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Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI 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..Categorized as:
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Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFederico 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...Categorized as:
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Taking Meghan: A Dark Romance by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlexei Rastov is the most vile, evil, despicable man in the world... And my father tried to force me to marry him. Dragged down the aisle, I prayed to God, to anyone, to save me from a lifetime of cruelty and abuse. Then he came... a force of nature... Disrupting the ceremony with a storm of gunfire and death...Categorized as:
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Heartless Lover by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat 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... -
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Barbarian by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy 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...Categorized as:
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Savage Prince by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGillians Vater mag zwar ein mächtiger irischer Mafiaboss sein, aber er steht bei meiner Familie in Blutschuld. Als ich kam, um diese einzufordern, bat ich um keinerlei Erlaubnis, sondern nahm mir einfach seine Tochter als Bezahlung.Diese Entscheidung wurde ihm nicht überlassen...oder ihr... -
Cage by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAge 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...Categorized as:
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Reluctant Surrender by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI 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...Categorized as:
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Vicious Protector by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDemons 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...Categorized as:
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Scarlet Mark (Cavalieri Della Morte) by Lexi C. Foss, CJC Photography
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeceit requires punishment.But what happens when the mark is innocent? Killian "Dagger" Bedivere My latest assignment has evolved into a game of deciphering whom to trust--the renowned politician who hired the Cavalieri Della Morte, or the runaway bride? She's gorgeous, conniving, and everything I crave in a woman. She's also my target. Rule number one: Never fall for the mark... -
Faked: A Dark Mafia Romance by Vanessa Waltz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy feelings are forever...the engagement is not.Vinn Costa used to hang the moon in my sky. He's my brother's broad-shouldered, brutally handsome best friend. He doesn't know I exist, but I've always loved him.Until he did something unforgivable.Vinn's not a sweet boy anymore. He's grown into a ruthlessly cold gangster. He's the most powerful man in Boston, a beautiful lost cause...Categorized as:
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Captured: Red Horsemen #1 by Raven Amor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaeFor 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... -
Cruel Lies by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s my villain, my monster, my forbidden path…Caspian Ivanov and I come from the same dark world.One where the Bratva and the secret society reign.And, he’s the son of their ruthless leader.“I’ll destroy you.”That’s the last thing he said to me.It was on the night of the Reaping.Hard to believe we were ever best friends...Categorized as:
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Veiled Treasure by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'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... -
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The Consigliere by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy stepmother and her deranged lover stole our business.The Ortega Mafia is ours by birth but they have other ideas.With the help of my two brothers, it's time to steal it back and I have a secret weapon.Abigail Kensington .Billionaire’s daughter and Washington princess.The perfect woman who is definitely out of my league.A woman my target is obsessed with... -
King's Demands by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI didn't ask her to be mine. I told her she already was.Julieta Morales hoped to escape an unwanted marriage, but the moment she got into my car her fate was sealed. She will have a husband, but it won't be the cartel boss her father chose for her.It will be me.But I'm not the kind of man who takes his bride gently amid rose petals on her wedding night...Categorized as:
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Lachlan: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance (Dangerous Doms) by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFiona Hurston was too young when we first met.Too naïve.Too innocent.Too tempting.I vowed to protect her, to keep her safe, and I have, for five long years.Even when keeping her safe meant keeping my distance.Even when the greatest threat to her innocence was me.But Fiona’s not a girl anymore.When danger’s at her door and we’re forced together, I won’t back down.I’ll defend her. I’ll shield her... -
Restoration by Tate James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’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
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFive 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... -
Taken by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’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... -
Play by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI should know better than to fall for a man who is forbidden to me…James is my law professor.Forbidden as sin.Yet, everything seems to be pulling us together.The attraction that ripples between us when we’re near each other.The way he undresses me with his eyes.That kiss that shouldn’t have happened.We know we shouldn’t cross that line, but when we do there’s no turning back...Categorized as:
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Bulldog by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wears the collar because she is his. She is his because her body knew its master.The moment Olivia Miles resorted to fighting dirty in a fencing match, Lord Nigel Pederson decided to teach her a shameful lesson, but as her quivering bottom reddened under his punishing hand the arousal pooling between her thighs made it clear she needs to be mastered completely... -
Cherished Union by Brooke Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the woman he cherishes above all else has been hurt… his inner demons come out to play. Adelina Gallo’s life changed in the blink of an eye. She always knew that she’d be used to further her family’s connections. Hayden Gallagher is portrayed as a monster. Someone that Adelina should be fearful of...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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King's Undercover Fed by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoyal TreatmentAaron “King” Arthur dedicated his life to the Kings of Men MC. He created a brotherhood and promised a safe haven for his club brothers. When one of his men comes to King with news that the feds are planting an undercover agent in the club, King decides to play a game of chicken with their little rat... -
Carnal Vows by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA Today Best Selling Author Jordan Marie is bringing you a brand new series full of morally gray men who demand complete control and will do whatever they must to ensure it. This series is full of alpha males, lots of steam, and each book is a standalone read that delivers.*Please note this book is available at a special preorder price. The price will increase upon release...Categorized as:
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Wild Hearts by Julie Capulet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first time I saw Wolf Ramsey was at his family’s estate in Kauai. He was huge and imposing. Armed to the teeth. When he looked right at me, fascination wasn’t my first reaction. It was fear.His outrageous good looks were shadowed only by his wild intensity. You could tell he would be reckless and brutal...Categorized as:
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Shattered Vows by P. Rayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce upon a time, I thought I’d found my happy ever after. Until she ruined it all.I’d been on the hunt for four long years, and I finally found her.I planned the perfect revenge. Kidnapping Rapsody on the day she was set to marry another man and forcing her to face my wrath while trapped in the confines of my family’s gothic manor... -
Solemn Vow by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s being blackmailed. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be my concern. But since it's her, someone will have to pay... -
Bedazzled by Arianna Fraser
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTania...The Yuri I fell in love with was kind and charming, even if he was the Prince of the Morozov Bratva.After he was kidnapped and tortured, he became someone else. Cold. Cruel.I still flew to St. Petersburg to stop his wedding to another woman. It was a marriage of duty, not love.This was such a mistake. I don't know this man. Now I'm trapped in his mansion. This isn't love, it's possession...Categorized as:
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Taken by Vanessa Waltz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI stole my trophy wife.Her father killed my brother, which is why I took her hostage. Until now, I didn’t know how to execute my revenge, but when the innocent little honey attempts to bargain for her father’s life, I devise the perfect plan. I won’t just take my revenge. I’ll savor it. She’s desperate to save her father. Her offer: One night. No strings...Categorized as:
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Leo by Silvia Violet
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI used to be CIA. Now I'm a tattoo artist and a vigilante.When a new hire at my shop gets too curious about my less-than-legal activities, he needs all the protection I can give him.He wants a lot more. More than I should be willing to give. And yet, the longer I keep him close for his own safety... the more I want him in my bed... -
Xavier by Silvia Violet
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought I was straight.I thought protecting my identity mattered more than anything besides family.Then Emilio came to me for protection.It's my fault he’s in danger, and no one is going to touch him.No one besides me...Categorized as:
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Savage Daddy: A Dark Captive Mafia Romance (Boston Mafia Doms) by Bianca Cole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDesperation led me into the hands of a savage. I should never have considered auctioning my virginity. The kind of men likely to bid are the type you never want to meet. Dark, twisted, and dangerous.Malachy is no exception. He buys me at the auction. He takes me home and locks me away. It turns out selling your virginity has an entirely different meaning to what I thought... -
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Corrupted Temptation by Kiana Hettinger
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI know what I am.A monster parading around in an Armani suit.Nico Costa—the perfect monster.The minute my eyes land on the dark-haired vixen that walks into my club, a desire so strong twists like pain in my gut.We play a game of lust that awakens my long-dead heart inside its cage.But I know better than to let a vixen rattle the well-oiled steel bars...Categorized as:
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King's Possession by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings: a dark mafia arranged marriage romance (merciless... -
Ruined Innocence by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe was once my friend, but now we are enemies.My father's betrayal has left me on the run from a powerful Russian mafia family.I have no home, no money and no protection from their dangerous threats. There is no one I can trust... least of all Arman Romanov. I will never let that man into my life, or my heart, again. The problem is, he may not give me a choice. What Arman wants, he gets...Categorized as:
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Illicit King by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s not my King.Tall, rugged, and focused on destroying my family, Brody O'Connor's the one person I need to avoid.He seduced me on purpose and now I’m paying the consequences.Every step I take, he’s there, lurking in the shadows, studying me, waiting for any chance to undermine my efforts to become my father’s successor.He’s succeeding... -
Indecent Invitation by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe contract didn't make me his. He did.I shouldn't be here.My clothes shouldn't be scattered around the room, my bottom shouldn't be sore, and I certainly shouldn't be screaming into the sheets as a ruthless tycoon takes everything he wants from me.I shouldn't even know Houston Powers at all, but I was in a bad spot and I was made an offer.A shameful, indecent offer I couldn't refuse...Categorized as:
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Cormac by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey promised me as tribute.Youngest of six, I'm untouched. Unblemished.And in the world of the Irish mafia...Wanted.I'm given to a man I've never met.Forced into a union I didn't condone.Owned by a dangerous rival.He may take what's his, but he won't steal my heart.Please note: Cormac: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance contains elements of violence, non-consent, and kink...Categorized as:
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Broken by Sin by B.B. Hamel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI despise him with every inch of my body…But I’ll marry him to get what I want.Torturing me is like a hobby for Nico and he mastered the art of driving me insane a long time ago.He’s my brother’s best friend and I wouldn’t lose sleep if he fell into a black hole and disappeared forever...Categorized as:
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The Bratva's Captive by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor the Bratva, retribution is the law. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. A life for a life. But the man who killed my beloved deserves a fate worse than death. He’ll live knowing his only daughter was captured by a monster... That he’s utterly powerless to stop me. Olena Baranov will be my prisoner. My retribution. My undoing. Vengeance will be mine... -
The Kingpin by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer father is my enemy. She is my property.When I caught her sneaking into my home, I thought Raven was just a girl doing a silly sorority dare, so I set her bare ass on fire with my belt and then taught her a much more shameful lesson.My seed was already dripping down her thighs before I learned she's my enemy's daughter.That's when I decided I would be keeping her... -
Until Death Do Us Part by Adelaide Forrest
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRafaelIn secrets we trust.Since the moment I first laid eyes on Isa, I knew she would be mine. Our pasts are entwined, our sins connected in ways we never could have foreseen. But Isa still doesn’t know the truth, and my secrets and my enemies will tear us apart if she doesn’t trust me to shield her from the flames.IsaIn promises we doubt...Categorized as:
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When She Falls by Gabrielle Sands
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGentlemen don’t look at engaged women the way Ras Sorrentino looks at me.Ras Sorrentino is the underboss of the most powerful clan in the Camorra. He’s also chaos and danger poured into a sleek Italian suit.The first time I met him, I thought he was there to kill me. The second time, I wanted to kill him.The third was in Ibiza, where I glared at him across the church as my sister married his boss... -
Ruthless Prince by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA dark mafia arranged marriage romanceWe were destined for disaster from the second we met …Massimo D’Agostino is the heir to his father’s empire.Don’t be fooled by his handsome face, or that piercing blue gaze.He’s no prince charming.He’s dangerous and feared, possessive and fierce.Our first meeting began with a contract that forced me to marry him and sign my life away...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Savior by Julia Sykes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy pretty little captive thinks she can run from me. She doesn't understand how ruthless I truly am... Guarding my lovely hostage has become my obsession. I protect Marisol from the vicious men in my brutal cartel, including myself. I've kept the promise I made to my boss on the night of her capture: No one touches her... -
God Love Her by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen her parents divorced, Layla Russell went to LA with her mother, and her little brother Johnny stayed behind with their father. In the eighteen years since, she's tried to maintain a relationship with the other half of her family in Georgia, but a real closeness is lacking...and when she gets the call that her dad has been shot and left for dead, the guilt is crushing... -
Used by Marlee Wray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaurelHe's a beautiful monster. An infamous criminal assassin with such stunning good looks they take my breath away. I should know better than to cross him, but I'm trapped. And my shocking punishment at his hands is rough and shameful.TrickShe's the perfect bait. The law wants me in jail. My enemies want me dead. And someone's found just the right weapon to use against me..Categorized as:
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Captured Pawn by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy brother’s death was no accident, and the last thing I want is protection from the same mafia boss whose turf war got him killed...
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