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  • Night by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Night by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Blood Redemption by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Redemption by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some souls are forged in fire.Some hearts are packed in ice.Some elements were never meant to be combined...Blood Redemption ~ a journey of elemental darkness and primordial light.Saber Alexiares is no ordinary vampire. He is like a cruel, fire-breathing dragon. Reared in the bowels of the colony by Dark Ones, he has no conscience, no compassion, and no saving grace...
  • Shadow Flight by Christine Feehan

    Shadow Flight by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Chicago’s Ferraro crime family will do anything to protect one of their own in this thrilling entry in the Shadow Riders series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Nicoletta Gomez was a terrified teenager when Taviano Ferraro and his brother saved her life...
  • Consumed by Brenda K. Davies

    Consumed by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Mollie awakens to find herself in a cage, she doesn’t remember how she or her sister got there, but she also discovers they are not alone in their nightmare. After their captors take her sister, Mollie vows to do whatever it takes to rescue Aida. The only problem is, she has no idea how she’s going to break free… until Mike arrives...
  • Voodoo by Kristine Allen

    Voodoo by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 23 of the Royal Bastards MC series. I'm Ogun "Voodoo" Dupre. There's no pretty way to put it, I do the dirty work for my club. When my services are required for a particularly delicate situation, I find myself hesitating for the first time in my life. That hesitation might get me killed. Sometimes you gotta work a little black magic to come out alive...
  • Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black

    Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Axl has it all as the VP of the MC he loves in Reno, Nevada. Living a life free of worries has never been an issue for him. He’s partied and lived fast with the best of them. He’s never truly had to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Until his world is shattered right before his eyes… Dana has always been the heart of her girls and family...
  • Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nachari Silivasi is a bright light in a Dark World. As the youngest vampire in a family of warriors, he has studied Magick for four-hundred years and acquired a rare mastery of the universe around him. He is beloved by his family; legendary for his good-looks; and known for his uncommon valor...
  • Blood Possession by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Possession by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Napolean Mondragon is no ordinary soul. He is the sovereign lord of the house of Jadon, the very heart-beat of the Vampyr race, and a fearsome leader who rules with absolute authority and power. While he carries the blood of every vampire in his veins; he also carries a dark secret of shame in his heart…A secret that will soon be used against him by his enemies...
  • Salvation in Darkness by Nicole Edwards

    Salvation in Darkness by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heaven refers to them as Misplaced Halos. Humans don’t even know they exist. This faction of celestial warriors was sent here under the cover of darkness to protect humanity from Lucifer’s demons. In return for their servitude, these warriors expect only one thing: the love they were promised, what angels refer to as an amsouelot...
  • Hawk by Nikki Landis

    Hawk by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hawk's storyHAWK is a full-length, standalone bad boy romance and the third book in the Devil’s Murder MC featuring take-charge bikers who adore and fiercely protect their women. HAWK has no cheating, no cliffhanger, plenty of heat, and a guaranteed HEA along with a slight paranormal twist...
  • Pretend: A Dark Military Romance by Lexie Axelson

    Pretend: A Dark Military Romance by Lexie Axelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alessia ValentínShe’s an intelligence officer on orders to go overseas on her first deployment. Despite who her parents are, she’s determined to prove she belongs there. After getting informed by her step-father, Admiral Ravenmore, that she’s a target for multiple enemies, he assigns Operator Creature as her personal security to watch over her while she’s on deployment...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  romance  military  fantasy  workplace  stalking
  • Frenzy by Grace McGinty

    Frenzy by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My Beta says I had a savior complex, and considering my life's work had revolved around saving my half-sister and getting revenge for my father, he may have been correct. Sure, I did it by becoming one of the most feared criminals south of the border. I never said I was the good guy.Now my sister was safe after exacting revenge for us all, and I was at a loss...
  • Blackhawk by L. Ann Marie

    Blackhawk by L. Ann Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alternative cover editionBadass, Native, ex-Seal = Cloud Blackhawk Book 5CJ has given up on men and is happy to focus on her foster homes. When the MC invades her house and heart she turns to her gifted/freaky kids for advice. Indians, MC and Baxters are a lot to handle all together, but the help they are offering her and her children is life changing...
  • Blood Betrayal by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Betrayal by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Saxson Olaru is one of the select, the few, the elite...As a ruthless sentinel sworn to protect the ancient Vampyr king and the house of Jadon, he has “HOJ” literally inscribed on his heart: a heart that was tragically broken centuries earlier, when human hunters slayed his mother and Dark Ones murdered his father...
  • Eye of the Falcon by Dale Mayer

    Eye of the Falcon by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a young girl, Issa, bonded with her pet falcon was the lookout for her father’s smuggling operation in Ireland. After everything blew up one night and her father and brothers were killed, her mother brought her to America to start over. Immigrating was hard, but eventually she grew up and pursued a career in environmental sciences and continued to follow her passion for falconry...
  • Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis

    Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I've always been a selfish bastard.As president of the RBMC I've learned how to live and ride hard.I take life one day at a time, never looking back at my past.But I've got a dark and deadly secret.One that could ruin any chance I have with the one woman who owns my black soul.Trish Holloway.She's been my weakness since the day we met.All it takes is one wrong move and her life is in danger...
  • Claimed by A.K. Rose

    Claimed by A.K. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They took… Now it’s time to destroy them from the inside out. But first I need to get him back…my son… Colt. To do that I send the two people I hold close back into The Order. Colt’s vengeful twin, Carven. And the woman I’ve fallen for…Vivienne. As I watch them disappear inside that Hell, I call for war, forcing every powerful man and woman in the city to choose a side. Mine… Or Halestrom Hale’s...
  • Crow by Nikki Landis

    Crow by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Nikki Landis comes a new standalone MC romance and the first book in the Devil’s Murder MC series.Crow, son of the former president of the Devil’s Murder MC, is determined to avenge his father’s death and repair the broken club left behind.He’s returned home to take his place as president and hunt down those responsible for Rook’s murder...
  • Fury by Elaina Jadin, Marie Robinson

    Fury by Elaina Jadin, Marie Robinson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Captured. Tormented. Haunted.Everything has been torn from me, including the men I’d begun to trust with my heart.Kade, whose fiery brutality gave my rage an outlet. Bishop, whose twisted mind uncovered my deepest truth. And Draven, whose ruthless control offered me safe refuge.Only, I discovered they aren’t men at all.They’re monsters...
  • Three of a Kind by Jillian West

    Three of a Kind by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brooklyn Summers doesn't belong in the mob world, but she's all tangled up in it anyway. Sharing a daughter with one of the most notorious criminals on the East Coast isn't easy, but she's doing everything she can to protect her child and put distance between her and her ex.Maverick and Gunner make up the K-9 team for Assurance Security...
  • Luca by Nyssa Kathryn

    Luca by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Run. Hide. Don’t look back.Evie Scott went through hell and barely escaped. Now, she does everything she can to remain invisible. To survive. Because if she’s found, she’s dead.Then she meets Luca…and there’s a spark. But is he worth the risk?Former Navy SEAL Luca Kirwin is both well-trained and deadly. Recruited into a non-government-sanctioned project, he was unknowingly turned into a weapon...
  • A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett

    A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Never disobey the court.Never disobey the crown.And never tame that vicious heart.In A Vow of Thorns, sacred laws are broken when a beauty holds an iron heart...
  • Leopard's Blood by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Blood by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan cuts straight to the heart of a man who stalks the shadows in an intoxicating Leopard novel.Though born into a leopard’s lair in the bayou, Joshua Tregre’s fighting skills were honed in the rainforests of Borneo. Sleek and deadly, he’s the perfect man to take over a crime syndicate back home in Louisiana’s lush swamplands...
  • Leopard's Wrath by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Wrath by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He's a man who's used to getting what he wants, but she's not the type of woman to take things lying down.Born into a world of crime, Mitya Amurov has had a hard life, and his leopard has developed into a feral beast to protect him. It's constantly trying to claw its way to the surface, until a chance encounter with a stranger instantly calms the predator inside him...
  • Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

    Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands delivers a wickedly fun Argeneau novel featuring a vampire ready to claim his mate and the beauty who resists her fate!A kiss doesn’t mean eternity . . .Valerie Moyer doesn’t believe in vampires—until she is kidnapped by a fanged psychopath! After escaping her bloodthirsty captor, she’s through with creatures of the night...
  • Bion by Alexi Ferreira

    Bion by Alexi Ferreira

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BION The moment I see her I know, it's like I found the meaning to my existence, but then they try to take her from me. I've waited too long to lose her now, if they think they can take what is mine they will have to go through me...
  • Blood Web by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Web by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She knew she was flirting with danger, but she never meant to let the spider in…Santos Olaru is a seasoned vampire-warrior and an unforgiving mercenary who protects the descendants of Jadon against all enemies, preternatural or human. He is also a whiz with technology and computers – a virtual ghost in any machine – who uses his unique set of talents to make problems disappear...
  • Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dale Mayer

    Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Queenie Landry's job as a fortune teller at an amusement park pays the bills but it's a far cry from the respectable psychic advisor role she once filled at the police station where the love of her life, Kirk Wallace, was a detective. A case went bad when she steered the team in the wrong direction and a woman died...
  • Phoenix Rising by Maddie Wade

    Phoenix Rising by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the strong, silent, second in command at Fortis Security, Ex-SAS Commander Daniel Thompson has faced down every danger imaginable. Now the sexy widowed father has only one priority—to keep his daughter safe and avenge her mother’s death. The one thing he hadn’t counted on was that his biggest threat would come from his best friend’s baby sister...
  • Savage Silence by Ellis Leigh

    Savage Silence by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There's no escaping a Dire Wolf on the hunt...Dire Wolf Thaus preferred the silence, having spent most of his time alone as the weaponry expert of his pack. But a mission outside of his expertise will challenge him more than he ever expected and threaten more than just his life.
Some memories are too horrific to forget...
  • Going Nowhere by Abbie Zanders

    Going Nowhere by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reid MacIntyre refuses to let the wolf within him call the shots. He has no intentions of falling prey to the beautiful and tempting woman with the amber eyes, even if his wolf insists she’s their mate. As a member of an elite, underground special ops team, he can’t afford any weakness, especially with a vicious enemy targeting shifters...
  • Sin by Faith Gibson

    Sin by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sinclair Stone is the leader of the Stone Society's West Coast Clan. He is the King’s brother and also his right hand. Over the centuries, Sin has shared his bed with males and females alike. He has loved human women, even taking a few as wives, thinking he would never find a mate. Watching his brothers find their mates is bittersweet until Sin is knocked to his knees. Literally...
    Categorized as:
    dark  gothic  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Heartsridge Shifters: Brent by Olivia Arran

    Heartsridge Shifters: Brent by Olivia Arran

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Team South-One Bear shifter Brent Casey has a secret. He’s not the calm, easy going guy everyone thinks he is. Even his team aren't aware of the battle he fights daily to stay in control. Underneath his skin lives his beast. Sounds like every normal, regular shifter, right? Only his bear is broken, ready to erupt at the slightest loss of control...
  • A Dragon for December by R.E. Butler

    A Dragon for December by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Polar bear shifter December Merricks is visiting her angel best friend, Allisandrea, in Cleveland. When the February new moon rises, Deci heads into what she believes are neutral woods for some hunting when she comes snout to fang with an enormous dragon who is not only trying to swipe her prey but also happens to be her mate...
  • Shattered Vows by P. Rayne

    Shattered Vows by P. Rayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time, I thought I’d found my happy ever after. Until she ruined it all.I’d been on the hunt for four long years, and I finally found her.I planned the perfect revenge. Kidnapping Rapsody on the day she was set to marry another man and forcing her to face my wrath while trapped in the confines of my family’s gothic manor...
  • Angel Falls by Colleen Helme

    Angel Falls by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sent away because she let someone die, her burgeoning powers leave her with more questions than answers. Now her only chance for redemption comes at a price... one she may not survive.As a trauma nurse in a New York City hospital, Ella St. John had no idea that refusing to help a known killer would have such dire consequences...
  • The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli

    The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A cruel fate. Two souls condemned. An impossible love.I knew he’d choose me before he came to our door on the night of the Tithing. I bore the mark that would make me his. It was my ancestor who spoke the words that bound us together, and his demon-god who promised protection for the price of blood.My blood.I was prepared to be that sacrifice if it would keep my family safe...
  • The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Irresistible Even vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau's ends abruptly when he's asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals - one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that, though, he's got to rescue the latest victim. It's all part of the job, including taking a bullet for a beautiful doctor. Insatiable Dr...
  • Reece by Stasia Black

    Reece by Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I need a new man like I need a hole in the head.The last one almost killed me. Literally.I barely escaped with my life, and when I end up on a ranch in Central Texas, I’m just looking for a place to hide out and recover.But then Reece Walker saunters in.(Why, God? Do you enjoy torturing me like this? Is it fun for you?)I tell myself it’ll just be one night...
  • Edge of Twilight by Maggie Shayne

    Edge of Twilight by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    His name is Edge, and he is the last of a band of Immortals who have been hunted down and murdered by Frank Stiles -- an enemy determined to unlock their deepest secrets. Vengeance has become Edge's obsession. To claim it, he must find the young woman whispered to be the Golden Child...
  • Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire

    Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A hard, dominating Bratva PrinceA fearless, crazy Cartel PrincessAleksandr VolkovI've lived my life with rigid control.A tight vice on myself and my emotions.Scars from my past have left me broken. Riddled with guilt and anguish.When my baby sister was kidnapped, I feared the worst. That she'd suffered the same fate as our mother...
  • The Wolf by J.R. Ward

    The Wolf by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Return to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In the next installment of bestselling author J.R...
  • Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Julien Lacusta is a troubled soul, born into tragic circumstances, and raised in a violent time. Despite being a Master Warrior in the house of Jadon, and one of the most elite trackers the Vampyr have ever seen, he is damaged to the core: tormented by endless shadows, haunted by unseen ghosts...
  • Shadow Warrior by Christine Feehan

    Shadow Warrior by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Danger inspires fierce passion when a serial killer threatens Chicago’s Ferraro crime family in this novel in Christine Feehan’s New York Times bestselling series.Vittorio Ferraro is a man whose family loyalty knows no bounds. He would die for his siblings and the people they love, but what he really wants is to start a family of his own...
  • When He's an Alpha by Suzanne Wright

    When He's an Alpha by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The golden rule of shallow flings is not to get attached, right? Well, Havana Ramos broke it. Big time. There’s just something about Tate Devereaux that pulls at her. Assertive, compelling, and self-assured, the Alpha cat shifter pushes every one of her best buttons. Like really, really hard...
  • Blood Diamond by R.J. Blain

    Blood Diamond by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world is full of corpses, and Jackson knows them by name. When a group strives to destroy the Inquisition, his powers may be all standing between the supernaturals and extinction. However, when he learns the truth behind the deaths of his wife and unborn daughter, Jackson may prove to be the greatest threat of all to the survival of mankind..
  • Broken Mate by Mina Carter

    Broken Mate by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She needed the story. She didn’t expect to run for her life in a world where vampires and werewolves are real... The homeless are going missing, and reporter Max Harvey can just smell the story. None of her usual contacts will talk to her. They’re scared, which sets her reportery senses tingling. Deciding to go undercover is a stroke of genius..
  • FrostBite by Claire Marta

    FrostBite by Claire Marta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jasmine Hunter is a rookie agent working for the covert Supernatural Department of Scotland Yard. Being kidnapped with a co-worker is the last thing she’s expecting from only two months in a job she loves. She is even more unprepared for the sparks that fly between her and one of their captors, especially when her unique senses are screaming he isn’t human...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  captivity
  • All the King's Men: The Beginning by Donya Lynne

    All the King's Men: The Beginning by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOTE: This book is a prequel. Reading the first five books of the series will greatly enhance your reading experience of this book. Micah Black is a vampire in trouble. He already lost one mate in the Middle Ages and barely survived her passing. Now, he's about to lose another, and this time it could kill him. Except he's not entirely convinced he has actually mated Jackson...
    Categorized as:
    dark  gothic  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Serving the Senator by L.M. Mountford

    Serving the Senator by L.M. Mountford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was ready to do anything, even sell herself to Hades himself.Billionaire. Politician. War Hero.Senator Richard Sharpe, the most powerful man in New York City.And A founding member of the Olympus Club.An exclusive gentlemen’s club.Where anything can be bought, for a price.Kora wasn’t supposed to be on offer.She was the new girl, innocent and inexperienced...
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