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  • Blood of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Blood of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I thought that going after those who'd destroyed my life would help me move on. At the very least, that it would ease the thirst for vengeance singing in my blood. I was wrong. With my guns at my side, I continue to search for ways to punish the one man who took everything from me. The man who killed my family. Death is far too good for him...
  • Instauration by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Instauration by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Sunset Park is gone. People are missing. Sylvie, Eric, and the other survivors have crossed the water to the security of a new Safe Zone, where they hope to heal their battered hearts, amass an armory, and get back at the ones who took it all away. But with zombies on the move and few resources to speak of, it’s harder than expected to plot their revenge...
  • The Risk by S.T. Abby

    The Risk by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    They took too much.Left too little.I had nothing to lose...until him.*****************~Lana~I didn't expect him.I didn't want to fall in love.But I can't let him go.Logan Bennett makes the world a safer place.He's brilliant.He's a hero.He locks away the sick and depraved.But while he's saving lives, I'm taking them. Collecting the debts that are owed to me.Ten years ago, they took from me...
  • Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet

    Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She just wants to be loved… by the one man who is not capable of feeling it. A CUTE PSYCHO Charming and unpredictable, Vlad Kuznetsov is known as the joker of the underground world. Known to many yet known by none, he is a true social chameleon. His feigned affability might present him as inoffensive but his inner demons could unleash a bloodbath at any time...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey

    Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Lost Dolls which is book two in the continuation of the epic Pretty Little Dolls series.Have you ever touched another’s soul with the essence of your own and breathed them in, so they become a part of you? I have...
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    crime  dark  multi-pov  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Consumed by A.K. Rose

    Consumed by A.K. Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Get ready for the epic conclusion of The Blood Ties Series. There is no place to hide now. No dark corner of this city where those who stand behind The Order can disappear. They are exposed, hunted…but they aren’t vulnerable…not yet. Protected by the most savage of us all… they bribe and scheme. But no matter how loud their threats are, they know there’s no way out of this...
  • Stars by Tal Bauer

    Stars by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have looked to the stars my whole life… For two years, Sasha Andreyev has been in NASA astronaut training, the final step on his lifelong dream. During that time, he and Russian President Sergey Puchkov have kept their love hidden. But as graduation nears, secrets start to slip, and Sergey makes a dangerous trip to Houston for a weekend with Sasha...
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    crime  dark  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  angst  book  celebrity
  • Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world—to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league...
  • Hell on Wheels by Nikki Landis

    Hell on Wheels by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one is safe in the city of sin.Flint “Maddog” Shepherd is used to moving through the shadows.As a Marine veteran who served two tours overseas, he’s become skilled at hiding in plain sight and eliminating the enemy.When a bomb took the lives of his entire unit, he returned home a scarred and broken man.The nightmares from his past still play havoc with his head...
  • Snatched by the Sandman by Emily Shore

    Snatched by the Sandman by Emily Shore

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you use TW's as a shopping list and love "WTF did I just read?" books that will give you trauma until you need therapy...or an exorcism, this book is for you.ZENYAA skeletal king saving me from faceless beings in another dimension is not the wildest part of my day. I follow the walking bone daddy into his fortress where I learn he is Nyxion, the God of Nightmares, and he has big plans for me...
  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell. He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
  • The Woman in the Woods by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman in the Woods by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s more than secrets hiding in the woods…Silvano got the call in the middle of the night.Another set of bodies he needed to pick up and get rid of.As the mafia’s one-man crime scene clean-up crew, he was used to the long hours in the woods, digging graves for bodies that would never be found.What he wasn’t used to was being caught doing it...
  • The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden

    The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Is blood thicker than magic in La Nouvelle-Orléans?Adele scours Storm-ravaged New Orleans for the truth about her family’s magical past, tormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by the lies she’s forced to tell to cover it up. But every turn leads her back to the one person she’s determined to forget: Niccolò Medici...
  • Periculum by Natalie Bennett, Opulent Designs

    Periculum by Natalie Bennett, Opulent Designs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tragic and twisted fell in love... Ave Satanas, something wicked this way comes.It’s time for the reckoning to begin.Enter the Devil’s Playground wary where you tread, for demons are lurking with trickery up their sleeves.Here good and bad cease to exist, and not all will make it to the end.The price of freedom will be revealed only after bloodshed and rapture...
  • 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...
  • The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

    The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life. However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long...
  • Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

    Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine..
  • Mob Sorcery 3 by K.D. Robertson

    Mob Sorcery 3 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Yakuza have rolled into town and Vince finds himself caught in a standoff between the old and new worlds of magic.Doubts remain over who tried to assassinate Vince and the cops have locked down the city to protect the mayor's reputation. But Vince has a job to do. He's taken back the mafia's old territory for their don, but their rival still refuses to accept reality and bend the knee...
  • 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...
  • Every Sin We Erase by J.E. Parker

    Every Sin We Erase by J.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It all started when I stole his wallet... Before I tell you my story, there’s something you should know. My life—it wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. At eighteen, I had dreams: go to college, become a nurse, create a better life for my family. But then I was taken by the cartel. Now, years later, I’ve been forced to become the one thing I swore never to be...
  • Diesel by M. Merin

    Diesel by M. Merin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hot on the trail of a major human trafficking ring, Diesel sinks deeper and deeper into the darkness of that world the more he unearths the digital footprints of those responsible for the kidnapping and death of members of his MC Family...
  • Enforced: Lords of Chaos Motorcycle Club by Nicholas Bella

    Enforced: Lords of Chaos Motorcycle Club by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B09GHYN6V7 Mafia, Bikers, and Payback. Fabian “Burger” Murphy is a man loyal to his club and family, which for him are one and the same. He will kill for them. So, when his sister, Sofia, tells him about what happened to their little sister, Gina, regarding her date with Roman Alexander, Burger is ready to spring into action and avenge Gina’s honor...
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    crime  organized-crime  dark  romance  mlm  biker  prison  lgbtq
  • Vicious Little Darling: A Dark Stalker Romance by Teresa Wolf

    Vicious Little Darling: A Dark Stalker Romance by Teresa Wolf

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve killed more women than I can count. But this one is different.I always start by stalking them. I follow them home, break into their rooms… like a predator ambushing unsuspecting prey. The thrill of the hunt makes me feel alive.But Ember isn’t scared of me. She’s a fighter… and when I break into her room in the dead of night, she relishes every touch...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  gothic  romance  stalking  steamy  new-adult  horror
  • Carrion by Amarah Calderini

    Carrion by Amarah Calderini

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world devastated by plague, Willa has spent her life on the run, both from the mysterious illness that destroys the ability to dream and a secret that would get her imprisoned forever.But when an unknown power calls her to the top of a high rise one night, there is no outrunning it...
  • Stranded by Cara Dee

    Stranded by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Stranded is the second book in The Auctioned Series. Before you read further, you should read Auctioned. ​ “You have my word, Gray. I will get you off this island, and I will bring you home.” ​ It was supposed to be an easy in-and-out job. Nothing Darius Quinn hadn’t done before. But this job had something none of the others did: Gray Nolan...
  • 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...
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    dark  gothic  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  family  fiction
  • Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Red Rain Pandora has been through hell and back. Literally. She’s been kidnapped and tortured, found freedom, and then lost it all over again. She’s now the newest pawn in the age-old war between Heaven and Hell. The Triad owns her mark, Asher owns her heart, but the demon Wrath might just own her soul. Death—aka Dean—is her constant companion in these final days...
  • State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger...
  • Maleficium by Natalie Bennett

    Maleficium by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tragic and Twisted Fall Apart…Ave Satanas worship or perish.The reckoning has begun.In the Devil’s Playground morals have vanished, demons run rampant, and the death toll is rising.The price of freedom looms closer than before, simply crown the king, claim a queen, and make idle work of the damned.One will perish.Bounties will be placed...
  • Lost in the Mind by Alice Winters

    Lost in the Mind by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After the last incident—which involved a serial killer—Chevy and Seneca are considering puppy wrangling as a new, safer profession than psychic detective work. Honestly, Seneca would prefer to focus on his new relationship with Chevy, even if he’s worried about the menacing countdown calendar leading to Chevy’s birthday...
  • Outcasts by Natalie Bennett

    Outcasts by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Grimm* Pariah. Dark Messiah. Harbinger of death. My reputation has always preceded me. I’m a brother to the queen of the Badlands. I’m one of the few confidants to her fiancé–the devil himself. And those whispered rumors that I’m a silent killer, a true harvester of souls? They’re true. People never see me coming. I don’t discriminate, I show no mercy, and I feel no remorse...
  • The Pretty Dead Girls by Skylar Finn

    The Pretty Dead Girls by Skylar Finn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When two young girls go missing from a small Georgia town, the crime remains unsolved for nearly thirty years.When Savannah moves home to the small town of Humble, Georgia, she has no intention of getting involved in a kidnapping investigation. But when her older brother Mac becomes the main suspect, Savannah launches a secret investigation in order to clear her brother’s name...
  • Six by Paulina Ian-Kane

    Six by Paulina Ian-Kane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Oliver “Ollie” TrumanMy purpose in life has always been one: protect my little brother. And the only way to do that is doing what my dirtbag of a father says—easier said than done—save enough money to grab our bag packs and leave those miserable days behind us...
    Categorized as:
    dark  crime  organized-crime  romance  mlm  contemporary  abuse  lgbtq
  • The Church by Celia Aaron

    The Church by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trapped. Beaten. Broken. Adam destroyed himself to save me. At first, I doubt if I have the strength to go on. But with every second that passes, I see the and curse the Prophet. My time as a Maiden is over. I refuse to be a toy in his game any longer. But there’s always more ways for the Prophet to get to me, to use me, and to keep me under his influence...
  • Blood and Chaos by S.M. Soto

    Blood and Chaos by S.M. Soto

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We thought the games were over, but they've only just begun... She was the puppet. He pulled the strings. Now the death toll is rising, what could this mean? It was all a game. Of feelings. Of pain. Death is just an illusion, or so they say. She was just a pawn on a piece of his demented board...
  • Love and War: Volume Two by Charisse Spiers

    Love and War: Volume Two by Charisse Spiers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’d waited my whole life for this. Nothing and no one was going to stand in my way. From the moment Lux opened her mouth that night I wanted to be pissed at her, but with one outburst she’d given me everything I’d fucking dreamed of since I was a kid. He gave me the chance of a lifetime, despite his known reputation of sitting alone on his throne...
  • Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber

    Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Athena "Stormy" Sterling is coming to Dullsville, and Raven is both excited and panicked in anticipation of Alexander's little sister's visit. Alexander tells Raven that she and his sister have a lot in common, but can the mini-Raven be everything she hopes for? Alexander calls her Stormy for a reason. Stormy's visit stirs up the perfect immortal whirlwind...
  • Untamed Fate by Veronica Douglas

    Untamed Fate by Veronica Douglas

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Last week I was a waitress. Now I’m turning into a monster.No one knows the truth, except the faceless man—a twisted sorcerer who’s hellbent on stealing my soul.With secrets and danger close on my heels, the only one who can help me tame my inner beast is Jaxson Laurent—the Chicago alpha. Our chemistry is explosive, but the rift between our families runs too deep...
  • Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

    Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer---or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy...
  • Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course.But Jinx Shadowbourne isn’t after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out...
  • Tale of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Tale of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now she knows her past. But is it one worth living with?As Marguerite finally learns the terrible truth behind what she is—and why Gideon Raithe needs her—the memories of her past come flooding back. As she travels through all her previous lives, she learns she has been running from a decision the entire time. And now, she has nowhere left to hide...
  • Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill

    Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “A war rages on around us every day. The struggle to save all mankind. The ultimate evil.”As his moment of death looms Dracula suffers the ultimate betrayal. The champion of the Catholic faith in Eastern Europe realises it is Lucifer who is coming to claim him. However, Lucifer does not want his soul. Instead he bites into Dracula’s neck and then offers his own blood to drink...
  • The Heir of Death by Becca Andre

    The Heir of Death by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elysia Mallory has never embraced her magic, not when doing so comes at the price of her sanity. Her family is cursed with bizarre necromantic gifts that have driven each recipient mad, and she doesn’t want to be another dead branch on the family tree...
    Categorized as:
    dark  gothic  action-adventure  alchemy  book  family  fiction  ghosts
  • State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...
  • Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett

    Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Of the devil’s flesh and bone, the prince is ready to claim his throne.I want power.Cam wants penance.I've got a black cult religion backing my decisions.He's got demons hungry for carnage.Everything was going smoothly.Until her.She's the forbidden fruit we're supposed to beware of, but something carnal is growing between us...
  • Redeemed by Lane Hart

    Redeemed by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WARNING: This is the SECOND book in the Dark Redemption series. Therefore, Exploited should be read first. Both books contain dark, dirty and dangerous situations. ~ Brede ~ For years I’ve left a path of death and destruction wherever I go, and now God’s punishing me. Time’s running out for my fallen angel, but I’ll do whatever it takes to save her...
  • Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo

    Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband. Almira was raised by a calculating father who forged her in political cunning. She’s prepared for this moment since childhood. Like pieces on a board, she lays out the players one by one. One. King Alton, the brother-killer...
  • boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this stunning conclusion to the tale first begun in Boys for Sale...Having escaped from Javier and The School House, Tavi is now on the run as he tries to survive on the streets...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  romance  fiction  mlm  abuse  male-mc  kidnapping
  • Grouch by Roxy Collins

    Grouch by Roxy Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s big and green, but he’s not the goblin I’m looking for…A year ago, my world was turned upside down when my missing twin returned - especially because he came with crazy stories of a magical world right under our feet.We’re part of the human bloodline chosen as goblin mates. But I’ve had my fill of big, pushy men for a lifetime...
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