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  • Bug: Time Served MC, Book 6  (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman

    Bug: Time Served MC, Book 6 (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After an adventurous life, Enzo ‘Bug’ Lupin has the world in his hands. A successful business with his two best friends, a motorcycle that is one of the few things that can bring him peace, and his club that surrounds him with the family and sense of belonging he craved while in prison...
  • The Vengeance You Crave by Tracy Lorraine

    The Vengeance You Crave by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It’s been almost six years since she ruined what we had. Her lies shattered years of friendship and ripped apart the future we planned. After I called her a liar and revoked my trust, she left town and never looked back. In a cruel twist of fate, she’s returned. But I’m not the wounded boy she left behind. I’m a man now. A man full of anger, resentment and loss...
  • Blade of Iris by K.A. Knight

    Blade of Iris by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was sold to my enemies.The Volkov’s are the nightmares they warned me of as a child, the ones they spoke of in the dark in hushed tones. Traitors, killers, the boogeymen themselves sent to scare children like me.Children of their enemies.A Kelly.A family that they have been at war with since before I was born, and now?Now I am to marry into the Bratva Pigs. To become their blushing bride...
  • Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine

    Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life has been full of half-truths tangled in lies—I’d been to hell and back more times than I could count. But nothing could have prepared me for the fear in her voice, and then the sight of that building going up in flames. After the way I treated her, the way I hurt her, I’d earned that pain back tenfold. I deserved to lose the only bit of light in my dark, twisted life...
  • The Retaliation You Deliver by Tracy Lorraine

    The Retaliation You Deliver by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When something seems too good to be true. It’s usually because it is.A lesson I learned the hard way.Every single fear I had about falling for Leon, has just come true in the most brutal way.The sweet guy act he’s been putting on the past few weeks is over.The cold, hard truth is... he never wanted me. He only wanted retaliation.And like a fool, I played right into his wicked scheme...
  • Taint Her: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Taint Her: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He wants to ruin her. She wants to save him.Hadley Rexford was a distraction I didn’t need. But when she discovers me with blood on my hands, I know I can’t walk away without demanding her silence.I’ll taint her.Torment her.In the end, I’ll ruin her.Cole Jagger was a puzzle I wanted to solve. But he refuses to let me in, and now I’m ensnared in his trap.He’s cold.Immoral...
  • Dragon by K. Webster

    Dragon by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes a new motorcycle club dark standalone MM romance novel!They created this monster when they took me as a teen.Abused me, tortured me, psychologically ruined me.I was once innocent, fragile, and good.Now I’m older and everything wicked.The worst of the worst...
  • His Deal by Rebel Rose

    His Deal by Rebel Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nothing in my life is the same. She has changed everything, simultaneously turning my world upside down while making it right for the first time ever. I break this woman a little more each day—and she lets me. It’s all part of our deal. But every pleasure that she gives to me brings her closer to freedom. Closer to paying her debt in full. And I’m not ready to let her go. Ruthless...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  anti-hero  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hostile Takeover by Amelia Wilde

    Hostile Takeover by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The stakes are higher than money. They’re deeper than secrets. They’re life or death when Mason Hill sets his sights on the Van Kempt family. Charlotte’s hopes and dreams crash down around her. She questions everything, especially her own father. But she’s always understood the value of loyalty. She’ll defend her parents’ lives—even if it means risking her own...
  • Kincaid by Laurelin Paige

    Kincaid by Laurelin Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Past and present weave together in Donovan’s point of view for the next chapter in Donovan and Sabrina’s life.She was supposed to save me.In a twist of fate, I rescued her. Since then, I’ve lived for her, breathed for her, overreached with my love.She’s still here, so I must be doing something right. But now I want more...
  • Wild Rebel by Laurelin Paige

    Wild Rebel by Laurelin Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We were supposed to run away after graduation.When she didn’t show at our meeting place, I got brave and went after her.It was a mistake.I left bloodied and bruised.I had no choice but to walk away. Years passed. I traveled, settled halfway around the world, made enough money that I didn’t have to look back.But I never got over her. Then, out of the blue, she calls...
  • Bullied by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins

    Bullied by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I have always been bullied and trapped in darkness. I hoped life would get better when I moved to my mother's hometown, but it only got worse because it was there that I met my unrequited crush, Hayden Black. He despised me from day one, and even more when I became best friends with his twin, Kayden...
  • The Destruction You Desire by Tracy Lorraine

    The Destruction You Desire by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After six years of living in denial, Luca is finally faced with the truth. A brutal discovery he refused to accept when I needed him most.Now the vengeance he so desperately craves isn’t directed at me, but the monster responsible for destroying all our lives.That might put us on the same side this time, but that doesn’t mean I can forgive him for not believing me...
  • The Deception You Weave by Tracy Lorraine

    The Deception You Weave by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I never could hide from him.Kane Legend always finds me.And now he’s found out the truth.The dark secret I’ve been hiding, the one that’s been slowly poisoning me from the inside out.The pain of the words falling from my lips, is nothing compared to the look of devastation in his eyes. Or the rage that follows.The way I thought he hated me back then is nothing compared to the damage he can do now...
  • Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines

    Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HuckTwo places I never thought I’d be: a church and my little brother’s funeral.I was the one who was supposed to die first. Not Hayes.He hadn’t chosen my path. I took lives but Hayes had wanted to save souls.Yet here I was drinking from a flask, around people that fucking hated me, unable to take my eyes off the fiancé he’d left behind...
  • Binding Contract by Amelia Wilde

    Binding Contract by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mason Hill's empire is up in flames.He built Phoenix Enterprises from the ground up. Now it's under siege. He protected his family from the moment his parents died. Now their family tragedy is being dragged through the press. His plans for revenge have brought him to his knees.Charlotte Van Kempt faces heartbreaking betrayal...
  • Silver Saints MC Volume 1 by Fiona Davenport

    Silver Saints MC Volume 1 by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The members of the Silver Saints MC are ready to claim their women.This collection includes the first three stories in the Silver Saints MC series, plus 3 brand-new epilogues.Mac: When a member of a rival MC puts one of his brothers in a coma, Mac will do whatever it takes to get answers—including kidnapping Bridget Pierce, their president’s daughter...
  • Liam by L.K. Shaw

    Liam by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dublin is mine for the taking.So is Imogen.She's become an obsession. A distraction. All I want is a taste to satisfy my craving.But the minx escapes before I'm done with her. When I find out where she's hiding, she'll think twice about running from the next Dublin King...
  • Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness...
  • Daddy's Little Bride by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Little Bride by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wedding of Clint and...
  • Sinful by Tory Baker

    Sinful by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    age-gap  anti-hero  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Five Second Rainbird by Nashoda Rose

    Five Second Rainbird by Nashoda Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Macayla"He’s rude, abrupt and doesn’t know how to smile."My new landlord, ex-Special Forces Vic Gate, is intense, and even that’s too domesticated a word to describe him. Extreme raw power seems more appropriate. Or maybe godlike, except there isn’t anything forgiving or merciful in him. Then again, he gave me and my little boy Jackson a week to vacate his cabin instead of seven minutes...
  • Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins

    Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two months have passed since the day I pushed Hayden away. Two months since I found out he loved me and wanted to be with me. I’ve been trying to move on and forget about him, but my heart refuses to listen. Hayden had almost died saving me. Half of me wants to forgive him for everything and give him another chance...
  • She's MINE: a Captive Romance by Ellie Masters

    She's MINE: a Captive Romance by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    𝓐 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴, 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓽. My father gave me to a stranger in exchange for debts owed. Abducted. Imprisoned. Enslaved. This is my existence. Uncompromising and relentless in getting what he wants, the man who owns me makes my temper flare, my blood boil, and my body come alive...
  • Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde

    Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has everything he ever wanted… a position in the powerful consortium. These wealthy men own half of New York City. And they murdered his parents. He can finally exact revenge.Except he has to leave behind Elise Bettencourt.It was inevitable, really. Gabriel will lose everyone getting vengeance. There’s only room for one person on this suicide mission...
  • Kidnapped by the Cowboy by Mia Brody

    Kidnapped by the Cowboy by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This OTT alpha cowboy isn’t about to let the curvy woman of his dreams get away…even if he has to kidnap her!StrikerMaisy has been teasing me for days, wandering around town in those tiny skirts and looking good enough to devour. But my woman is about to make the biggest mistake of her life and she doesn’t even know it.She’s marrying a man that’s hellbent on ruining her. I won’t let that happen...
  • Cry by C.D. Reiss

    Cry by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This book has been discontinued by the author, and combined with Sing...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  dark  age-gap  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • One Reckless Knight by Tracy Lorraine

    One Reckless Knight by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I wanted to drown. I wanted the world to swallow me up whole and take me back to a time when everything was okay. A time when I hadn’t just buried the only father I've ever known. One where I’m not watching as my mother loses herself to her grief. One where the pain isn’t so insufferable. Everything in my world is a dull muted grey. I crave colour. Excitement. Recklessness...
  • The Expert by Zoe Blake

    The Expert by Zoe Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I control everything about her life... she just doesn't know it.Despite her dangerous profession she has an air of naïve innocence.It makes her weak, vulnerable... easy prey for a man like me.Until now, I've been content to stay in the shadows, but someone has made a deadly mistake, they have threatened what's mine.My little one is about to understand that Daddy is done watching...
  • Hunger by Monique Edenwood

    Hunger by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Dark Love Story"As I struggle to unlock my gaze from the impertinent bridesmaid who doesn’t seem able to stop herself from giving me attitude, I contemplate the various ways in which I intend to teach the insolent little brat a lesson."GreysonThis wasn't supposed to happen.Every piece of my life has been planned out since the day I was born, calculated to the letter.I knew where I was headed...
  • Shades of Red by Willow Prescott

    Shades of Red by Willow Prescott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "She tastes like she was made just for me."Paris is full of vibrance and flavor, robust and rich. It’s a place where dreams are forged and broken. The city of love has everything to offer, and I want it all.There’s a new restaurant in town offering a unique chance at becoming sous chef if you can prove you’re the best of ten competitors...
  • Tyrant's Redemption by Raven Dark, Jules Ford

    Tyrant's Redemption by Raven Dark, Jules Ford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ...
  • Veiled In Hate by B.J. Alpha

    Veiled In Hate by B.J. Alpha

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Veiled in HateVeiled In Hate is a standalone Dark Mafia Romance based on Luca from SHAW: STORM ENTERPRISES Book 1.LucaI’m filled with darkness, thriving on the only thing I feel, hate.The blood I’ve shed to avenge my sister’s death has done nothing to appease me.When my don creates an alliance between our enemies to create peace, I’ve no choice but to comply...
  • Show Me, Sensei by Tiffany luvss

    Show Me, Sensei by Tiffany luvss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love comes in all shapes and forms, but Kelly Young had no idea it'd come in the form of her most hated teacher, Mr. Todd...
  • Last Resort by Amelia Wilde

    Last Resort by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emerson LeBlanc lost more than an acquisition. He lost the woman he loves.There’s no redemption for a man with his past. No future for a relationship built on stalking and kidnapping. At least that’s what he believes. When he meets Daphne again, she’s not a piece of art. She’s a woman determined to paint a new path. For herself. For him. Except the ocean holds more than shadows...
  • Wild Fury by S. Massery

    Wild Fury by S. Massery

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Theo Alistair hides his darkness from everyone, pretending to be normal.You have darkness in you, too, Lucy Page.I’m the only one who can see through his facade.It doesn’t scare me – it fascinates me.Like calls to like.Once he shows me his true colors, I’m hooked.My fascination turns into obsession, but he encourages it.Fight me, little monster.But a new player can change everything...
  • Spring by McKayla Box

    Spring by McKayla Box

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They did their best to break me. But I fought back. And won. But I lost a lot, too. And now I'm alone. I'm just trying to get to the end of my senior year. No more drama. No more pain. No more heartbreak. So I can start over again. But I've got choices to make that will affect...everything. And the ones who broke me? They're still lurking. So my eyes are wide open...
  • The Mistakes You Make by Tracy Lorraine

    The Mistakes You Make by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some demons we can’t outrun. Kane Legend is mine. The gorgeous boy who always finds me.The ruthless bully I’ve spent my life avoiding. Even leaving Harrow Creek wasn’t enough to escape his torment. Because I didn’t stay away and neither could he.One weekend home... one party.One night that ruined everything.He wanted revenge, and he got it, because my life is never going to be the same...
  • Priceless Secret by Roxy Sloane

    Priceless Secret by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Revenge. They say it will drive a man out of his mind. But what about a woman? We’re supposed to be the fairer sex. Gentle.Forgiving.But there’s nothing forgiving about the oath I swore: I’m going to destroy Sebastian Wolfe. Even if it costs me everything.My innocence. My life.My heart...
  • A Lesson in Blackmail: Black Mountain Academy / a Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    A Lesson in Blackmail: Black Mountain Academy / a Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve made it my life’s mission to make the school librarian squirm. This school is mine—literally, my family built Black Mountain Academy generations ago—and I own everything in it. And I, Nathaniel Black IV, won’t stop until that includes her. She just started this year, my senior year, her first job right out of college...
  • Once Burned by Sam Mariano

    Once Burned by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Adrian Palmetto. Mine is a name known by every lowlife in Chicago. Mateo Morelli's right hand man: problem-solver, hit man, chief strategist, confidante—whatever he needs, I'm his guy. Kinda funny, since I hate the bastard. At least, that's what I've told myself over the last five years, serving a man I consider despicable—a man I once considered my closest friend...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  anti-hero  dark  revenge  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Westin by Raya Morris Edwards

    Westin by Raya Morris Edwards

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All Roads Lead to Sovereign MountainSet in the rural beauty of northern Montana, Westin delves into the tumultuous love story of Westin Quinn and Diane Carter.Diane has lived on Carter Farms for her entire life. Raised by her grandmother, she learned to be strong, smart, and independent...
  • Guarded King by L.M. Dalgleish

    Guarded King by L.M. Dalgleish

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They say you only regret the risks you don’t take…Landing the role of assistant to Roman King, billionaire CEO of the King Group, feels like a lifeline after losing my supposedly “stable” job—until my new boss coldly informs me that I’m too inexperienced and should never have been hired...
  • Accidental Mile High Daddy by Mia Mara

    Accidental Mile High Daddy by Mia Mara

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I joined the mile high club with a hot older stranger…Now we’re fake engaged—and I’m carrying his twins.My ex dumped me right before our vacation.So I kept the first-class ticket… and flirted with the dirty-talking silver fox seated next to me.He promised to help me forget my broken heart.And wow, did he ever—with one reckless night of pleasure at 30,000 feet.I thought it would end when we landed...
  • Selling Her Virtue by Dani Wyatt

    Selling Her Virtue by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every one of my friends says their first time sucked.If a girl's virtue is such a treasure, why not get something for it besides a sad story? Enter one high-end auction, my stubborn need to win a bet and my virtue is for sale.But, when I see the giant of a man in a tuxedo with the hard-set jaw and the scar through his eyebrow, there's only one cherry picker on my buyers list...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  obsession  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Bedding Rose by Ann Denton

    Bedding Rose by Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AngeloRose makes me blind with lust, but also with fury.She’s going to give me what I want, even if I have to blackmail her to get it.She can hate me ‘til her dying day, but I will not let this secret of hers stand.I’m going to find out who hurt her … and show them they can’t touch what’s mine.RoseHe’s crossed a line that we can’t come back from.Threatening to ruin my family is unforgivable...
  • Blind by Lydia Michaels

    Blind by Lydia Michaels

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    nerd: /nərd/ (n.) : A single-minded, sophisticated individual who is often unsatisfied with anything less than mastery when pertaining to a subject of interest. (e.g. The girl that broke his heart.) Scarlet Farrow is disappointed—and a little drunk—after another disastrous blind date...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  steamy  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Daddy Dom by Lucy Wild

    Daddy Dom by Lucy Wild

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She brought me a parcel. I'm keeping her... Dominic... My ordered world fell apart when an innocent delivery girl knocked on the door of my penthouse suite. I had to have her. She thinks she can just say no and I'll let her leave but she's about to learn that when I want something, I get it. By the time I'm finished with her, she'll be begging me for more. Evangeline..
  • Fierce Daddies by Lucky Moon

    Fierce Daddies by Lucky Moon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Bad Match by Pippa Green

    Bad Match by Pippa Green

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    That sexy blonde flirting with me at the nightclub is everything I want and everything I can’t have.My former captain’s younger sister-in -law is a trouble-making spit fire with a heart of gold. But as everyone in the Arizona Rattlesnakes knows - she’s part of the family and you don’t mess with family. That’s just one of the rules.Unlike me, Sasha Wilcox thinks rules are made to be broken...
    Categorized as:
    angst  steamy  age-gap  contemporary  sports  fiction  book  adult
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