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  • Toxic Creek by K.C. Kean

    Toxic Creek by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.”I had everything I ever wanted, until my life was flipped upside down. Now, I’m suddenly being forced to live in my parent’s hometown, with complete strangers. Like my heart isn’t broken enough. Could I fall any further?Yes. Yes, I could.Why might that be?The Allstars...
  • F*ckboy Psychos: A Dark & Spicy Romance by C.M. Stunich

    F*ckboy Psychos: A Dark & Spicy Romance by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Whoa, there. Stop right now. You don’t want to read this.Trust me: you really, really don’t want to read this. So back away slowly, hands up, and I won’t have to kill you.They might, though. They might be willing to warm my bed, but I wouldn’t say I trusted them. Just a bunch of psychos, really.My three f*ckboys, my three psychos.Alexei Grove...
  • Dylan by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Dylan by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dylan Grant.One of Forbes’ 30 under 30.One of the most eligible yet unattainable men in the country.One of the Delta Five.Together with his friends, Beck, Riley, Jasper and Evan, Dylan runs half the damn world. He is the epitome of power... and the definition of emotional baggage. Too damaged from his shitty upbringing. Too hung up on his best friend's girl...
  • Unholy Terrors by C.M. Stunich

    Unholy Terrors by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Seriously? You’re back again? It’s clear you don’t value your own life.Look, last time, I threatened to kill you. That was rude; I’ll admit it. But you read through my story anyway, so you must be dying of curiosity.Or maybe you’re like me, and it’s the adrenaline that gets you, the thrill. You want your foot on the throttle, the wind in your hair, and a sturdy f*ckboy … or two or three...
  • Dark Knight by Tracy Lorraine

    Dark Knight by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.She's the mafia princess he was meant to stay away from. And he did.Until that one night when he was able to hide his identity and his darkness under a different kind of mask. But one taste wasn't enough...
  • Anarchy at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Anarchy at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    There’s one mistake you don’t make at Prescott High, not unless you want me to ruin you.Do not touch my beautifully broken Havoc Boys.Harbin, Fadler, Channing-Blackbird, Montauk, and Park.Death stalks the halls of Prescott High.Once upon a time, my best friend betrayed me. For over a year, I let that two-faced bitch go.But not anymore.This time, she’s stirred up the devil in me...
  • Payback Princess by C.M. Stunich

    Payback Princess by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finding out you’re the daughter of a famous serial killer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.My father—the Seattle Slayer—is charismatic, intelligent, and charming.He’s also trying to teach me to kill people, so … his good qualities don’t seem to matter much.He’s kidnapped my boyfriend, a guy that I used to hate but grew to love.Parrish, I’m coming for you. I’ll do anything—anything—to keep you safe...
  • Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean

    Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I have nothing left to give this twisted town, not a single ounce. I’ve let them beat me down, almost break me, but it’s time I fixed my ‘Grady’ jersey, and show them I will do anything to protect what is mine.Trying to survive Knight’s Creek without Xavier, Hunter, and Tobias is harder than I care to admit. I have to give it my all and try again; I have to run...
  • Beautiful Deceit by R.E. Bond

    Beautiful Deceit by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m damaged.I’ve been through too much in my eighteen years.Between joining the Bloody Psychos and mourning my best friend,I’m going a little crazy.If the enemy is no longer the enemy, you can jump in bed with them, right?You’d think I’d be happy with five guys in my life, but I can’t control myself.What can I say? Bad boys are my weakness...
  • Symphony by Bea Paige

    Symphony by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Symphony is made up of four parts… That’s us. Ivan the pained ex-ballet dancer. Anton the unpredictable artist. Erik the damaged violinist. And me, Rose, their Muse. The one. Together they cracked open my heart, they made me feel. Our love story isn’t made up of fairy tales. It’s dark, twisted, but oh so beautiful...
  • Damaged by Sheridan Anne

    Damaged by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Play with fire; you’ll get burned.Play with me; I’ll get even.Dynasty came roaring into my life, bringing four of the most incredibly delicious men I’ve ever laid my eyes on, but along with it came a life that I was never expecting.This world is filled with corruption. There are secrets and lies around every corner...
  • Victory at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Victory at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There's one heart you can’t break at Prescott High, not unless you’re one of them.The Havoc Boys.They’re my family, my redemption, and my future.Victory at Prescott High has always meant escape.Once upon a time, that meant graduation and a one-way ticket out of town.But everything is different now.This year, my life changed in irrevocable ways...
  • Reckless Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Reckless Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Heathens by Sheridan Anne

    Heathens by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twinkle, twinkle little starHeathens coming, brand new scar.Slaughter turns to pained goodbye.Never knowing if I’ll die.A DeAngelis family war is brewing and these heathens are the vicious ringleaders, pulling the strings of their pawns for the greatest show of all—a show that will guarantee sweet, sweet victory.Only victory comes with a price...
  • Those Heartless Boys: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore

    Those Heartless Boys: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must die.Okay, okay. Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down.I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action...
  • The End: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent

    The End: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It doesn’t feel like the end.It feels like all of my problems are just beginning.There’s more happening in my town of Raven River than I knew.More lies. More secrets. More pain.Enemies seen and unseen are circling and not even my guardian angels can protect me.There’s a war coming and I’ll fight because this time my Angels…My Horsemen…My loves……are the ones who need saving...
  • Mayhem At Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Mayhem At Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There’s one girl you don’t mess with at Prescott High, not unless you want them to come for you.Those dirty, rotten Havoc Boys might be a gang to everyone else, but they’re family to me.My f*ckbuddy. My first love. My husband. My challenger. My confidante.There’s trouble brewing in the halls of our high school, and it’s spilling into the streets...
  • Arm Candy Warrior by E.M. Moore

    Arm Candy Warrior by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I don’t belong in the Heights.Truth be told, no one does. It’s dirty, grimy. Riddled with crime, the destitute, and the desperate. Where the family unit doesn’t always mean a mom, a dad, and two-point-five kids. It’s whoever gives you the time of day.That’s how the Heights Crew came about. The only relationship that counts in the Heights is if you’re a part of the Crew...
  • The Game by Callie Rose

    The Game by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book two of three in the Kings of Linwood Academy series...
  • Glass Heart Broken: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Lindsey Iler

    Glass Heart Broken: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LIES. SECRETS. MAYHEM.The campus of Glass Heart Academy will never be the same once we’re through with it.PalmerThey tried to break me, but they underestimated my strength. When Marek says things aren’t always what they seem, I don’t want to believe him. Now, I know the dark truth in his words...
  • War by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell

    War by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The kind of life I’ve lived, it haunts you. Stains you. Destroys you. It took everything from me. My love. My family… my transgressions were paid with Tor and Cayla’s blood and I want revenge. Blood. Death. His head in my hands.I’ve lost everything, and all that’s left to do is end the men who took them from me. Betrayal. Secrets. Vengeance.This is war...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne

    Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Xander was a dream that would never be. One catastrophic night left me orphaned at the age of seventeen. Hunted by a murderer, Xander saved me from the pits of hell, braving a fire that would have ended my life. Hiding me from a killer, he became my protector, my best friend, but never anything more. Sin was a nightmare waiting to happen...
  • Storm the Gates by Elizabeth Dear

    Storm the Gates by Elizabeth Dear

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In Saint Gabriel City, there are the Four Families, and there are those who are owned by them.The Spencers, the Hargraves, the Ferreros, and the Knights rule the City together with their exorbitant wealth and iron fists that no one dare challenge...
  • Party Crashers by Heather Long

    Party Crashers by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the moment I learned she was coming to our school, I had a gut feeling it would end in disaster. Out of all the schools in the world, why did Kaitlin Crosse have to choose ours? Her presence confused my brothers and created tension between them, but I soon realized my initial assumptions about her were completely wrong...
  • Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James

    Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My life will never be the same, altered by lead, damaged but not broken.I’m becoming a new me.I won’t run any longer; this time, I’m the hunter instead of the prey.But it takes hard work, skill, and a bit of luck to catch a mob boss.I’m going to need all three to survive this.Especially when I’ve got five gorgeous a**holes for teachers—and occasional bedmates.The Blackbirch Company...
  • Vicious Hate by Thandiwe Mpofu

    Vicious Hate by Thandiwe Mpofu

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devastation tastes a lot like ash in your mouth. It feels like looming death hanging over your bones. It sounds like the violent shattering of your soul. It has an acrid smell much like that of rotting hearts. . . But most of all, devastation looks a lot like the beautiful, fiery girl with her fake sincerity and lies...
  • Devil's Pass by Caroline Peckham

    Devil's Pass by Caroline Peckham

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ten years ago, The Harlequin Boys broke my heart. I thought my life was complete with them at my side, the five of us against the world, having each other’s backs no matter what the cost. I’d fight for them until my dying breath. It’s just a shame they didn’t feel the same. Once upon a time, my imperfect world shone bright with the light of four boys I would have killed for...
  • Reginald Bones 2 by Lucian Bane

    Reginald Bones 2 by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***WARNING*** PROCEED WITH CAUTION. EXTREMELY HOT MIND BENDER AHEAD Bones should have known allowing Reginald to "date" a woman would end badly. And if he'd known just how badly, he would've forbidden him. But it's too late. Winter Rose is in their life, their mind, and their basement with a death wish. And after discovering her dirty secrets, Bones is ready to oblige her...
  • Broken by Ruby Vincent

    Broken by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They broke me. Ryder, Maverick, Ezra, and Jaxson didn't think I would come back for my second year.The coldly cruel knights of Evergreen believed the Mark would be all it took to get rid of me... to keep me quiet.But now I've got a whole new reason to stay. Those four will know a pain far worse than what I've endured. They tore me apart until there was nothing left..
  • The Sinners: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent

    The Sinners: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I knew when I started this path it would lead to destruction......but nothing could have prepared me for this.Drugs flooding campus. Tensions brewing between the factions. Old enemies reappearing. New secrets taking over my life. Love awakening a soul I long thought was dead.Cassius, Clay, Hiro, and Royal have named me one of them, but sharing a title is easy...
  • Fallen Heirs : A Dark High School Bully Romance by Laura Lee

    Fallen Heirs : A Dark High School Bully Romance by Laura Lee

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive... Pretty, pretentious little liars. I’m surrounded by them everywhere I turn. But I’m learning not everything is as it seems. The ones who I thought were my enemies have become my greatest allies. And the ones who I severely underestimated turned out to be much eviler than I could’ve ever imagined...
  • Queen of Anarchy by Eva Ashwood

    Queen of Anarchy by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Queen of Anarchy is the heart-pounding second installment in the Dirty Broken Savages series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the first book, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you've finished reading book one, Kings of Chaos. You've been warned!***I was a good girl once. But bad b*tches get shit done.My list is finished. Every name has been crossed off...
    Categorized as:
    dark  polyamory  reverse-harem  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Wild Girl by Eva Ashwood

    Wild Girl by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bishop, Kace, and Misael promised to protect me.But after what they did, can I protect them?In the aftermath of a single gunshot, my life seems to be splitting apart at the seams. Nathaniel can never discover what my boys did, but keeping it hidden from him may be harder than we hope.Especially since I'm still being pulled between two loyalties, two halves of myself. Between duty and love...
  • Wicked Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Wicked Princess by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.My entire life has been a lie.The one person I've trusted despite all his secrets has shattered my faith, and the men around me have proved just how unworthy they really are...
  • The Forever Crew by C.M. Stunich

    The Forever Crew by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The secret is out.I’m officially dating the entire Student Council, but that’s not the only thing that’s outside the norm at Adamson All-Boys Academy.Nah, I think the murders are a bit more remarkable, although my dad might disagree. He’s not exactly thrilled with my fake fiancé or the other four boys that make my pulse race...
  • Reign of Wrath by Eva Ashwood

    Reign of Wrath by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Reign of Wrath is the thrilling third installment in the Dirty Broken Savages series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you're caught up on the series, starting with book one, Kings of Chaos. You've been warned!***I was a good girl once. But now they’ve unleashed the devil in me.My sister is gone...
  • Watch Me Fall by K.C. Kean

    Watch Me Fall by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Emerson Grove, with our fantastic university, suburban lifestyle, and the city nearby, you’re never going to want to leave. I almost believe their slogan, until my ride drives off, leaving me on the doorstep of a pretty house to reveal a blast from the past.Leaving one lion’s den, I’ve fallen straight into another. I didn’t agree to this part. To…them...
  • The Only Choice by Dee Palmer

    The Only Choice by Dee Palmer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternate title/cover for this ASIN can be found here.Bethany’s devastation is complete. Secrets, lies and impossible choices have torn her world apart but it is not the first time she has had to rebuild her world. So she’ll do it again...she has to. When Bethany meets Daniel, she is backed into a corner and with the threat of losing even more she comes out fighting...
    Categorized as:
    dark  polyamory  reverse-harem  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  bdsm
  • The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane

    The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have been working hard my whole life for people to take me seriously. After all, women ‘don’t belong’ in the music industry. However, when an interview goes wrong, I am offered a once in a lifetime opportunity, to manage The Wild Boys, an all-male strip show featuring bad boys with an even worse reputation. It’s now my job to fix it, if I can keep my hands to myself...
  • Twisted Games by Elena Lawson

    Twisted Games by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Twisted Games is a full-length dark enemies-to-lovers reverse harem romance, meaning the main character will have more than one love interest. It is book three in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Wicked Trials...
  • Savage Kingdom by Jennilynn Wyer

    Savage Kingdom by Jennilynn Wyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Savage Kingdom is the heart-pounding conclusion of the Savage Kingdom Series.My name is Alexandria Donatella McCarthy, or Andie for short. Former daughter of the don of the Rossi syndicate. Abused. Neglected. Overlooked. After five years in exile, I return home to avenge my brother Kellan’s death and to take down my father, Maximillian Rossi, and anyone else who stands in my way...
  • Ignite Me by R.E. Bond

    Ignite Me by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We’re going to be okay. We’re broken, but we’ll rebuild. If we can all get along, long enough to deal with this shit. Who decides to get involved with so many guys and thinks it’s going to be smooth sailing? Spoiler alert, it’s not. The guys are totally going to start killing each other soon. Lukas and Jensen can’t seem to figure their relationship out...
  • Dirty Truths by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Dirty Truths by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You know that saying, things can’t possibly get worse? They always can.I thought I’d reached a whole new low the day I ran from Bellerose. The day I was snatched by mafia goons, beaten half to death, and left wishing they’d finish the job.But then an Angel saved me.His kind of salvation wasn’t the freedom I’d been hoping for, though...
  • Bound by Ruby Vincent

    Bound by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Five people bound by the most terrible secret... and something else. I never thought I could forgive them. I didn't believe there was still a heart inside of me that could forgive. But my boys, my knights, were taking down my walls and claiming a piece for themselves.All I wanted was to lock our secret away and enter junior year as though the past never happened......but someone won't let me...
  • Unmasked by Ruby Vincent

    Unmasked by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They are everything to me. I love Jaxson, Ezra, Maverick, and Ryder the same and in vastly different ways all at once. It's a love that threatens to consume me. To take over every waking second of my final year......if only hidden enemies, ancient secret societies, and unsolved murders weren't also competing for my attention.This will be my hardest term yet...
  • Forever Royal by Lily Wildhart

    Forever Royal by Lily Wildhart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The thing about making a deal with the devil, is you never see the fine print.I thought this was the best way to save them. The four men that keep me grounded, rooted to the core of my history, my legacy, and I’ll save them no matter the cost.Truths uncovered lead to more secrets, more lies, more pain, and the tangled web of Echoes Cove has me trapped tighter in its bindings...
  • Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never feed your fears, Saoirse, because if you do, they will eat you alive.Those were the last words my mother uttered before the masked men arrived.She begged me to run, to save myself from the past she kept hidden.But here's the thing, the past doesn't stay buried forever, and somebody has to pay the price for the choices she made.All the King's horses and all the King's men..
  • Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent

    Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Complete Evergreen Academy Series Evergreen Academy was meant to be my fresh start. My hair was on point. My skin was flawless. And now I wore the hell out of my clothes instead of hiding them. Even running into Ryder hadn't thrown me. So what that the silver-eyed devil who tormented me for years now ruled my new school with a band of boys everyone called the Knights...
  • Joker by Andi Rhodes, Nicole Cypher

    Joker by Andi Rhodes, Nicole Cypher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Joker…Skeletons and secrets. We all have them. They weigh on our souls, even when we try to fool ourselves and pretend they don’t. Since I was a kid I’ve carried a secret that haunts me, casting shadows of doubt over every relationship I have. I know the signs of someone hiding the truth, because I do it every day...
  • 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...
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