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  • Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken

    Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Enrage is the next standalone in the international best selling mafia series, Eagle Elite.Part of a world I loathe.Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself.Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness.I'm. In. Hell.Also known as the Cosa Nostra.My life was over the minute I stepped off that plane.Son to a murdered mob boss.Heir to a throne of murder and lies...
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    new adult  suspense  m-f  contemporary  mafia  angst  dark  length-long
  • Heartless by Willow Winters, W. Winters

    Heartless by Willow Winters, W. Winters

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally captivating and thrilling, romantic suspense. At first, his words were harsh and his touch cold. I didn’t want to be in his presence any more than he wanted me there. I knew he was a dangerous man and he could destroy me if only he wanted to. That’s not what he wanted though. It’s not what he needed...
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  • The Elite Kings Boxset Vol. II by Amo Jones

    The Elite Kings Boxset Vol. II by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Elite Kings books 1-5MADSHIPMadison + BishopThe Silver SwanThe Broken PuppetTacet a MortuisNATILNate + TillieMalum: Part 1Malum: Part 2Riddle me this..
  • Tool by K.L. Savage

    Tool by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being the VP of the Ruthless Kings has made me jaded and scarred, a savage bloodthirsty beast.Grit, pain, blood, the three constants in my life.Love?I wouldn't burden anyone with loving me. I'm a hard man to love.Until she walks through the garage doors, looking perfect in her little blue dress and high heels.She's neat and clean and too damn good for me, but I'm determined to get her filthy...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  bikers  contemporary  length-short
  • Endless by W. Winters

    Endless by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally captivating and thrilling, romantic suspense. He holds a power over me like no one else ever could. Maybe it’s because my heart begs to beat in time with his. Maybe it’s because my body bows to his and his alone. Maybe it’s because he thought he loved me before he even laid eyes on me...
  • War of Hearts by Nina Levine

    War of Hearts by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I tried not to look at her. I tried not to want her. I tried not to love her. But she won this war of hearts and now I'm a man on my knees. This love may kill me. My president will see to that. No one touches his daughter. He's removed me from her life. He's sent me to hell where every day is a bloodbath. If he thinks he's won, he's wrong...
  • But I Need You by W. Winters

    But I Need You by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Some love stories are a slow burn. Others are quick to ignite, scorching and branding your very soul before you’ve taken that first breath. You’re never given a chance to run from it. That’s how I’d describe what happened to us.Everything around me blurred and all that existed were his lips, his touch… The chase and the heat between us became addictive...
  • Even When I'm Gone by Nicole Fiorina

    Even When I'm Gone by Nicole Fiorina

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The second book in a heart-consuming series. Ollie. Forget everything you thought you knew. Hell, I don't even know myself anymore. For seven months I've been gone only to come back to be tested in every way possible. They say keep your enemies close, and my demons welcomed me back with open arms. My downfall is a necessary evil. But Mia is my endgame. Mia...
  • Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Easy to Fall by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes the epic conclusion to the heart-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat gripping, romantic suspense, Hard to Love series.With her I was always on the highest high. That's why it was so easy to fall. I never stood a chance without her. The two of us were made for one another. It's as simple as that. The world could try to rip us apart, but it would fail...
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    new adult  suspense  m-f  contemporary  alpha male  dark  mafia
  • Fable of Happiness by Pepper Winters

    Fable of Happiness by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    The third and final book in Kas and Gem's twisted romance, Fable of...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  dark  angst  abuse  open-door
  • Ominous: Book II by K.V. Rose

    Ominous: Book II by K.V. Rose

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ominous Book II...
  • Chasing The Dragon by T.K. Leigh

    Chasing The Dragon by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s trying to protect his heart… She’s a shell of the girl she once was… Can he chase away the demons threatening to destroy her? Mackenzie Delano craves control. After tragedy strikes during her freshman year of college, she compensates for the helplessness she felt by micro-managing every aspect of her life, from her business life to her social life…to her love life...
  • Vile Wicked Eyes by Candace Wondrak

    Vile Wicked Eyes by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Stella. I used to be empty, broken, a shell of a person watching as days passed me by.But then I found out the truth. What I’d done. What I wanted to do again. My three killers took me and shook my world upside-down, stopping only when I faced the fact that I was just like them.A brute. A monster. A beast with an innate craving to make others bleed...
  • Chased by Him by Kylie Kent

    Chased by Him by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ⚠⚠This book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, domestic violence, profanity, sexual content, violence and miscarraige through trauma. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read.⚠⚠ChasePeople take one look at me and see a pretty face.Because that’s what I want them to see...
  • A Sinner's Promise by Kylie Kent

    A Sinner's Promise by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    GioBeing the eldest son has always been a blessing and a curse. I was raised to be one thing and one thing only.A monster.My father did everything in his power to make sure that’s exactly what I became too.He wasn’t expecting that the monster he created would be the one to take him out though.Now I’m in charge. Of the family, the empire. Everything...
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    suspense  new adult  m-f  mafia  dark  contemporary  length-long
  • Boomer by K.L. Savage

    Boomer by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I left my life behind me.My sister.My MC.I need room to breathe and room to think, to make my own choices and to own my mistakes.Bitterness and anger cloud my judgment when it comes to the MC. What is so great about them that I can't have on the outside? What is so great about the patch?Death?Blood?Fear?That is all I've experienced with the club.I hated to leave my sister...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  bikers  length-short
  • VII: Seven by Lana Sky

    VII: Seven by Lana Sky

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WHEN OBSESSION BECOMES DESIRE… Ellen Winthorp has no choice but to rely on the protection of Mischa Stepanov—the vicious mafia leader who captured and disfigured her. But the more she learns about him, the deeper she falls into a world of violence, deception and intrigue where danger lurks around every corner...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  mafia  length-short
  • When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann

    When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An all new angsty, dark, stand-alone Contemporary Romance in the Moments in Boston Series ...You never forget your first love … even when he becomes a memory.There was before.When we were together, when we were happy.When we had nothing but dreams.When not a single bad thing could ever happen because we were young and in love.And there was after...
  • Blackout by Janine Infante Bosco

    Blackout by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every fairytale is just a tragedy with a twist. And happily-ever-after is a fantasy.Give me the real, ugly love of two people battling their demons to make it work. Two people like us. When the stakes have never been higher, I turn to my past. After all, it's our favorite sins that always do us in.But even in the midst of my blackout, there she is. The beacon of light I don't deserve...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  contemporary  dark  length-long
  • Pretty Evil by Stella Andrews

    Pretty Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the cage door opens, freedom is a difficult temptation to ignore.Serena VieriMafia princess, protected her entire life for a very good reason.There is a target on her back.Her family believed she was better off not knowing but with knowledge comes a certain kind of power that she could sure use right now...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  mafia  dark  contemporary  length-medium
  • Tangled Promise by Ella Miles

    Tangled Promise by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I can’t keep my promises. I’ve made too many, to too many people. All the promises have tangled into a web of sin and truths. But there is one thing I’m certain of…I have to end this—us. This is Book 4 in the Sinful Truths series...
  • Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Broken Anchor by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • Green Envy by Aleatha Romig

    Green Envy by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    “Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.” ~ EpicurusAt what age did I begin to question everything? As far back as I, Donavan Sherman, can recall, I saw the world, not through the rose-colored glasses of others—those spectacles worn by the individuals who see what surrounds them and are satisfied—but through vision hued by green...
  • Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz

    Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Callie Jensen has officially taken a step into the world of romance, but even that can't be uncomplicated. She's pretty sure that more than one guy is showing interest in her, and with no experience on the matter, she's not sure how to handle it. It certainly doesn't feel normal. However, the harem she seems to be building with the Delta members is the least of her worries...
  • Dusk by Aleatha Romig

    Dusk by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, dance with me. Dance with me into the colors of dusk.” ~ Ben Harper.I’ve served my country, a man, and a cause. I’ve given my whole being while at the same time finding its true meaning. There was no way for me to know the day I met the men who were to become my best friends that they would introduce me to the love of my life...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  mystery  dark  mafia  length-medium
  • A Shade of Evil by Stella Andrews

    A Shade of Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold.Shade Vieri has no mercy. No compassion and no empathy.He is cruel, enigmatic, and deliciously dark.His instructions are clear.Find the Achilles heel of the enemy and destroy it.The enemy is a woman who slides across his soul like spun silk.A breath of fresh air in a dark, depressing world...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  mafia  dark  contemporary  length-medium
  • Big by L. Wilder

    Big by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How much would you risk to save the one you love? From NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book six in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance. Big: I don't use a knife or a gun to get the guy I'm after. I find that my weapon of choice has a much longer, more crippling effect. With just a few keystrokes, I can have him scrambling for his life...
  • Thirty Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A dark romance with trigger warnings! Book 2 of a 3 part serial. My captor's rules have changed ...I’m still Sergei's prisoner. Freedom seems further away than ever. I swore I’d endure everything, and make him care for me. I accepted every cruel word, every punishing blow, until one day he looked at me with stark, naked hunger instead of hatred...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  suspense  m-f  dark  bdsm
  • Tempted to Kiss by W. Winters

    Tempted to Kiss by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author W Winters comes an emotionally-gripping, romantic suspense. I fell for someone I shouldn’t have. I’m not the only person to ever do such a thing. I know that. And I’m not an awful person for desiring his touch, his kiss, his everything… but I knew I shouldn’t have indulged. There’s something about knowing it’s wrong that tempts me that much more...
  • Growing and Kissing by Helena Newbury

    Growing and Kissing by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Note: This book was republished as "Bad For Me". This edition is no longer available.Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ASIN B01CYT8S3KWhen my sister is diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, there’s only one way to raise the half a million dollars I need to save her: use my skills with plants to grow marijuana. But I’m a botany geek, not a drug lord. I need help...
  • Darkness Follows by J.L. Drake

    Darkness Follows by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Emily McPhee is in the clutches of a monster… Despite the protection of her boyfriend Seth Connors and his colleagues with the Orange Police Department, Emily is imprisoned in a basement by her psychopathic stalker Jimmy Lasko. His bizarre behavior adds to her terror, and a video link forces Seth to witness her captivity, leaving him feeling helpless as he, the OPD, and the FBI search for her...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  m-f  dark  alpha male  length-short
  • Taken by Lies by Ella Miles

    Taken by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles comes a new dark romance series! At 16 I was taken. Kidnapped by a boy I thought I could love. Then he sold me as if I were property. For three years I endured. Beatings. Torture. Pain. I never broke. I was strong, determined, resilient. But then one day it happened...I broke. Setting me free...
  • The Sound of Silence (Leave Me Breathless) by Dakota Willink

    The Sound of Silence (Leave Me Breathless) by Dakota Willink

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Amazon Top 100 Bestselling Author, Dakota Willink, brings an emotionally gripping, dark romantic suspense to the Leave Me Breathless World that is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat!GiannaThere’s a common expression I remind myself of every day: that which does not kill us, makes us stronger...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  abuse  length-medium
  • The Society by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    The Society by Erin Mc Luckie Moya

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    What happens when you're born into a secret society? When your great-grandfather was a founding member? Do you have a choice whether you stay or not?And the benefits that befall you with such a position? The easy college access and high powered positions - the multinational firms...
  • Addiction by Shantel Tessier

    Addiction by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Addiction is the first in a series of standalones that end with HEA! I’m a sinner with no regrets. I’m a man with no shame. I’m a lover with no soul. What am I? You’re a loner with no friends. You’re a beggar with no place to go. You’re a face with no name. Who are you? It doesn’t really matter what I am or who you are. Everyone has sin in common...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  length-long
  • Dirty Pool by Bethany-Kris

    Dirty Pool by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To get what he wants, he’ll have to play a game of dirty pool. Michel Marcello never wanted to be a mafioso like every other man in his family—he wanted to be more. That doesn’t mean he’s unfamiliar with the life, or that he can’t hold his own against other made men...
  • Possessed by Lies by Ella Miles

    Possessed by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I fought my way back, and now I’m possessed. I’ve healed the wounds that kept me trapped. I’m done fighting it. I’m hers. Completely. I just don’t know if she feels the same. What if the empire we’ve been building crumbles along with our love?Possessed by Lies is book 5 in the Truth or Lies series. It continues Enzo and Kai's story...
  • Andrei by Nicole Fox

    Andrei by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She thinks she owns me. She’s never been more wrong. My second-in-command sold me out.Stabbed me in the back.Betrayed me to our sworn enemies.Now, I’m the prisoner of the Irish mob.Their don wants to beat me down.But his daughter would rather tie me up.Jamie buys me off the auction stage to star in her pet photography project.“The Beast,” she calls me. A fitting title...
  • Defiant by Candace Wondrak

    Defiant by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    I was lied to. Purposefully misled and embarrassed. But I’m not down and out yet. Coming to Midpark was hard. I left everything behind me, and now I come to find out I can’t trust anyone here. The charming jock used me and tossed me aside, lying to me all the while—and the bad boy? The bad boy apparently comes from a family who deals in illegal business daily...
  • Vicious Lies by Ella Miles

    Vicious Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This isn't a love story. This is a story of all the reasons we can't be together. Reason number one: we lie.Liesel Dunn has a secret. One I literally ripped from her hands when we were kids. Her secret was in a letter that I tore in half. I have half the secret. She has the other half. We've always refused to share our part of the truth, so we've lived separate lives...
  • Reaper by Rachel Leigh

    Reaper by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They call me the reaper.Saying I have no soul. A heart that’s charred black. I tell them it’s true,because it is. I’ve been hiding in the shadows.Stealing secrets, destroying the lives of those who deserve it. But there’s one story to be told before this book closes. My story. Don’t be fooled, it’s not a fairytale. I’m no prince.And I certainly don’t want a princess...
  • Merciless Vows by Faith Summers

    Merciless Vows by Faith Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I was sixteen a gypsy fortune teller told me my future held darkness and death.She was right.But what she didn’t tell me was the devil himself would rise from hell in the form of Lucca Dyshekov and take everything from me with a gun held to my head. He’s the Bratva assassin they all call Merciless.On our wedding day, he taught me real monsters aren’t the ones who hide in the dark...
  • Merciless Union by Faith Summers

    Merciless Union by Faith Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything changed overnight.Truth became my enemy, and the sting of betrayal dragged me into a web of lies.I’m damned if I fight to live and damned if I die. Both will be dangerous for the child growing inside me. I can’t trust Lucca to save us.Love is a myth we shouldn’t have explored.He was always my enemy.Love just made me forget and blinded me to the truth...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  m-f  contemporary  dark  mafia
  • Possessed by Mya Grey

    Possessed by Mya Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the 3rd installment for "Brutal Kings Series" Start reading "Owned" (Book 1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...BlurbHe finally confessed his darkest secret to me…And I already loved him. But can I truly love a cold-blooded killer?Dario, my antihero, my love has done something unforgivable. And it’s my fault. I messed up. Learned something I shouldn’t have. Bad people are after me...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  suspense  mafia  dark  length-novella
  • Twist Me & Keep Me by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Twist Me & Keep Me by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For a limited time, get the first 2 books in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling dark romance trilogy in one convenient bundle! A seductive, thrilling tale of abduction and dark love . . .On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Nora Leston meets Julian Esguerra, and her life changes forever...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  dark  bdsm  contemporary  length-long
  • Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Legions worship at my feet, but I only bow to her.THE SPIDERI move through Layla’s world in silence, always watching.It’s incredible where you can hide a camera these days.She’s the daughter of my enemy, a threat to my flock, and I had a solidplan for her.The weight of her father’s sin was meant to fall on her shoulders.Only, the second my world bled into hers, that plan derailed...
  • The War by S.R. Jones, Silla Webb

    The War by S.R. Jones, Silla Webb

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Konstantin:I took her to protect her. To keep her safe.Now she wants more.She wants to claim my heart.She says she will fight for me, for us.Trouble is, I don’t know if I have anything left to give.Cassie:He took me to keep me safe.My captor, my protector, my lover.I want more. He’s a Bratva king, and every king needs his queen.My heart is on the line, but I won’t give up the fight...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  mafia  dark  length-medium
  • Manik by Amo Jones

    Manik by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m Beatrice Kennedy, but everyone calls me Beat. I live a low-key life, fresh out of college and drifting from town to town until I find my home. I love music, and how it stirs even the deepest and untouched parts of your soul. Depending on what you choose to listen to, would depend on what it touches. It’s the drug we all damper in, only different strains. My strain is Jazz...
  • Acquisition: The Complete Series by Celia Aaron

    Acquisition: The Complete Series by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    99 cents for a LIMITED TIME. This set will NEVER be priced this low again. Darkness lurks in the heart of the Louisiana elite, and only one will be able to rule them as Sovereign. Sinclair Vinemont will compete for the title, and has acquired Stella Rousseau for that very purpose. Breaking her is part of the game. Loving her is the most dangerous play of all...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  dark  length-epic
  • Finding Rhiannon by D.H. Sidebottom, Ker Dukey

    Finding Rhiannon by D.H. Sidebottom, Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From the bestselling title 'TAKING AVERY ' comes 'FINDING RHIANNON.' When you live your life for Brotherhood, the betrayal of your flesh and blood brother is even more devastating. While the fate of the Lilith’s Army princesses relies on that of a traitor, emotions are triggered, and secrets kept locked away spill free, adding fuel to an already raging fire...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  betrayal  dark  bikers  length-short
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