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  • Betrayed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Betrayed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "What do you want with me?" "Everything. I want f--ing everything. " I lost a bet; now I'm his. His to own. His to claim. Nothing but property. But I'm only beginning to understand the truth. I can choose my own fate. And claim a future I never thought was possible. I just can't let Enzo lie to me anymore. I have to find the truth. Even if it kills me...
  • Bratva Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Bratva Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My dark secret?The single dad who hired me as a nanny makes me want to rip off his clothes.But that’s not the dark part. I took the job to get close enough to take him down.Six feet under to be exact.“I know a little bit of self-defense.”It’s a lie of course.I could easily kill a man nine different ways with the tip of a ballpoint pen.Dimitri Antonov may be a devoted father...
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  • The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love...
  • Knocked Up by the Bratva by K.C. Crowne

    Knocked Up by the Bratva by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It started with the chase for a perilous criminal...And ended with his baby in my belly.  Luka Antonov may be a man of mystery, but one thing's He's even more dangerous than his reputation.And while I romance the tall, dark and mesmerizing criminal undercover...I find myself wishing for so much more than what I came for.Now I'm left with three VERY  unsettling realizations.1...
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Snake Eyes Series: Standalone Romances. Interconnecting Stories. One Unforgettable Adventure. DANTE It was only supposed to be one night. One night with me and I’d make her father’s debt to the Zappia crime family a little easier to swallow. Turns out, swallowing ain’t much of an issue for Lucy Vaughn. I should never have gotten involved with her...
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    new adult  suspense  mafia  athletes  humor  military
  • It Hurts Me: A Forbidden Dark Romance by Penelope Sky

    It Hurts Me: A Forbidden Dark Romance by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My husband of two years tells me he wants an open marriage.I'm stunned. I'm hurt. And I'm livid. I don't want to be married to a man that wants to open our bed to other people.But then I get a flat tire in the pouring rain and a sexy-as-hell gentleman helps me out.My husband is in the game, so one look at the skull ring on this gentleman's left hand tells me exactly who he is.The Skull King...
  • The Mitus Touch by Stoni Alexander

    The Mitus Touch by Stoni Alexander

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's desperate for the one man she must avoid at all costs... ​ Wealth manager Brigit Farnay despises Colton Mitus. And with good reason. He ripped away her family’s company during the most painful time in her life. Forced to work with him, she can’t deny that Colton is gorgeous, brilliant, commanding. And the enemy. Her traitorous body craves his touch every moment of every day...
  • Wicked Liar  by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Wicked Liar by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is Dominic's story...
  • Avalanche by Cambria Hebert

    Avalanche by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Don’t get caught in the surge. Through a bullet hole in a wall, I watch a man bleed to death. Those responsible think their crime died with the victim, until I identify them. What’s a girl to do when she’s being hunted by murderers witness protection can’t even stop? Run. My only refuge is a place I vowed to never go again...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  new adult  sports  poor heroine
  • Savage Secrets by Amy McKinley

    Savage Secrets by Amy McKinley

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Chicago Mafia boss Marco La Rosa thought the only woman he’d ever loved had died years ago. But when her brother approaches him with an arranged marriage contract, he learns that she is very much alive and in danger. Bringing her back within the fold of the Five Families is a second chance he can’t pass up. The only problem is, he has to get to her before their enemies do...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  mafia  length-short  m-f
  • Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn

    Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is the deadliest lie. Leighton I’m jaded. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow. My first taste of love was my first betrayal. Now, all I want is to start over, but they want my life. Everyone says all’s fair in love and war. Except I’m done playing fair. I’m tired of turning my back on his darkness when it’s the light that always burns me. I’ve danced with the devil...
  • Trapped by Lies by Ella Miles

    Trapped by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life is nothing but lies. And turns out, Enzo wasn’t the only one who lied to me. I don’t know who to trust anymore. But my future relies on determining the truth from the lies. I’ve tried to escape. But somehow I’m more trapped than ever. And I’m more his than I ever thought possible. This is book 3 in the Truth or Lies series. It ends on a cliffhanger...
  • Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Welcome me home…” My life is what dreams are made of! I am deeper in love with Thane after the birth of our child, and I can’t believe the plans he has for our future. My joy Is doubled when Rytsar Durov returns as a conquering hero. In the midst of such bliss, a dark secret surfaces that has the power to tear our world apart...
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    new adult  suspense  bdsm  humor  length-medium
  • Merciless Hunter by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Merciless Hunter by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She should have run away from me when she had the chance… I was on a mission of retribution and vengeance: find my son then make my enemies pay for kidnapping him and killing my wife. Then I mether. Olivia made a big mistake when she tried to trick me. I'm the leader of a blood-thirsty brotherhood. In the Bratva the rules are simple: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  mafia
  • Echo by Sybil Bartel

    Echo by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Navy SEAL.Mercenary.Ghost.Joining the military wasn't a choice, it was survival. The Navy was the last place they’d think to look for me. Hiding in plain sight, I lived in the shadow of deployments… until an off-the-books mission put me in the crosshairs of my past...
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    suspense  super rich hero  mafia  military
  • Embers by Nicole Fanning

    Embers by Nicole Fanning

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the city of Chicago, power is a currency. In the right hands power can bring success, safety, and security. But in the wrong hands, it can mean danger, destruction...and almost always death. For nearly a century the Pace Family Mafia has held that power...
  • The Closer: A Billionaire Bratva Romance by K.C. Crowne

    The Closer: A Billionaire Bratva Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never saw her coming…She appeared in my world an enigma.A lethal assassin who slips poison into the veins of her targets.And a single mother with a softness beneath her armor. Now, she's trapped within my reach.Stubbornly silent, she guards her secrets fiercely,Her dual life is a puzzle I'm determined to solve...
  • Opposition by Jane Henry

    Opposition by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I hate Liam Alexander. I hate his Rolex. I hate his scowl. I hate everything his multi-billion-dollar company stands for. When the pompous, rich, arrogant jerk comes strutting into the coffee shop, I barely manage civility. But people make mistakes, and when I screw up, it's epic. I never expected the jerk would actually be a well-respected member of Club Verge...
  • Devil's Nuptials by K.C. Crowne

    Devil's Nuptials by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "Your husband is a man with many layers...You'd do well not to peel them back."An innocent pawn in a ruthless game.Unwillingly betrothed to a phantom in the shadows.No joyous union.No blushing bride.Yet, through whispered letters, I catch a glimpse of a tortured soul.Each word luring me into an intoxicating dance of untamed desire.The day we finally meet...His presence sets my body ABLAZE...
  • Heartless Savage by Terri Anne Browning

    Heartless Savage by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He calls me his heart.Tells me the only reason he closes his eyes at night is so he can see me in his dreams.Our months apart are torture for both of us, but at least I get to hear his voice every day.Each summer, he’s all mine.Every minute he can spare, I’m right beside him, and our families just smile knowingly.Ryan has responsibilities, though. One day, my mafioso prince will be the king...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  mafia  bikers  contemporary
  • Hateful by Cora Brent

    Hateful by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought I was lucky to have a fresh start.Those don’t come around often for a girl from the streets of this city.But a fortunate chain of events has delivered me to the center of wealth and power.And in the midst of three very different, very formidable cousins with the world at their feet.Gage, Micah and Conner were determined to be my enemies.So I braced for a war.But they underestimated me...
  • Alessandro by Kylie Kent

    Alessandro by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AlessandroBeing the heir of the Don of the Valentino Crime Family comes with its perks.Money, power, everything I’ve ever wanted I’ve gotten.And the girl who’s currently chugging down a beer from a red solo cup isn’t going to be any different.I want her. Which means she’s already mine. Her fate has been decided.Her eyes hold a sadness I want to drown in...
  • Mafia King's Secret Baby  by Vivy Skys

    Mafia King's Secret Baby by Vivy Skys

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm about to marry my worst nightmare, and he doesn't know I have his daughter.Elio Rossi is a dream on paper.He's rich, handsome and head of his family's multi-billion dollar business.He's also a ruthless Mafia Don, and my older brother's best friend.But even that isn't a huge issue to me.No, Elio is my nightmare because he used to be my dream man.We've been betrothed since childhood...
  • Savior of Regrets by L.A. Cotton

    Savior of Regrets by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author L A Cotton's angsty college mafia romance series, Verona Legacy, continues with Matteo Bellatoni's story...Caitlin O'Connell hides the scars of her past.Lost. Alone. Afraid.When she wakes up in the hospital, broken and bruised, Caitlin has no choice but to accept help from the Marchetti crime family... and the one guy she never thought she'd see again...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  mafia  length-medium
  • The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Book One If you've been waiting to buy all the volumes of Book One of The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov: Volumes 1-4, the time has now arrived. By popular demand, Latrivia S. Nelson is proud to announce a compilation of the first four of the twelve volumes from the Medlov Crime Family Short Stories Series...
  • The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The Chronicles of Young Dmitry Medlov by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There just isn’t enough time for Dmitry. America's favorite fictional crime boss, Dmitry Medlov, had a very macabre start to his larger-than-life existence...
  • Disbelief by T.L. Smith

    Disbelief by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if I was to tell you, you’re all evil? In some shape or form, you are. What If I was to tell you, I was the worst kind of evil? Would you believe me? I did not believe that there wasn’t anyone who didn’t contain evil. I was proved wrong, and it stumped me. I became obsessed with her, someone of pure goodness. And couldn’t get enough...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  suspense  mafia  length-short
  • Claiming His Baby by Nikki Chase

    Claiming His Baby by Nikki Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I let a masked stranger blindfold me. He demands my submission. Claims every inch of me. We part ways . . . then I find out I’m pregnant. I don’t think I’ll ever see him again, and that’s not even my biggest problem. He’s hot, powerful, and arrogant. The kind of guy who always gets what he wants. To my surprise, he wants me . His voice hypnotizes me. His touch scorches my skin...
  • Protect: A Dark Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood

    Protect: A Dark Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust is by Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood. She writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I wake up in the wreckage, ready to fight for Rue. Only she is gone, stolen away by my archenemy. I start to see red. No one touches my girl and expects to live. The deck is stacked against us. Emotions are running high...
  • Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stolen by Truths is book 4 in the Truth or Lies series. It continues Enzo and Kai's story...
  • Runaway: Wolfes of Manhattan Three by Helen Hardt

    Runaway: Wolfes of Manhattan Three by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Riley Wolfe is finally free from her past.So why is she still running?Coming to terms with her father’s death and her own implication in his murder has sent Riley reeling, so she does what she does best. She runs. Not only from her home but from herself, ending up in a small town in Montana...
  • Flash Point by Nicole Fanning

    Flash Point by Nicole Fanning

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming...
  • Arthur by Nicola Jane

    Arthur by Nicola Jane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ArthurI worked hard to get where I am today by crawling up from the bottom. These days, I’m a well-respected businessman with his life together. I have three brothers who I’ve practically raised alongside my hardworking mother, and I’m in the heart of the community, helping the most vulnerable.But there’s another side, one only the darkest depths of society know...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  new adult  bikers  length-short
  • Bulldog by Delta James

    Bulldog by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She 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...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Want equal rights?Don't f____ a biker.Want safe and predictable?Do not fall for a biker.Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever?Don't accidentally become a club bunny...
  • Tangled Hearts by M.S. Parker

    Tangled Hearts by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “In a race against time to save my sister, I'm putting it all on the line – even my heart.” When Aria left Gig Harbor and its haunting childhood memories behind, she vowed never to return. But when her foster sister, Rachel, vanishes, Aria's determination is tested...
  • Cruelest Vow by Piper Stone

    Cruelest Vow by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He was my forbidden fantasy. Now, he's my greatest enemy. D'Artangan Conti was born into poverty, a stable boy in my family's savage regime. I was born into the life of luxury yet tormented by my father's brutal actions, longing to escape. Our friendship forbidden, the young man with the piercing sapphire eye and the voice of an angel became my everything...
  • Burn Me by Shantel Tessier, Kaylee Ryan

    Burn Me by Shantel Tessier, Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thirteen authors have joined forces to bring you their sizzling stories-some sweet, some five-alarm hot, but all for a good cause. Burn Me is an anthology to raise money for Hope For Heroes Foundation, which helps military, fire, police, and EMS personnel who've experienced life-altering disabilities while in the line of duty...
  • Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone

    Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His offer made me blush. Taking it made me his. I was warned about Frederick Duvall. I was told he was dangerous. But I never suspected that meeting the billionaire advertising mogul to discuss a business proposition would end with me bent over a table with my dress up and my panties down for a shameful lesson in obedience. That should have been it...
  • The Wiseguy by Piper Stone

    The Wiseguy by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was considered taboo, but to a ruthless man like him, I became an obsession. I'd had a crush on Maddox Cormier for as long as I could remember. As beautiful as he was dangerous, he was the wisely of my father's mafia regime. I was considered the one thing he couldn't touch, still a little girl in the man's eyes...
  • Gio by C.M. Steele

    Gio by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gio After the attack on the Conti family, I went straight to work. We had a mission to bring down our enemy from the inside out, destroy everything they had, and watch their weak empire crumble. While bringing them to ruin, the last thing I expected was to find my weakness and source of strength wrapped up in one beautiful woman...
  • Vetting His Kitten by MINK

    Vetting His Kitten by MINK

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I don’t have time for my mother’s games or her menagerie of mammals, reptiles, and god knows what else. At least, I don’t think I have time for them until I meet her trusted veterinarian, Amelia. Suddenly, it seems I’m extremely interested in the wellbeing of my mother’s furry and scaly friends, so much so that I visit the vet’s office on a daily basis...
  • Reckless by Lauren Landish

    Reckless by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’d do anything for her . . . even give up my crown. As the son of mob boss Don Carlo Bertoli, I’m considered the crown prince of the Bertoli Family, but it’s a title I’d rather earn than have it handed to me. When Luisa Mendosa, the beautiful daughter of a rival mob boss shows up on my father’s doorstep, I know I shouldn’t be getting involved with her...
  • Unruly Protector : A Hero Club Novel by Esther E. Schmidt

    Unruly Protector : A Hero Club Novel by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An arranged marriage.A moment washed in blood.A heart fueled by vengeance.It all consumes the life of one Unruly Protector.Clemente accepted an arranged marriage as part of a deal to keep his sister safe. Though, he never expected the woman he was now connected with for life creating a weakness he never saw coming...
  • Brutal Heir by Piper Stone

    Brutal Heir by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The evening started with dinner in Paris. It ended with me as his captive.When I went to an author convention, I didn't expect to find myself enjoying a rooftop meal with the sexiest cover model in the business, let alone screaming his name in bed later that night...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  spanking  mafia  alpha male
  • The Gatekeeper by Renee Rose

    The Gatekeeper by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    She’s my captive.My prisoner.I will make her talk.The bratva put a gun in my hand at age thirteen. Gave me freedom, a sense of belonging, and the family I never had.There’s no way I’m going to let this slip of a woman harm my boss.No matter how beautiful she is.How beguiling.How painfully fragile.Hurting a woman, however, is not possible.So I’ll find other ways to torture her...
  • Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “Yes, sir.”Galen Harmon lives to hear those two words. And for fifteen years he lived the dream with a submissive who’d knelt at his feet and offered that simple phrase over and over again.But then she was gone. Ripped away in a heartbeat of savage betrayal and anguish that still haunts him.Until he met Alex.She’s everything that was taken from him...
  • The Deliverance of Dilan by Kathy Coopmans

    The Deliverance of Dilan by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dilan Levy. The mysterious man The man with a war to end. The man who was put behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The man who disappeared after he was shot. The man who fell for the woman. The innocent woman. He’s back to deliver his rightful revenge. Anna Drexler. He saved her life. Took a bullet for her. Then left. For six long months, she’s tried to forget him...
  • Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance was something I’d been waiting all my life to deliver. It would be sweet and worth every risk I’d taken to get to this point. I was moments away from pulling the trigger, taking the life of the man who’d cost my father his… And then she was dragged into the room, struggling and fighting for freedom. The moment I set eyes on Tavia, everything changed...
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