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  • The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White

    The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She’s come back to solve the mystery of her father’s death and confront her own dark past. When Detective Rebecca North left her rural hometown, she vowed never to return. Her father’s apparent suicide has changed that. The official report is that retired cop Noah North shot himself, knocked over a lantern, and set his isolated cabin ablaze. But Rebecca cannot believe he killed himself...
  • 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...
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  • Maverick: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Maverick: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alessa (Ghost)Maverick’s in love with a dead man buried at Arlington National Cemetery, where his heart might as well be buried too. My husband’s stuck in the past, lost in his fractured mind, and the last ten years are a blur to him, meaning I’m a blur to him. But I’m not a ghost. I’m a woman. I’m alive. I breathe. I hurt.Should I let go or hold on?My instinct is to let go, but I have family now...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  military  dark
  • Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan

    Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *WARNING FROM THE AUTHOR: By Degrees is an ensemble serial with continuing story lines. Six Degrees of Separation is the second installment, and it must be read after Six Degrees of Lust. Thanks. In the sequel to Six Degrees of Lust, F.B.I. team leader Samuel Shaughnessy and bar manager Machlan O’Bannon are exploring a new phase in their non-relationship...
  • Club Mafia – The Demon: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Club Mafia – The Demon: A Dark Mafia Romance by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They call me The Demon for a reason and Eliza Ortega is about to find out why.A runaway mafia princess who stumbled from one nightmare to an even bigger one.She has something I want and I intend on collecting.I will stop at nothing to deliver my promise and if there are casualties I will consider it a good day at the office.My hobby is testing limits...
  • The Drowned Girls by Loreth Anne White

    The Drowned Girls by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    He surfaced two years ago. Then he disappeared ... But Detective Angie Pallorino never forgot the violent rapist who left a distinctive calling card—crosses etched into the flesh of his victim’s foreheads. When a comatose Jane Doe is found in a local cemetery, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and nearly drowned, Angie is struck by the eerie similarities to her earlier unsolved rapes...
  • The Mercer Curse by Pepper Winters

    The Mercer Curse by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Q Mercer from Tears of Tess meets his half-brother Henri Ward from Ruby Tears for the first time...……….I’ve fought a curse all my life.A curse inherited by my sick father. There is no cure.No antidote for what I am. For years, I existed alone. Fighting the urges, doing my best to stay good.Until Esclave 58 entered my life and I didn’t have to fight so hard...
  • It's Our Secret by W. Winters

    It's Our Secret by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From romance author Willow Winters comes a USA Today best-selling emotionally gripping, standalone, romantic suspense. Allison: It was only a little lie.That’s how stories like these get started.But with every lie I told, he saw through it.I think in his heart he knew I was broken; he felt my pain as if it was his.And that’s what changed everything.He’s the reason it all fell apart...
  • Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I made my name and my fortune carrying out every hit with absolute precision. But this time it wasn’t a job, it was personal, and something went horribly wrong. This time there was a witness...
  • The Way We Are by Shandi Boyes

    The Way We Are by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven years in heaven awarded me seven years in hell. I’ve admired Savannah Fontane since I saw her whizzing down our street on her hot pink bike with rainbow tassels taped on the handlebars. I was in awe someone so small could ride without training wheels, I asked my mom to remove mine that same afternoon. Savannah drew a rainbow heart on my cast the very next day...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  angst  suspense  contemporary  new adult  dark
  • Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ve always chased after the bad boy. I just wasn’t prepared to actually catch one.He crashed into my life in my hour of need with his dark agendas, whispers, and lies. Dirty and dangerous, he’s the keeper of the worst kind of secrets, and now he owns mine. I’ve been thrust into the middle of a war I know nothing about, and he’s my only lifeline to safety...
  • Wicked and Bare by Shayla Black

    Wicked and Bare by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Join Matt and Madison for the conclusion of their Wicked Lovers: Soldiers For Hire love story. Coming July 18, 2023!**Wicked and Bare is part of the Wicked Lovers: Soldiers for Hire romantic suspense series. Stories in this series are told in a duet of two full-length novels. Each duet can be read as a standalone...
  • Hunger by Monique Edenwood

    Hunger by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A Dark Love Story"As I struggle to unlock my gaze from the impertinent bridesmaid who doesn’t seem able to stop herself from giving me attitude, I contemplate the various ways in which I intend to teach the insolent little brat a lesson."GreysonThis wasn't supposed to happen.Every piece of my life has been planned out since the day I was born, calculated to the letter.I knew where I was headed...
  • A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

    A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.” ― Morrissey It all started with a note, just a simple note hand written by a woman I didn't know, never even met. But in that note is perhaps every answer to every question I've ever had in my life. And because of that note, I travel thousands of miles. I look for her, but find him...
  • Blackness Within by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Blackness Within by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fighting to find his worthy place in life… This is the story of a woman that has worked tirelessly to build her own life from nothing. While the task has been exhaustive, it’s been worth every drop of sweat to earn her own slice of normal. Natasha Reynolds has built a life beyond an absent mother and a drug addict brother to become a home-owning, dog-loving nurse...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  possessive hero  m-f  contemporary  dark
  • Wishing Well by Lily White

    Wishing Well by Lily White

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy… Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  bdsm  dark  contemporary
  • Spark by Aleatha Romig

    Spark by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    “From a little spark may burst a flame.” ~ Dante Alighieri A simple ember to dried kindling can ignite a raging fire. I’ve made my mark and proven my loyalty to a man, a city, a way of life. That loyalty has provided me with all the spoils of success. Until now that hasn’t included a woman at my side...
  • Scare Crow by Julie Hockley

    Scare Crow by Julie Hockley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Nineteen-year-old Emily Sheppard is losing her sanity. Ever since her mob king boyfriend, Cameron Hillard, abandoned her for her own good, Emmy has been attempting to move on with her charmed college student life as if nothing happened. Now rejected from the underworld and left grieving over Cameron’s alleged death, Emmy realizes she belongs nowhere...
  • The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Siren prequelEvents take place approximately six months before The Siren – stars Sheridan &...
  • Psycho by Candace Wondrak

    Psycho by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It’s official. I’ve come undone. My time at Hillcrest only led to my undoing. My past finally caught up to me, and now I’m in my ex’s hands. Ray, the Midtown Strangler, my serial killer ex who got off on a technicality. When I’m with him, I can almost forget what I saw at that party. Almost...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cruel hero  m-f  new adult  dark  contemporary
  • Claim by Sienna Snow

    Claim by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Damon Pierce has a dangerous reputation at Violent Delights.As for the submissive women he plays with? They get one night only.Any more would put them at risk.He has no interest in emotional entanglements.Especially not with Sophia Morelli.She's too brazen. Too beautiful.And the sister of one of his closest friends...
  • Break Me by C.D. Reiss

    Break Me by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book three - and the final in the...
  • Heaven Hill Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Heaven Hill Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Get the first four books in the best-selling Heaven Hill series in one box set. Book #1 – Meant To Be Single Mother Denise Cunningham meets her match when Heaven Hill VP Liam Walker convinces her to do a job for the club. Once she’s in, she’s not sure if she’ll ever want to get out...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  bikers  dark
  • The Elder by Celia Aaron

    The Elder by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A shocking murder. A suspicious son. A dedicated detective. In Azalea, Mississippi, the only thing hotter than the summer days are the men of the King family. When the patriarch Randall King is found dead, Detective Arabella Matthews will race the clock to stop the killer from striking again...
  • Reciprocity by K.I. Lynn

    Reciprocity by K.I. Lynn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The final installment of the Breach Trilogy! Things are finally looking up for Nathan and Lila. Though separated at work, their life together is just beginning. They’re working hard to lock up Lila’s past, when Nathan’s comes knocking at the door with a gift—a warning that happiness can, and will, be taken away...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  alpha male  office  m-f  contemporary  abuse  dark  mafia
  • Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden

    Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Love is the most dangerous obsession… Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future—a future that includes Skye’s lover, billionaire Trace Weston. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her. She’s dead wrong...
  • Shrouded in Blackness by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Shrouded in Blackness by Norma Jeanne Karlsson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Only loyalty can truly win his heart… Gangs, organized crime and underground bare-knuckle fighting make up the world that Kieran Delaney thrives within. His reputation is built on the talent of his fists, as much as his ability to get information about any and everything...
  • Darkness Lurks by J.L. Drake

    Darkness Lurks by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emily McPhee has struggled to overcome her father’s death... It’s not easy, but Emily finally has the life she wants. She’s an A student at Orange University and has a comfortable home and a great circle of friends. She’s also in love with handsome Orange PD officer Seth Connors. He doesn’t seem to return her feelings, though, so she tells herself his friendship is enough...
  • Vital Sign by J.L. Mac

    Vital Sign by J.L. Mac

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I used to have a great life. My little world was bright. I had no complaints. My perfectly simple life made the fall from grace that much more devastating. I plummeted from the heavenly little bubble that I shared with Jake. I fell fast and hard straight into the fiery pits of hell. The knowledge of how things used to be is a bittersweet torture that refuses me even one moment of respite...
  • Pretend We're Over by Ella Miles

    Pretend We're Over by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m not looking for a date. I’m definitely not looking for a husband—just one night of passion. I’m in Vegas, after all. And what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.So how did I end up with a giant rock on that finger, you ask? Your guess is as good as mine.Now I’m stuck fake married to the biggest self-centered jerk I’ve ever met...
  • Only For Him by W. Winters

    Only For Him by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FROM USA TODAY AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR, W WINTERS, COMES A PROVOCATIVE TALE OF A CLUB DESIGNED FOR WEALTHY SINNERS. IT'S A STORY CRAFTED FOR THOSE OF US WHO CRAVE THE VILLAIN.I'd have chosen her above all else...if only I could go back.Even if it meant I never got to kiss her, to love her, to be consumedby the woman she is and the love she gave me...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  office  bdsm  dark  mafia  contemporary
  • Disavow by Karina Halle

    Disavow by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes a seductive novel of riches, romance, and redemption. In the Dumont fashion empire, no heir has a reputation as decadent, arrogant, and ruthless as that of Pascal Dumont. Every transgression, an indecent pleasure. Every woman, a conquest. And none is more challenging than his new personal assistant, Gabrielle Caron...
  • Infraction by K.I. Lynn

    Infraction by K.I. Lynn

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The exciting continuation of Breach! Waking up in the hospital after a terrible car crash, Lila has a long road of recovery ahead of her. More than just her body, she must recover her heart after an altering declaration by Nathan. With all that happened between them she must chose to forgive him and take him back, or sever all ties...
  • Nanny and the BRATVA BOSS: A Mafia Romance by S.C. Daiko

    Nanny and the BRATVA BOSS: A Mafia Romance by S.C. Daiko

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He calls me 'Mary Poppins'.  I just call him 'Boss'. He's a Russian Mafia kingpin.Deep, dark and dangerous.Good and evil at war within him.I'm caught in the cross-fire,but I want to be here.A cold-hearted man, or is he?I'm about to find out...***She's breezed into my worldlike a latter-day Mary Poppins.A sassy girl from Englandwith the voice of an angel,and the body of a goddess...
  • Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose

    Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Introducing the first novel in the pulse-pounding Sacramento series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose. There is a serial killer on the loose, preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved into the torsos of his victims. Together they spell “Sydney...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  m-f  dark  contemporary  open-door
  • Dissolution by K.I. Lynn

    Dissolution by K.I. Lynn

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00DDHL9WU. He wanted her to leave him, but, in the end, he was forced to do it. Separating himself from Lila puts Nathan in a level of hell he never knew existed. The journey is a spiraling decent where the beast inside is released and havoc reigns in the arena of self-destruction...
  • The Man in the Black Suit by Sylvain Reynard

    The Man in the Black Suit by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Brazilian Acacia Santos excels at her job as concierge at the prestigious Hotel Victoire in Paris. When her senior colleague is attacked and sent to the hospital, she is tasked with serving one of the hotel’s most mysterious and attractive guests. Nicholas Cassirer checks into the hotel under an assumed name every three months...
  • Mine to Hold by Cynthia Eden

    Mine to Hold by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    She was one man’s obsession… Nine years ago, Claire Kramer’s lover brutally killed her family, and he tried to kill her. She escaped, but she’s been haunted ever since that attack. Too afraid to trust another man and too worried that her past will catch up with her, Claire never gets too close to anyone. But then she meets Noah York. He must have her. Noah York is a man with secrets...
  • Statistic by Dawn Robertson

    Statistic by Dawn Robertson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Four Men. One Woman. And one of the hardest choices Aurora Alexander will ever have to make. Newly divorced, single mother Aurora is desperately trying to move on with her life. After a string of unsuccessful blind dates, she turns to internet dating. Everyone does it, so it has to be safe. Right? Hot one night stands. Sexting. And an Alpha man who sweeps her off of her feet...
  • Messed up by Molly Owens

    Messed up by Molly Owens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What starts as a vicious prank one dark summer night leads sixteen year-old Chelsea Mallory plummeting into a MESSED UP world of obsession, a clandestine fraternity, a lost fortune, murder and ultimately a scramble to save her own life. His eyes are blue like midnight. That is the first thing Chelsea notices about smooth talking, insanely hot Levi Bennett...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  suspense  mystery  contemporary  abuse  dark
  • Dark Chase by Miranda Kavi

    Dark Chase by Miranda Kavi

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A desperate woman. A criminal empire at war. A love that leaves a path of destruction. Sophia is haunted by her choices. Her ache for Dmitri overshadows every moment in Russia. She must find him, even if it’s a death wish. When she connects with a local mobster for help, she unleashes a chain of events with dire consequences...
  • Her Broken Pieces by Rachel Leigh

    Her Broken Pieces by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His hollow heart called to me.Charred black from years of his own torture.An urge to fill the empty spaces that I was responsible for when I left him.He thought I deserved the same wrath he endured all those years ago.I came when I was summoned.Unaware that my past was waiting behind closed doors.One look into those eyes that wore dark shades of fury, and I knew this was part of his plan...
  • Obedience by Liza Snow

    Obedience by Liza Snow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    CassandraGrowing up, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies.The greatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau.The day before my parents died, they took me to see his circus, and it was then I knew my fate was sealed.I would do everything in my power to perform with them one day.To perform with him.Little did I realize, he would be far more than I’d ever imagined him being...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  angst  contemporary  dark  sports
  • On the Edge by Aleatha Romig

    On the Edge by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a standalone new-adult, romantic thriller where love is new, and monsters lurk in expensive suits behind million-dollar smiles. Woodland Cliffs Country Club is the crown jewel of the small Monterey-area seaside town. It’s comfortable stomping grounds for those born to money and opportunity...
  • Fate's Demand by Aleatha Romig

    Fate's Demand by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Stepping into the city limits, the vibes of New Orleans infiltrate the thoughts and feelings of each unsuspecting individual. Twinkling lights.Copious amounts of alcohol.AndGhost stories of lore.As Emma waits for a business meeting, those ingredients are there, in the heavy air and circulating through her bloodstream. Until everything changes. Everett Ramses is tall, dark, and mysterious...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  super rich hero  m-f  contemporary  dark
  • This Love Hurts by W. Winters

    This Love Hurts by W. Winters

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    USA Today Best Selling Author, Willow Winters, brings you an all-consuming, sizzling romance featuring an epic, anti-hero you won't soon forget. Some love stories are a slow burn. Others are quick to ignite, scorching and branding your very soul before you’ve taken that first breath. You’re never given a chance to run from it. That’s how I’d describe what happened to us...
  • BEAST: A Mafia Romance by S.C. Daiko

    BEAST: A Mafia Romance by S.C. Daiko

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    I've been sold by my own father to a BEAST Gleb Sokolov is the definition of a savage. He’s an animal in bed and everywhere else. A ruthless Russian Mafia boss, badass personified. And my father just sold me to him, to pay off a debt. But there’s something Gleb doesn’t know… we have a son, and I’ll do anything to keep him from finding out...
  • His Demands by K.C. Crowne

    His Demands by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The silver fox billionaire is used to getting anything he wants...And now, he wants to make me his darling little wife.Working as Ivan Stepanov's assistant is a literal gig from hell.After a day of catering to his every demand I text my friend in HATE my boss but find him so freakin HOT!"I arrive home with my thoughts stuck on the gorgeous older man ruining my life...
  • Say Yes by Lucia Franco

    Say Yes by Lucia Franco

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I broke all the rules. He knows my true self.Our relationship is far from a game.I've never felt this close to a man.James Riviera is everything I never knew I wanted.Powerful, alluring, and completely mine. Now he wants to make me his wife.I only have to say yes and I'll have forever, but forever isn't as lasting as people believe...
  • Twisted by Aleatha Romig

    Twisted by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The underworld of Chicago is far from forgiving. It’s a world where knowledge means power, power money, and money everything. While I paid the ultimate price to have it all, it wasn’t my decision to give my life.. That doesn’t mean I ceased to exist, only to live...
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