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The Mavericks

Evie Emberson is trouble. Smart-mouthed, fearless, and relentless—especially when she’s looking for answers. She’s a hacker with a past that just won’t stay buried, so laying low isn’t exactly her strong suit. Especially when he’s around. Aiden “Ace” Hayes is her brother’s best friend—brooding, loyal, and a walking contradiction. He spends half his time at the motorcycle garage and half deep in Valeport’s underground, and he lives by a code. Rule number one? Don’t touch Evie. But she’s not a kid anymore. She’s fire and chaos and everything he shouldn’t want. He knows getting involved would blow up the only family he’s ever had—but walking away is getting harder every damn day. What starts as snark and stolen glances spirals into something darker, hotter, and way past the point of no return. And the more they try to hide it, the more it threatens to consume them. Now, with enemies circling and Evie’s secrets putting a target on her back, Aiden will do whatever it takes to protect her—even if it means betraying the brother who made him family. Loyalties will be tested. Rules will be broken. And hearts? They’re about to burn.

Ace & Ember

Kate Crew · 2026

dark romance biker romance brother's best friend enemies to lovers dark

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Society of Villains

LILA My innocence was ripped from me one fatal night under the starless sky. Resulting in an unwanted teenage pregnancy and a secret the Camorra must bury. My father decided to hand me off to the highest bidder. The lucky winner? Tiernan Callaghan, psychopath extraordinaire. The Irish mafia prince wants me for all the wrong reasons. Alliance. Money. Prestige. War. I am but a pawn in his twisted game. The man who sits on a throne of his enemies' skulls thinks I'm a weakling. Little does he know, in this chess game, the underdog wins. Because the thing about bad bishops? They protect good pawns.

Bad Bishop

L.J. Shen · 2025

dark romance mafia age gap forbidden love dark

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North Shore Stories

She wants one thing, to escape their ruined town, while he wants only her. If you’re born on the North Shore of the Falls, you don’t leave; there are no miracle endings or hidden exits, just a lifetime trapped in a place that’s always at war, two gangs tearing it apart while everyone else gives up on dreaming of something more. Everyone except me. I’ve always been a North Shore girl, tough, relentless, built to survive, but two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he made sure to keep proof. Now he’s using it to blackmail me into doing a job that could destroy my only chance of escape, a job that means betraying my own crew. He’s always there, watching, calculating, finding new ways to push me, his mind as dangerous as the reputation that made the North Shore Kings carry his name, his family’s power carved in blood. People say there’s no point in fighting him, that he’s the kind of man who’s already crossed the line between right and wrong and doesn’t care what’s left of it. Now I’m caught in his grip with no one to save me, no way out, no way to win, just one choice left: do exactly what he says.

Beautiful Fiend

Lola King · 2023

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In the silence of the morgue, she fixes what violence ruins. Bullet wounds disappear beneath careful stitching. Evidence vanishes. Secrets are buried with the dead. Every crew in the city relies on her. All except one. The largest. The most powerful. The one even other criminals fear. She has spent years avoiding them. Until the night their leader walks through her doors. He does not shout. He does not threaten. He simply watches her work, calm, immaculate, disturbingly intrigued. When he tells her she will be working for him from now on, it sounds less like a request and more like fate closing in. She refuses. He returns. Again. And again. And again. The more she resists, the more fascinated he becomes. He calls her extraordinary. Says her talent is wasted on small men with smaller ambitions. Says beautiful things belong in powerful hands. He thinks she will bend. He has no idea she has been surrounded by monsters her entire life and survived them all.

Beautiful Things Obey

T.L. Smith · 2026

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Covington Graves

Everyone has bodies in their attic. Five years ago, Vivian Covington and Noctus Graves made each other a promise. Your bodies will stay in my attic, if mine stay in yours. They were never supposed to see each other again. Until a ritualistic serial killer forces them back to the town they swore they'd never return to. Once inseparable. Now bitter enemies. Vivian and Noctus share a secret that should have stayed buried forever. But as bodies begin appearing across Grimsdale, every crime scene becomes a message. Every victim pulls them closer to the worst night of their lives. And every clue proves someone knows exactly what happened. Forced to work together, they find themselves hunting a killer who's been watching them for years―someone determined to drag their darkest secret into the light. Because the Grimsdale Reaper doesn't just want to be caught. They want Vivian and Noctus to pay. And this time, the darkness won't keep their secrets.

Become The Dark

K.M. Moronova · 2027

📅 Feb 9, 2027

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Kept In Paradise

He’s the forbidden enigma I wanted to ignore . . . but instead I’ll be forced to share a home with him. Jameson Knight arrives at precisely the same time every day to pick up his young daughter from school, smiling as she runs into his open arms. It’s the only time I see him smile. I don’t ask questions because it’s not my place. I’m just his daughter’s favorite teacher, nothing more. . . . Until the first bullet flies by us at recess. Suddenly, I’m risking my life to protect her. And then Jameson drags me back to his estate, claiming it’s a matter of life-or-death. Now I’m in the most beautiful home I’ve ever seen, faced with an offer from a man who’s just as gorgeous: Be the temporary live-in nanny until he can ensure my safety and find a more permanent solution. It’ll be easy, he promises. Yet, the arrangement is anything but simple. Not when Jameson’s hungry stare is all consuming and his touch pulse racing. And definitely not when I find that nothing in this neighborhood is as it seems, including Jameson. He may be powerful, possessive, and protective. But he’s also dangerous, demanding, and calculating. As more of his secrets come out, I should run but . . . How do I escape the enigma of Jameson Knight if he’s already captured my heart?

Behind Closed Doors

Shain Rose · 2026

dark romance nanny x boss single dad possessive mmc dark

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Jordan took me in when I had nowhere else to go, and unlike everyone before him, he doesn’t use me, hurt me, or make me feel invisible, he sees me, listens to me, protects me. He remembers the small things, laughs with me, and makes me feel safe in a way I’ve never known, and now I feel his presence everywhere, in the quiet moments at the breakfast table or the sound of his car pulling into the driveway, my heart racing before I can stop it. But this has to end before it begins. My sister always said good men don’t exist, and if they do, they’re never available. Pike Lawson is a good man, but he isn’t the one who’s unavailable, I am. He took me in thinking it would be simple, just a fair exchange, some help around the house, nothing more, but it hasn’t stayed simple. Now he catches himself thinking about me when he shouldn’t, holding his breath when we cross paths, fighting the urge to reach out when he knows he can’t. The lines are already blurring, no matter how hard we try to hold them in place, and with every passing day, we’re becoming something neither of us can afford. Because we’re not free to want this, not when I’m nineteen, he’s thirty-eight, and he’s my boyfriend’s father, the same boyfriend who now lives under his roof with me.

Birthday Girl

Penelope Douglas

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Brutal Birthright

He’s no Prince Charming, Callum Griffin is the heir to the Irish mafia, ruthless, arrogant, and determined to kill me. Things went wrong from the start when I set a very small fire in his house, and now our families are convinced that a marriage pact is the only way to prevent all-out war. Personally, I think it might be easier to murder him in his sleep, but that would be far less complicated if he weren’t so infuriatingly good-looking. Still, my heart is locked up tight, because even if I’m forced to marry him, I could never love a brutal prince. Brutal Prince is the explosive first installment in the Brutal Birthright series, a standalone dark mafia romance with a guaranteed HEA and no cliff-hangers, featuring intense, steamy scenes intended for mature readers.

Brutal Prince

Sophie Lark · 2020

dark romance mafia arranged marriage forced proximity dark

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The Ruinous Love

A dark, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy packed with chaos, spice, and a whole lot of murder, where every killer needs someone who understands them, and every twisted game demands a victor. When Sloane and Rowan, two rival murderers, cross paths by chance, what begins as curiosity turns into something far more dangerous, a rare connection between two equally dark souls. From quiet towns in West Virginia to the glitz of California, from the streets of Boston to the backroads of Texas, they reunite year after year in a deadly competition, tracking and taking down some of the most dangerous people in the country. But as their bond grows into something deeper, the trail of bodies they’ve left behind begins to catch up with them, threatening not just their lives, but whatever fragile relationship they’ve built. Now they’re forced to face the truth, can they survive a game built on death, or have they finally found someone they can’t outrun? Butcher & Blackbird kicks off the Ruinous Love trilogy, a series of interconnected standalone dark romances told through dual perspectives, complete with a satisfying HEA.

Butcher & Blackbird

Brynne Weaver · 2023

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Dark Duet

Caleb has lived for one purpose, revenge. Abducted as a child and sold into slavery by a ruthless mob figure, his life has been shaped by that betrayal, and for twelve years he’s buried himself in the world that once trapped him, searching for the man responsible. Now, at last, his enemy has resurfaced under a new name, though his cruelty remains unchanged. To get close enough to destroy him, Caleb knows he must become something he despises, forcing him to abduct and train a young woman to play a role he knows all too well. Olivia Ruiz, only eighteen, wakes in an unfamiliar place, restrained and blindfolded, greeted by the calm yet commanding voice of a man who calls himself Caleb, but insists she call him Master. She’s strong-willed despite her fear, innocent yet carrying a quiet, undeniable allure she struggles to suppress. Though she’s terrified of the cold, controlling man who holds her captive, what unsettles her most is the dangerous pull she feels toward him, a connection she neither wants nor understands.

Captive In The Dark

CJ Roberts · 2024

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Into Darkness

Nico “Junior” Trocci has always known Lauren Marchetti is off limits, men like him don’t get to keep women like her, and that’s exactly why he pushed her away back in high school and still keeps his distance now. But distance doesn’t mean indifference, because he watches her from afar, following her online, unable to look away from the confident, stunning woman she’s become, so different from the quiet, bookish girl he once knew, and now he can’t stop thinking about her. He’s dangerous, the kind of man people warn you about, reckless and full of red flags, which might be a problem if red wasn’t my favorite color. Lauren “Lo” Marchetti hasn’t forgotten what Junior did to her, he broke her heart once, and she refuses to let history repeat itself, but the more their paths cross and their chemistry builds, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings she thought she buried, reminding her exactly why she fell for him in the first place. When the past comes back to complicate everything, they’re both forced to confront what still lingers between them and decide if they’re willing to risk it all for another chance, because sometimes love isn’t safe, and sometimes it’s not meant to be. Caught Up is a fast-paced dark romance featuring a morally grey male lead, with intense themes that may not be for every reader.

Caught Up

Navessa Allen · 2025

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Men of the Wilds

Aurelia George was prepared to let the world believe she was dead. Tangled in the arms of her mountain men and bound only by the rules they make, the twice disgraced pop star had found her happily ever after. Or so she thought. The only thing surprising about learning her uncle wants her dead is realizing how eager she is to return the favor. Convincing her mountain men to leave their world behind and step into hers won’t be easy. Thorin is desperate to disappear again, Khalil is quietly drowning, and Zeke wants her gone. For better or worse, this quartet of villains will have to leave their Eden. And now that the tables have turned, Aurelia’s the one they’ll need to survive. But as she and the rest of the world are about to learn, you can take these men out of the wilds, but you can’t take the wilds out of them.

Chrysalis

B.B. Reid · 2026

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Devil's Night

Erika knows exactly who Michael Crist is, her boyfriend’s older brother, a man who feels like something out of a horror movie you can’t stop watching, even when you’re afraid to look. He’s handsome, powerful, and utterly intimidating, a college basketball star turned pro who barely seems to notice her existence. But Michael notices everything. He knows Erika Fane, Rika, the girl who’s always been around his house, sitting at his family’s table, the one who lowers her gaze when he walks in and goes still when he gets too close. He feels her fear, thrives on it, and while he’s never touched her, he knows he already owns a piece of her mind, which has always been enough. Until it isn’t. When his brother leaves for the military and Rika ends up alone at college in his city, unguarded, the situation becomes impossible to ignore. Because years ago, she was the reason some of his closest friends went to prison, and now they’re free. They’ve been waiting, watching, biding their time, and now that moment has finally come, when every fear she’s tried to bury is about to become real.

Corrupt

Penelope Douglas · 2015

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Crave the Villain

Rina Kent · 2027

📅 Mar 23, 2027

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Three of them, one of her, and a secluded cabin deep in the woods, where long winter nights promise tension, heat, and something far more complicated than any of them expect. Tiernan de Haas has spent her entire life surrounded by wealth but starved of love, the only child of a famous film producer and his starlet wife, raised more by distance than by family. Sent away to boarding schools, she learned early how to be alone, though she could never escape the shadow of her parents’ fame. When they suddenly die, she knows she’s supposed to feel something, grief, devastation, anything, but the truth is, nothing really changes, because she’s always been alone. That is, until Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only remaining relative, steps in as her guardian just months before she turns eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the remote mountains of Colorado, Tiernan quickly realizes that isolation doesn’t mean freedom, because in this house, surrounded by these men, her life is no longer entirely her own, and they all have their own ideas about what she should feel, want, and become.

Credence

Penelope Douglas · 2020

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Never After Series

Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there's a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When he's tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont―a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair―his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil. Amaya Paquette is Festivalé's beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and shameless lips. Although she longs for love, she shies away from companionship, afraid of being abandoned again. When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she's using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can't eat. Can't breathe. Can't think unless it's of her. And temptation is a devastating mistress. She's his weakness, so he decides he'll be her demise…even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.

Crossed

Emily McIntire · 2022

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Men of the Wilds

America's sweetheart has been canceled. From teen star to international phenom to the biggest celebrity in the world, Aurelia George has suddenly found herself on the other side of adoration. The public thinks they hate her when they never really knew her. The saddest tragedy of all is that she doesn't know herself. Done with the fame, glitz, and glam―the whole doe-eyed princess charade―Aurelia decides she's taking back her life, even if it costs her everything. But her uncle has other plans. Shipped far away until the heat dies, Aurelia finds herself in the one place where her name means nothing. When a blizzard causes her plane to crash, she becomes stranded in the wilds of Northern Canada, a sole survivor with no one to turn to. No one except them. The misanthropic mountain men who've shut themselves away. It's their cabin Aurelia finds in the icy wilderness and their obsession she ignites when they discover her sleeping in one of their beds. Thorin, Khalil, and Ezekiel (and all of his personalities) have only longed for one thing in nine long years...a woman to warm their beds. Surviving a plane crash, wolves, avalanches, frozen lakes, and a harsh winter with three feral men is nothing compared to Aurelia's hardest trial of all―finding herself.

Crucible

B.B. Reid · 2024

dark romance why choose enemies to lovers Goldilocks retelling dark

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Brothers of Sin Series

London Gardella is running; broken, bruised, and desperate for safety. When she arrives in New York City, she’s clinging to the last hope she has left; finding sanctuary with a stranger who wants nothing to do with her. Archer Sin is a reclusive billionaire hacker—tattooed, brooding, and razor-sharp— he thrives in the shadows. He reluctantly agrees to keep her safe, but only if she follows his two rules: No touching his computers. No falling in love. Archer’s inked fingers rarely leave his keyboards, but his eyes never stop watching London… stalking her every move, sparking a fire neither can ignore. Then comes a reckless, forbidden kiss. Rules shatter. Walls crumble. Desire ignites. Trust is a risk neither can afford, but survival means facing the truth: sometimes, the safest haven is the most dangerous place of all.

Dangerous Haven

Luna Pierce · 2026

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After her messy divorce, Sienna Blake is done with men. She’s trading her wreckage for a sun-drenched future in California until a violent Montana storm sends her car skidding off the road and straight into Blackwood. A town with more cows than people, a thriving fascination with its serial-killer history, and one dangerously attractive rancher who looks at her like she’s already his. Sterling Hayes didn’t build his empire by letting go of what he wants. And the moment Sienna steps into his town, something inside him wakes up. He knows she doesn’t belong here. He also knows he’s not letting her leave. So he does what any reasonable, wildly unhinged man would do. He steals a few critical car parts and buys himself time. One month to convince her that Blackwood is exactly where she belongs―preferably wrapped up in his sheets, wearing nothing but his flannel. Sienna refuses to be easy prey. She’s stubborn, sharp-tongued, and far too smart for his dirty cowboy games. Between a mortifying wardrobe malfunction, a drunken bet involving a mechanical bull, and a series of ranch disasters that leave her bruised and furious, she’s determined to prove she won’t fall for him or this town. But Blackwood has secrets that run deeper than flirtation and far darker than small-town charm. Women have been disappearing in the Montana wilderness, and everyone knows the land remembers blood. When the killer’s attention turns toward Sienna, Sterling’s careful restraint fractures. Because monsters recognize monsters. And the man watching her isn’t just a rancher willing to steal car parts. He’s the kind of man who knows how to hunt.

Dark Horse

C.R. Jane · 2026

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Under Your Scars

Seventeen years after the events in Under Your Scars, Caroline makes her yearly visit to Meridian City and is taken on a heartbreaking and bittersweet journey that gives her something she's been searching for her entire life: closure. This is a sequel novella to Under Your Scars: A Dark Romance Novel, and the series must be read in order.

Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

Ariel N. Anderson · 2024

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They rule this town and everyone in it. Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel, known as The Vipers, are as ruthless as their reputation suggests, their power built on dangerous deals and fear strong enough to bring grown men to their knees. They’re not the kind of men anyone should cross, but my father did exactly that, racking up a debt he couldn’t pay and deciding I was the price. He sold me to them, just like that. Now I belong to them in every possible way, but submission has never been in my nature. They may hold the power, their rough, scarred hands keeping me close, their attention heavy with something dark and consuming, wanting every part of me, but they’ll never truly have me. They can claim my body, but my heart is not theirs to take. And if they think this ends with me breaking, they’re wrong, because I fully intend to make them regret ever taking me. I’m not the kind of girl who goes down quietly, I fight back.

Den Of Vipers

K.A. Night · 2020

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Royal Elite

The villain wasn’t supposed to wear the crown. I had a simple, foolproof plan: survive my final year at Royal Elite School, keep my head down, and escape to my dream university. But plans are fragile things, and mine went up in smoke the moment the school’s undisputed king turned his gaze toward me. One glance from Aiden King is enough to steal the air from my lungs. One glance is a silent death sentence. With his first words, he didn't just threaten me, he dismantled my future and spiraled my life into a chaotic wreckage I can’t repair. “I will destroy you.” Aiden isn't just a bully; he is a void. He has a black mind, a black heart, and a soul that has never seen the light. My only hope was to remain invisible, to endure the countdown until graduation in the shadows. But I failed. I made the one mistake you never recover from: I provoked the king on his throne. I poked the devil in the center of his own personal hell. Now, the bill has come due. I quickly learned that being hated by Aiden King is a dangerous game, but I’m realizing something far more terrifying as the shadows close in. Being hated by him is a nightmare. But being wanted by him? That is lethal.

Deviant King

Rina Kent · 2019

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Devils of New York

Angel Sinclair doesn’t save women. He owns them.   Promise  I haven’t spoken in a year.  The last words I said out loud…  They were a PROMISE to my mother as she lay dying in my arms.   My father calls my silence an embarrassment. A weakness. A threat to his campaign. His solution? Sell my hand in marriage to the city’s most feared criminal. Angel Sinclair  Rich. Lethal. Disturbingly handsome. The Devil of New York.   He’s fighting a war to control the city’s gritty underworld.  I’m just a sacrificial soul in his game of power and corruption.   Except, I’ve got something Angel wants.  And it isn’t the attraction that sizzles between us.  It’s a secret locked tight behind my silent lips.  The kind that could make Angel a king…  Or be my ruin.   But I’m not sure I have a choice. Because the Devil has made his claim. And now… I belong to him.

Devil's Promise

Tammy Andresen · 2026

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Who am I? It’s a question I stopped knowing the answer to a long time ago, ever since I ran from that house with nothing but the clothes on my back, leaving everything behind, even my name. Since then, I’ve been surviving however I can, stepping into borrowed lives and stolen identities, losing myself in people who never mattered. Until him. Under a crashing waterfall, he made me forget who I was completely, and somehow, I walked away carrying his name instead. Enzo Vitale, a man as mysterious as the ocean he loves, drawn not to its beauty, but to the predators lurking beneath the surface, creatures that mirror something dark within him. I didn’t realize I was just another thing to be lured in, caught in his trap as he sought revenge for something I barely understood, and if I had known where it would lead, I would have run before ever stepping foot on his boat. But it’s too late for that now. A violent storm has left us stranded, forced into hiding inside a crumbling lighthouse, where danger feels closer than ever. He hates me almost as much as he wants me, torn between hurting me and keeping me close, but he might not be the worst threat on this island. The caretaker who watches over this place has secrets of his own, and now, who I am no longer matters, only whether I’ll make it out alive.

Does It Hurt?

H.D. Carlton · 2022

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The Wrong Made Men

Hotly pursued by a dangerously sexy mobster, a down-on-her-luck cocktail waitress finds her life―and her dead-end marriage―derailed in the name of love. Jagger Thatcher doesn’t take no for an answer. As second in command of the criminal empire that rules Las Vegas, known as the Vale Syndicate, he’s used to taking what he wants. And from the moment he encounters the exquisite Eden Thorne, he’s determined to make her his. There’s just one thing keeping him from claiming the beautiful cocktail waitress: She’s married. Trapped in a toxic union and working two demanding jobs, Eden has long given up on escaping her reality . . . until she meets Jagger. His presence alone conjures up the wildest of fantasies within her. But it’s his loyalty, fierce protection, and the promise of passion gleaming in his eyes that keep her up at night. Still, Eden resists his advances. Where Jagger sees a problem with an easy fix, she’s resigned to staying true to her husband, bonded to him over their shared childhood trauma. But everything changes when all that’s familiar to her comes crashing down―only to be replaced by Jagger’s strength, heat, and sensual power. Eden knows her hunger for Jagger, a man whose lavish lifestyle is powered by darkness, isn’t without a price. But is she ready to pay it?

Don't Say Mafia

C.R. Jane · 2026

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Salacious Players Club

I’ve always been someone who watches from the sidelines, it’s what I’m good at, what I’ve built my life around as one of the four owners of the Salacious Players’ Club. Distance works for me, control works for me, and I’ve never needed anything more. Until one night changes everything. I come across a cam app and find myself drawn in, watching someone I should never have clicked on, my stepsister. There’s just one problem, actually, three. Mia and I can’t stand each other, she has no idea it’s me behind the screen, and worst of all, I can’t seem to stop. What started as curiosity turns into obsession, pulling me into something I swore I’d never risk again, wanting, feeling, getting too close. I’m falling for her, while she’s falling for the man I’m pretending to be, and the longer it goes on, the harder it is to keep the truth buried. Watching was always enough for me, but not anymore. Now the question is how far I’m willing to go to make her see me, the real me, before everything falls apart.

Eyes On Me

Sara Cate · 2022

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Society of Villains

Tom I know a secret that can destroy the most powerful crime organization in America. For years, I've watched Enzo Ferrante get away with murder. Literally. He's slipped between the FBI's fingers time after time, spreading terror and mayhem on the streets of New York, masked beneath a gorgeous face and elegant pedigree. A sloppy error on his part results in an incident that unexpectedly binds us together. Suddenly, I'm no longer the special agent who is thirsty for his blood. I'm his savior. His god. The light in his pitch-black existence. Now that I caught the social butterfly in my spider web, I'm never letting go. He is about to taste the venomous kiss of betrayal as I put him and his entire family behind bars for the rest of their lives. Because when the night falls, the Camorra's enforcer crawls between my sheets and whispers all his sordid secrets in my ear. Enzo Ferrante is completely and utterly mine, and nobody knows. Not even his lovely fiancée.

Fallen Rook

L.J Shen · 2026

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Into Darkness

I hate that woman. Tyler Neumann isn’t looking for a family reunion. He’s spent years tracking his father with a singular, bone-deep goal: total destruction. To get his revenge, Tyler is willing to burn anyone who stands in his way, and he’s found the perfect fuel for his fire in Stella McCormick. To Tyler, she represents everything he loathes, a life cushioned by silver spoons and untouchable privilege. He’s decided it’s time for her to pay the debt her family owes, and he doesn't care if she's ready for the bill. I hate that man. Stella McCormick might be a skeptic when it comes to "happily ever after," but she’s a firm believer in "loathing at first sight." From the second Tyler darkens the doorway of her tattoo parlor, she recognizes him for exactly what he is: a beautiful disaster designed to make her life a living hell. When Tyler’s blackmail forces her to play the role of his doting girlfriend, Stella is thrust into a dangerous charade, bringing a wolf into her family’s glittering inner circle. She’s sharp enough to clock his ulterior motives, but as the lines between their staged romance and their raw animosity begin to blur, she realizes love and hate are just two sides of the same jagged coin. Now, she isn’t sure which is more terrifying: the fact that Tyler wants to ruin her, or the fact that every time they touch, she never wants him to stop.

Game On

Navessa Allen · 2026

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Legacy of Gods

I never thought I was attracted to men, at least not until I quite literally collided with Nikolai Sokolov. A mafia heir with a brutal reputation, a man known for his violence and the darkness that follows him, he’s the last person I should be anywhere near. But one wrong place, wrong time encounter is all it takes for him to notice me, and once he does, there’s no turning back. I’m everything he shouldn’t want, quiet, controlled, an artist who keeps his distance, and worst of all, the twin brother of his enemy. None of it matters to him. If anything, it only seems to fuel his interest, pushing him to test my limits, to unravel the control I’ve spent so long holding onto. I thought the worst thing that could happen was catching his attention, but I was wrong, because being wanted by someone like Nikolai isn’t just dangerous, it’s something far more consuming than I ever expected.

God Of Fury

Rina Kent · 2023

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Legacy of Gods

I caught the attention of a monster, not by choice and not by warning, it just happened, and by the time I realized it, there was no escape. Killian Carson hides behind polished charm and effortless control, but beneath that surface is something far darker, something cold, calculating, and ruthless. No one else seems to notice the truth about him, the danger lurking just beneath, but I do, and knowing it might be the very thing that destroys me. I try to run, to put distance between myself and the threat he represents, but monsters don’t let go so easily. They don’t forget, they don’t lose interest, and worst of all, they always chase.

God Of Malice

Rina Kent · 2022

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Legacy of Gods

Creighton King is silent, brooding, and hostile. Annika Volkov loves him. She is his opposite in every way: a ray of sunshine, the life of the party, and constantly talking. What Annika doesn't know is that Creighton's quiet, beautiful exterior masks a dark, hidden persona. A violent one. Creighton knows he will never escape his past, so he takes his pain out on others. It's his only release. He doesn't expect to find any attraction to the girl that is his antithesis. But as Annika attempts to get closer to him, he finds that he enjoys her company more than anyone else's―especially once he discovers her wild side. And now that he's infatuated, she will never escape him. Even if their families' histories are deeply connected in ways neither of them could have imagined. Annika is the light and Creighton is the dark. Will she be able to light the way for him? Or will he succumb to the darkness and take her down with him?

God Of Pain

Rina Kent · 2024

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Legacy of Gods

I'm out for revenge. When Mia Sokolov, Mafia heiress and selective mute, successfully gives Landon King a taste of his own medicine, she discovers that her actions may have unwelcome consequences. Landon King is a genius artist, a posh rich boy, and Mia's nightmare. Now, he's obsessed with her. He's never met someone with the same penchant for mischief as himself. But he realizes that beneath Mia's hard outer shell, she is struggling with something that is too horrible to say aloud. Mia can't seem to shake Landon and finds herself increasingly attached to him, despite his seemingly constant ability to make her angry and his psychotic tendencies that always push her a bit too far. And as Landon gets closer to the truth about Mia's past, danger lurks just around the corner. Mia has learned to trust Landon…but will he protect her or ruin her?

God of Ruin

Rina Kent · 2025

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Legacy of Gods

She wakes up to find she's married her worst enemy... and this villain says he's never letting her go. From New York Times bestselling author Rina Kent comes the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Legacy of Gods series, a dark romance where obsession runs deep, enemies become lovers, and every secret comes at a cost. Ava Nash thought she knew hate. She thought Eli King―cold, ruthless, emotionally untouchable―was her enemy. He broke her heart once, and she vowed never to let him close again. But when she wakes in a hospital, confused and disoriented, Eli is there. Holding her hand. Wearing a ring that matches hers. Claiming they've been married for two years. She remembers none of it. He remembers everything. Eli is determined to keep her close―her memories, her resistance, even her fear be damned. Because whatever happened between them, he's not losing her again. Not now. Not ever.

God of War

Rina Kent · 2024

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Legacy of Gods

I've been trapped by the devil. When Cecily Knight does a favor for a friend, going to the Heathens' violent initiation competition to get a lay of the land for a rival gang, she thinks she may be able to get away with it because she has a superpower: invisibility. She can slip through most situations unnoticed. But immediately, she realizes her mistake. Behind enemy lines on a night like that, she's done the opposite, and the devil has noticed her. Jeremy Volkov isn't really the devil, but he may as well be as far as Cecily's concerned. He's not just a member of the Heathens―he's their leader, heir apparent to the Russian Bratva, and her one and only match on a kink app where she's finally admitted her darkest desires. And now, Jeremy has barged through her defenses, stalking her from the shadows and stealing her from the life she knows. He says he's out to protect her, but she knows the truth: he's out to possess her, own her, keep her. And Cecily? She has no intention of becoming a part of his blood-soaked world…or so she thinks.

God of Wrath

Rina Kent · 2024

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Zayden I thought I had everything I could possibly desire. Until I set my eyes on her. My angel. Too pure for this world, too pure for me. She’s all mine. No matter the cost. No matter the lives that stand in my way. She has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it yet. Dominic My brother has lost it, more so than ever before. I couldn’t figure out what had changed at first. One look at her though, and it all made sense. He gave me one job, protect his girl, a girl he’s never even spoken to. I held true to my promise and then some. I didn’t mean to kiss her, to touch her. One thing is for sure, though. I’m not losing her, even if I have to go through my brother to have her.

Graves

Katelyn Taylor · 2024

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Forbidden Love

I made a deal with the devil to save my mother, never expecting I might enjoy the fire that came with it. Gia’s world shifts the moment her nightmare takes shape in real life, hiding behind the face of her boss, Tatum Blackthorn, a man as dangerous as he is powerful. When he uncovers her vulnerability, he offers her a bargain she can’t refuse, binding her to him in marriage and pulling her deeper into his dark, calculated world. She’s always known there was something twisted beneath his surface, but as his need for revenge unfolds, so do the secrets she’s tried to keep buried. Soon, they’re both caught in the crosshairs of enemies far more dangerous than either of them anticipated, and anyone who comes for them will learn exactly how ruthless her husband can be. For Tatum, life has always been about control and destruction, and Gia becomes his most consuming fixation, something he intends to break piece by piece. But when his pursuit of vengeance ignites a war far bigger than expected, the stakes change. This is no longer just about him. In a game where power decides everything, even a man like him knows one rule above all, the king protects his queen, no matter the cost, even if it means watching everything he’s built go up in flames.

Handsome Devil

L.J Shen · 2025

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The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy

It’s time to reap what you sow. Cape Carnage is blooming with secrets, and they’re ready to harvest. But every time Nolan Rhodes digs one up, another grows in its place. Harper isn’t who he thought she was. Arthur might be more sinister than he first thought. And Sheriff Yates? The man is everywhere he turns. When true crime fanatics descend on the town looking for answers about the death of their leader, Nolan finds himself at the center of a search and rescue operation for missing people he knows are already dead. Cape Carnage teeters on the brink of chaos. And the harder Nolan tries to keep it together, the closer Harper comes to unraveling. Harper Starling has risked everything to bury her trauma in Cape Carnage. But now that Nolan has unearthed her past, her whole life seems ready to break apart. And who can she trust? The enigmatic man she’s falling in love with? He came to kill her. The serial killer mentor she’s vowed to protect? He’s become an unpredictable menace. The woman in the mirror? She might be the most dangerous of all. Loyalties are tested. Bonds are bent to a breaking point. And love? That might be the deadliest trap of all.

Harvest Season

Brynne Weaver

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Cat and Mouse Duet

For Adeline Reilly, returning to Seattle is meant to be a fresh start, a chance to focus on her growing career as an author while settling into the gothic mansion left to her by her late grandmother. At first, it seems like everything is finally falling into place, but Parson’s Manor holds more than just old memories. Strange things begin to happen, unsettling disturbances that go far beyond the whispers of ghosts lingering in the halls. It’s not the spirits of the past that truly frighten her, but the signs that someone very real is watching, break-ins with no explanation, roses left behind, and messages that feel less like threats and more like dark promises. Adeline soon realizes she has a stalker, and even more chilling, she’s not the first in her family to be hunted this way. Hidden within her great-grandmother’s journals is a story that feels too close to her own, a tale of obsession that ended in violence. Now, the manor seems to be closing in around her, holding not just the past, but a future that could repeat it. Unless she makes a choice first, one that could change everything, even if it means falling for the very person who’s been watching her from the shadows.

Haunting Adeline

H.D. Carlton · 2021

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Never After Series

He's the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She's the witch who steals his heart. Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn't good enough for her parents, and she isn't good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she's cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncle's demands. And she doesn't have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with her…and Venesa soon realizes he's the only one who's ever seen her for her. There's just one problem: she can never have him. Enzo "Loverboy" Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father, the strongest don in the northeast. When he's tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn't think twice. Until he meets his fiancée's cousin. Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want. When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, they'll both have to choose what's more important: duty to their families or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be.

Hexed

Emily McIntire · 2024

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Devil's Night

Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s an abandoned hotel called The Pope, surrounded by a mystery about the hidden twelfth floor and the guest who never checked out. Banks knows the local legend, but Kai Mori believes the myth around the hotel. He and his friends think they know her, think they can scare her, but Banks knows something they don’t. Even though she struggles to hide everything she feels when Kai looks at her, the person he seeks is much closer than he’ll ever realize. She’ll never reveal her secret. This Devil’s Night, Kai will be the hunted one. But Banks doesn’t know what Kai had to turn into to survive three years in prison. He wants the hotel, its guest, and his life back. But the more he’s around Banks, the more Kai realizes this new version of himself is exactly who he was meant to be. Kai’s seen her hideaway. It’s time for Banks to see his.

Hideaway

Penelope Douglas · 2017

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Never After Series

He wants revenge, but he wants her more… James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It’s the perfect plan, until things in James’s organization begin to crumble. Suddenly, he has to find the traitor in his midst, and his plan for revenge gets murkier as James starts to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in his game. Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the man known as James or the monster known as Hook.

Hooked

Emily McIntire · 2021

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The Fallen Empire Series

One bullet. One choice. One moment that damns them both. I should have kept walking when I heard gunshots echoing through the hazy backstreets of Downtown NYC. I should've run when I found him bleeding out in the alley, fingers wrapped around the silver frame of a gun. Instead, I knelt in his blood and staunched his wound with my own hands. I chose to save him, even if it made me an accomplice to a crime I don't understand. That's the dangerous thing about this city. One wrong turn can wrap you up in a web you were never supposed to find, and men like him don't entertain loose strings. But hopeless creatures have nothing left to lose. And some love stories begin with a bullet buried in a chest.

Hopeless Creatures

Eleanor Feighery · 2025

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Villain

The first time I laid eyes on Yulian Dimitriev, it wasn't a spark, it was an explosion of pure, unadulterated hate. He is everything I’ve spent my life learning to despise: brash, loud, and addicted to the kind of senseless violence that stains everything it touches. As the heirs to two of the most notorious mafia dynasties in the world, we were never meant to be allies, yet we found ourselves forced into a setting that stripped away our titles and left us with nothing but each other. The more I discovered about him, the more my loathing solidified, until the mask slipped. In the quiet moments between the chaos, I saw the man beneath the monster, and a forbidden heat ignited that neither of us could extinguish. But just as the air between us began to change, tragedy tore us apart, sending us back to our parallel lives, worlds that are designed to run side-by-side but never, ever intersect. Fate, however, is a cruel architect. I’ve been dragged back into Yulian’s orbit, and the gravity of his presence is stronger than the laws of our society. In our world, two men standing together isn't just a scandal, it’s a death sentence. But Yulian doesn't care about the rules. He is blurring every line I’ve ever drawn and pushing every limit I thought I had, until the lives we’ve built and the hearts we’ve tried to shield are both standing on the edge of total ruin.

Hunt The Villain

Rina Kent · 2026

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Kept in Paradise

He was only supposed to be a secret fling. A forbidden kiss stolen in the dark . . . Not the cold-blooded monster who betrayed me. Callahan Knight is the Diamond Syndicate’s perfect weapon with honed muscles, lethal control, and merciless loyalty. Even when taking out a rival cartel’s capo—my uncle—he doesn’t flinch. He shatters my family without hesitation, and I swear I’ll never forgive him for that. But the Syndicate doesn’t care about my hatred. To secure their power, they demand more: A vow of marriage or watch everything we love get destroyed. Now I’m the unwilling bride living in the luxurious prison of Paradise Grove with the man I refuse to call my soon-to-be husband. Instead, he’s the villain. Enemy number one. My tormentor . . . But also maybe my undoing. Because when he looks at me with the same fire we once shared, I can’t decide if I want to kill him . . . or kiss him. Yet, I refuse to be distracted by his touch or piercing gaze. Instead, I’ll play the part, wear the ring, and say my vows all while I dig for his greatest weakness. Because he may be the Syndicate’s deadliest weapon— But I’m just as lethal as the monster I have to marry.

In the Dark

Shain Rose · 2026

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The Edge Of Darkness

If he can’t have her, no one else will. Kade Mitchell is consumed by an obsession he hates as much as he needs, bound to a woman he can’t forget. Stacey Rhodes is a contradiction he’s never been able to escape, appearing innocent while hiding the truth of the girl who once broke him and pushed him into the darkness he now lives in. For years, he’s watched her from the shadows, eliminating anyone who got too close, holding onto a connection twisted by anger and desire. Now, with a rare chance to return home, he’s done waiting. He’s ready to take her back, no matter the cost, even if it means breaking every rule he’s set for himself. The pull between them hasn’t faded, no matter how much he wants it to, but neither has the past. He tells himself he’ll never forgive her, yet the closer he gets, the harder it becomes to hold onto that promise.

Insatiable

Leigh Rivers · 2023

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Devil's Night

Winter thought sending him to prison would finally free her, that even if he deserved it, she might have time to disappear or that the years behind bars would dull the monster he’d been. But she was wrong. Three years passed too quickly, and Damon didn’t come back changed, he came back worse, more focused, more dangerous, with nothing but time to plan. She expected revenge, expected pain, but not this. He doesn’t just want to hurt her, he wants to tear apart everything around her, to make her entire world suffer. For Damon, it starts with taking away her safety, beginning with the man who tried to paint him as the villain, claiming she was innocent while ignoring the truth he refuses to let go. Now, with her family stripped of protection and nowhere left to turn, he sets the stage carefully, not as a savior, but as something far more terrifying. This isn’t just revenge, it’s control, a declaration to everyone watching that he has no intention of changing, no desire to be anything other than the nightmare they created, and the one they’ll never escape.

Kill Switch

Penelope Douglas · 2019

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Kings of Las Vegas

Being a waitress was never meant to be forever, just a way to get through school and pay for my art degree, until Killian Smith walked into my life and changed everything. It’s not just that he’s rich, powerful, or dangerously attractive, it’s something far worse, something unhinged lurking beneath the surface, a darkness I recognize all too well. And somehow, he sees me just as clearly. What starts as unsettling glances turns into a twisted game, each night bringing him closer, tightening the space between us until I can’t ignore it anymore. Then everything spirals when I witness something I was never meant to see, a brutal Bratva murder in a dark alley, leaving me with nowhere to turn. Except him. The one man who terrifies me is the only one capable of keeping me safe. Killian Smith is a monster wrapped in beauty, and while he may protect me, I know it won’t come without a price, the only question is how much I’ll have to give in return.

King Of Depravity

Tammy Andresen · 2025

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Kings Of Sin

She's his greatest rival…and his greatest weakness. Handsome, talented, and beloved by (almost) everyone, Sebastian Laurent is used to being on top. The heir to a culinary empire, his sharp instincts and effortless charm have made him a legend. What people don't see are the demons lurking beneath his golden-boy facade. There's only one person who's come close to knowing the real him, Maya Singh, his childhood rival and secret obsession. She's also the only one who's ever successfully challenged him. He can't stand her, but if that's true…why can't he stop thinking about her? Smart, witty, and competitive to a fault, top marketing executive Maya Singh is used to winning―unless her opponent is Sebastian. It's something that's infuriated and motivated her her entire life. So when a series of unfortunate events forces her to work with her sworn enemy, she's determined to one-up him and show the world who's the best once and for all. What she didn't count on? Not hating their time together. To her horror, she might even…like it. There may be a thin line between love and hate, but that's one line she'll never cross. Not with him. Not ever.

King of Gluttony

Ana Huang

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Las Vegas Ruthless

He could rule the city if he wanted to. So why isn't he sitting on the throne? ENZO I buried her memory a long time ago. In my mind, my heart, in every single place I used to keep her. Then she walks back into my life—not as the woman I loved, but as a witness to something that could bury me. She doesn’t get to walk back in here and make me feel something again. Not after everything it cost me to stop. She has no idea how much love it takes to hate someone the way I hate her. And I should hate her. I want to. But when I look at her I don’t know if it’s her I hate, or myself for still wanting her. RAYNE He thinks I betrayed him, but he has no idea what really happened all those years ago, or how much it cost me to walk away from everything I’d ever known. He has no idea that the truth could cost him everything. I could hand it to him right now and watch him burn this city down taking his vengeance. But I can’t. Not because I'm afraid of what it will do to me, but because I know exactly what it will do to him. And now he has my life in his hands. My heart too, if I’m honest. The truth is coming whether I want it to or not, and his world is about to implode. But I can’t be the one to pick up the pieces. Last time we shattered, I barely made it out alive.

King of War

Sadie Kincaid · 2026

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Villain

My darkness meets a darker soul. I'm a golden boy. A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son. Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside. Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire. I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem. Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain. I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons. That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor. Kayden Lockwood. A criminal who's teaching criminal law. I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life. What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me. In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble. And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

Kiss The Villain

Rina Kent · 2025

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The Ruinous Love

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. And they can’t stand each other. Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be. As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them. There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep. And this one has come for blood.

Leather & Lark

Brynne Weaver · 2023

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Into Darkness

Aly spends her days as a trauma nurse, dealing with chaos and heartbreak, and escapes at night by indulging in fantasies most people wouldn’t understand, drawn to the allure of masked men and the thrill of being hunted. It’s all harmless, just an online distraction, until one impulsive, drunken message turns fantasy into something far more real. Aly has always craved the darker side of desire, something deeper and more dangerous than love and light. Meanwhile, Josh lives a double life, avoiding attention in reality while embracing it online, where his masked persona captivates millions. But out of all his followers, one stands out, Aly. As their connection grows, what starts as shared fantasy begins to blur into reality, pulling them both into something intense and consuming. But while they explore their darkest desires together, neither of them realizes that Aly has caught the attention of someone far more dangerous. And as the line between fantasy and reality disappears, Josh is forced to become more than just the predator in her dreams, he may have to become her protector, and decide just how far he’s willing to go for the woman he can’t let go.

Lights Out

Navessa Allen · 2024

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The Web of Silence Duet

Malachi Vize has always had one desire in life. One goal. One deep obsession he could never give up on. His foster sister Olivia. For the first time, she’s chosen him over the entire world, and he intends to keep her in his firm grasp forever – but his happiness is soon shattered by powerful enemies who want to claim Olivia for themselves. He had her. But then he lost her. Wounded and still wrestling with his own demons, Malachi is forced into unexpected alliances to hunt them down, but he won’t stop fighting until he gets her back. No matter what it takes.

Little Liar

Leigh Rivers · 2024

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The Web of Silence Duet

Owning her was never just a desire, it was the only thing he ever wanted. She betrayed him, sent him to prison, and now that he’s finally free, Malachi Vize is back with one goal, revenge. The moment he saw Olivia, she became more than just his enemy’s sister, she became his obsession, something forbidden he could never let go of. Years behind bars didn’t weaken that hold, it only made it stronger. In his mind, every part of her already belongs to him, her thoughts, her body, her fears, even her pain. And now that he’s out, he’s done watching from the shadows. On Halloween night, he steps back into her world, ready to claim the only thing left out of his grasp. Her heart, whether she gives it willingly or not.

Little Stranger

Leigh Rivers · 2023

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Royals of Forsyth University

Killian, Tristian, and Rath are ghosts from a past I tried to bury, three men who once held all the power while I had none. Back in high school, they knew my secrets just as I knew theirs, but the night everything shattered, they proved exactly who they were. My stepbrother stood by and watched as his best friends took their anger out on me, laughing like it was nothing. What they did that night should have broken me, but it wasn’t even my darkest secret, so I ran, determined to never return. Three years later, I’m back on their doorstep with nowhere else to go. They’ve only grown stronger, rising to power as Lords at Forsyth University, while I’m still running, still trying to escape something even worse. Because they’re not the only ones who want me. There’s someone else out there, someone far more dangerous, who’s been hunting me since the day I left. Suddenly, the monsters I know don’t seem as terrifying as the one I don’t. Fear, shame, desperation, they’re the only things that could have driven me back into their world, into their control. Being their Lady might come with status and protection, but it also means something else entirely. Because while I may be under their roof, I’m not safe. I’m still at their mercy.

Lords Of Pain

Angel Lawson · 2021

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Losers

I was supposed to have everything, the crown, the popularity, the kind of life everyone envied. Prom queen, cheer captain, the girl who ruled it all, I never had to chase what I wanted. Except for them. Manson, Jason, Lucas, and Vincent, the outcasts, the ones I was never meant to cross paths with, let alone crave. We were never supposed to collide, but hatred didn’t keep us apart, not even when my mistake cost Manson everything and turned me into their enemy. It was only meant to happen once, a single night where I gave in to the pull I’d been fighting, letting myself fall into something dark and forbidden. After that, it was supposed to end, nothing more than a reckless decision we’d all forget. But life doesn’t work that way. Now, years later, our worlds crash together again, and the balance of power has shifted. They hold the control this time, and I’m the one who owes them. What starts as another dangerous game, something meant to settle a debt and nothing more, quickly becomes harder to walk away from. Because the closer we get, the more complicated everything becomes. And when it’s all over, when the debt is finally paid, I might not be ready to let them go.

Losers: Part I

Harley Laroux · 2025

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Hollow Graves Duet

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My Darling Reverie

H.D. Carlton · 2026

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Hollow Graves Duet

Reverie Adams has only one goal in life: to keep her head above water with her father’s sinister legacy weighing on her shoulders. But she’s no stranger to drowning—it’s her very first memory, after all, and if her demons have it their way, it will also be her last. Even with the blood of a serial killer running through her veins, Reverie attempts a normal life at Hollow Canyon University. But there’s a ghost from her past who refuses to set her free, haunting her every waking hour, and he will not rest until he has made her suffer. Dreadful Sharpe has only one goal in life, but it’s not winning gold medals as an Olympic swimmer. The only thing Dread strives for is vengeance against the family who murdered his mother. Determined to make Reverie pay, Dread does everything in his power to ensure she never finds a moment’s peace. If he has it his way, she will drown in his wrath until her very last breath. However, not everything in Reverie’s past is as it seems. Together, they may be forced to face the most harrowing of truths: Dread isn’t the only ghost who intends to make Reverie suffer.

My Dreadful Darling

H.D. Carlton · 2026

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The Fallen Empire Series

I break people in basements for a living. Then they locked me in the dark with her. A ballerina with a ruined knee and fury that rivals mine. A nobody, according to her records. Except two Bratva bloodlines want her dead, and she doesn’t know why. She thinks her name is Octavia Clarke. The men who took us know better. I’ve survived countless interrogation rooms. The rules kept me alive: feel nothing. Want nothing. Protect nothing. Then she stepped between me and the knife. Nobody has ever bled for me before. She doesn’t get to take it back. Now our captors are asking her questions she can’t answer, and I will tear through every one of them before they touch her again. She's never been protected by anyone. Good. The position is open. And I don’t share.

Nemesis

Eleanor Feighery · 2026

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Devil's Night

They call it Blackchurch. A secluded mansion in a remote, undisclosed location where the wealthy and powerful send their misbehaving sons to cool off away from prying eyes. Will Grayson has always been reckless, wild, and never been bound by a single rule other than to do exactly what he wanted. He learned long ago that being treated like an animal gives you permission to act like one. Back in high school, he might’ve enjoyed backing Emory into corners when no one was looking, but he could also be warm. And fierce in keeping her safe. But the truth is, he has a right to hate her. Because it's all her fault. Everything. Devil’s Night. The videos. The arrests. She's to blame—and yet she regrets nothing. He never expected one of his enemies to come straight to him. But now he knows she's here somewhere. And as the security detail leaves and the door to the gilded cage opens, giving Will free reign of the house and grounds for another unsupervised month, he remembers with a smile… Blackchurch houses five prisoners. And he's only one of her problems.

Nightfall

Penelope Douglas · 2018

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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity. Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He's also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he'd devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy. I crave his authority. He aches for redemption. Together, we're toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts. For the dead have much to teach, and it's only a matter of time before Dracadia's most depraved secret is resurrected.

Nocticadia

Keri Lake · 2023

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Possessing Her

Murder was the beginning of everything, and only death might be the end. To him, Calista was never just a stranger, she was something more from the very first moment he saw her. Curiosity turned into fixation, and that fixation into something far more consuming. He watched her, followed her, let the obsession grow until it became impossible to ignore. In his mind, she already belongs to him, and once he finally claims her, there will be no letting go. For Calista, Hayden Bennett is a man she should fear, a force of darkness both inside and outside the courtroom, known for his ruthless nature and dangerous edge. Yet somehow, he’s the one she needs, the one she’s forced to turn to when she has nowhere else to go. What starts as a simple arrangement quickly becomes something deeper, more intense, pulling her closer to a man she knows she shouldn’t trust. He’s always there when she needs him, always watching, always waiting, but the question remains whether relying on him will save her… or destroy her.

Once You're Mine

Morgan Bridges · 2024

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Clean

There’s a serial killer prowling the city, and no one has noticed… Except for me. I see the connections between his kills— The artistic references, The careful curation of the scene, The macabre motifs that turn violence into vivid works of art. When I recreate one of his murders for my film project at Cresswell University, I unknowingly present it to the very man who committed the crime. Professor Maddox Shaw. A world-renowned artist struggling to recapture his muse. A serial killer caught deep in the web of a dangerous secret society. A man who makes me come alive. Sleeping with your professor is bad enough. Sleeping with a serial killer is just asking for trouble. When trouble finds me, it’s not Maddox, but the powerful people pulling his strings. There’s no line they won’t cross to keep their secrets safe. And there’s no line Maddox won’t cross to keep me. After all, he’s good at killing people.

Pink Ink

Avina St. Graves · 2026

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The Edge Of Darkness

Love can be dangerous, trust can be a weakness, and possession can turn into something toxic before you even realize it. Aria Miller never expected her life to change the moment she met Tobias Mitchell, a man who appeared calm, gentle, and unassuming, someone who seemed safe. But beneath that quiet exterior was something far darker, something she didn’t recognize until it was too late. As a scientist searching for a cure to a rare genetic disease, Aria was focused on her work, until Tobias entered her world and quickly became part of it, taking on the role of her assistant while secretly becoming consumed by her. What begins as admiration spirals into something far more intense, something he knows he shouldn’t feel but can’t stop. When circumstances force Aria to leave the country, the thought of losing her becomes unbearable, and the carefully controlled mask Tobias wears begins to crack. The truth surfaces, raw and dangerous, revealing just how deep his obsession runs. In his mind, Aria already belongs to him, and no distance, no obstacle, and no consequence will stop him from making sure she never slips away.

Psychotic Obsession

Leigh Rivers · 2025

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Misha can’t help but smile every time he reads her letters, because no matter what they argue about, she always comes back to him. What started as a simple classroom mistake in fifth grade, two teachers mixing them up and pairing them as pen pals, turned into something neither of them expected. Once they realized the truth, it didn’t stop them, it only made things more interesting. They argued about everything, from music to phones to food, but somehow, it became the most important connection in his life. For seven years, it was just them, hidden behind ink and paper, bound by three simple rules, no social media, no numbers, no photos. It worked, until curiosity got the better of him. When Misha stumbles across a girl online who fits Ryen a little too perfectly, he decides to find her, needing to know if it’s really her. What he doesn’t expect is the reaction he has when he finally does. Ryen, on the other hand, is unraveling. It’s been three months since she last heard from him, and the silence is eating her alive. Misha has always been unpredictable, but this feels different, too quiet, too final. Without him, she feels lost, like she’s talking into nothing, realizing too late how much she depended on someone she’s never even seen. She regrets the rules now, wishing she had something more to hold onto, because for all she knows, he could be gone forever… or closer than she ever imagined, hidden in plain sight, and she wouldn’t even recognize him.

Punk 57

Penelope Douglas · 2016

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The Edge Of Darkness

The line between sense and madness blurs as Kade seeks revenge on those who destroyed his life. They threatened his family, shattered his sanity, and then they stole his girl. He’ll sacrifice everything to save them all, even if it means war. Stacey Rhodes has been to hell and back, and now she’s trapped by the monster who stole Kade from her. But Stacey isn’t backing down – she’ll do anything it takes to save Kade, no matter the cost. Can she free them both from Bernadette’s clutches before war consumes everyone they care about?

Restitution

Leigh Rivers · 2024

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Crooked Sinners

They might be richer than gods, but they’re morally bankrupt. As far as the boys who run America’s most exclusive international academy are concerned, I’m an unwelcome interloper, an inconvenience, and they’re determined to make my life a living hell. When Wren Jacobi sets eyes on Wolf Hall Academy’s newest inductee, all he sees is an easy mark. A reserved little girl with a target painted on her back. He knows nothing of my troubled past, though. Nothing of my mother’s suspicious death, or the horrific treatment I’ve had to endure at the hands of my psychotic father. And he has no idea of the lengths that I, unassuming little Elodie Stillwater, will go to in order to break the savage beast who dreams of breaking me first. There’s a wolf stalking the forests that surround my new school. Little does he know… There are far scarier predators lurking out there in the dark.

Riot House

Callie Hart · 2020

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The Mavericks

Regan Fletcher I used to have big dreams: finish college, make beautiful art, all while taking over my dad’s business. He wanted a legacy, and I wanted to give it to him. But his illness wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was his sudden need to keep me locked up in our mansion, safe and isolated. I want more from life, but could only spend my days waiting. Until one night, I came face-to-face with a street biker from a world far different from mine. What starts as him stalking me quickly spirals into something deeper, and more deadly. I’m falling for a man who’s everything I should fear, yet he’s the only one who’s ever made me feel truly alive. But loving him means risking everything—my heart, my future, and my father. Rook Emberson Revenge has been my driving force for as long as I can remember. Cameron Fletcher stole everything from me, and I’ve spent years plotting the perfect way to take it all back. When fate puts his daughter in my sights, I know I’ve found the key to his destruction. But from the moment I meet her, my plans begin to unravel. Regan is everything I didn’t expect, and I can’t help but be drawn to her. What starts as a twisted game of vengeance turns into an obsession. I need her, but I also need to destroy her father. The lines between love and vengeance blur, and I’m not sure where one ends and the other begins.

Rook & Rebel

Kate Crew · 2026

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Queens & Monsters

Five years ago, my fiancé vanished, leaving behind only a wedding dress I’ll never wear and wounds no one can see. The man I trusted with my future disappeared without a trace, and all I was left with were my broken pieces and endless questions. Then Kage came to town. Tall, dark, and undeniably dangerous, he’s wrapped in mystery, every glance from him setting my pulse racing. I can feel the heat between us, desire igniting into something I can’t control, and despite everything, I fall, hard, helpless, and utterly captivated. But the truth is darker than I imagined. Kage hasn’t come by chance. He’s here for a reason, sent to collect on a debt left unpaid by the man who abandoned me. And that debt… is me.

Ruthless Creatures

J.T. Geisseinger · 2025

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New York Ruthless

A fearless, flame-haired computer hacker who has survived on her own since she was sixteen, Jessie Heaton is a fiercely independent force of nature. While working for the Russians, she finally edges toward her ultimate goal, only to be intercepted by the notorious Ryan brothers, an unstoppable Irish Mafia family defined by unyielding loyalty. When the "hurricane" that is Jessie crashes into their world, her secrets and unavoidable past threaten to upend everything they’ve built, leaving the Ryans to wonder if she will be their ultimate salvation or their definitive downfall.

Ryan Rule

Sadie Kincaid · 2021

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Never After Series

She doesn’t belong to him…she belongs to the crown. Prince Tristan Faasa was never destined for the throne. That was always his brother, Michael. The same brother responsible for both Tristan’s tormented childhood and the scar that mars his face. When their father dies, Michael is set to assume the throne, and Tristan is set to steal it. The leader of a secret rebellion, Tristan will stop at nothing to end his brother’s reign. But when Michael’s new betrothed, Lady Sara Beatreaux arrives, Tristan finds himself in the middle of a new kind of war. The kind that begs the question of what’s more important, the crown or the woman about to wear it. Sara has one plan. Marry the King and eradicate the Faasa line, even at the risk of her own peril. But she never expects the Scarred Prince. He’s dangerous. Forbidden. And one of the men she’s been sent to kill. But the line between hatred and passion has never seemed so thin, and as secrets come to light, Sara grows unsure of whom she can trust—torn between vengeance and the villain she was never supposed to love.

Scarred

Emily McIntire · 2022

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The Ruinous Love

God, I want to kiss her. I want to feel the heat of her lips against mine. Would she want that? Would she melt against me if she did? Or would the tension I feel between us snap and release something feral inside her? Inside me? Doctor Fionn Kane is running from a broken heart, one he hopes to mend in small-town Nebraska, far away from his almost-fiancé and his derailed surgical career. It’s a simpler life: head down, hard work, and absolutely no romantic relationships. He wants none of the circus he left behind in Boston. But then the real circus finds him. Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with the Silveria Circus, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder when she’s not in the spotlight. But when a kill goes awry and she ends up with a broken leg, Rose finds herself stuck in Nebraska, at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor. The problem is, not every broken heart can be sewn back together. . . . And the longer you stay in one place, the more likely your ghosts will catch up.

Scythe & Sparrow

Brynne Weaver · 2025

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Sinners Anonymous (Book 1)

Rory Carter may project an angelic exterior, but beneath the surface lies a "charred soul" burdened by a lifetime of sins she confesses weekly to an anonymous hotline. To save her father, she has committed her only good deed: agreeing to marry the elderly head of the Cosa Nostra, a sacrifice she endures with bitter resentment and a practiced, fake smile. However, her fragile composure shatters when her fiancé’s nephew, the strikingly beautiful yet lethal Angelo "Vicious" Visconti, crashes a family dinner. Despite his reputation for going straight years ago, Rory recognizes him as the most dangerous man in the Visconti lineage. He doesn't just make her pulse flutter with his cold sneer and syrupy drawl, he holds the secrets to her darkest past in his hands, threatening to become the greatest sin she has ever committed.

Sinners Anonymous

Somme Sketcher · 2021

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Makov Bratva

I just realized how I know my husband's mistress. She's been standing next to me in a lifetime of Christmas cards. Because she's my sister. Vivian has been the pretty one since 1997. She's a size two. I'm... not. For thirty-one years, that has defined our entire relationship. She's the golden child. The queen bee. She's prettier, skinnier, and if I have something she wants... She takes it. I wouldn't have known about her latest and greatest theft if it weren't for the iCloud notification. "Vivian Dorsey has added 3 new videos to the Dorsey Sisters shared album." First, I recognized my own bedspread. Then I recognized the wedding ring on the hand pawing my sister's hip. It's my husband's. Against all odds, I didn't even cry. Instead, I got organized. We're talking screenshots. Text messages. Even a hotel receipt from an illicit rendezvous... On the night of our father's funeral. Yuck. Plus a loan against my bakery, signed in my name. By Connor. I put it all together into one neat little PowerPoint. This year, I'LL volunteer to run the family's holiday slideshow. Ten minutes before showtime, I hide in the pantry to rehearse. But what I don't know is that I'm not alone. A smirking, arrogant, green-eyed stranger listens to my entire speech. And then gives me a standing ovation. "Cheaters deserve to be ruined," he says. "Go get them." So I do. Fifty of our nearest and dearest gather 'round to watch as evidence of my husband's and sister's affair dances across the projector screen. Revenge has never tasted sweeter. But that's not the end of the story. Because that green-eyed stranger who encouraged me to go for the throat? He's not some cousin's anonymous plus-one. Kane Makov is why my husband's been sweating since October. He came here tonight to ruin Connor himself. I just beat him to it. "Your husband owed me a debt," he says. "I think I'll take you as repayment instead."

Sweet Ruin

Nicole Fox · 2026

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Dark Verse

What happens when the most ruthless obsession finds its darkest fixation? She lives in the shadows. He rules them. She's the moon, and he the dark night encompassing her. She's surrounded by demons, and he's the biggest devil of them all. And she's his. Passion, obsession, possesion. Theirs is a tale of danger, deviance, dread, desires, and the darkest flavors of love. Annihilation is born.

The Annihilator

RuNyx · 2021

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One Night Series

A mission is supposed to be just that. A mission. As an assassin, I'm not supposed to be obsessed with my assignment. Definitely not when he is a serial killer well known for his ways to kill. Absolutely not when he is the enemy. Totally not when I know that a fight with him is my death sentence. But universe has its own plans by putting us in the same room for as long as he desires. And me? All I do is desire him. The Birthday is erotica prequel to KRU Book 2.

The Birthday

Silva Graves · 2026

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What's worse than your best friend moving out mid-lease to shack up with her newest toxic boyfriend? Probably discovering she also joined a freaky cult for obnoxious rich people, crypto bros, and tradwife spiritual gurus nestled inside a deconsecrated Gothic church. If Nova Harding had enough money for therapy, she might’ve let go of Lorelei’s mess to focus on writing. Instead, guided by mysterious social media ads, Nova is drawn inside The Circle to save her friend. While Nova has spent the last seven years in New York City chasing success as an indie romance author, Lorelei has spent them trapped in their shared dark past. Nova refuses to abandon Lorelei, even as The Circle forces her to confront her greatest shames—and deepest desires. But Nova isn’t the only concerned citizen infiltrating The Circle. Wes is ten years older than her. He’s tattooed, complicated, witty, and thoughtful. And he’s impossible to read. He is everything Nova should hate, another reminder of the taboo fantasies she can’t indulge. Wes says he wants to protect her in this den of snakes—that they can help each other and then part ways as friends. But the way Wes looks at Nova is anything but friendly. Caught in a New York City dreamworld of sex, glamor, power, and social media algorithms, Nova struggles to know who to trust. Is Wes really like her? Or is Wes one of them?

The Circle

Maggie Sunseri · 2026

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Dark Descendants

Achilles Drakos is every girl’s dream. Charming. Gorgeous. Popular. The captain of the football team and an untouchable golden god of Knightsblood University, where the most elite mafia families in the world send their heirs. But I accidentally peeked behind that perfect exterior, when I stepped into the wrong dark fantasy, and into the hands of the wrong masked monster. Now, the shy good girl no one notices just became his prey. I’ve seen the devil behind the gold. The darkness he wears like a second skin. The predator now hell-bent on dragging me kicking and moaning into his vicious world of sadism and sin. I know I should fear the devil. But I might be more afraid of the girl who craves him back.

The Devil We Crave

Jagger Cole · 2026

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The Divine Feminine Scent by E.C. Beaumont

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She seduces powerful men to harvest their energy. Selene is a high-stakes investor building life-saving infrastructure, powered by a secret. What begins as a gift becomes her Protocol, refined through psychology, ritual, technology, and obsession. Then Ethan signs the Protocol. Ethan is a Silicon Valley millionaire with everything to lose. He becomes her most powerful subject yet. Their connection is intoxicating, obsessive, and irreversible. But Selene's power comes with a brutal cost. As the line between harvest and love blurs, the stakes become more dangerous for both of them. A story of dark feminine power, psychological intensity, and the cost of loving your prey.

The Divine Feminine Scent

E.C. Beaumont

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Dark Verse

The highly anticipated third book of the Dark Verse series. What happens when a legacy of ruin mates with a realm of blood?Heir to the notorious Tenebrae Outfit, Dante Maroni has been trained since birth. A silent rebel in the shadows, he has learned to hide his ruthlessness under his charm, his brutality under his suits, and his love for one woman under his silence. Infiltrating the Syndicate responsible for the missing children, Dante discovers information that shatters his reality and forces him to trigger a lethal game.Daughter of the Maroni housekeeper, Amara has loved Dante for longer than she's known it. Abducted and tortured at the young age of fifteen, she loses herself, her life, and her home as she knows it. Years after, unknowingly protected, she's found some semblance of normalcy when her world collapses again, forcing her to join the game.Mysteries are unraveled. Secrets are discovered. And their young love is transformed, replaced by a deep intimacy, power, and survival. The reluctant king and inevitable queen play. An empire of death is born

The Emperor

RuNyx · 2021

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Dark Verse

What happens when a beast of blood finds a bride of light in the land of death? Growing up on the streets of Los Fortis, Alessandro 'Alpha' Villanova scrapped his way to the top, fighting for his very survival, losing everything in the process. A city that shunned him then is now the one he rules, albeit alone, as the king of a dark empire few know about. Far from Alpha's world, Zephyr de la Vega has a normal life, normal family, normal drama. Her biggest problem is people trying to make her lose a few pounds. When a chance encounter puts her on his path, she makes a proposition that changes the course of their lives. As a killer goes on a spree in Alpha's city, taking apart his scarred empire corpse by corpse, and The Syndicate comes into play, their partnership evolves into something deeper, more enduring, more powerful than either of them anticipated. Evil ascends. Darkness descends. A new order is born.

The Finisher

RuNyx · 2022

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Made (Book 2)

Gianna is a woman who lives behind a sparkly facade of tight dresses and loud laughter, a carefully constructed disguise designed to mask her deep-seated fear of the dark and frequent panic attacks. While she manages to keep the world at a distance, she met her match in Christian Allister, a man who appears to be a paragon of morality to the public but is known as a cold-hearted killer in the New York underworld. Emerging from a traumatic past with a rigid need for order, Christian never expected his meticulous life plan to be derailed by someone like Gianna. Their lives became inextricably intertwined one winter night, sparking a years-long game of mutual disdain and sharp-tongued insults that eventually evolved into a magnetic, high-stakes obsession. Despite the fact that she is his polar opposite and technically off-limits, Christian cannot look away, and Gianna remains unaware that she has become his greatest frustration and his maddest obsession.

The Maddest Obsession

Danielle Lori · 2019

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Dark Verse

Dark, dangerous, delicious. The first book in a dark mafia romance series from TikTok sensation, New York Times and international bestselling author, RuNyx. In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has always been an anomaly. The only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, his skills are unparalleled, his morality questionable, his motives unknown. He is lethal and he knows it. As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the Tenebrae’s rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. And when a twenty year-old mystery resurfaces, Morana is intent on using her skills to prove Caine’s involvement. Until she realises they are bound together by a decades old secret which neither of them can escape. Something terrible – something huge – is brewing in the mob. And only Morana and Caine can fight it. Together

The Predator

RuNyx · 2025

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Dark Verse

What happens when the untameable wind and the endless sea collide in the dark of the night? Tristan ‘The Predator’ Caine had been unprepared for Morana Vitalio. After spending his entire life with a vow he broke on a rainy night, he finds himself torn in a battle between his painful past and an uncertain future. The only thing he knows? Her life still belongs to him.For Morana, the line between enemies and allies has blurred. Everything she once held dear to her has disintegrated and the unknown gapes at her, leaving her with both her freedom and life on the line in enemy territory. The only thing she knows? His life has always belonged to her.With twenty years of history tying them to each other, Tristan and Morana begin their hunt for the truth together. And they realize that the mystery of the missing girls is just the tip of the iceberg. Skeletons are uncovered. Dominoes begin to fall.A storm is born.

The Reaper

RuNyx · 2020

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At Barrington University, the Lords operate as a secret society of the world’s most powerful men, trading blood and violence for absolute authority and selecting a "chosen one" during their senior year. For a woman whose wealthy upbringing felt more like a prison than a privilege, Ryat Alexander Archer initially appeared to be a savior, offering the one thing she craved most: freedom. She chose to belong to him, only to realize that her choice was a carefully crafted illusion designed by the Lords to manipulate her into submission. After being pulled into their dark and twisted underworld, she embraced her role as Ryat’s trophy, but the seductive game quickly devolved into a brutal fight for survival where the only true escape is death.

The Ritual

Shantel Tessier

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One Night Series

None of it was supposed to happen. Not the first kiss. Not the same room allotment. And definitely not the undeniable attraction. But it did. Now, the only way out is to burn. But a burn isn't supposed to feel this good... The Roommate is a prequel of KRU Book 1.

The Roommate

Silva Graves · 2026

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The Lords

At Barrington University, a Lord’s future is strictly mandated by the secret society, requiring him to marry a Lady who will help him navigate a world unaware of their elite, violent hidden life. While these men rarely choose their own partners, a startling exception is made when a young woman, raised in the gilded prison of her parents' mansion, is handed over on her wedding day to Tyson Riley Crawford, a ruthless Lord her family despises. Originally intended for another, she becomes a mere pawn in Tyson’s quest for revenge, a debt to be paid in a high-stakes game of power. Though she recites her vows with the secret intent to break them, she quickly realizes she has underestimated her new husband’s determination to punish her defiance. In a world where everyone is a pawn, they both discover that the only way to win is through an ultimate sacrifice that still might not be enough to save them.

The Sacrifice

Shantel Tessier · 2023

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The Lords (Book 2)

The Sinners is a dark romance set in a secretive, elite society where power, control, and dangerous desires entangle a young woman in a world of ruthless men and hidden agendas.

The Sinner

Shantel Tessier · 2022

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Made

Elena Abelli, nicknamed "Sweet Abelli" for her docile nature and perfect smiles, was once the ideal mafia principessa, but a dark secret now leaves her feeling as though her hands are permanently stained with blood. In the murky New York underworld, her sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo, a notorious boss whose reputation for ruthlessness and infidelity is even darker than his black suits. From their first encounter, Elena finds him as arrogant as he is handsome, yet she cannot ignore the way her heart hammers and her skin flushes whenever he is near. Despite her distain for everything he stands for, Nicolas is constantly in her space, commanding her attention and awakening a dormant craving for the very darkness he embodies. Having already survived one scandal, Elena knows she cannot afford another, especially with her future brother-in-law, yet she is findng it increasingly difficult to remember that no one is supposed to fall in love with a made man.

The Sweetest Oblivion

Danielle Lori · 2018

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Dark Verse

It ends where it begins. Four couples. Six books. One saga. Tristan and Morana. Dante and Amara. Alpha and Zephyr. Shadow Man and Lyla. The world is darker. The game more dangerous. The stakes much more deadly. A new era is born.

The Syndicater

RuNyx · 2024

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Dark Descendants

My parents think I'm the perfect daughter. To Knightsblood University, I’m the sweet little mafia princess. But to a million strangers on BookTok, I’m the masked “Velvet Villainess”: the mysterious woman who convinces innocent readers that fictional psychopaths make perfectly reasonable boyfriend material. If I’m being real, the strangers might know me best. My double life is going great…until a masked stranger ripped straight from the pages of one of my own spicy books catches me filming. The Ghost Prince is the internet’s favorite unhinged book boyfriend, cosplaying every morally gray, dangerously obsessive red flag I've ever swooned over behind a mask of his own. And now he knows my dirtiest secret. He says he won't expose me. But instead, he decides to keep me. I should be terrified. Unfortunately, I'm into that. There's just one tiny complication. Ghost isn’t just an anonymous masked fantasy. He’s Lochlan Kildare. Campus royalty. Shameless flirt. My insufferably cocky and outrageously gorgeous teaching assistant. The man I'd happily watch fall down a flight of stairs. Which is a problem, because I might be falling for him. Too bad I'm also falling for the masked stranger with his fingers around my neck. I just don’t know they’re the same man. Some villains hide behind masks. Mine wears two.

The Villain We Tempt

Jagger Cole · 2026

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Sinners Duet

In the city of San Francisco, Alastor Shaw and his rival are viewed as competing artists, but in reality, they are apex predators battling for the same hunting ground. Their paths never truly crossed until they both set their sights on Mara Eldritch, a woman who becomes the center of their dangerous obsession. While Shaw intends to use her as a pawn in a twisted game of power, his rival finds himself fixated for a far more unsettling reason, she awakens emotions and desires he never thought possible. As Mara unknowingly dances with the devil, the man obsessed with her is torn between an urge to protect her at all costs and the darker impulse to destroy her before she causes him to lose his legendary control.

There Are No Saints

Sophie Lark · 2021

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Never After Series

She's his diamond in the rough. He's her worst nightmare. Yasmin Karam, daughter to one of the richest men in the world, has never known strife. So, when her beloved father falls ill, she's determined to make his final days his happiest. His last wish? To see her married to a man of his choosing. Except Yasmin's heart already belongs to someone else. A servant. A street rat. A man her father would never consider worthy. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Yasmin strikes a desperate deal with her father's right-hand man, Julian, not realizing he has his own twisted agenda. Julian Faraci has one goal: become the most powerful man in the world. He's built a future from broken bones and faded bruises, never caring who he hurt along the way. But when his mentor falls ill, he finds himself on the verge of losing everything, and he'll stop at nothing to inherit what is rightfully his. Even if it means forcing a woman he can't stand into marriage. Yasmin is a brat who speaks out of turn, and he's the villain of her story. But he decides she'll be his―no matter what it takes to convince her.

Twisted

Emily McIntire · 2021

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Society of Villains

Tierney There's a bullet with my name on it. And Achilles Ferrante is the man who'll pull the trigger. I'd always known one of us would kill the other. I'd just hoped to do the honor. Twice I betrayed him. First, I broke his heart. Then, I sold him out to the Feds. Even if I hadn't, I doubt he could spell mercy, much less spare me any. The Camorra prince promised he'd make a spectacle of my death when he caught me. Let him try. He could chase me until the end of earth. I will always run faster. Achilles To love is to destroy, and I'd loved Tierney Callaghan far too long, and far too much. She's a fatal weakness, but unlike the Greek mythology warrior―I will remain undefeated. My little flame can run fast, but my bullet is faster. Once upon a time, she was the only person who saw my humanity. She's about to meet the monster everyone else knows.

Twisted Pawn

L.J Shen · 2026

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Under Your Scars

What do they call me after fifty-two? They call me the Silencer. One final bullet would have been all it took to stop me from taking another soul, and I would have been doing Meridian City a service by pulling that trigger. An angel crying for help stopped me, and that night, I took three lives for her. Then three turned into eight. Then eight turned into twenty. Twenty turned into twenty-one. Twenty one turned into twenty-three. Elena Young is the hero in my story, but I’m the villain in hers. And this is the kind of story where the villain gets the girl, even if it kills her.

Under Your Scars

Ariel N. Anderson · 2023

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Beneath the Reign

Ace Sterling. Six years. That's how long I've been texting a woman who won't reply. Every birthday. Every Christmas. Every night I'm drunk enough to be honest and sober enough to hit send. Harper Jones. My Goldie. She stole my heart, ground it to dust and then drove it to Los Angeles without even looking back. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, she's been protecting my family from the shadows this whole time. She loves me in silence and lets me think she doesn't. When she walks back into New Falls with secrets that could ignite a war between two of the most dangerous mafia families in the country, it feels like the second chance I've been desperate for. Then I find her tied up in my cousin's barn with another man's ring on her finger. I don't buy it. Won’t. Because there is no me without my soulmate, and the second she stops loving me, my heart will stop beating. So I hold on, the way I always do. Eight seconds at a time. But this town is crawling with enemies I don't see coming. Alliances that aren't what they seem. And someone is pulling strings that none of us can trace until it's too late. So I’m forced to let the woman I love walk down the aisle toward another man. But that isn’t the end of our story… That’s the declaration of war. One phone call changes everything. No words. Just the sound of her breathing. And I know. She's not just calling for herself anymore. They say second chances don't come around twice. They're right. This is our third. And it's the last one either of us will need, because she will always be the only woman I’ll ever love. They think because I ride bulls, I'm just a cowboy. But every Sterling has a line. Cross it, and the cowboy disappears. What's left ain't ranching. It's reckoning.

Unleashed

Luna Mason · 2026

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Beneath the Reign

Hunter Sterling. People call me by different names depending on which version of me they know. The owner of Sterling ranch. The heir to a mafia empire. The murderer the town wants caged. I have ninety days to prove I didn’t kill the mother of my son or I lose everything. I should be focused on survival. Instead, I fall for the same girl my best friend does. Lola Jackson. The city girl. My firefly. I’m the one she runs to when he hurts her and I’m the one who punishes him for it. And I make her my wife so that the Sterling name will keep her protected long after I’m gone. But it was always more than just names on a piece of paper. It’s the one thing that makes me fight harder to stay alive. When the truth is revealed, it doesn’t just shatter me, it forces me to choose between my empire… or my wife. But they’ve all forgotten who they’re dealing with. And now they’re going to learn what happens when a cowboy stops playing nice and a mafia boss goes to war.

Untamed

Luna Mason · 2026

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Until Death Duet

Giselle Santoro has spent the last nine years hating Artem Sokolov–the ruthless heir to the Bratva sect of the Families in New York. Likewise, he’s spent those years trying to knock her down off of her high horse and destroy every ambition she’s had to become the head of the Mafia sect. Artem has always viewed Giselle as reckless, infuriating, and far too determined to survive in a world designed to consume women whole. He tells himself that his cruelness is a strategy. and that without it, she might get too close. To danger. To him. When their families suddenly force them into a marriage, their hatred becomes the only thing they can still control. But somewhere between the threats, the power plays, and the violence surrounding them; obsession begins to blur the lines between love and hate. And in a marriage built on hatred, someone must admit defeat.

Until Death or Defeat

Adrianna Cross · 2026

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I find myself caught between two powerful men. The man I always wanted, the other from my past. Valentino Leone and Carlo Bernetti. Both dark, dangerous, and morally gray. The kind of men that don't share. But there's a problem with this story, and it beats inside my chest. My heart remembers what I want to forget. Two men, one prize. This is not a triangle.... no why choose. This is a love so fierce it starts a war. It's a battle to the death where the winner takes all. All of me.

Valentino

TL Swan · 2026

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Sinners of Saint

The man who comes to Emilia LeBlanc in her dreams also haunts her in her nightmares. Baron "Vicious" Spencer is a brilliant lawyer. A skilled criminal. A beautiful liar. A bully and a savior, a monster and a liar. And since her mom was the live-in caretaker for his family's estate in high school, there was no escaping his wrath―until she had no other choice. To Vicious, Emilia is completely off-limits. A starving artist. His best friend's ex-girlfriend. Pretty and evasive as a cherry blossom. When they were younger, she barged into his life unannounced and turned everything upside down. She discovered his darkest secret, and he made her pay the price. Drove her out of town. Hated and wanted her in equal measure. It should deter him from chasing her to New York a decade later, but it doesn't. So she still hates him―big deal. She'll have to get used to him. Because this time, he isn't going anywhere unless he's taking her with him.

Vicious

L.J. Shen · 2024

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The Edge Of Darkness

Stacey returns home with the security of Kade’s team, only to be dragged further into her own living hell by her deranged abuser Chris – until the opportunity finally comes to fight back. Kade has never been so deep in the pits of hell itself. Seeing Stacey once nearly knocked him off his axis; seeing her twice – ready to submit to his dominance – is a disaster waiting to happen. Yet despite his hatred for her, she’s his anchor, the flashes of what they used to be the only thing keeping him sane and stopping the darkness from claiming him completely. But what happens when the truth about their past finally unravels, and both he and Stacey learn what really happened the night that tore them apart?

Voracious

Leigh Rivers · 2023

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Deception Trilogy

When Adrian Volkov, the most notorious man in the city and a ruler who commands with an iron fist, offers a desperate woman a job, "no" is never an option. Facing a choice between prison or his unpredictable wrath, she agrees to his chilling request: to act as his deceased wife. However, she quickly realizes she underestimated the cost of her survival, as stepping into a dead woman's shoes causes her life to spiral dangerously out of control. While it initially seems that Adrian is her only hope for protection, the line between her savior and her tormentor blurs, leaving her to wonder if she is seeking refuge in the very arms that might destroy her.

Vow Of Deception

Rina Kent · 2021

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Never After Series

A woman can be great, and terrible too. Evelina Westerly has always been the bad guy. As the brains, brawn, and botanist behind her family's drug empire, she's her father's ruthless secret weapon. With her days divided between perfecting her greenhouse, seeking revenge for her sister's murder, and putting a gun to the head of anyone in her way, Evelina doesn't have time for anything else. Especially not for love. After a one-night stand with a gorgeous man at a nightclub, she's sated her urges and is back to her criminal ways. That is, until that same man shows up as the new Westerly lackey...under a totally different name. But Nicholas Woodsworth's real secret is much more dangerous than an alias. He's an undercover DEA agent, and he's hell-bent on destroying the drug trade that devastated his family. When he realizes the youngest daughter of the Westerly empire is the same woman he's been fantasizing about since that night at the club, attraction wars violently with disgust. Evelina embodies everything he's against, and he's been sent here to be her downfall. Yet the more they learn about the darkness in each other's hearts, the more alike they seem, and when hatred turns to something more, Nicholas will have to decide whether he can love a wretched woman, even if it means bringing both of their lives to ruin.

Wretched

Emily McIntire · 2022

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