Books like '1954'

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  • The Mercy of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Mercy of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Something big is going on in this town.Police officer Darren Callaghan has been hunting for the cause of a burned mountain on the outskirts of Leadville, Colorado, but when a woman goes missing, he can’t help the feeling that they are connected somehow. A call comes in that some fences have been cut, and he finds a ragtag group of trespassers is squatting on some abandoned land outside of town...
  • La misión de Rox by Laura Gallego García

    La misión de Rox by Laura Gallego García

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Rox ha partido a la región del oeste, devastada por los monstruos, en busca de una aldea perdida habitada por Guardianes. Mientras una riada de supervivientes acude a la Ciudadela en busca de un refugio seguro, tras sus muros florece un nuevo movimiento filosófico, la Senda del Manantial, cuyo líder predica el fin del mundo conocido… para bien o para mal...
  • The Break of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Break of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Peace has come to Promise Falls, and Trey hates every minute of it. What is a War Wolf supposed to do with peace? His entire Pack has paired up and seems perfectly fine with settling down into a quiet life—but inside of him, his wolf is howling for war, and he must find it wherever he can to keep the animal sated...
  • On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before.But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror...
  • Malachi by Grey Huffington

    Malachi by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When souls are tied, it’s never goodbye. A boy , I was, the day that I met you that summer evening, pulling your belongings out of the truck and into your new home. I knew it was love then. A whole man , I was, the day that you met me at the altar and agreed to love me until death do us part. A shell of a man , I’ve become since it did...
  • The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death...
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    dark  drama  poc-mc  slow-burn  angst  audiobook  book  coming-of-age
  • Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlie is overwhelmed. Shadow Pine is changing so fast it takes everything she has just to keep up. Every minute of the day now goes to stocking shelves. Counting inventory. Filling out freaking spreadsheets. It’s miserable. And it’s all because of one man. Adam Bollingsworth. If the newscaster hadn’t insisted on writing that story, then everything would still be like it was...
  • Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world...The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on—especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence...
  • Sinful Desire by Asia Monique

    Sinful Desire by Asia Monique

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cian O'Sullivan Gianna Bianchi reminded me of everything I am not—polite and poised. The perfect mafia princess according to "old school" standards.She was the type of woman you stayed away from, the kind meant to wed the head of a family.I wanted her.I wanted to possess her.Control her.Most of all, I wanted to love her...
  • Sabotaged by C.P. Rider

    Sabotaged by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A telepath with a lethal twist.My name is Neely and I live among shapeshifters in the desert truckstop town of Sundance, California. As a telepath-spiker, I can read a person's thoughts. I can also spike deadly power straight into their brain...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  poc-mc  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Birthmark by Sydney Addae

    Birthmark by Sydney Addae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you’re the top wolf on the continent with the backing of the Goddess, how does an enemy topple your kingdom? By challenging you to a fight? No. By changing the rules.After three hundred years of fighting and service to the Goddess, Silas Knight is the Patron, Alpha to the Alphas on the North American continent. As the top wolf, he fears little and has seen most things...
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    drama  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • BirthStone by Sydney Addae

    BirthStone by Sydney Addae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In BirthStone, Silas and Jasmine finally christened their pups and become frantic when the babies become sick and are at risk of dying. Silas is ready to clean house and accuses the five people who are new to his home. Unfortunately, that includes Jasmine’s mom and her fiancé, her sister, and her former pastor. Jasmine is unwilling to believe her family would do anything to hurt her babies...
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    drama  poc-mc  abuse  action-adventure  adult  betrayal  black-mc  book
  • Sinful Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Sinful Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being wrong has never felt so right. But my journey from innocence to ecstasy comes at a price …Growing up, I spent a lot of time in church learning how to be a good girl.But now I’m an adult, and lately, it seems all my thoughts are sinful. Especially my thoughts about three gorgeous, huge, forbidden men.There’s Brax, who works as security at a tattoo shop and is covered in ink...
  • The Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His worst nightmare could be a dream come true... Single dad Lachlan only looked away for a second. And now his six-year-old son is gone, lost in the wild woods. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare...but most parents aren’t dragons. Mad with fear for his son, Lachlan is fully prepared to rip the whole forest apart to find him..
  • Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some people find power in the light. Others are meant to walk in the dark. Ollie Wit left it all behind: a new home, friends who saw her as something more than a fragile shadow walker and a budding relationship with Kane. She did it all in an effort to shield Asher, who should’ve never been able to escape the Shadowlands...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  slow-burn  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Summoned by C.P. Rider

    Summoned by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A telepath with a lethal twist.My name is Neely and I live among shapeshifters in the desert truckstop town of Sundance, California. As a telepath-spiker, I can read a person's thoughts. I can also spike deadly power straight into their brain.I'm in an uneasy relation-friend-ship with Lucas Blacke, an enigmatic tiger alpha that I'm drawn to, but don't fully trust...
  • Heist by Ariana Godoy

    Heist by Ariana Godoy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Una historia altamente adictiva de una de las autoras estrella de la plataforma, Ariana Godoy.El pueblo de Wilson es tranquilo, regido por unas costumbres y creencias religiosas muy estrictas, donde Leigh ha crecido, siguiendo cada regla y pauta como se le ha indicado...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  romance  mystery  new-adult  fiction  suspense  fantasy
  • Their Alpha Kings by Theodora Taylor

    Their Alpha Kings by Theodora Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LIMITED EDITION BUNDLE (normally 5.99 each) 5 Crazy Hot Shifter Novels PLUS a special preview of Theodora Taylor's most epic shifter story yet, HER DRAGON EVERLASTING! HER VIKING WOLF When Chloe Adams was four her shiftless shifter parents abandoned her on the side of the road...
  • When Saint Goes Marching In by Tiana Laveen

    When Saint Goes Marching In by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WARNING – This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable.It is six years later and Saint and Xenia have two beautiful sons and are enjoying their lives in sunny California...
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    dark  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Stay With Me by Maureen Smith

    Stay With Me by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four women... One ancient legend... An invitation to ecstasy... Dallas reporter Sydney Russell is in desperate need of stress relief. When she and her best friends are invited to spend three weeks in the tropical paradise of St. Mirabelle, it’s just what the doctor ordered...
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    drama  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • King of Knights by Blue Saffire

    King of Knights by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presentsThe Immortal Iron Brothers SeriesKendrickMy brothers and I are unique. We were born with a Power so enormous it has to be harnessed and locked away. Our demi blood both defines and drives us.I’ve lived century after century, running from a curse that blood has inflicted upon us...
  • Her Day To Die by Sage RelleAnne

    Her Day To Die by Sage RelleAnne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My brother? He’s dead. My first love? Dead.I am alone. Until I’m not.My first love, well he had three brothers, and for some reason they are hellbent on not leaving me alone. No matter where I go or what I do, there they are. Always watching in the shadows, waiting for something to happen, but what?I try my best to steer clear of them, but in doing so I stumble across a mystery...
  • The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine

    The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Darquiel har Aralis lives among the hidden tribe of Olopade, in ignorance of his identity, and as he grows up, Darq realizes he is different from any other har. After a disastrous attempt to incept his closest friend, he attracts the attention of the mysterious Thiede, and learns that his origins are more astounding than he imagined...
    Categorized as:
    dark  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  dark-fantasy  dystopia  epic
  • The Biker's Gift by Nikki Landis

    The Biker's Gift by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The past never stays buried.Bodie Whitman lost everything six months ago.When a rival MC took away his woman and his pride, he swore absolute and brutal violence.Nothing was standing in his way,Including the brotherhood.He’s a wildcard. A Rogue. A goddamn mess.When his pres offers the chance to seek vengeance,Bodie doesn’t hesitate to make his move...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  action-adventure  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime
  • Through The Woods by Shannon Myers

    Through The Woods by Shannon Myers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once there was a princess...Forced to run from her drug-dealing boyfriend, Neve ends up injured and alone in the middle of the Colorado wilderness. She never planned on being rescued by seven bikers and brought to their clubhouse. While the other bikers welcome a female presence, their leader, Charm, is not impressed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  slow-burn  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  biker  book  contemporary
  • Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Part Two of Mr. Rook's Island, a Sexy, Dark, Romantic Suspense. SHE KNOWS HE'S BAD. THE QUESTION IS, HOW BAD?Stephanie Fitzgerald is nobody's pawn. Determined to discover the truth about a missing loved one, she lands a job at the world's most exclusive resort, working for the only man with the answers--Mr. Rook...
  • Cider Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke

    Cider Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You can’t plan when you’ll fall in love—sometimes it just kinda sneaks up on you. Todd Foxx was only looking to unwind from the stress of running The Sausage Shack when he went out for an evening of fun at The Big O. After he ended the evening by hooking up with a hot new alpha in town, he certainly never thought he’d see him again...
  • The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky

    The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Jezebel Carter agreed to a spa session to appease her sickly sister, she expects one thing and one thing only: to leave tension-free. It’s a spa, after all. Instead, she leaves with memories of a gorgeous man with talented fingers, who probably doesn't work at the spa and is a possible pervert. Ramsey Stone is no pervert...
    Categorized as:
    dark  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  contemporary  crime
  • Broken Fated Wolf by Jaymin Snow

    Broken Fated Wolf by Jaymin Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My whole life changed when my family was executed by my mate while I had to marry this murderer.Ridiculous, wasn't it?And that's not enough, since I found the only way to survive my mate's violence was to accept the proposal from my best friend's mate.It's weird, though, I said yes.Because I had so many responsibilities on my shoulders that I could not surrender easily...
  • At Hidden Falls by Barbara Freethy

    At Hidden Falls by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mysterious dreams draw costume designer Isabella Silviera to Angel’s Bay, the California coastal town where angels occasionally dance above the waves. Bestselling author Barbara Freethy enchants again in this emotional and compelling tale of family secrets, abiding friendships, and heart-touching romance...
  • Alpha's Secret by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Secret by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    SHE BELONGS TO MY ENEMY. I WON'T STOP UNTIL SHE'S MINE. Grizz: I’m the ultimate predator. I live by a code. Hunt or be hunted. Kill or be killed. Then I meet her. The second I catch her scent, I know she was meant for me. She was born to wear my mark and I was born to protect her. She belonged to my enemy until I took her. He wants her back...
    Categorized as:
    dark  poc-mc  adult  audiobook  book  captivity  contemporary  fiction
  • Monstrous Intent by Alice Winters

    Monstrous Intent by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DeclanIt’s really hard to pretend like life is normal when you’re staring a monster in the eyes, though he’s both tempting and irritating in his human form...
  • Protector Panther by Zoe Chant

    Protector Panther by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A curvy paramedic who doesn’t know the meaning of fear + a mysterious panther shifter bodyguard with the power to inflict terror + sinister experiments and desperate passion = one heart-pounding romance! Paramedic Catalina Mendez just flew back to America after months of volunteering in a disaster-stricken country...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  poc-mc  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Dear Ana: A Novel by I.I.E.

    Dear Ana: A Novel by I.I.E.

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When twenty-five-year-old Maya Ibrahim goes to the cemetery on the anniversary of her accident, it’s not so she can pay her respects to the dead girl that saved her life–it’s so she can finally take back the future she was robbed of ten years ago...
  • The Story of Son by J.R. Ward

    The Story of Son by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    First released in the anthology Dead After Dark, dive into this hot novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. Available for the first time ever as a standalone ebook, get lost in the sinful pleasures of a vampire so obsessed with one woman, he will relinquish her blood, if only he can have her heart..
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  poc-mc  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies  audiobook
  • Negotiations by Nicholas Bella

    Negotiations by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Theoden: I am now the official Prince of the City. The reins have been handed over and I am now fully in control. My first order of business is to fortify the defenses of my territory. Thanks to my King, Ara's decree, my plate is exceptionally full. I have to solidify an alliance with Celestial Dragon King, Evander. I also have to make a new alliance with Wolf Alpha, Deacon...
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    dark  drama  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • An Illicit Seduction by Chencia C. Higgins

    An Illicit Seduction by Chencia C. Higgins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Dark Erotic Experience "I can't even see straight until I've had my face in between your legs." After a night of heavy drinking with her coworkers, Seraph succumbs to an erotic dream in where she receives pleasure beyond her wildest imagination. It’s a brand of filthy that she enjoys but something about it is simultaneously wrong, though she can't put her finger on why...
    Categorized as:
    dark  poc-mc  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Arrival by Karla Nikole

    The Arrival by Karla Nikole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The vampire comfort read you didn’t know you needed. Nino and Haruka are starting their family with the pending arrival of a new baby, but it’s freaking Nino out a little. Old wounds and complicated familial relationships come to a head, and the two vampires must work together to smooth things out before they become fathers...
    Categorized as:
    drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq  magic
  • Lying Lainey by Elizabeth Knight

    Lying Lainey by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the Syndicate calls to collect their debt— Omegas are given no choice but to succeed…or die trying.I’m never taken by surprise. Being a con artist in the world of the glamorous and famous, bending rich men to my whim is my job...
  • Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate: Part 1 by Caroline Above Story

    Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate: Part 1 by Caroline Above Story

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bastien marries me only for duty. I reject him and leave for good by faking my death.Yet he goes crazy looking for me. He says he loves me when we meet again.No! I don't buy it. I can't let him steal my child!**"She's not yours!"The front door was locked and deadbolted, but it only takes Bastien and his Betas a moment to break past those defenses...
  • Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    衣冠禽兽疯批攻,爹味冷漠离异受。孤例精神病少年和冷漠医生的故事。The story of an isolated psychopathic teenager and an indifferent doctor...
    Categorized as:
    drama  slow-burn  dark  romance  contemporary  lgbtq  sci-fi  fiction
  • Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith

    Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The King of the Giants has met his match… When her brother goes missing, Ruth Hallbrook follows the only lead that she has – a story told to her by a strange woman she meets in town. Armed with a ‘magical’ shell that will supposedly guide her, all she has to do is repeat the words she hears when she puts it to her ear...
  • I am Alpha by Katherine Bogle

    I am Alpha by Katherine Bogle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They took me from my home, made me a slave—and when I wouldn’t bend, they chose to break me.But a chance encounter with a demon spells disaster for the slave trade. Released from my bonds, and set free upon the world that scorned me, I will do anything to find my brother and get my revenge.Only, four wolves, one from each clan, seem intent on pursuing me—all for their own desires...
  • The Reaper by Garry Michael

    The Reaper by Garry Michael

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I chose to live my life in the shadows, and one day it could get me killed.”Obliterate.Extinguish.Repeat.Serving justice was my specialty. I was a ruthless monster, a fierce hunter, a mad sadist, and the list went on. But one thing I wasn’t… hunted...
  • Gray Wolf Mate by Dianna Love

    Gray Wolf Mate by Dianna Love

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times Bestseller Dianna Love has created a unique shifter series with immortals, mages, witches and ... sexy big bad shifters.Eight years ago, shifters came out to the public and, since then, the world has never been the same for many.Tess Janver and Cole Cavanaugh fell deeply in love in college ... then he disappeared without a word. She feared the worst, or thought she had...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fated-mates  fiction
  • Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I take my pleasure where and when I please. But nothing's sweeter than the taste of a submissive woman--one who wants revenge. She's smart, brazen, fearless when she ought not to be. I'll teach her the monster living in the shadows can and will hunt her back.But the creatures who killed her sister want to take her from me.I won't allow it. She belongs to me now.Only by me.Forever...
    Categorized as:
    dark  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Vampire Bound: Book One by R.A. Steffan

    Vampire Bound: Book One by R.A. Steffan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Become a bartender at The Vixen’s Den, they said. The owner isn’t really a vampire, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. And suddenly I’m neck deep in a world I’ve never really believed in, no matter what my crazy Great Aunt Mabel used to say. Seriously, I have more than enough drama in my life already, without adding an irresistibly mesmerizing nightclub owner to the mix...
  • Deadly Secrets by Jaycee Clark

    Deadly Secrets by Jaycee Clark

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets can hurt . . . Bitter and resigned to a life alone, Quinlan Kinncaid swore he'd never marry-until the eccentric Ella Ferguson barged headlong into his life. But before he can trust his own feelings and build a new life with Ella, she's gone, and he's left with a secret so big he can't even bear to tell his own family. Some secrets can destroy . .
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
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