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  • Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I know this has no future.Only heartbreak.Bosco Roth may be the man I've fallen for, but he'll never be the man I marry.He's too dangerous. Too risky.When our three months is over, I'll walk away.At least that's what I keep telling myself..
  • Let Me Love You by Brittney Sahin

    Let Me Love You by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love is a risk for a woman in danger and a mercenary sworn to protect in a blistering novel of vengeance and redemption by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin. Six years ago, Maria Romano got her birthday wish—a kiss from Enzo Costa. A man she could never take her eyes off, but who seemed as haunted as her favorite book boyfriends and strictly off-limits...
  • Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Faith Blossom has hit rock bottom.She’s drowning.Broke, demoralised, tired, and alone, she accepts a job that could be the answer to her problems.So long as she can survive a force of nature bent on destroying everything in his path.Reuben Jones.He’s driven, loyal, stern, and unforgiving.Possessive and protective.Grumpy.And he wants to own her. Dominate and control her.Be her Daddy...
  • Poodle by K.L. Savage

    Poodle by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve never known the calm after the storm. Thunder has always raged inside me. I met met a girl at seventeen. Girl got girl pregnant. Then my worst nightmare happened. Girl? Dead. Daughter? Gone. Every time I close my eyes, I see them. No one takes me seriously in the MC. And that’s how I like it. I keep my true self−hidden because without them, life hasn’t been worth living. Until her...
  • The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love...
  • Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman

    Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Federico Romano didn’t just inherit his position as the head of the family, he clawed his way to the top, all while dealing with drama and secrets in his personal life that can never be allowed to see the light of day. The harsh and unforgiving mafia boss persona he presents to the world at large is light-years away from the loving man that his family knows...
  • Papi's Savior by Laylah Roberts

    Papi's Savior by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She went looking for answers, and instead she found him . . .Loving an overprotective, bossy Daddy Dom comes with its challenges.When he’s also the most powerful, dangerous man in the city . . . yeah, things become even more complicated.Add in a wedding, family issues, a new bodyguard, and life definitely isn’t quiet.One thing is certain, though...
  • Papi's Protection by Laylah Roberts

    Papi's Protection by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s the deadliest man in the city. Ruthless. Powerful. Wicked.And Cat needs to get his attention.Because Alejandro De Leon might have information about how her father died. And why her mother disappeared.Only problem is . . . the closer she gets to him, the more he draws her in.And when he claims her, she doesn’t exactly want to tell him no.No one tells Alejandro De Leon no...
  • Betting on Forever by Scarlett Black

    Betting on Forever by Scarlett Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alessia DeRosa is a full of fire and ambition. When life throws her a curveball, her pride won’t allow room for failure. Betting on herself, Alessia cashes out of the life she was dealt, picks up the pieces of her shattered heart and moves on to a future unknown. Blade Johnson was born into the Battle Born MC...
  • Doc: a Club Alias novel by K.D. Robichaux, Kayla Robichaux

    Doc: a Club Alias novel by K.D. Robichaux, Kayla Robichaux

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dr Neil Walker, MD, MFT, Ph DI’m not your average therapist. As the founder of Imperium Security—the cover for my mercenary team—I’ve dedicated my entire life to helping heal those who’ve had their power unwillingly taken from them and avenging the ones who didn’t survive...
  • Pirate by K.L. Savage

    Pirate by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No matter how hard I try, I can never drown the memories.I miss alcohol.The craving claws against my stomach every day.And being in this rehab center doesn’t help.No one understands how it feels to not be able to save someone you love.I had to watch Macy’s demise.How she screamed for me to help her.I hear those screams. They echo in my head. A song on repeat...
  • Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing in life has ever come easily for him, and rescuing his woman is no exception. Jared “Blade” Walker’s life hasn’t been his own for a long time. Sold by his father when he was just sixteen to the head of the mob, he did what he had to in order to survive and became one of their most lethal enforcers. But now, thanks to his ties with the Charon MC, he has a chance to get some vengeance...
  • Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox

    Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “What do you mean, ‘You gave me the wrong sperm sample’?!”But the doctor says he isn’t joking.Instead of being my sister's surrogate...I'm accidentally carrying my boss's baby.A few months ago, I agreed to be my sister's surrogate.Then she died in an unsolved accident.I swore I'd keep her child and raise it on my own.But as it turns out, there was a mix-up at the clinic...
  • Barbarian by Penelope Sky

    Barbarian by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My father, my own flesh and blood, would have killed me to get what he wanted.I've made a horrible mistake...and I can't take it back.I assumed Bartholomew was the dangerous one, when in fact, he's the only one that actually cares about me.Apologies are useless. I can't beg or plead.Nothing will change his mind. Not after what I did...
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
  • Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SYBIL Falling for my Protector might cost me my life. I was abducted and shipped out, meant to be sold. My freedom stolen. My body no longer mine. My life…over. Or so I thought. The Guardians swooped in. They saved me from a living Hell, but my life is still in danger. The men who took me want me back. They’re out there, hunting me. Once again, the Guardians step up...
  • Graveyard by K.L. Savage

    Graveyard by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Helping the sick and the defenseless is my calling, it’s why I became a doctor. My club and my duty to them are everything to me. But I never expected her...She walks into my hospital with her sister in tow. She’s a rare beauty, but burdened with problems I can’t imagine.Something tugs at my awareness. There's a familiarity in her wild hair and piercing eyes. I know her but don’t know her...
  • Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living...
  • Cage by Kate Oliver

    Cage by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Age gapDaddy DomJealous/Possessive HOver-the-top protective HDD/lgSeries Troubled and lost.They were once teenage boys with no hope for the future. Now they live a life of danger, doing things no one else in the world can do. All it took was a twist of fate to change their lives forever...
  • Malice's Soul by E.C. Land

    Malice's Soul by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Malice For as long as I can remember, I’ve only felt one thing—hatred. No other emotion has ever lived within the confines of my soul. On many occasions I’ve been told I have no soul. Not that I give a damn. It only means I won’t get burned. Growing up I saw the people closest to me get hurt by those who were important to them. It showed me that feelings were overrated...
  • Doc by Penny Dee

    Doc by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes love grows in the darkest of places… One tragic night took the only good thing in my life from me and set me on a new path. A path that eventually led me here, to the Kings of Mayhem motorcycle club in Tennessee.They call me Doc because that is what I am, even if the law says I can’t be...
  • Reluctant Surrender by Measha Stone

    Reluctant Surrender by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I took her to protect her. I'll be keeping her as my bride.As her thong is ripped off and my belt lashes her beautiful bare backside for the first time, I can tell Maggie Dudek is finally starting to realize that defying a man like me has consequences.Painful consequences.Rigging a high-stakes poker game put her in danger, but that's not why she's face down on my bed...
  • Controlling Chloe by Kate Oliver

    Controlling Chloe by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Blurb coming soon! This is Bash Gilroy's story...
  • Owned by the Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Owned by the Bratva King by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s been mine since the second I saw her. It would be easy to say I have no business even looking at a girl like River Finn. She’s too young. Too innocent. Too much my daughter’s best friend. That is, until the gorgeous forbidden fruit becomes my business. A rival bratva kingpin wants her. I want his empire. Kidnapping her as leverage should be an easy, simple business arrangement...
  • Force by Cassandra Robbins

    Force by Cassandra Robbins

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Cassandra Robbins comes an explosive, second- chance, age- gap, standalone love story about the dangerous Disciples enforcer and his fierce, secret obsession.I’ve made two impulsive decisions in my life, and both have involved the notorious enforcer of the Disciples MC.The first, I humiliated myself by spying on him...
  • Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The mayhem continues for the Knight's Legion MC…Storm. My protector. I need his darkness, like he needs my light. After surviving an abusive relationship, I swore off men. Until the President of the Knight’s Legion MC crashes into my life, holding me captive with his haunted gray eyes. Storm is a force to be reckoned with and I welcome the chaos— it makes me feel alive. He owns me. Body and soul...
  • Vicious Protector by Maggie Cole

    Vicious Protector by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Demons so deep they destroy us...Every part of Adrian Ivanov is pure, unable to ignore, male virility. He’s arrogant. Protective. Sweet and intensely attentive. On rare occasions, outright vicious.If only his soul weren’t tortured over who he is and what he has become. It makes him hide it all from me, proclaiming the truth will ruin us...
  • Amara by Elizabeth Knox

    Amara by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AmaraHe took me.Kept me as his own-- his plaything, his woman to toy with and torture whenever he felt like it.I've been trapped within these four walls for over a year. The slowest most agonizing year of my life.I begged for him to kill me, yet he wouldn't. You know why? Because he had too much fun with me. That's what he said. It's what he always said-- how much he enjoyed it all...
  • Lone Star by Lauren Gilley

    Lone Star by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From London, England to Amarillo, Texas, Michelle Calloway – now Michelle Snow – has spent her whole life with the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club. The last two years, she’s served as the first lady of the Texas chapter, keeping the books and overseeing the club’s expanding legitimate businesses, including the bar named for her husband: Tastes Like Candy...
  • The Woman on the Exam Table by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman on the Exam Table by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was not the kind of man meant to fall in love.He was the proud enforcer of the Costa Family who perhaps enjoyed the violent, bloody parts of his job a bit too much.All that changed, though, when he was put on a job that had him crossing paths with a woman who changed everything.She was not the kind of woman to have hope.The life she found herself trapped in had very little to look forward to...
  • Cyclone of Chaos by E.C. Land

    Cyclone of Chaos by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ScorchI was born with a heart filled with love, only to be reborn as Scorch when that heart was incinerated. The only thing that runs through my veins now is hatred, and it’s never going to change. I shut out all my emotions a long time ago and I’ll be damned if I’ll release them ever again. Not even for her.Like the treacherous winds of a hurricane, she invaded my life...
  • Captured: Red Horsemen #1 by Raven Amor

    Captured: Red Horsemen #1 by Raven Amor

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    RaeFor years I’ve run.When I finally listened to my mother's last words to go to her hometown, I never planned on staying.I hadn’t survived this long by being foolish.I had rules for a reason.Never stay in one place too long.No friends or attachments.Only, I never expected to meet him.Ice, as cold as his name until he looked at me.Those ice blue eyes would burn across my skin.I broke my own rules...
  • Riley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Riley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Best-Selling author, Misty Walker, comes the next book in her standalone RBMC series, Riley's Biker: An Age-Gap, Motorcycle Club Romance.It was supposed to be one night.A quick-release before I went on my way.So I’m not surprised when I wake the next morning to find the girl with the owl eyes gone.But I am surprised to find something else missing.My cut...
  • Veiled Treasure by Measha Stone

    Veiled Treasure by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm his now, and he's not going to be gentle with me.When my brothers tried to arrange a marriage for me back in New York, I ran away to Boston. Making it on my own at eighteen wasn't easy, but for two years I managed to keep my freedom.Until Gregor Romanov came looking for me...
  • Claimed by the Mafia by Ava Gray

    Claimed by the Mafia by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m being forced to pay my father’s debt after his death… And my only hope is the nephew of the man who kidnapped me. I threw my life away to take care of my father. All I was left with were debts I could never repay...
  • Seize by Addison Jane

    Seize by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I escaped a dark past. Barely dragging myself from the depths of hell.But when addiction sinks its claws into your soul, there are only two options—surrender and let it devour you or wage the fight of your life.Out of the shadows, I found strength and resilience.What I didn’t expect was to find him.Bishop wasn’t just the President of The Exiled Eight MC in Detroit.He was powerful...
  • Guard Me: A Mafia Romance by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Guard Me: A Mafia Romance by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was a tiny little lamb that claimed my heart with one fearful look. I was her captor, the man responsible for breaking her, for preparing her for auction. She was taken, plucked right off the street and brought to me to be sold at the next auction. Rescuing her from my men was never part of the deal, and neither was bringing her up to my room...
  • Smokehouse by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Smokehouse by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He vowed to never let a woman hurt him again, but she came along and ruined everything…SmokehouseI didn’t know what I was getting into when I stumbled out of the bar and into bed with the not-so-innocent girl of my wet dreams.Our one night together made me question everything.But when she snuck out of bed before I could ask her to stay, I figured I’d never see her again...
  • Restoration by Tate James

    Restoration by Tate James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s always been about the chase. The prize. The puzzle. The Game. I became the best of the best, Hermes, because no one could catch me. No one could touch me.No one had.Until her.She’s everything I never knew I wanted.She is my life.It’s been one bad call after another in this Game. It’s cost the woman I love more than I ever wanted her to have to pay...
  • Captivated by Him by Measha Stone

    Captivated by Him by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Five years ago, I let Nicole Sawicki disappear from my life without a fight. Now that she's back, I won't be making the same mistake.For her own safety.Her own protection.I will drag her into my life, my family, and my marriage bed kicking and screaming if I have to...
  • Beautiful Devils by Eva Ashwood

    Beautiful Devils by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The thrilling second book in the Filthy Wicked Psychos series!Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the first book, so I'd recommend not reading it until you've finished book one, Twisted Game. You've been warned!***They claimed my heart… only to break it.After spending years feeling like I never fit in anywhere, I thought I had found a place where I might truly belong...
  • Kane by Lynn Raye Harris

    Kane by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Notorious charmer Kane “Demon” Fox learned the hard way that love is a liability. Since losing his wife, he's built walls no one can breach—keeping his focus on the mission and his team. Feelings are a risk he can't afford to take ever again.Until a stranded beauty with haunted eyes makes him question everything.Daphne Bryant thought Sutton's Creek was far enough to outrun her past...
  • Taken by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole

    Taken by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s supposed to protect me, but he does the opposite.The morning of my arranged marriage, I’m snatched by my bodyguard.The man who has spent the past year protecting me. The man I’ve secretly craved since he was assigned to me. The man who won’t tell me why he has kidnapped me. There’s a darkness in his eyes I’ve never seen in them before. I fear him as much as I long for him...
  • Bratva Boys (Box Set) by T.L. Smith

    Bratva Boys (Box Set) by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All four Books in one! Distrust. Disbelief. Defiance. Dismissed. Their name has meaning, holds royalty. They aren’t to be trifled with. And if you get too close, prepare to be destroyed—they are the Russian mafia. Gashes and bruises mean nothing to them, blood is what they live by. It’s all they know...
  • Ace by Brooke Summers

    Ace by Brooke Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All she’s wanted is to be loved… He only wants fun...Andromeda Peters lives her life in the shadows.Being dealt trauma at such a young age, she steeled her heart against everyone.She never thought she’d find someone she could trust.Until Ace.She’s the daughter of his enemy… He’s the man that she loves…Ace made a vow months ago. He would take out all those that harmed his sister...
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    dark  organized-crime  age-gap  crime  romance  secrets  biker  mystery
  • Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's the ultimate temptation.One that I can't touch yet one that I can't resist.Her father was my best friend in the Navy SEALs.He gave his life for mine.And how do I repay him?By lusting after his only daughter.The last time I saw her she was a kid.But she shows up on my doorstep in trouble and she's all grown up.All grown up and irresistible...
  • Shadows by J.L. Drake

    Shadows by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *HIGHLY-HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading my Broken and Blackstone Series before starting this series.*I know I barely know that girl, but I’m gonna marry her. You watch.1974We travel back in time to the very beginning and discover the birth of Shadows.The aftereffects of a horrible war left broken men, but then a secret brought them back to life...
  • Ruthless King by Laylah Roberts

    Ruthless King by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cold. Commanding. Ruthless. There is only one thing Regent Malone cares about.His family.And he will do whatever is necessary to protect them.Amass power, wealth, and fear.Whatever it takes.Because they are the only thing standing between him and the darkness.Cross his family and feel his wrath.No one is immune . . .Not even a gorgeous brunette with more sass than self-preservation...
  • Solemn Vow by Measha Stone

    Solemn Vow by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s being blackmailed. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be my concern. But since it's her, someone will have to pay...
  • Switch & Burn by Bink Cummings

    Switch & Burn by Bink Cummings

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For years, I thought I'd never be free.Until they found me.For months, I thought I had to fight every day to show I'm strong.Until they grew tired and sent me away.Within minutes of arrival, I found home.With him.The savior of my story.Burn.VP of the Royal Bastards MC and curator of the club's underground fighting world.He saw in me what others could not.I owe him my life..
My Dark Ever After by Giana Darling
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