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Dark Song by Christine Feehan
Two Carpathians find hope in the bond that ties their souls in this passionate novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. Stolen from her home at a young age and tormented for centuries, Elisabeta Trigovise is scared to show herself to anyone... -
Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...Categorized as:
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Santa Biker by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiablo:I’m a savage and a killer.A man with nothing to lose.As the cleaner for the Royal Bastards, I do the dirty work for the club.When I’m called in, it’s my job to ensure nothing is left behind. But it’s the blood that speaks to me, revealing hidden secrets and exposing the truth.Blood contains all the agony of my past, and I can’t escape it... -
Twisted Devil by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Royal Bastards MC is mine.My club. My family. My salvation.And I will do anything to protect it.I'm brutal. Crazy. Ruthless. And I won't apologize for it.I never believed I would love anything as much as being SAA and taking the Devil's Ride. Becoming a Reaper and patching in with the RBMC were the best decisions I ever made.Until I met Nylah.The feisty nurse owns my black soul... -
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Chasing Goldie by Holly Roberds
A Spicy Goldilocks Retelling𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞?In a world where mages, faes, and humans coexist, I, Goldie, am taking a stand – swearing off the male species entirely. Ironically, all of them start throwing themselves at me with almost supernatural fervor the minute I make my vow. All except for one man, that is..Categorized as:
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Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dual perspective mc romance from twin brothers Rael & Chrome.Chrome:Everything is finally falling into place.I’ve reunited with my twin. The woman I love has become my wife.And to top it off? I’m now patched into the RBMC in Tonopah.With my ol’ lady Cameron, I move to Nevada to start our new life together... -
Mr. Rook by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Part One of Mr. Rook's Island, a Sexy, Dark, Romantic Suspense. ~~~~~ He's Enigmatic, Dangerously Handsome, and COMPLETELY OFF-LIMITS ... The women who vacation on Mr. Rook's exclusive island are looking for one thing and one thing only: to have their wildest romantic fantasies come to life... -
Reckless Hearts by Jagger Cole
I’m caught in the psychopath’s web. Cold, heartless, and as dangerous as he is beautiful. Deimos Drakos is Greek mafia royalty and my worst nightmare. A chameleon hiding a true monster in plain sight.No one sees the villain behind those dark, lethally gorgeouseyes. No one but me. You see, I know his worst secrets. But he knows my darkest fantasies. And he’ll use them to trap me. To toy with me...Categorized as:
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The Devil's Masquerade: The Poison by Jennifer Loren
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNick Jayzon has battled many enemies, and has defeated them all. But now he faces the ultimate evil. A brutal Savage of his own blood who will stop at nothing to control him, to Poison Nick, and to harden his heart forever. Many have tried to stop Asmodeus and many have died in the process. But now, he will try, and he isn't coming alone. They won't all survive... -
Lovely Wicked Things by Trisha Wolfe
The third and final installment of the Hollow's Row series. Halen: I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild. While the Hollow’s Row case comes to a head, a new heinous player enters the scene...Categorized as:
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The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
An ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love.When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid... -
Debts and Diamonds by Bea Paige
Arden, Lorcan and Carrick are the men everyone fears...They are known as the Deana-dhe.Dealing in debts, they steal information and they manipulate.To them I am Cyn.I’m their original sin.The mute girl they never wanted to be drawn to.The girl who put a spell on them, who became their cailleach.You see, I’m a modern day witch, skilled in the art of alchemy...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorn and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own... -
Judicium by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPrequel to the Devil's Playground Series.Can be read before or after Periculum...Categorized as:
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Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe darkest deeds often happen in plain sight; the harshest truths sound like lies.Kailai Reed has drowned beneath the weight of other people’s emotions her entire life. She protects herself by hiding away from everyone, except for her close friend, associate (and forbidden crush) Hideo Tanaka...Categorized as:
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The Harsh Bite: Codename: Spithra by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy gift has always felt more like a curse. Standing up and speaking the truth when nobody wants to hear it is terrifying. But the truth doesn’t erase the horrors I’ve seen It doesn’t silence the whispers, Or blind me to the fingers pointed my way... -
Brutal Kings I Complete Series by Mya Grey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you like twisted, forbidden love, dark mafia collection, enemies to lovers dark romance series. You'll love this sizzling hot story of Dario & Nikki with more than 100k ++ words in a complete box set collection. The main character is a villain. If you’re looking for redemption, enemies-to-lovers, and a bad guy and good girl dark romance, you will find it on these pages...Categorized as:
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Cold Hard Truth by Eva Simmons
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears on the run taught me fate always catches up. And that’s what happened when Sage Jackson found me.My destiny. My keeper. My father’s enforcer.Sage owes the club a favor, and now that I’m back, it’s his time to pay up. My freedom for his. A task he’s happy to accept when I’m the reason his father is dead.Sage swears to protect me.To guard me.To keep his hands off me...Categorized as:
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Hawk by Patricia A. Rasey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKaleb “Hawk” Tepes, as president of the Sons of Sangue and descendant of Vlad III, needs to keep his head focused on club business. Trouble is someone wants to divest him of it for a crime he committed against his vampire predecessors. He can’t afford distractions, especially those that come in the form of a five-foot-two sprite named Suzi, who once belonged to his nephew... -
Memories of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe girl I met when we were nine is now the woman who said “yes” to being my wife.But Josie’s not planning our wedding; she’s too consumed by things that happened over a century ago.She has terrible dreams and unrelenting visions of the unspeakable. I believe her, but I don’t understand her.If I can’t understand her, I can’t stop her.If I can’t stop her, I can’t save us...Categorized as:
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Sinners & Saints by Lana Sky, Molly Doyle
Traumatized by a family tragedy, Frances “Frey” Heywood resorts to committing the unthinkable—only to be saved at the eleventh hour by a man more troubled than even she can comprehend.Daze Keaton is bad news. A criminal and a drug dealer, he’s a far cry from the safe harbor Frey craves, but all her doubts pale in the face of the way he numbs that cold, broken place inside her... -
Thorns of Malice by Maggie Cole
For ten years she’s been under my skin and out of my grasp.The last time I saw her, I decimated her and everything she valued.Not a day passes that I don’t crave one more dose of her.And Ivy Ford’s everything I remember.Beautiful. Graceful. Seemingly innocent.I wish that were the case.There’s only one reason she’s reinserted herself into my life.Revenge... -
Broken Beauty by Ketley Allison
The charmer.The stalker.The tortured leader.The unhinged psychopath.I never believed in love - until I met them . The four enigmatic men who would change my life forever... -
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested with the DNA from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium... -
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No Such King by Coralee June
A puppet, a prince, and a playboy. One arranged marriage. Three men I must keep at arm's length.Prince August is arrogant, toxic, and viscous.I want nothing to do with the man that was once my best friend.I fled this kingdom four years ago, planning to never return.But the king is dead.The kingdom is in chaos.And I’m trapped in an arranged marriage I want no part of... -
Illicit Heir by Maggie Cole
He won an hour with me from a stupid bet.We were several shots of whiskey and two pints of Guinness in when Devin suggested we play his game.That hour turned into the next morning.Then all hell broke loose.I ransacked his wallet to find his identification card.Our bliss disappeared into anger, hate, and accusations... -
The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLITTLE SUN I am the princess of Writhe, a secret society slithering with evil. But I have everything I could ever want… except him. Sullen Rule disappeared two years ago from Ritual Drive, our shared, private street. After sending off dozens of unanswered letters in hopes they may one day reach him, I have nearly given up on ever seeing the boy of shadows again. But one night at Hotel No... -
The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLITTLE SUN I am the princess of Writhe, a secret society slithering with evil. But I have everything I could ever want… except him. Sullen Rule disappeared two years ago from Ritual Drive, our shared, private street. After sending off dozens of unanswered letters in hopes they may one day reach him, I have nearly given up on ever seeing the boy of shadows again. But one night at Hotel No... -
Delightful Sins by Lola King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dark and sizzling, enemies to lovers, polyamorous standalone romance from bestselling author, Lola King She betrayed them and ran away. Now they want their revenge. In a town where all that matters is loyalty to your gang, I’ve been labeled a traitor. A death sentence. I ran away from the North Shore the day I knew I wasn’t safe there anymore... -
Cold Hard Truth by Eva Simmons
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears on the run taught me fate always catches up. And that’s what happened when Sage Jackson found me.My destiny. My keeper. My father’s enforcer.Sage owes the club a favor, and now that I’m back, it’s his time to pay up. My freedom for his. A task he’s happy to accept when I’m the reason his father is dead.Sage swears to protect me.To guard me.To keep his hands off me...Categorized as:
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Fate of a Royal by Meagan Brandy, Amo Jones
“You will go to Rathe University, live among the giftless and those of light magic. You, Knight Deveraux, will learn to coexist.” I’ve never heard more wasted words in my life. Then again, the gifted counsel never did have much to say that wasn’t. The only members amongst them who speak a thing worth listening to are my parents, the King and Queen of the Stygian’s, the people of Dark Magic...Categorized as:
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Enticing the Monster by Hayley Faiman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Promise is a Promise.The family rules me.Born into a life that is not under my control. I am the family. The family is me. A promised prize is what is owed to me. I watch her. I will claim her. She will not be taken from me. She is mine... -
The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
A cruel fate. Two souls condemned. An impossible love.I knew he’d choose me before he came to our door on the night of the Tithing. I bore the mark that would make me his.It was my ancestor who spoke the words that bound us together, and his demon-god who promised protection for the price of blood.My blood.I was prepared to be that sacrifice if it would keep my family safe...Categorized as:
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The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWords like unnatural and impure started the whispers. From the very beginning, Ivy Blackwood was different. She was only a child when she was accused of setting the fire, one she passively watched engulf the small house she had called home. Her fingertips burned and her hair singed. Some who watched her crossed themselves, convinced she was soulless for she showed no emotion at all... -
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One Fateful Night Bleeding Hearts, #2 by Michelle B.
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAMAZON TOP 30 BEST SELLER!He was everything my mom neglected to warn me about, and I was everything he hated about his mother. I spent one reckless, lust filled night in the back of a man’s SUV in the alley behind my job on a whim. A revenge tryst in retaliation against my husband for his brutal sins against me turned into more as the hours passed between us. Months later, we met again... -
Ruse by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is a companion prequel short story to Cruel Intentions. Only available via a link in the back of Cruel Intentions. This book will not be published on Amazon or any other retail store.Although it's a prequel story it gives spoilers to the main story hence why it is listed as #1.5 in the series as it should only be read AFTER reading Cruel Intentions...Categorized as:
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The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDon’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling’ Rosamund Lupton‘A flawless read’ Elizabeth Lee‘Seething with gothic menace’ Caroline LeaUpon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms... -
The Oath we Give by Monty Jay
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“On this day, I vow to make your rage my own, to weather the storm of your revenge, and keep you forever safe.”Two years.That’s all the peace we had before our past awoke from the dead.Rose from the grave with malicious hands, famished, and ready to bury us six feet below. The tombstones of our enemies have been overturned, and we are reminded that we can never escape the chains of the corrupt... -
Half Truths: Then by Elena M. Reyes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’M A BEAST. UNTAMED. WILD. I have no need for a mate, much less a witch. Her kind is untrustworthy and cruel, yet this one beckons me and the pull is near volatile. My wolf thirsts for her pinned beneath us while my teeth break flesh—mark her as ours. Rejecting her is right, but at what cost? It’s the first time the animal and I are at odds. A KING does not bend the knee...Categorized as:
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Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings💀STYGIAN IᔕᒪE💀The devil disguises himself as an angel of light.That illusion doesn’t change who he is—Draven Alistair. The man I’m madly in love with.He presented me with a flawless charade, masquerading as all I ever wanted. But there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, and when the truth is revealed, its too late for me to run...Categorized as:
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Stolen Vows by Cassia Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoman de LucaShe’s promised to wed my enemy, but I’m going to make her mine.I’ll do anything for revenge.Lie.Cheat.Steal another man’s fiancée.I’ve loved and lost once before. Never again.Except my new bride stirs unexpected feelings.I’m incapable of loving her.But now that I have her, I can’t let her go. Ever.Sophia PontrelliOne moment I’m at my engagement party...Categorized as:
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Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDeath.For everyone, even immortals, there is nothing after death. No takebacks, no comebacks. It's a full stop. The end of a story. The end of everything.For Sophie, it's little more than a comma. A prelude. A footnote in her true destiny.She was fated to die.Many times.To know what lay beneath in the underworld. To bring the darkness back with her... -
Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFilthy. Clandestine. Unorthodox.Stygian Isle was born from the brilliant mind of an abominable man. The Alistair patriarch and sovereign of the nonconformist crafted a peaceful refuge for those unashamedly wicked.From his creation came a secret society of filthy heretics.Carnal sin and mayhem fuel their religion.Sex and death drench their doctrine...Categorized as:
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No Redemption by Alexis Winter
“It’s not the big bad wolf you need to be afraid of kitten; it’s the devil in disguise that you sleep next to.” She thinks she’s found the perfect husband—the one in a million who isn’t like the rest...my best friend Dane Ashford. He would never betray her. He would never lie or cheat on her. He loves her...Categorized as:
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Boneyard Tides by Amo Jones, Wander Aguiar
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPicture this…you’re sitting by the ocean, sipping your favorite cocktail. The sun is setting over your skin, and the sound of waves crashing against the sand offers the perfect background music for the mellow reggae tunes that play through the salty air. Life is good... -
Vicious Secret by Morgan Bridges
Mors solum initiumDeath is only the beginning.The The Obsidian Order only cares about three secrecy, loyalty, and power.Every man born to the founding families is bred for this purpose, to serve the society and its objectives.As a result, we are the elite.Untouchable.Unbreakable.If we make it through the Trials.I will, as long as my obsession doesn’t get the best of me... -
Into her by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen AJ and Logan walked into Yvette Nightingale’s bar they didn’t expect to be there long. They certainly didn’t expect to be dancing with her, or having sex with her, or spending the night with her. Because they were sent there to kill her. Not fall for her. Not feel sorry for her. Not want to take care of her, or protect her, or be in to her . But sometimes people enter your life for a reason... -
Illicit Monster by Maggie Cole
My father sold me to his enemy. He stole my innocence—right after he dressed me in white and made me vow to be his for all of eternity. Now I’m cut off from my family. Subjected to my husband’s warped rules and laws. At the mercy of a tyrant who leers at me with green heated eyes until I beg him for things I shouldn’t...Categorized as:
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Darkest Sin by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThrown in a cage and stripped of my dignity, I was auctioned to the highest bidder, but I never imagined that I'd end my night in the home of Killian DeLorenzo-head of the Romanian Mafia and the most powerful man in the country.To know him is to fear him, and I just became his newest possession.Pleasing him comes easily, but what I didn't expect was the effect he would have on my heart...Categorized as:
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Temptation in Shadows by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTall, lean, muscular—and definitely rough around the edges—Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He’s a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will...
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