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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..
  • Hearts On Fire by Catherine Wiltcher

    Hearts On Fire by Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HEARTS ON FIRE is the final book in bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher’s dark and thrilling Santiago Trilogy. My Devil He came into my life like a raging storm. The man I despised. The killer with no conscience. I fell as hard as a woman like me can fall. When he bleeds, I feel his pain. When we kiss, I taste his tragedy...
  • 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...
  • Bound by Aleatha Romig

    Bound by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web...
  • Tongue's Target by K.L. Savage

    Tongue's Target by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I don’t live in the shadows anymore.Daphne has dragged me into her light.At first, it was bright, and I didn’t know how to live in it.I’m… adjusting.Life for the most part is better than I ever dreamed.But not better for her dreams.Especially when dreams tread the line of reality.When she tells me the truth, it sends me into a quiet place...
  • Defiant Queen by Meghan March

    Defiant Queen by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Mount Trilogy continues with Defiant Queen... I’m his entertainment. His toy. Payment on a debt. I tell myself I hate him, but every time he walks into the room, my body betrays me. How can I want him and fear him in the same moment? They told me he’d mess with my head. Make it go to war with my body. But I didn’t realize it would be complete anarchy. I should’ve known better...
  • Hearts Divine by Catherine Wiltcher

    Hearts Divine by Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    HEARTS DIVINE is the second book in bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher’s dark and thrilling Santiago Trilogy. Eve The FBI is forcing me apart from the man who haunts my dreams. The man who stole me, broke me and made me his forever. Dante Santiago. My deepest, darkest secret...
  • 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...
  • Filthy Hot by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Hot by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The second our eyes meet, I feel it.The ticking clock.It's only a matter of time before we come together.Before the heat that arcs between us turns into a conflagration. But he's a mobster. An O’Donnelly. His notoriety is legendary. I'm a journalist. I expose men like him, which is how I built my reputation. Manipulating the truth is how the Five Points forged their name...
  • The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin

    The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A mysterious deal maker. A ruthless businessman. And now he’s on her board of directors . . . Holly McGregor shouldn’t be attracted to someone with ulterior motives at her company. But she can’t avoid his unforgiving stare, deny their electric chemistry, or resist his touch, his mouth, the dangerous invitation she sees in his eyes...
  • La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx

    La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband." - Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans...
  • Ashes by Aleatha Romig

    Ashes by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “From what I’ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire...” ~ Robert Frost Patrick has awakened a fire I forgot existed...
  • Carson by Jane Henry

    Carson by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Megan: Carson Flynn is dangerous and brooding.Intensely possessive.Angry, fierce...Haunted.He’s a member of the Clan. A criminal.And a single father who’d burn the world for his daughter.But when he turns his eye on me, I know I should run.I should definitely hide.But it’s already too late...Because when Carson sets his mind on something, he gets what he wants.And what he wants... is me...
  • Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in Bad Deeds , the smoldering, scorching next novel in the explosively sexy Dirty Money series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones. Would you bleed for the one you love? To save his family empire from the grip of the drug cartel, Shane is pushed to the edge of darkness, forced to make choices he might never make...
  • Heartless Lover by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Heartless Lover by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger…For a man like me, that thing is darkness.The darkness from my past never ended my life.It darkened my heart and flowed through my veins, fueling my hunger for revenge.That's why I accepted the job to protect her.Her: Summer Reeves.The beautiful angel who became an asset to me when she saw something she shouldn’t have seen.The job should have been simple...
  • 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...
  • Mad Man by Onley James

    Mad Man by Onley James

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Avi Mulvaney is many things. Son. Twin. Owner of the fashion label, Gemini. Murderous psychopath. Together, he and his brother, Asa, make one brutally efficient monster, ridding the world of predators who victimize the innocent. History proves Avi and Asa don’t do well apart, but their father has decided to test that theory.Felix Navarro knows exactly who he is. Baby brother. Fashionista...
  • Becoming His by Ami Van

    Becoming His by Ami Van

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Derrick King He and his brothers are the ruthless heads of a crime family. KINGS. They’ve built their empire to become what it is today, collecting fortune and power, bending rules and taking out whoever stood in their way. Tall, dark and sinfully gorgeous, Derrick as head of the family never went to bed alone yet never slept in a bed with any woman either...
  • Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones

    Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The next heart-racing Lilah Love story is coming. This installment to Lilah's series is a standalone. Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to demands...
  • Obsessed by Aleatha Romig

    Obsessed by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything changed the night our eyes met across the room. His green gaze upon me prickled my skin with uncustomary warmth while my peek beneath his cuff—of a riot of color on his wrist—sparked my insatiable curiosity. Tall and mysterious, Kader was a man whose secrets I longed to know...
  • 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...
  • Forget-Me-Not Bombshell by Caroline Peckham, Valenti

    Forget-Me-Not Bombshell by Caroline Peckham, Valenti

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A dark Mafia STANDALONE romance from Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors Caroline Peckham & Susanne ValentiI was sold to my enemies.The Butchers of the London mob who run an empire built on sin and greed. The stories I’ve heard about the way they rule their underworld are enough to make my heart race. But those rumours have nothing on the truth.Danny, Church, Frank...
  • Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m broken. He’s broken. We are broken. But sometimes you have to shatter to pick up the pieces. To start over. To overcome our enemies. And find out if we can love again. He’s my anchor, but can our love be repaired? This is the final book in the Sinful Truths series...
  • Tortured Soul by Emma Creed

    Tortured Soul by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    'Bound not by blood but by loyaltyWe live, we ride, and we dieby our own laws'The club is my outlet.A playground where I can set my demons free without judgment.I never expected to be anyone's savior.But when an instinct I thought had died inside me takes overI’m left with no choice...
  • After the Fall by Giana Darling

    After the Fall by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I was settin’ up to live a good life, the kinda life I’d fought hard to deserve. With a good woman––the best woman––at my side, a degree under my belt, and the whole world at my feet, I was livin’ the kinda happily ever after usually denied the rebellious and the criminal. I’d turned my back on that kinda life, thinkin’ I needed that clean, wholesome kinda happy...
  • Shattered Altar by Nicole Fox

    Shattered Altar by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It started with the mile high club.It ended with a fake marriage and his baby in my belly.I thought it was just a hookup on an airplane.Let’s be cute and call it a “one-flight-stand.”Or we could be more accurate and call it what it really was:The day that ruined my life.Aleksandr Makarova sure looked the part of the knight in shining armor...
  • Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt

    Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I didn't think I could live with them.Turns out, I can't live without them.Rock - the one who takes care of me.Oscar - the one who makes me feel seen.And Neo - the one who lights my soul on fire.They made me see who I really am.Now I may have lost them forever.*This is the conclusion of the Aventine University series featuring Neo, Oscar, Rock, and Willa...
  • Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m in love with my brother’s wife.When River came back, I thought I’d gotten a second chance to make her mine. I had Mama’s ring ready and everything. Until the moment I found out she was already married–to Cross.On paper, it’s a good thing, especially since the head of the Russian Bratva has her in his sights...
  • When Lies Unfold by R.C. Boldt

    When Lies Unfold by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author RC Boldt delivers a seductive new romantic suspense filled with twists in WHEN LIES UNFOLD...The moment I witness a murder, my quiet, careful existence goes up in smoke. I'm thrust into the world of Santiago Hernández, Central America’s most ruthless cartel leader.In exchange for my life, I’m placed under his watchful eye...
  • Burned Cinder by Jagger Cole

    Burned Cinder by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The monster from under my bed is now the one in it.First of all, this is not a fairytale. There’s no Prince Charming.But there is a villain.An insidiously gorgeous devil with eyes that pierce through all my secrets, and a cold black heart pumping pure venom and conquest.But seven years after Noel Ransom scorched-earthed my life, I’ve come for my revenge.Except Noel’s come for something, too: me...
  • The Executioner by Jessica Gadziala

    The Executioner by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BellamyIt was supposed to be an easy job.Get another scumbag off the streets.I never could have foreseen her ruining the plan.Or having to whisk her away on my jet for both our safety.And I certainly couldn’t have anticipated finding myself starting to fall for the blunt, sarcastic, kick-a$$ woman I found myself trapped in a safe house with...
  • Celt. by London Miller

    Celt. by London Miller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the Den ... Six minutes is all he needs to get a job done … Kyrnon “Celt” Murphy is one of the best thieves in the world. After all, his childhood was spent with a caravan of Irish Travelers that taught him everything he knows...
  • The Alpha Billionaire Club Trilogy: BBW Billionaire Romance by Alexa Wilder

    The Alpha Billionaire Club Trilogy: BBW Billionaire Romance by Alexa Wilder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Together in one volume, all three books in the Alpha Billionaire Club series by Amazon Bestselling Author Alexa Wilder. Over 1,300 pages of steamy, sexy, action-packed billionaire romance! THE WEDDING RESCUE She thinks she's not his type. He's determined to prove her wrong. Leigha Carmichael is used to the quiet life...
  • United Reign by Kylie Kent

    United Reign by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark Mafia RomanceTheoEverything we’ve built is crashing down around me.I’m consumed by the darkness, my blood boiling with the need for revenge.My wife is the only light in my life; she’s the very reason I keep on fighting.They’re coming after me. And worse yet, they’re coming after her.But let them come…I’m waiting. We’re waiting.To send them all back to the hell they crawled out of...
  • Mafia Heir: Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by L. Steele

    Mafia Heir: Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mine to protect. Mine to take. She is MINE!Five brothersOne broken familyA past that will haunt them forever"If you dare leave me for another if you ever look at another man if you ever let anyone else touch you... I’ll not let him live, Beauty...
  • Mafia Boss by Khardine Gray

    Mafia Boss by Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Better to be at the right hand of the devil than in his path… When you come from a crime family, you have a name to live up to. My enemies know I'm a bastard who shows no mercy—exactly the cold-hearted don my father would want me to be. Except we're not the ones in charge...
  • On the Double by Cara Dee

    On the Double by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go...
  • The Score by Bethany-Kris

    The Score by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Please Note: The Score is not a standalone title. The first books in the Russian Guns series (The Arrangement, followed by The Life) should be read first* In the mess of love and life, nothing and no one is left untouched...
  • Keep Me by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Keep Me by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was my enemy… I was her new captor…. She was the enemy…a tiny little temptress of a woman that made my blood sing for vengeance. I should be punishing her…breaking her from the inside out after finding her in my father’s clutches. But when I discover the truth that she is just as much as a victim of my father's wrongdoings as I am I can’t follow through...
  • Reign by Cassandra Robbins

    Reign by Cassandra Robbins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO LEGENDS COLLIDE?From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Robbins comes her latest sinfully hot rockstar romance. A scorching, enemies to lovers, deliciously addictive stand-alone about rock ‘n’ roll royalty and burning obsessions.They call him a legend.One of the greatest guitarists of our time.The mighty Ace of Spades brought in to produce my album and save the day...
  • Spark by Aleatha Romig

    Spark by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “From a little spark may burst a flame.” ~ Dante Alighieri A simple ember to dried kindling can ignite a raging fire. I’ve made my mark and proven my loyalty to a man, a city, a way of life. That loyalty has provided me with all the spoils of success. Until now that hasn’t included a woman at my side...
  • The Bastard's Bargain by Katee Robert

    The Bastard's Bargain by Katee Robert

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Keira O’Malley was a child, she used to picture her perfect wedding. The flowers. The dress. Her husband. But nothing could have prepared her for saying “I do” to Dmitri Romanov—cold, domineering and always one step ahead of everyone else in the ever-shifting power plays of New York City...
  • The Bratva's Locked Up Love by Jagger Cole

    The Bratva's Locked Up Love by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm locked behind bars with a beautiful monster.I might be one of the youngest surgeons in the country. But as the in-house doctor in the hellish top-secret prison my father runs, I'm like a trapped dove in a cage with bars that are all too real.That is, until prisoner 5049 ends up on my operating table...
  • 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...
  • Axe's Fall by Chiah Wilder

    Axe's Fall by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first time Axe saw her at his friend’s wedding, he knew she’d have her long legs wrapped around his waist, moaning and begging for more. A member of the Insurgents Motorcycle Club, Axe has the tattoos, the ripped body, and the badass attitude. He’s great in bed and always leaves women pleading for more. But… Don’t ask him to commit. Don’t ask for a phone call...
  • Rule by C.D. Reiss

    Rule by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Theresa and Antonio.They've been through hell. Antonio has a price on his head for turning his back on a marriage deal, and Theresa has no intention of turning her back on him. They're devoted and strong, ready for anything.... A Love Tested To The LimitAnd then, someone from Antonio's past reappears. Someone who can give him everything he ever wanted, and who can shake them to their very core...
  • The Badge and the Bad Boy by Lena Hendrix

    The Badge and the Bad Boy by Lena Hendrix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Examples of things I shouldn't be doing:1. Staring at how nicely Evan Walker fills out his Wranglers.2. Sneaking around after dark, hoping we don’t get caught.3. Fantasizing about a life with a man who isn’t supposed to exist.He’s a criminal, a dangerous man with connections to the Chicago mafia.And I'm a cop...
  • Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She thinks she can win against me… she’s wrong. I am the best art thief in the business. I will not tolerate anyone encroaching on my territory… and that includes Valentina Key.She may be beautiful, intelligent and talented, but in our underworld of crime, I am king. She is about to learn I am willing to do anything to win.And that includes seducing her into submission. Dangerous. Territorial...
  • The Billionaire's Navy SEAL by Lori Ryan

    The Billionaire's Navy SEAL by Lori Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man struggling to leave the battlefield behind, a woman powerful enough to help him all the way home.Logan Stone should be happy. More than happy, in fact. He’s Sutton Capital’s newest executive, no longer a Navy SEAL in the line of fire, fighting for his country and his brothers-in-arms. Now he spends his days working side-by-side with Samantha Page, the sexy, brilliant woman of his dreams...
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