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  • Demons by J.L. Drake

    Demons by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Trigger… I thought the light would bring redemption. Salvation. But it only brought the Devil to my doorstep. My demons are breaking through, and the reaper is moving closer. My weakness has been exposed, and there’s only one person who can calm this hell… Tess… I broke a promise to myself, and now I’m paying for it. I don’t want to be here...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  alpha male  bad boys  bikers  poor heroine  m-f  dark  abuse
  • Eulogy by Rachel Van Dyken

    Eulogy by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    The next book in the internationally bestselling mafia series… All is lost. All. I don't recognize myself in the mirror anymore. My thoughts are filled with hatred and dripping with rage. I've lost my soul. She took it to the depths of Hell with her and haunts me with images of what could have been. Sixty lives are mine to take. Sixty lives stand in the way of my vengeance...
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  • Scandalous Prince by Rachel Van Dyken

    Scandalous Prince by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A mafia romance about secrets and soulmates by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series.The Woods are Lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go, before I sleep —Robert FrostI was born under fire and swore to protect her until my dying day, I just never knew that one day, I'd be the very monster I was protecting her from...
  • Sinners Consumed by Somme Sketcher

    Sinners Consumed by Somme Sketcher

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 65 ratings
    My world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match.Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise.My gentlemanly facade is nothing but a memory.My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink.I tried to leave her. Couldn’t do it.I tried to snuff the life out of her. Couldn’t do that, either...
  • Ruined Castles by Amo Jones

    Ruined Castles by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Nothing is going to make sense once you flip open this first chapter. You’re going to wonder why the fuck I made the decisions I did. Why he did what he did. I’m not going to make this easy for you. I’m going to guide you through loops that you’re going to wish I had just skipped, but I’m not going to do that either. You’re going to feel my pain, my loss, and my heart breaking in my chest...
  • Behind the Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski

    Behind the Hands That Kill by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    -Reading Order-#1 - KILLING SARAI#2 - REVIVING IZABEL#3 - THE SWAN & THE JACKAL#4 - SEEDS OF INIQUITY#5 - THE BLACK WOLF#6 - BEHIND THE HANDS THAT KILL#7 - SPIDERS IN THE GROVE---Even professional killers need vacations, but for Victor Faust, his vacation in Venezuela is about more than relaxation and time alone with Izabel Seyfried...
  • It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky

    It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    I married you because I was in love with you.Those words have echoed in my mind ever since he said them, and despite the way my heart races for him every time he steps into the same room, I can't say it back. Not after he hurt me. Not after he betrayed me.Every time I feel us come close together, my heart pulls away...
  • Orbiting Mars by K.L. Savage

    Orbiting Mars by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm a car accident waiting to happen and it's only a matter of time before I crash into something.Every day that passes, every second I blink, the need to drink grows. Meetings aren’t enough. My willpower isn’t enough.Sunnie… The second I see her, I want to crash into her instead. But she may not be enough to kill the need.And when Sunnie tells me something that I can’t handle?I break. I run away...
    Categorized as:
    bikers  suspense  alpha male  bad boys  m-f  dark  contemporary  mafia
  • Knives by K.L. Savage

    Knives by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Love is a powerful force, but it doesn’t compare to guilt. And just like most people, my guilt eats me alive.I went from being an irresponsible kid who didn’t know any better to an irresponsible man who does.I make no apologies.Don’t take my carelessness for strength.My blood is as deadly as the bullet that killed my brother, and once I’m cut, there’s no stopping the river of rage...
  • Axel by Lola Wright

    Axel by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Bailey: I'm the sensible, independent, quiet and hardworking accountant girl next door. My life is safe, sane, predictable and boring. My biggest concern is dealing with my free spirited, wild child parent. Until it's not.The day I see something I shouldn't have and crash into the crazy lives of The Devil's Angels MC is the day my life changes forever...
  • Malum: Part 1 by Amo Jones

    Malum: Part 1 by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    “Love is savage, love is blind, love is something they may not find…” Once upon a time, there was a young girl who lived in a battered trailer, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. One day, she fell down The Elite Kings’ rabbit hole. Sucked into a dark vortex of lies, hate, and deceit, and spat out by money, glitz, and power...
  • 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  bikers  m-f  dark  contemporary  length-short
  • Miles by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Miles by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Who could ever fall in love with a cold-blooded killer like me?The answer is no one. That’s why I’m giving up trying to find a woman who wants me for more than one rowdy night. I’m determined to find a wife instead. If I buy a mail order bride, then she’ll have no choice but to stick around...
  • Crave Me by M. Robinson

    Crave Me by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    They say in order to find yourself you have to go home. What if home was what you're running from? Where did that leave you? Always on the other side of the fence. Always looking in. Always wishing you were someone you couldn't be. Until one day you meet her. The one. She was my high, but she was also... My demise...
  • Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann

    Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The summer before fourth grade, Colten Mosley moved into the house across the street from mine, and we became inseparable.He played the piano and baseball.I had a penchant for dead things while at the same time imagining what it would be like to kiss Colten.We were filled with curiosity and overly active imaginations.We were also forbidden to be more than friends.But that didn’t stop us...
  • Dylan and Aubrey by M. Robinson

    Dylan and Aubrey by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I fell in love with her when I was seventeen. She brought me to my knees when I was twenty. I loved her against reason. I loved her against hope. I loved her against all odds. Now she's back, a constant reminder of what I lost, what could have been. I hate her. I resent her. I still love her. Can I forgive her..
  • One-Eye by K.L. Savage

    One-Eye by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I had her and I lost her.That’s what pain and fear does to someone; they make someone run.And Alicia ran far...Taking my heart with her.We agreed we both had things to work on, but to be honest, I didn’t know how to improve.She did.She fought for us. She got stronger. She did what she said.I lied.The truth is... I’m not the man she needs me to be.And I don’t know how to be it.I’m hideous...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bikers  alpha male  bad boys  m-f  abuse  contemporary  dark
  • Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Bain met Diana, a.k.a. Luce, the night before he was set to deploy to Afghanistan. It’s not every day that you take your brother’s girlfriend to prom because he refuses to put out the effort. That night was one of the best nights of his life and the next day, he leaves and doesn’t see her again. But there are letters. Not many, but enough for them to form a connection...
  • Blackjack by Jessica Ames

    Blackjack by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    BlackjackAs Vice President of the Manchester chapter of the Untamed Sons, I have one job—to stand at my president’s side. That’s what I’ve done since we came here to expand our territory. I’m always on the lookout for trouble, but I never expected to find her in a casino in my home patch. She looked sweet, innocent, then she took me for everything I had...
  • Savage Sin: Bellamy Brothers 1 by Helen Hardt

    Savage Sin: Bellamy Brothers 1 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Enter a world of mystery, suspense, sin, and heart-wrenching emotion with Helen Hardt's new series!In prison, they called him Savage.Falcon Bellamy spent years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, which shattered his dream of serving his country as a Navy SEAL. When he's granted early parole to help with a family emergency, he’s determined to reclaim his life...
  • Savior by Teagan Brooks

    Savior by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Savior I started prospecting for the Blackwings MC to appease my grandfather. He raised me after my parents died, and I’d do anything for him. As it turns out, he was right. Joining the Blackwings MC was the best thing for me. Until it wasn’t. I had a personal obligation to uphold—a promise I made to a woman I’d never met—and my time with the MC was interfering with it...
  • The Nomad by Amelia Shea

    The Nomad by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Broke and bitter, Karia Mitchell is just done. So damn tired of it all. After spending a decade in a loveless and toxic marriage, she’s finally breaking free and rebuilding her life. The prospect of starting over at forty-one is gut wrenching, but she’s willing to do whatever it takes as long as she’s rid of her ex...
  • Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles

    Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    The world had tried to break her.Addie has dreamt of freedom for as long as she can remember—peace away from the torment of her old life. But now that it’s finally within her grasp, she’s struggling to take those first steps into her new reality...
  • Tears Of Betrayal by Michelle Heard

    Tears Of Betrayal by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new standalone, full-length romantic suspense novel.My father is the head of the Bratva, but being born out of wedlock, I’ve never been a part of that world.Until a hit is taken out on me. I’m kidnapped in the dead of night and waking up, it’s to come face to face with Demitri Vetrov...
  • The Return by Amelia Shea

    The Return by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Born and raised a Ghosttown girl, Trista Anderson has nothing but love for her hometown. After her recent graduation from college, she is eager to return and start the next chapter of her life. However, things don’t go according to plan when her homecoming is derailed by a biker club, an altercation, and a sexy new neighbor who grates on her last nerve...
  • Remy by Jessica Gadziala

    Remy by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’d never thought she would meet the hottest guy she’d ever seen while in the middle of committing a crime.As far as meet-cutes went, it was certainly a unique one.She also didn’t suspect she would ever see him again.You know, until that little crime she’d been committing ended up becoming a bigger mess than she could handle on her own...
  • Charlie by Siobhan Davis

    Charlie by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Demi Dropping out of college senior year was never part of my plan. But Dad needs me, and I'd move mountains for the only parent I’ve ever known—even working for the company that fired him. My boss, Charlie, is determined to make my life a living hell, availing of every opportunity to undermine my confidence, to humiliate and threaten me...
  • Hammer's Pride by E.C. Land

    Hammer's Pride by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    HammerNothing works out the way it's supposed to. The day I walked in to find my entire family gone, I learned that hard lesson. It was the same day I completely shut down. Why? Because you can’t lose yourself when you have no emotions. I became who I am now by being ruthless, I pride myself in it...
  • Prey : A Dark MC Romance by V.T. Do

    Prey : A Dark MC Romance by V.T. Do

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    The VP of the notorious King’s Men MC caught me.Roman isn’t the man I thought he was.No, he is someone so much more dangerous.He’s the man I sent to prison for two years.In this twisted game of love and revenge.I am his prey.There are worse things in life than falling in love with the wrong man.It’s falling in love with your stalker.The man who wants to own you completely...
  • The Savage by Stella Andrews

    The Savage by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ivan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage.Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her.I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals.She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...
  • Shane by Nicole James

    Shane by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Shane—I live at the end of this dark deserted dead-end street for a reason.I don't like neighbors coming around my place. There's only one other house down here. It sits across the street from me, and has been deserted for years.I like my privacy, so I'm pissed to learn that that vacant house just got un-vacant...
  • Fallen Rose by Amelia Wilde

    Fallen Rose by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Leo Morelli has lost everything.His safety. His sanity. But worse than that, the woman he loves. He will destroy Bishop’s Landing to get her back, even if it means becoming the monster she fears. The entire city will feel his wrath. Haley Constantine loves her beast, but she can’t walk away from her family. They need her now more than ever. It will take more than violence to face these enemies...
  • Chelsea by Addison Jane, Kaylene Osborn

    Chelsea by Addison Jane, Kaylene Osborn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Chelsea spent most of her life running. She was young when her parents were killed, and she was thrown into the system as just another statistic. One foster home after another, hell after hell. When things got too hard, her first instinct was to get out and fast. She didn’t mind being a club girl...
  • Destined by Kira Johns

    Destined by Kira Johns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After surviving hell not once, but twice, Jade Moore is once again living, but her nights are filled with torture as she relives her time with the Condemned Warriors again and again. The only person capable of chasing away those demons is Viper, the man she has fallen deeply in love with. He is not just her hero, he is her destiny...
  • Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn

    Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Tampa Royal Bastards are riding back into town!Join Ominous as he falls into the alluring abyss...
  • Captive Heart: Armani by Stella Gray

    Captive Heart: Armani by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing lasts forever… except the Bellanti’s hatred for the Bruno family.My family prepared me to fight.My best friend taught me loyalty.My husband showed me who I am.And now I’m caught between them all.The thing about secrets is that they always come out.The past is never gone.No one expected it to explode.I finally understand why my life led me here...
  • Seeking Peace by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Seeking Peace by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing remains of Blake’s life before the club except death, deceit, and corruption.He was on the road to self-destruction when his path crossed with Jake, the President of Kings of Retribution.Now Blake is dedicated to the MC and loyal to the men he calls brothers.The club gave him a family and purpose.Blake thought he finally had everything he ever wanted.Until Ember...
  • Fixate by K.E. Osborn

    Fixate by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s a part of me.Even though I don’t know her name.The woman I’ve been exchanging letters with and developed feelings for over the past five years. But I can’t help feeling torn in two when I’m suddenly pulled toward another. Maxxy, the club’s horticulturalist, is strong, sassy, and she gives me so much lip the aggravation is exasperating.She infuriates me. She ignites me...
  • Into the Blackness by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Into the Blackness by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Cease being everything you’re trained to be in order to find who you’re meant to be…with. Nick Cooper is many things in life. He’s a vicious enforcer for a crime family. He’s a monster that tortures with a smirk tattooed on his lips. He’s an olive-skinned god, mysterious and captivating. He’s the best undercover field agent in the Domestic Crime Agency. He’s my partner for the next year...
  • The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just a word, yet one person came to mind. Morrigan St. Pete. The woman that’d been hounding my every step since the day she was born. From the moment we first comforted each other in the hospital, to the day that I left her to follow her dreams, I knew that she was my one...
  • Hellfire by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Hellfire by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s his best friend’s little sister, but he’d risk everything to have her…HellfireSmoke would kill me if he knew all the dirty, depraved things I want to do to his little sister. For years, I’ve been forced to look and not touch.She’s been mine since the first time I saw her, even if she doesn’t know it.But when yet another threat to the club comes out of the woodwork, I decide I’ve had enough...
  • Destined: Satan's Rebels MC Book 2 by Kira Johns

    Destined: Satan's Rebels MC Book 2 by Kira Johns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After surviving hell not once, but twice, Jade Moore is once again living, but her nights are filled with torture as she relives her time with the Condemned Warriors again and again. The only person capable of chasing away those demons is Viper, the man she has fallen deeply in love with. He is not just her hero, he is her destiny...
  • Beneath Your Beautiful by Adaline Winters

    Beneath Your Beautiful by Adaline Winters

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Passion is a perilous game.HonorMy ruthless husband hunts me across the country and in my dreams. If he catches me, I'll lose not only my freedom, but my sanity. I have to stay one step ahead, but he's closing in. So I keep running, straight into the arms of a man who whispers seductive promises of protection and safety. One way or another, this race will end...
  • Vengeful Devilette by Kylie Kent

    Vengeful Devilette by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Izzy It’s funny how the things we most desire are usually the same things we’re meant to avoid. Just like Eve’s temptation with that damned apple, Mikhail Petrov is the one person I can’t seem to resist. Even though our union incites war in the streets of New York, causing more bloodshed than the city’s seen in a long time...
  • Wrath by Cala Riley

    Wrath by Cala Riley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    WrathAll I have in life is my brothers and my club. It’s all I ever needed.Until Tara.Seeing her broken and bruised called to a part of me I thought was long dead.She can’t handle my brand of crazy though.So I’ll offer her the only thing I can. My claim, but in name only.TaraBeing a sweetbutt, I never let myself imagine finding my happy ever after within the walls of the Lotus MC...
  • Fire Night by Penelope Douglas

    Fire Night by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 67 ratings
    "Nothing, not even Devil's Night, was more magical, because tonight was the longest night of the year. It was special."The clock at St. Killian’s chimes as whispers float in the dark staircase above. Snow falls from the black sky beyond the windows, and candles glow, the flames lighting up the longest night of the year.⁣⁣Devil’s Night isn’t the only holiday we celebrate...
  • 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...
  • Dark Destiny by Bec Botefuhr

    Dark Destiny by Bec Botefuhr

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You were with Willow and Jagger when they found their happily ever after in Dark Endings. You felt their love. You felt their relief, but what you didn't feel, was the pain they left tucked inside. Jagger killed his own father, he suffered on an island alone being forced to fight to save his life. Now, the memories are catching up on him. The reality is haunting him. He's becoming numb...
  • Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale

    Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It’s not every day that someone tries to pin a murder on you and a random girl you just met. But Bram Crow isn’t your average, everyday guy, either.One second, he’s hiding evidence with the girl, and the next, he has to marry her so a police detective doesn’t get suspicious...
  • Tormentor Mine: The Complete Series by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Tormentor Mine: The Complete Series by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A lethal mercenary bent on vengeance. The innocent woman standing in his way.Dr. Sara Cobakis’s quiet suburban life is turned upside down when a darkly handsome Russian assassin breaks into her home and tortures her for information. But the nightmare doesn’t end there.Because Peter Sokolov returns, and this time, he’s determined to keep the pretty young doctor for himself.No matter what it takes...
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