Books like 'Wicked Games'

Readers who enjoyed Wicked Games by Willow Dixon also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

contemporary  romance  enemies-to-lovers  university  forced-proximity  dark  mlm  found-family  steamy  suspense 

  • Three to Fall by Elle Thorpe

    Three to Fall by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gripping conclusion to the Saint View Slayers vs Sinners series. Kara, Hawk, Hayden, and Grayson's series concludes here...
  • The Outlaw by Amelia Shea

    The Outlaw by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After years of living under the thumb of her family, Vada Zink has finally broken free, embarking on her new life, living it on her own terms. With her newfound independence, she sets her sights on pursuing her lifelong dream of teaching, settling into a place she can finally call home and begin truly living...
  • Ruthless Rebel by K.C. Kean

    Ruthless Rebel by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve awoken in another reality; one where confinement and brutality are a thing of the past. I now know freedom, I know compassion, and I know there’s something more for me in this fucked up world. Ryker, Axel, Gray, and Emmett. These men, these Ruthless Brothers, have given me strength and my instinct to run dwindles with each passing day...
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • Bound by Deception by Stephanie Amaral

    Bound by Deception by Stephanie Amaral

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FrancescaWhile men made war, women were expected to keep the peace. I had loved a man before. I swore that would never happen again.So marrying for the sake of the family wasn’t the worst thing.That’s what I thought.I was a mafia princess afterall and serving as a trading item was my only role in this world ruled by men...
  • Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean

    Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emerson Grove is supposed to be my fresh start, a chance at a new beginning and a better future, yet my past is a force I never saw coming. Now my head and my heart are at odds, my future is unknown, and everything I thought I knew is in disarray.Jameson, Ezra, Leo, and Jagger are ghosts from a different time, a different me. One night changed everything and I’m not the girl they once knew...
  • Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime RomanceMy husband had been keeping a secret from me—a secret that would irrevocably change the course of our lives.He was the son of one of the most ruthless men alive, and an heir to the infamous Fausti crime family. They were beautiful, powerful, ruthless—royalty in their beloved Italy and beyond...
    Categorized as:
    dark  organized-crime  steamy  crime  angst  suspense  romance  fiction
  • 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...
  • Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if I was to tell you, you’re all evil? In some shape or form, you are. What If I was to tell you, I was the worst kind of evil? Would you believe me? I did not believe that there wasn’t anyone who didn’t contain evil. I was proved wrong, and it stumped me. I became obsessed with her, someone of pure goodness. And couldn’t get enough...
  • Lyric by Molly McAdams

    Lyric by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams delivers the first captivating, stand-alone novel in her REDEMPTION series spin-off—the REBEL series . . . I’m not the kind of girl you forget. I wish I was. I wish I was normal. That I could blend into a crowd. Have a future with the man I’ve loved my entire life… Maxon James understands me in a way others can’t...
  • The Bookie by Renee Rose

    The Bookie by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I BARGAINED WITH THE BRATVA--MY BROTHER’S LIFE FOR MY OWN.They offered me a deal: thirty nights for my brother's life.Thirty nights...with him. Nikolai Novikov.The charming but dangerous loanshark.He’s deceptively smooth. Sinfully handsome.Addictive, even.But it's only an illusion.I vow to give him nothing more than I promised,Yet he sees right through me...
  • The Enemy by Amelia Shea

    The Enemy by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Resident bad girl, Phoebe Shaw is back after her six-month hiatus from Ghosttown. After a year of heartache, financial strain, and an assault charge, she’s ready to put the past behind her and set her sights on a fresh start...
  • Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was drawn to darkness, and he was the abyss.Safe.It’s a liar’s word. No one is ever truly safe.Control is how I survived.I lived my life by two principles: order and excellence. My moral compass steered me out of the backwoods of Tennessee and towards the woman I was destined to become, but not without gathering a few skeletons along the way...
  • Beautifully Savage Butterfly by K.M. Neuhold

    Beautifully Savage Butterfly by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being savage in the ring is one thing. The way Elio Moretti craves my violence outside the ring is another.I feel like I’ve been fighting my whole life, and tapping out has never been an option.I can live with owing money to the Morettis. I can even live with the constant guilt that my brother is the one paralyzed in a hospital bed while I live his dream...
  • Felix by Emmy Sanders

    Felix by Emmy Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What more could an exhibitionist want than a willing voyeur right next door? EmilI like being watched. I’m not ashamed of it, nor my job at Elite 8 Studios where fans know me as Felix. But when my newest costar turns out to be the very same neighbor I’ve been giving private shows to through the window, I’m thrown for a loop...
  • Sinful Hearts by Jagger Cole

    Sinful Hearts by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My first mistake was sleeping with the most dangerous man in New York, without him knowing who I was.My second was believing he never would...It was supposed to be easy: one night of sin with a beautiful stranger to forever cut ties with my Bratva past.But I didn’t pick a stranger. I picked him...
  • I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Together they are nothing more than madness,but they say there’s always some madness in loveSix years elapsed since he shattered her life. Four years since she’s brought him to his knees.Now, Ace is the youngest boxing champion in the world – a force to be reckoned with. He’s dangerous, heartless, and always gets his way.Calla moved to New York to chase her career...
  • Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacade Jordan is no good for me. He’s a master at deception, a criminal, trouble. He’s been putting on the ultimate show of betrayal for years. He also saved my life and makes me feel more alive than I ever could have imagined...
  • Ensnared by E.C. Land

    Ensnared by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forced to marry a traitor's daughter, I'll shed blood to make sure it doesn't happen. MarcAs a child I was put on a silver platter and my parents were presented with marriage opportunities. Many other mafiosos were trying to secure their daughter's hand in marriage to me, a cousin of the Irish Boss. Eventually, they accepted one. The only problem is, I've never intended on being with one woman...
  • Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexander Black Ruler of an empire. An enigma. Ruthless and powerful. Someone is setting him up, threatening to destroy everything he's built. He's got one thing on his mind; keeping Gemma safe. Gemma Trudeau A pawn in a game. It's a game she has no way of winning, with players who win only one way. Elimination. Black will not lose. To him, it's no game. It's life and death...
  • Say I Do by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

    Say I Do by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you get when you mix a mobster with the son of the yakuza?A marriage bathed in blood.I never expected to be getting married, but when a business opportunity lands in my lap, I know I have to take it. After all, my family means the world to me. I’ll do anything to keep them safe, even if it’s entering a marriage that’s nothing more than convenience so I can pop out an heir...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Want equal rights?Don't f____ a biker.Want safe and predictable?Do not fall for a biker.Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever?Don't accidentally become a club bunny...
  • Born into Blood by Sonja Grey

    Born into Blood by Sonja Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’d give my life for my family…but I won’t give hers. My family is everything, and the Bratva I help run is all I care about.Until I meet her.One look and I know she’s mine,the only woman I’ll ever want, and the only one I’ll ever have. My little kisa belongs to me, and I won’t let anything come between us…not even my own family.I’ve been taught since birth to hate the Melnikovs...
  • Clutch & Shift by Brittany Ann

    Clutch & Shift by Brittany Ann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AmaraI’m the daughter of a well-respected St. Louis detective.Everyone saw me as just his kid, and when he died, I was pitied.I left St. Louis to heal from the pain the city brought me, but two years ago, I came back and joined the SLPD as a detective, my father’s shadow looming over me.On my first night back in town, I made a lust-filled mistake, one that would haunt me forever...
  • Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s innocent. He’s chaste. He’s promised to God. And he’s more temptation than I can handle.I’m supposed to guard the Boss's husband, but I just can’t keep my eyes off his best friend, Aidan O’Leary.Watching him.Wanting him.Knowing I can never have him.Aidan is pure in body and soul. He’s about to be ordained as a priest. Me? I’m going to burn for the things I’ve done...
  • Pretty F*cked by J.R. Gray

    Pretty F*cked by J.R. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caspian LockeI don’t think we even begin to understand love until we’ve lost the one we thought we’d spend the rest of our life with.I don’t think we begin to understand ourselves until we realize that it’s most likely our fault.And I don’t think we begin to understand life until we understand it comes in so many shades of gray.You can be a good person and still do irrevocable harm...
  • The Silencer by Cora Rose

    The Silencer by Cora Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a little harmless flirting at a biker bar suddenly takes a turn for the worse and I find myself at odds with the dangerous Fallen Aces gang, I call on the only man I know who can save me.Anthony Costello may be a vicious mafia boss with a penchant for violence and torture, but he’s also my best friend’s father and the sexiest man I’ve ever laid eyes on...
  • Dear Daddy, Please Spank Me by Chara Croft

    Dear Daddy, Please Spank Me by Chara Croft

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dear Santa,Not sure if I made your naughty list this year or the nice one, but I suppose it doesn't matter since all I want for Christmas is a hot Daddy to spank my a** until I cream, and that kind of fits either way, right?Nah, I'm not being greedy. Hear me out...
    Categorized as:
    angst  found-family  lgbtq  mlm  multi-pov  steamy  university  adult
  • Given to Him by S.R. Jones

    Given to Him by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Given as a gift. Kept as a prisoner. Fighting to be a queen.Sasha:She was given to me as a gift, with a twist. I was to keep her safe, protect her.An old friend called in a big favor, and now I have this innocent young woman in my home.Scared, fragile...tempting.The lines blur and the heat between us ignites.She's my good girl gone bad, and I'll burn the world down to keep her safe...
  • Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole

    Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He kidnapped me for vengeance against my husband.The husband I’ve never loved.The cruel man my father forced me to marry to teach me a lesson.My husband didn’t think twice about how to carry out those lessons.Now, I’ve gone from one prison to another.My captor is just as ruthless as my husband. He’ll kill, torture, and do everything to hurt my family until no one is left.Except for me...
  • The Contract by Rina Saint

    The Contract by Rina Saint

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    DanteMy moral compass is broken. That’s why I need rules. They keep me from killing people I shouldn’t. They keep me from crossing certain lines. I’m possessive. Obsessive. Deviant. And I like to fight.That’s what I see in Tristan when I spot him working in the swanky nightclub. His cool detachment is a mask. He’s angry, he’s lost, and he’s totally new to what he’s feeling...
  • Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose

    Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    the blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Pretty Dark Vows .* They lied to me. They used me. They almost broke me.But I won’t let them win.I should have known better than to trust the Reapers. Should’ve known better than to let myself feel anything for them...
  • Don't You Dare by C.E. Ricci

    Don't You Dare by C.E. Ricci

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It was never meant to be more than a dare.A party game. A dare. A single kiss.That’s all it took to flip my world upside down.I’ve always classified myself as straight, and as far as I can tell, so has he.I didn’t think one kiss would change that, but I was so wrong.Now, I can’t stop thinking about him. In all the ways I shouldn’t.My best friend.Aspen...
  • Sapphire Scars by Nicole Fox

    Sapphire Scars by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s my ex’s brother.A terrifying mob boss with a past too dark to share.And when he finds out I’m pregnant, he becomes something else, too:The husband I never asked for.Kolya Uvarov crashed into my life at a funeral and saved me from a mega-creep.Classic meet-cute, right?Not exactly—because it was his brother we were burying.A.k.a., my ex-boyfriend.A.k.a...
  • The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Snake Eyes Series: Standalone Romances. Interconnecting Stories. One Unforgettable Adventure. DANTE It was only supposed to be one night. One night with me and I’d make her father’s debt to the Zappia crime family a little easier to swallow. Turns out, swallowing ain’t much of an issue for Lucy Vaughn. I should never have gotten involved with her...
  • Care for You by Jayda Marx

    Care for You by Jayda Marx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Miles - I may be young, but I know what I want. And what I want is Jake Woods. He’s funny, caring, gorgeous...and straight. Which is exactly why I need to stay away from him. I’m only going to get my heart broken. But I can’t help it; every day I fall a little deeper in love with the guy...
  • Black Ink by N.M. Catalano

    Black Ink by N.M. Catalano

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexander Black Ruthless. Powerful. Dangerous. Intoxicating. Twisted. A prick. There is nothing or no one beyond his reach anywhere in the world. He uses any means to get what he wants. He wants Gemma Trudeau. For two reasons, first, to find out if she helped her husband steal three million dollars from him. The second, he wants to do very bad, very twisted things to her...
  • Mad Dog by Ophelia Bell

    Mad Dog by Ophelia Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Not even the king of Los Angeles’s underground can stop me from loving Celeste.Arturo Flores could make me disappear with a snap of his fingers, and nearly did. Limping away from a beatdown when I was seventeen didn’t change the fact that his daughter was worth the pain. Running into her in my tattoo shop twelve years later, she still makes my blood run hot with a glance...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  organized-crime  crime  suspense  romance
  • 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 Hotshot vs The Reporter by Nicole Dykes

    The Hotshot vs The Reporter by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RoyalI’m the hotshot—both on and off the track. I know how to work the crowd and show off. And I’m good at it.I’ve had to become very effective at putting on a show.But my agent is not a fan of my over-the-top antics. So she did something I still can’t believe . . .She called in the press—the media. Specifically, the reporter who hates everything I stand for...
  • Concede by Kathy Coopmans

    Concede by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For years, I pretended to be something I’m not. Drowning the beast living inside of me in copious amounts of alcohol and women. Not that I complained.And then Victoria Hughes walks back into my life, and took me by surprise.The woman stunning me clear out of my mind the minute my mouth touched hers.After tragedy strikes and knocks her off her feet, I expected her to come to me, yet she didn’t...
  • The Wrath of Leander Welles by Ashlyn Drewek

    The Wrath of Leander Welles by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wrath — strong vengeful anger or indignation; retributory punishment for an offense or a crime. They say love makes you do crazy things. In Bennett Reeve’s case that is the understatement of a century. Reunited with the love of his life, he will stop at nothing to ensure all of Leander’s dreams come true. There’s just one little problem — Dr. Lorelei Clayton...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dark  lgbtq  suspense  organized-crime  angst  steamy  crime
  • Sweet Punk by Leila James

    Sweet Punk by Leila James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The sweet punk across the hall has my undivided attention.He’s inked perfection.Totally unattainable.He’s hiding something behind his quiet demeanor.But I’ve got trouble of my own. The dangerous kind.He wants all of me, but he doesn’t know my whole story.And I will walk through fire to keep him...
  • Shattered Pieces by Jo McCall

    Shattered Pieces by Jo McCall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This book has been retired and put into a duet. Please seehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..
  • Stolen Empire by Bri Blackwood

    Stolen Empire by Bri Blackwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What was stolen…When my world was ripped out from under me,I craved solitude so that I could heal.It became a habit until I saw her.She might hate me,But that’s okay.She doesn’t know that she’s my obsession.And I’m the only one who can protect her,Because she’s mine.Stolen Empire is book six in the Broken Cross series. Themes in this dark and sexy series may not be suitable for all readers...
  • Romeo vs Romeo by Hayden Hall

    Romeo vs Romeo by Hayden Hall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The sexy newcomer at Neon Nights hates me. I’m not too thrilled about him, either, except that those hungry eyes full of hateful desire do wild things to me.I know I shouldn’t meddle with a closet case. Good Catholic boys are nothing but trouble and heartbreak.Except that this Catholic boy is a foot taller and a foot wider, with dusty blond hair and piercing blue eyes...
  • Filthy Italians by S.C. Daiko

    Filthy Italians by S.C. Daiko

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Go to Italy, they said.It will be interesting...Little did I realize just HOW interesting.Marco and Alessio are committed to each otherBut they also want me.How can this American girl resist two gorgeous, hunky, alpha Italians?We form a perfect triangle of loveUntil a Mafia boss sets me in his sights.What started as a fling turns into something way more serious...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  organized-crime  mlm  multi-pov  angst  lgbtq  crime  romance
  • Mafia Target by Mila Finelli

    Mafia Target by Mila Finelli

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    GIULIOI’ve renounced my birthright as the heir to an Italian mafia empire, but no one leaves the brotherhood without paying a price. To evade my enemies, I stay on the move.Now a new man is stalking me, watching me. But there’s something else in his eyes, a hunger that sets me on fire. He’s rough and dangerous, all the things I crave in the dark.Except he’s been hired to kill me...
  • Savage by Brea Alepoú

    Savage by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blood, Sweat, and Tears.There is nothing in life more satisfying than seeing someone desperately clinging to life as their final moment ticks away. At least that’s how I’ve lived my life until now.As the crow of the Laureati family, it’s my job to clean up their messes. I’ve always stayed focused and have never had a weakness that my enemies could exploit. It’s what makes me effective...
  • Baron by Stella Andrews

    Baron by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She ran from me, I considered it a head start.Watching her go was the purest form of betrayal.She was always mine.My wife in waiting.But she decided her freedom was a better option - she was wrong .She ran to a psychopath who tore her dreams to shreds.At my request.Then I took what was mine all along.This time it was on my terms and our wedding has been arranged.Tomorrow...
Fantastic book recommendations by book lovers for book lovers.
Find out more about thebooknaut.com.



Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.