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  • The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby

    The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 85 ratings
    This is the entire series put into one book. They took too much.Left too little.I had nothing to lose...until him.*****************I didn't expect him.I didn't want to fall in love.But I can't let him go.Logan Bennett makes the world a safer place.He's brilliant.He's a hero.He locks away the sick and depraved.But while he's saving lives, I'm taking them. Collecting the debts that are owed to me...
  • Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

    Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 167 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice, unlike anything you’ve read before.Every serial killer needs a friend.Every game must have a winner.When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul...
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  • The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin

    The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He’s a grumpy small-town sheriff. And she’s the off-limits operator capable of bringing him to his knees.Sydney Archer isn’t the typical daughter of a billionaire. A former Army officer, she now works with an elite security team to hunt the worst of the worst . . . all while raising a teenager.To the outside world, Sydney’s an ice queen who’s lethal with a bow...
  • Brutal Vows Special Edition by J.T. Geissinger

    Brutal Vows Special Edition by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 36 ratings
    An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge.An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret.Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows.Let the hating games begin.ReynaIf this arrogant Irish mobster my brother sold my niece to thinks I’m going to play nice over this arranged marriage BS, he should think again.I don’t care if this match with the Mob will make my brother capo of the Five Families...
  • Paradise Lagoon by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Paradise Lagoon by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    Paradise Lagoon is the fourth book of five in the Harlequin Crew series and the full synopsis will be coming soon!I'm sure you're all dying to find out whether your favourite f-ing Shawn gets his HEA so we won't keep you in suspense too...
  • Grinch by Marie James

    Grinch by Marie James

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I never ran from my past or the only woman I ever loved.She made sure to stomp me into the ground and demand I forget all about her.I tried to do just that, and in the twelve years since she ripped my heart out, I’ve done fairly well.Sometimes I could even go a day or two without thinking of her.We were never supposed to see each other again, but Grace Neiman just couldn’t stay gone...
  • Savage Hearts Special Edition by J.T. Geissinger

    Savage Hearts Special Edition by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    SPECIAL EDITION COVERSavage (adjective):1) Not domesticated; wild and untamed2) A brutal or vicious person3) Malek AntonovHe’s a myth. A ghost. A legend.A Bratva assassin so feared, some won’t even dare to speak his name.He comes in search of vengeance for the death of his brother, but what he finds instead is me.A girl he thinks is someone else...
  • Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her?The frenemy’s daughter...
  • Boomtown by Lani Lynn Vale

    Boomtown by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Her: I wanted to have a pity party of one when I went for that beer. I never imagined I would meet a dark and dangerous man. That man took me on the wildest ride of my life. Literally and Figuratively. He quickly became my entire world. Him: I didn't know I was looking for her. I saw her warming that bar stool and knew she would be mine. A man like me doesn't deserve the likes of her...
  • For the Love of Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    For the Love of Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horses—and people—a second chance. Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Ridge, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves...
  • The Jack & Jill Series by Jewel E. Ann

    The Jack & Jill Series by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “This book is phenomenal! My favorite read of 2015. Don’t read anything else about it. Just buy it. Now.” - Ella James, USA Today bestselling author of Sloth: A Sinful Secrets Novel END OF DAY (Book 1) Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life. Four caskets. Two bodies...
  • Cake: A Love Story by J. Bengtsson

    Cake: A Love Story by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Jake McKallister may have been a rockstar but he was no ordinary one. Surviving an unspeakable crime as a young teen had shaped him into the guarded, workaholic he was today. He lived his life trying to forget. If it hadn’t been for music, and the redemption he found through it, he might not have survived. Career success came easily for him. Personal connections did not...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  angst  insta-love  dual-pov  m-f  humor  musicians  abuse
  • Lock by Lilly Atlas

    Lock by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lock is a man haunted by past mistakes, struggling to rebuild his life. Devastated by the loss of his twin sister to a drug overdose, he now bears the weight of raising her infant son. Overwhelmed by grief and the responsibility thrust upon him, Lock seeks solace in the very substances that stole his only sibling...
  • Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann

    Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.39 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...
  • Unexpected Lovers : Work Husband Series by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Unexpected Lovers : Work Husband Series by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents Unexepted Lovers Work Husband Series DanteWhen I was younger, I believe I almost stumbled upon something I shouldn’t have. Something that upset my mother and made her abandon us all. It was all my fault.I grew up wondering how she could leave us? My older brothers never blamed me, but I’ve blamed myself...
  • In the Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder

    In the Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    For years Grant Kessler has smuggled goods from one end of the world to the next. When business turns in a direction Grant isn’t willing to follow he decides to retire and by all appearances he settles down in a nowhere town called Durstrand. But his real plan is to wait a few years and let the FBI lose interest, then move on to the distant coastal life he’s always dreamed of...
  • Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale

    Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 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...
  • His Queen by Bella J

    His Queen by Bella J

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All I wanted was for him to love me.But I should have known...be careful what you wish for.Author's Official blurb coming soon. His Queen is a dark mafia romance not suitable for sensitive readers...
  • Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers

    A Fine Line by MercyAnn Summers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This book is an interconnected standalone within the Ends World. While you don't have to read the Ends Duet before reading this book, it is recommended that you do in order to understand the entire Ends World up to this point.CarolinaI didn’t mean for anyone to get hurt.That wasn’t my intention.And I knew he would come for me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  vengeance  contemporary  dark  humor  mafia
  • 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...
  • The Player by Nikki J. Summers

    The Player by Nikki J. Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One, two, three, four…You want a fight, I’ll bring a war.Five, six, seven, eight…I’ll even use such pretty bait.Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, why…Did you leave me there to die?But I’m not dead,I survived… somehow.And it’s my games that you’ll play now. Rich men, poor men, begging men, bleed.A brutal death is what they need.Our lives were theirs, they stole our soul.Now it’s our turn to take control...
  • The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When I stepped into the courtroom this morning, I intended to fight for my client’s life. I never expected to run for my own. Now the courthouse is in lockdown, and I’m trapped in a tiny room with my nemesis—the West Oaks PD cop who hates me most. He’s a single dad with a growly attitude. An ex-Marine. And he’s the star witness against my client...
  • Gallows Bridge by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Gallows Bridge by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Every story comes to an end eventually. Maybe ours was never meant to have a happy ending.I was back in my hometown at last, surrounded by the boys I’ve loved for my entire life, and I’d finally had everything I’d ever wanted. But fate never was kind to this dead girl and we aren’t done fighting to claim our happily ever after...
  • Q by L. Wilder

    Q by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some chances are worth taking. Twenty years had come and gone. My brothers were now older with crow’s feet and silvered hair. Their kids were no longer kids. Prospects had become brothers, and more had come to take their place. It was tough to see that everything had changed— Everything except me. I was a stone left unturned. I thought my day would never come. But then, I saw her...
  • Worthy of Redemption by L.D. Davis

    Worthy of Redemption by L.D. Davis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    After his devastating actions in Accidentally On Purpose, Kyle Sterling is trying to move on. He has lost the love of his life and he does not believe he is worthy of ever being loved again. Lily Whitman has been devastated by the ultimate betrayal and later tragedy hits her heart full force. She doubts she will ever be able to give her heart to anyone again...
  • Bits and Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane

    Bits and Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silas “Nomad” Bennings doesn’t do normal. As the fearsome enforcer for the Steel Berserkers Motorcycle Club, he refuses to live by other people’s rules. However, this time, the stubborn son of a bitch might have gone too far.Landry Copper spent her life bouncing from one dangerous situation to another...
  • Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has always been too charming for his own good. Women. Money. Information. Sex got him everything he ever wanted, until it almost killed him. A price he was willing to pay, before he met Elise. Before he fell for her. Now revenge isn't enough for him. He wants it all. The most beautiful woman. The most dangerous game. And a happily ever after, if it's not too late to save them both...
  • Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera

    Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My family calls me Zeke. But the music industry refers to me as Big Z… and women everywhere know why.Being lead guitarist for the hottest band in the world should be enough. But it’s not. Nothing ever is. And I don’t know why.Money. Fame. Girls. I’m drowning in all three. But it’s the sweet, spunky college girl offering up her virginity in exchange for an interview that I can’t get out of my head...
  • Valentine's Novella by Tillie Cole

    Valentine's Novella by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A Totally Booked Blog EXCLUSIVE!!! FREE Hades Hangmen Valentine's Novellahttp://totallybookedblog.com/2015/02/...****updated URL****https://totallybookedblog.com/2017/09..
  • Deviant Hearts by Jagger Cole

    Deviant Hearts by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 42 ratings
    To stop a mafia war, I’m being forced to marry my sworn enemy.A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence. Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he’s named after.And now, I belong to him.Our unholy union is meant to end the bloodshed between Irish and Greek. A rising tide to lift all ships.A match made in hell...
  • The End of Me by Tara Brown

    The End of Me by Tara Brown

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    His death was almost the end of me. He was still everywhere, surrounding me. In our children's eyes, in the smell lingering in our bed, in candy bar wrappers stuffed down the side of the minivan driver door. He was everywhere except where I needed him to be. In my arms, kissing my lips, on the name of the deed to our house...
  • Ruthless Rival by L.J. Shen

    Ruthless Rival by L.J. Shen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    When she was young, Arya Roth became best friends with her housekeeper’s son. Soon, friendship turned to young love, and when Arya dared him to kiss her, a chain reaction of disastrous events led to the boy being sent away and out of Arya’s life.Now, two decades later, Arya is an on-the-rise publicist with her beloved father as one of her biggest clients...
  • The Summer You Found Me by Elizabeth O'Roark

    The Summer You Found Me by Elizabeth O'Roark

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    KATEI tore out of rehab to win my husband back. It’ll work, too. He just needs to see that I’m clean, that I’m on my feet again.Until that happens, though, I’ve got only got one guy in my corner—Beck, my husband’s best friend, who takes me in against his will and keeps me sane.Living with Beck is easier than I expected. And fun...
  • Charity's Torment: A Dark Mafia Romance by Ann-Marie Davis

    Charity's Torment: A Dark Mafia Romance by Ann-Marie Davis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    All I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too.All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer.When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye...
  • Filthy Deal by Lisa Renee Jones

    Filthy Deal by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A standalone dark romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Lisa Renee Jones.They say my father is ruthless, CEO of the Kingston empire, while I remain the illegitimate backup heir, son to his mistress. He sent me to Harvard where he no doubt expected me to fail but I don't fail anymore than I take charity...
  • Secret Vendetta by Kathy Lockheart

    Secret Vendetta by Kathy Lockheart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    LUNABaptized in blood, I’m marked for death.Each time it comes, he appears. My masked protector.Saving me for reasons only known to him.But the Vigilante is playing a deadly game.One I must stop before he claims another soul.My new boyfriend, Hunter, vows to keep me safe.But what if we become the final casualties in the Vigilante's secret vendetta?VIGILANTEI’m the most dangerous man in the city...
  • Sins of the Syndicate by Lexxi James

    Sins of the Syndicate by Lexxi James

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    IvyHe was a handsome stranger who made me an offer I couldn't refuse ...Give me anything I wanted. Anything for one night.The catch?No strings. No commitments. No names.I had no idea who he was when we met. I only knew that he protected me.And he looked damned good doing it.LeoTo the outside world, I'm known only as Z. The enforcer. A widower with nothing to lose...
  • The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    He’s cocky. Infuriating. And irresistible.I can’t decide if I want to kiss him or kill him.When I stepped into the courtroom this morning, I intended to fight for my client’s life. I never expected to run for my own. Now the courthouse is in lockdown, and I’m trapped in a tiny room with my nemesis—the West Oaks PD cop who hates me most.He’s a single dad with a growly attitude...
  • Shameless by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Shameless by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector...a killer... I am Noah Blake. There is only one light in my darkness, one bright ray in the storm of my life. Lucia DeMarco. And I’ll do anything for her. Anything except show her who I really am...an assassin. Well, former assassin. I don’t really do that anymore...usually. It would be easier if she didn’t call me names...
  • Unholy Sins by Elle Thorpe

    Unholy Sins by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    “Bless me Father for I have sinned….and I don’t think I care.”Each Sunday morning, I stand in robes at an altar and preach about being good and moral.But when night falls, I take justice into my own hands, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Ending the lives of men who never deserved to step foot inside my church.Until I meet her.Lyric...
  • Filthy Disciple by Cassandra Robbins, Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Disciple by Cassandra Robbins, Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    A The Disciples & Five Points' Mob Collection CrossoverShe was an assignment. A selfish brat who'd run away from home and who’d found refuge in an MC. A spoiled pain in my ass that I had to bring back to Daddy. Only, Isabelle is nothing like the picture my initial research painted. Yes, she's a brat. Yes, she's insecure. And yes, she's a Disciple…sort of. But she's so much more than that...
  • Hawk by Charlotte McGinlay

    Hawk by Charlotte McGinlay

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hawk I've been in love with Daisy for as long as I can remember. Her sister was a close friend, and we grew up together. She was sweet, kind, and gentle; she owned me, unlike anyone before her. I never deserved her, but I took her anyway. She became my world. Until I screwed up and hurt her unintentionally. Now she doesn't want anything to do with me. She won't give me a chance; give us a chance...
  • Found by Carrie Aarons

    Found by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We found each other where no else could. Found a purpose. Found ourselves. Found love. Again. But then life got in the way. Three years later and the people that we once were are nowhere to be found. Can our love survive everything we've put it through? Can we find a way back to each other..
  • Bad For Me by Codi Gary

    Bad For Me by Codi Gary

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Callie Jacobsen isn't about to open her heart to just anyone. Not so very long ago, trusting someone changed her life forever—and not in a fun way. Now she's better off focusing on her career, her friends, and her dog. So when former Marine Everett Silverton takes an interest in her, Callie's more than a little wary. No matter how charming he is, men are a bad idea...
  • Colt: Prisoners of Purgatory #3 by Bella Jewel

    Colt: Prisoners of Purgatory #3 by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The next book in Bella Jewel's newest MC series is here! It does NOT contain a cliffhanger, so go on, read it right away!!! Dear Chloe, F**k you.There’s no other way to put it.You ruined my life.You took everything from me.You f**king broke my heart.You don’t deserve this letter.Hell, you don’t deserve the air I breathe.That doesn’t matter now anyway because you’re gone...
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