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Dark Legacy by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA 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.We knew it wasn’t going to be easy.That our love could start a war.That my family might not accept the idea of us.But we never even got the chance to find out…Because everything’s been ripped away from me... -
Dark Princess by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratings: special edition print (knight's ridge empire: special...Categorized as:
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Kitty by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarler ‘Kitty’ Barnes has always been the fun guy who doesn’t stick around after the fun is over. Even in his old profession, he was always quick to take off once the job was done. After his release from prison, he focused on other things but never lost that urge to run as soon as things got serious... -
The Fool by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI don’t know who needs to hear this but take a day off from being the bigger person. Fuck some shit up.Those words were said to him by a stranger in the airport. And from that moment on, he’s only had eyes for her.Too bad they met when she was taking off for three months to parts unknown. Otherwise, Keene Day—yes, that was really his godforsaken name—would’ve tried a little harder to get her info... -
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Torch by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrace Caldo’s smart mouth always gets him in trouble. As the youngest of three brothers, he’s used to scrapping to earn respect. But when he picks a fight with the wrong person, Trace ends up kidnapped, bound, and blindfolded with no hope for escape. And when a beautiful woman comes to his rescue and offers him a way to staying alive, Trace can’t refuse her...Categorized as:
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Zach: The Four Families: Campana by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the help of his friends in the Four Families, Zach Campana has been working hard to rectify his father and grandfather’s mistakes, but a decision made not long before his father’s sudden death could change Zach’s future and rip away everything he’s worked so hard to build. After watching the senior Campanas hurt everyone around them, Zach made a vow that he would never be like either of them... -
Duplicity by Happydays1d
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Smoking is bad you know." The placid voice spoke up from the distant dark corner, nothing seen but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry."It's the least of my problems." I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris fill my throat when I suck delicately... -
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Sugar by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSugar had known a lot of women in his life. But he’d never met anyone quite like this mermaid-haired, tattooed, pierced, smartass woman named Peyton who made it clear she didn’t want anything from him except as many orgasms as he could give her... -
Caelian by Bella J.
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI had to run. It was that, or marry a man my father auctioned me to when I was a little girl. I knew my father wouldn’t make it easy, but color me surprised when he sends Caelian Del Rossa to find me. The man is a menace. Arrogant. Infuriating. Enigmatic. He thinks he’s my knight in shining armor. I’m convinced he’s nothing more than my father’s retriever...Categorized as:
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Cashmere Cruelty by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen is the worst time to tell someone he’s going to be a father?Probably the day of the wedding…When he is getting married to someone else.Well, that is exactly what I did.But my hands were tied.Literally.Matvey Groza is a dangerous man.And nine months ago, he strolled into my shop looking for a custom suit...Categorized as:
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My Kinda Wedding by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou are cordially invited to celebrate the marriage of Meghan Summer to Nicholas Adams, D.D.S., at four o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the sixth of May, at the beachside home of Alison Jane and Sawyer Randall. Reception to follow. The Summer family comes together once more as the final sister prepares to tie the knot... -
The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSloane Baxter is a good girl. She may not have an enviable or even desirable past, but she’s making her future perfect, including all the things she’s dreamed of, a solid home, a job she loves, and a life she’s created despite the hurdles she’s had to leap. Sloane is living her life on her terms... -
King by S.J. Tilly
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou thought Nero was a red flag...Okay, so, my bad for assuming the guy I was going on a date with wasn’t married. And my bad for taking him to a friend’s house for dinner, only to find out my friend is also friends with his wife. Because, in fact, he is married. And she happens to be at my friend’s house because her husband was busy working.Confused? So am I...Categorized as:
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Irresistible error by Melissa Ibarra, Kayurka Rhea
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingss. Amor: locura temporal curable por matrimonio. - Ambrose Bierce. Lo miré junto a mí en la cama y mi corazón dio un salto al tiempo que mi trasero pegaba contra el duro piso por la impresión.<> repetí una y otra vez, con un terrible dolor lacerando mi cabeza y observando ensimismada cómo él se removía entre las sábanas.El mundo de Leah McCartney no podría ser más perfecto... -
Chill Factor: A Holiday Anthology by Freya Barker, Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpending the holidays in the snowy mountains of Colorado could be a dream come true…unless you’re in the path of a monster blizzard. As the guests of Aspen’s prestigious ski resort, the St. James Inn, brace for the storm of the century, their holiday vacation changes from jovial celebration to desperate survival...Categorized as:
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Cognac Vixen by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne evil stepfather.Two ex-fiancés fighting to claim me.Three beautiful “Happily ever after.”I ran from my old life because the monsters in my past thought they could own me.For one brief moment, Ivan Pushkin gave me a taste of a happy ending to my story.But now, those same monsters are back to finish the job.Francia wants me dead.My stepfather wants me married...Categorized as:
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Empire by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings99 cent special pre-order price. Price increases to 2.99 on release day! From USA Today Best Selling Author EMPIRE is the final book in The Elite Forces Series. It is recommended to read books 1-4 before attempting to read this We've loved. We've lost. We've hated. Our Empire is crumbling right before my eyes... -
August by trickology
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings•BAD BOY• || Highest ranks: #1 in Love || || #1 in Romance || || #1 Teen Fiction ||Nyctophilia(n.) Love of darkness or night. Finding comfort in darkness.August Villin was a name people feared.Cruel and powerful, his anger was a storm that never went away.He was the monster that lurked in all of your worst nightmares, waiting for you to cross onto his dangerous path... -
Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHarper Abbott’s reputation has never been worse. The one time she tries to be spontaneous ends with her and her two best friends getting arrested for a prank gone wrong. Now, her cheating ex and his new girlfriend are on a mission to ruin her fledgling career as a fashion designer... -
Bloody Cruel Monster by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt will end the same way it started … with death.CloverI gave Braxton Smalls everything. I sacrificed myself and all I ended up with was a broken heart and a shattered soul. Now, I’ve got bigger things to worry about than an angry Eastpoint Heir hot on my trail.Brax may be the psycho who kidnapped me–but he’s nothing compared to the organization my brother works for... -
The Woman in the Wrong Place by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI didn’t believe Matteo Grassi was in the mafia.He was just my boss.My super hot, very nice boss.Definitely not a member of the mob.And I went ahead and believed that until the night I was caught him doing something I was never supposed to see.And in doing so, I not only knew without a doubt that Matteo was in the mafia, but also found myself dragged into it as well...Categorized as:
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Boss Romance by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI know what it's like to not have a father.Or a mother.I don't want Diesel to know how that feels. Maybe I should stay out of it, but I can't.I love him too much.Just when I think everything is going well, the unexpected happens. The enemy that's been lurking in the shadows finally presents themselves. And it wasn't who I expected... -
Fish out of Water by Josie Watts, Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGet a new job. Check.Find a new apartment. Check.Stake out geriatric hit men with my handsome sidekick. Check?Never rent an apartment over the internet.I learned that lesson the hard way. Turns out the sweet two bedroom I was thrilled to make mine is actually smack dab in the middle of a retirement community.Now instead of enjoying Florida’s night life, I’m helping Mrs... -
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Misdeeds of a Billionaire by Eva Winners
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy one-night stand.A ruthless bastard.A heartless billionaire.The man who ruled his empire with a cold head and an even colder heart. And most importantly, my son’s father. Except, he wasn’t aware of that little fact. To the media, Byron Ashford is a Billionaire King. To me, he’s a reminder of the hottest, most forbidden, night of my life. And my biggest mistake... -
Claimed by the Mafia by Ava Gray
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m being forced to pay my father’s debt after his death… And my only hope is the nephew of the man who kidnapped me. I threw my life away to take care of my father. All I was left with were debts I could never repay... -
Caged Rose by Naomi West
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTen years ago, a one-night-stand got me pregnant and disappeared.Now, he’s standing on my doorstep.And he’s not leaving until I let him in.But even if I wanted to, I can’t.And even if I could, I wouldn’t.Because Konstantin Aminoff is a world of danger, and my life has plenty of that as it is.I’ve got a possessive addict for an ex and a creepy lurker for a landlord... -
Game Ender by B.J. Harvey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author BJ Harvey comes the fourth and final book in the Game series and this time, it's the last two single friends left standing; the reformed playboy and the single mom. *** "You have chlamydia." Three words no man wants to hear... -
Hot Sauce by Tabatha Kiss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe stand-alone sequel to Muffin Top from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tabatha Kiss! *Available for the pre-order price of 2.99. Price will raise to 3.99 after release day.* I met the father of my child today. It did not go well. I suck at relationships. I never had the time to get them right... -
WYLDER by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. And I mean it. Really mean it. You've been warned :) The Wylders have only one goal in life, avenging their murdered sister. But when they meet the woman they were meant to love, sometimes revenge isn’t the only thing that can change a man.. -
Healing Hope by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBB Jones has a very nice life, if it’s a little lonely. When her sister calls her to take a job in a pinch, she’s not enthused. She doesn’t need the money and the job itself seems a little dirty- greet a Navy SEAL home, pamper him for three days, then leave. The fact that the man has no one else to welcome him home sways her to take the job... -
The Devil's Queen by Emily Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou met them in the Inked Series, and now it’s their turn to have you on the edge of your seat.The Devil’s Soldiers MC are here to find the women that make them realize what they’re missing, and how amazing it is to have an Old Lady at their sides. Start off with the backbone of the club. Rose and Bullet met when the club was in turmoil, and experienced terrible tragedies... -
Stalemate: Murdoch Mafia Novella by Samantha Barrett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready to meet the next generation of Murdoch's and hear from the OG's... -
For the Love of Luca by Soraya Naomi
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsALTERNATE COVER EDITIONAlthough part of the Chicago Syndicate world, For the Love of Luca is a standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series.*It's not necessary to have read book 1 and 2.I have it all: power, love, wealth, and most of all...control.I’m a husband.I’m a murderer.I’m the underboss of the Chicagoan mafia... -
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KAT by Jessie Cooke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Hurricane” Katrina Brown left the Southside for a new life in California when her boyfriend thought she’d killed someone. Now she’s returning after someone died in California and someone else is dying back home. Faced with the demons of the past, her desires for Dax, and her anger towards Dax’s wife Angel, Kat is a wild one with a world of trouble just waiting to unravel again... -
Tempting the Badman by Hayley Faiman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt five years old, Inessa Kozlova is exposed to the dangerous power a badman wields. Now, twenty years later, she’s convinced that a badman is the last thing she wants in her bed. Strong, beautiful, and independent, she’s determined to live the life she wants on her own terms. Yet, from the moment she lays eyes on her Bratva lover, her heart demands otherwise...Categorized as:
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Just a Crush by Tabatha Kiss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s my biggest fan. She’s my father’s employee. She’s my muse. She’s my friend. She’s a virgin, too. She’s, well… Let’s just say it’s getting complicated. She was right in front of me the whole time, smiling and blushing behind the front desk at my family’s hotel. But last night, I saw more than the girl in the blue and gold blazer. I saw red hair, red lips, and bright red knees...Categorized as:
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Cruel Devious Heir: Part One by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA brand new dark bully romance series from bestselling author Caitlyn Dare.Full blurb coming soon...Cruel Devious Heir: part one is a dark high school bully romance... -
A Love Most Fatal by Kath Richards
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince she was a girl, Vanessa Morelli has trained for two CEO of Morelli Construction, and more importantly, head of the Morelli Crime Family. So far, it’s going well; business is booming, and the city’s criminals fear and respect her... -
Like You Hurt by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDonna What kind of idiot gets on my bad side on his first day at my school? Hendrix Hawthorn is arrogant, cocky, infuriatingly attractive and clearly doesn’t realise I can make his life hell.Which is exactly what I intend to do… until he shows up in the one place no one knows I go to – the one place that makes me feel alive... -
907 For Keeps Way by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone in town wants the smoldering personal trainer. He has his sights set on a curvy (and newly divorced) single mother. Cherry Falls is filled with returning characters and iconic destinations that will begin to feel like family. When you leave the city, and drive into Cherry Falls, it’s like you’ve finally come home... -
GUNNER: Southside Skulls Motorcycle Club by Jessie Cooke
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTall, dark, sexy, blue-eyed Gunner Davis wears a leather kutte that he believes to be his father's. His mother was holding onto it the morning he found her dead. All the dreadlocked biker ever wanted was to be part of a family. When the faces of danger come looking for him, so does a link to a family lost. Tamara's father Randall, is the VP of the Head Hunters MC Club... -
Hit by Mallory Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGIUSEPPINAI was never supposed to meet him, but one fateful night had him saving my life.Now he thinks he owns me. I’m his to keep.He’s ruthless, cold, and a killer, but something draws me to him anyway.I know what he’s capable of. I know he was meant to kill me. And I know one wrong slip may make him change his mind about sparing my life.But I want to test him, push him, be a part of his world... -
The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo you know what you’ve got in your hands? A little piece of fucking treasure, that’s what. I’ve taken initiative here and have turned my trusty Man Bible into an actual survival guide, because the loot between these pages will lead to each of you having happy, stress free lives with your women. Pick this gem up, put your big boy pants on, and start reading. Trust me, you won't regret it... -
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Monster by V.T. Do
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe road to hell is paved by the President of the King's Men MC.I saved the youngest son of the President of the notorious King’s Men MC.And what do I get for thanks?The crazy man abducted me.Dominic Madden is a monster.Held captive in his house, he says this is to protect me.There are traitors in his club, and they’ve seen my face.I should be thanking him.He calls me his...Categorized as:
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Marrying the Merciless Don by Ashlie Silas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe thinks she can escape our arranged marriage, but I'm not just any guy – I'm the don. The moment I saw the mafia princess, I knew she was the missing piece. I've got wealth and power. Now I need the perfect woman to build my empire with. Rosa De Luca is stunning and quick-witted. She's the one who fits the bill. The only glitch? She's flawlessly perfect...Categorized as:
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Scandalous Kingpin by Eva Winners
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristian “Priest” DiLustro.A charming prince. Only when it suited him. I had a taste of him and got addicted. But he was a heartless bastard and an arrogant mafia prince whose only goal was to ignore me after we scratched the itch.Just when I thought we both moved on, he swooped in, claiming he made a promise and he intended to keep it, even if it killed us both.Ivy Murphy...Categorized as:
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Sex Sessions: Uncut by Charisse Spiers, Clarise Tan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***New Release Price. Will go to $3.99*** Note from the author: This is the first book within a series of standalones. Full length. Intended for audiences 18+ due to sexual content and language. I’m Saxton Maverick, famous for the size of my… Well, you can fill in the blank. I’m good at sex. When given the right tool I decided to use it to my advantage. I’m not cocky, just confident... -
Runaway Queen by Mila Kane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy whole life I've been alone, unwanted, used...When I finally fell, he was the only one who tried to catch me.My Savior.My Villain. - Sofia De SanctisRunaway Queen is Book 2 in a duet, and resolves the story. The story begins in Malevolent King. This is a dark mafia meets bratva romance, and as such contains dark themes which may not be to everyone’s tastes. Please read with caution... -
Break Out by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLiamThat feeling you get skating across the ice, legs burning, adrenaline pumping. It’s unmatched. Much like my current stats.Hockey has always been my sole focus, getting to the playoffs, winning the Stanley Cup—that’s my number one goal.I won’t let the fact that I’ve just been traded to a new team derail my future. Nor will the daughter of the so-called King of Canada, aka my new boss...
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