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7th Circle by Tate James
7th Circle is the first of a new series set in Shadow Grove. Several characters cross over to the Madison Kate series but it is not necessary to read MK's story first. HADES is a contemporary new adult reverse harem series, which means the leading lady has several love interests and never has to choose in order to find her HEA...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Sin With Me by Haley Tyler, Bex Dawn
They say the forbidden fruit is the sweetest sin and the biggest temptation, but they’ve clearly never met her. She’s sunshine and innocence. Hot summer days and golden smiles. She’s everything I want and nothing I need. Choosing her will change everything. But with one taste, I realize I don’t care...Categorized as:
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Brick's House by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrickI never expected a chance reunion with my old friend, Declan, who is now with the RBMC, to result in my club, the Roanoke Raiders MC, to patch over, but it’s happening. When I get a cryptic message that I need to find someone, I find out that this new brotherhood my club has entered more than has my back. As secrets emerge, we find ourselves enmeshed in an issue that permeates the country... -
Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy... -
Eternally Mine by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI made a promise.When my best friend died, I swore to protect his younger sister.Laramie was off-limits. She wasn't mine, and she never would be. It didn't matter what I wanted because I couldn't touch her.When she's attacked and almost kidnapped, I swear to keep her safe.When she's thrust into the club's war against the Scorpions, I beg her to follow orders... -
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... -
Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDestiny is formed from chaos . . .My luck has run out.Everything that I thought I was, all that I had, has been ripped away.My ol’ lady is gone. My club is at war.And my enemies? They’re closing in.I’ve got nothing left.The only thing keeping me from unleashing Hell is my daughterand the young woman who stepped up, caring for her when I couldn’t... -
The Isle Of Sin And Shadows by Keri Lake
This island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them.In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved... -
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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Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI've always been a selfish bastard.As president of the RBMC I've learned how to live and ride hard.I take life one day at a time, never looking back at my past.But I've got a dark and deadly secret.One that could ruin any chance I have with the one woman who owns my black soul.Trish Holloway.She's been my weakness since the day we met.All it takes is one wrong move and her life is in danger... -
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... -
On The Edge by K.G. Reuss
It’s not the fall that hurts. It’s the sudden stop.I shouldn’t be attending funerals for those I love, and I shouldn’t be wondering if I’m next.This new world is crueler than the last. With my horsemen slowly slipping away, I’m left with a numbness I’m not sure how to navigate.Those I’m warned to keep my distance from keep dragging me closer as I struggle to breathe in this nightmare I’m living... -
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... -
Raven by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaven, V.P. of the Devil's Murder MC, is no stranger to loss.Four months ago, his best friend Rook, president of the club, was gunned down and left for dead.Vengeance becomes his focus as Rook's son Crow returns home to take his place as the new president.The hunt begins for Rook's murderers, leading Raven to an abandoned house outside Las Vegas... -
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...Categorized as:
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Transcend by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratings“In another life, she was my forever.” An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store...Categorized as:
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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...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...Categorized as:
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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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Violent Bones by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Royal Bastards MC / Royal Harlots CrossoverBones:Violence is a normal part of my life.I’ve lived it, one way or another, since the day I enlisted.In the Corps, they called me Ace.A sharpshooter, I never missed.But after I retired, I felt restless, searching for meaning until I found Hope’s Refuge.Mercy took a chance on a cocky Marine... -
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... -
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... -
Demon Reform Academy: Term 1 by Lyra Winters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to Demon Reform Academy, where demons are sent to hone their powers and become active members of supernatural society.The Fates had dealt me a twisted hand. After a lifetime of abuse aimed at awakening a power I never even possessed, I devoured my mother's soul...Categorized as:
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Wings of Stars by R.L. Caulder, M. Sinclair
Comply and excel, or fail and fall.Welcome to Alfemir.I’ve lived my entire life as a disappointment in the eyes of every angel who lives in Alfemir, but especially my Archangel father. Tarnishing our family name by being a powerless angel…that’s the legacy I’ll leave behind...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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RIOT REUNION by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Callie Hart comes a brand catch-up book in the Crooked Sinners Series, featuring interwoven storylines told from multiple POVs.The residents of Riot House have graduated, but the events of the past year are far from forgotten... -
Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek
Like all Necromancers, Cassius Corbin grew up knowing one irrevocable truth: death comes for us all. It was a lesson he learned well when his mother was murdered by fellow witches. Six years later, he is back in the town of Winslow, Massachusetts to attend Tennebrose University. But that's not the only reason...Categorized as:
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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... -
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsThis spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone—skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney... -
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... -
Souls and Sorrows by Sav R. Miller
Nobody asked him to step in.I had everything under control, but by the time I shuffled onstage, there was no chance to stop him.Men ogled and touched as I offered my body and soul to the highest bidder, and I could tell my stranger didn’t like what he saw.Or maybe he did.Maybe he liked it too much, and that was why his number shot up...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Fae's Torment by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHate. Retribution. Revenge.It burns in my veins and keeps me awake at night, hunting Crown City’s streets like the ones who took from me.But it’s not these streets where I want to spill blood. It’s over there, across the bridge. Where the shadows of this world cloak their sick, foul secrets…and where they trade magic for mortal lives. I can’t get across there. Can’t walk in their world... -
Ghost Dick; A Port Canyon Chronicle by Kinsley Kincaid
You Can Never Escape The TownThe LegacyThe LegendsAre Your ResponsibilityWelcome to Port Canyon This is a Very Taboo Dark... -
Lies Like Love by Eva Simmons
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI made a mistake.Hearts are the most fragile part of the body, and I trusted mine with Jude Carlisle.My villain. My weakness. My stepbrother.Fairytales have a way of turning the most innocent things wicked.Jude lied through his teeth, and I fell for every word. Then he burned both our families to the ground in a sick game of revenge and never looked back...Categorized as:
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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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War Games by Daniel May
Sons of opposing mob bosses, secretly married when they were seventeen, Nerva Alms and Joseph Pascal were doomed from the start.After his father's gruesome murder, Pascal was mutilated and banished, and Nerva grew to replace his own father as head of the Hanged Men. Now, ten years later, Pascal has returned.War Games is book two in the Hanged Men series, following Blood Sports...Categorized as:
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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...
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