we were apart, the more I lost myself... -
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Owned by Clarissa Wild
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe escaped the mob boss, but he will always find his pet.My name is Harper, but to him I’m only Kitten.When Marcello Dellucci bought me from the auction, my life was destroyed.Locked away in his mansion, I became his precious pet.His needs are twisted.His kisses are dangerous.And his touch makes me come alive.But I can’t ever fall for this mafia man.This man who lied.Betrayed.Hurt.Killed...Categorized as:
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![The Night Away by Jess Ryder]()
The Night Away by Jess Ryder
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTheir baby was supposed to be mine…No relationship is perfect. But since the birth of baby Mabel, seven months ago, Amber and George have been in desperate need of a night away. Mabel is all that Amber has ever wanted but she can’t deny that sometimes she struggles to cope. George has booked them into a luxury hotel and Amber’s sister is babysitting... -
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The Perfect Getaway by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was the trip of a lifetime…until someone ended up dead. When four couples receive invitations to try out a luxury island resort, they are excited for a week of relaxation and reconnecting.For some, it’s the honeymoon they never had the chance to take.For others, it’s a last-ditch attempt to save their crumbling marriage... -
![My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh]()
My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe sunroom at the back of the house is just as I remember. I can’t taste homemade lemonade or smell oatmeal cookies without thinking of home, of the beautiful cliffs of Martino Bay, and I feel welcomed. But all thoughts of a happy family reunion are destroyed the moment I see him… He’s as handsome as I remember: broad shoulders, piercing blue eyes, hair the colour of burnt toffee... -
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My Husband's Secret by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy husband liked his secrets. On the day of his funeral, I found out just how much. As it turns out, there were three of us. Three women he loved. Three secrets he had to keep. But Lucas wasn’t the only one with secrets. The three of us have a few of our own, and we’d do anything to keep them. If you look close enough, we each had a motive. We all had an opportunity... -
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Til Death Do Us Part by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMegan thinks that she has the perfect husband and the perfect life. Craig works so that she doesn't have to, leaving her free to relax all day in their beautiful and secluded country home.But when she starts to long for friends and purpose again, Megan applies for a job in London, much to her husband's disappointment. She thinks that he is upset because she is unhappy. But she has no idea... -
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Dead Head by C.J. Skuse
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCan a serial killer ever lose their taste for murder?Since confessing to her bloody murder spree Rhiannon Lewis, the now-notorious Sweetpea killer, has been feeling out-of-sorts.Having fled the UK on a cruise ship to start her new life, Rhiannon should be feeling happy. But it’s hard to turn over a new leaf when she’s stuck in an oversized floating tin can with the Gammonati and screaming kids... -
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Cold Deception by Dori Lavelle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Cold Deception is a tragic love story that should be read after books 1,2, and 3 in the His Agenda Series.*They say he’s a monster, a very dangerous man. But they don’t know him. They don’t know the depth of the darkness lurking inside his soul. They don’t see the burn of the wounds on his heart. If they did, maybe they would understand why he became Jude Macknight... -
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How the Mind Breaks by Dani René
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René, brings you a dark, psychological romance a twisted ending you'll never see coming! A dark past. A devastating secret. Two broken people. Tia is focused on revenge, but she knows everything isn’t what it seems. With a painful past that continues to haunt her, she needs vengeance... -
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Breaking Bedrock by Britney King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a married mother of three, Addison Greyer has always been known for doing the right thing. Hoping to keep it that way, she fought like hell to avoid falling for the mysterious, highly successful, albeit broken man whom the world knows as William Hartman... -
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Dead in the Water by Britney King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE PERFECT NEIGHBORS. THE PERFECT COVER. A GRIPPING ROMANTICS SUSPENSE THRILLER He’s a contract killer. She likes to even the score. Smack dab in the middle of suburbia, few married couples are as competitive as Jude and Kate. But then, most married couples don't keep score in the form of body counts. Each hell-bent on a silent pact to out-do the other, the games begin... -
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Crave by Dani René
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSamael ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Can love overcome hate? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When I first laid eyes on the perfect little blonde, I didn’t think she’d change my life. But the first time I tasted her, felt her, took her, I knew she was mine. I laid a wordless claim because as much as I desired her, I couldn’t have her. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I craved the dark, she filled me with light... -
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Devious by Angela Snyder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**Devious will be published February 9th, 2019**When I meet Victoria, it's not for the first time like she believes.Victoria doesn't remember me.We met years ago when we were children. When we were innocent.But my innocence and childhood were stolen from me by her father.And now she's the key to finally getting my revenge.I have a plan in place. A simple one...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Interference by B.J. Wane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter her sister goes missing, Alena Malloy travels to Blue Springs, Maine--her sister's last known location--to track her down. As she begins her search, however, Alena's efforts quickly bring her into conflict with Randy Janzen, the local sheriff, and Nash Osbourne, a Scotland Yard detective involved in the case due to its similarity with a recent disappearance in the UK...Categorized as:
romantic-love thriller steamy suspense law-enforcement survival psychological killer -
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Midnight Rain by Dori Lavelle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*This is the final book in the Amour Toxique serial. It should be read after books 1 and 2.*Something went wrong…or maybe right. I can't decide. The devil before me is several shades darker than the one I knew not long ago. When I look into his monster eyes, I’m afraid to blink. I’m afraid to breathe. I’m afraid to give him what he wants. He wants me. He wants me alive, and he wants me dead...
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