en-US Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:54:10 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 223470248 A scorching hot new mafia series from bestselling author Jagger Cole.

He knows what I saw. Now he owns me.
Carmine Barone is a monster no one sees but me.
A beautiful villain with a cold, black heart and a body honed for violence.
But when I stumble into a world I was never meant to see, the ruthless mafia heir becomes something else, too:
My husband.
Now, I’m trapped in a forced marriage to a man who hunts in darkness.
A man who plays games with lies and deception.
A secret predator who wants to feast on my darkest most immoral desires.
And the only thing worse than being chased by a psychopath?
Wanting him to.


Dance of Deception is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included. ]]> 528 Jagger Cole Sam 5 4.15 2025
author: Jagger Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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]]> 221495917 How do you go from blind date to shotgun wedding in a single afternoon?
You catch the eye of a man like Maximo Leonotti, that’s how.

It’s not like he had to force me. I was hooked on the stormy-eyed stranger from the moment we met�� right up until I felt the pinch in my arm.

The next thing I know, I’m waking up on his private jet, halfway to Las Vegas. Apparently, for an impromptu wedding. Our wedding.

That’s when the panic sets in. This can’t be happening. I’m Elira Përmeti, daughter of Afrim, leader of the Albanian mafia. If I go missing, all hell will break loose.

But when I tell Maximo, he just smiles. Turns out, he already knows all of my secrets, and now it’s time I hear one of

My father owes him a debt, and I’m the payment.


Devil’s Lily is a standalone, dual pov dark mafia romance featuring a possessive, ��touch her & I’ll unalive you�� type anti-hero and a feisty, smart heroine. No OW drama, no cliffhanger, and a hard-won HEA. ]]> 342 Roselyn Ash Sam 5 3.65
author: Roselyn Ash
name: Sam
average rating: 3.65
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rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/11
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the first chapter in Maximo's POV was so
]]> 224105527 From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.

As the eldest daughter of Ilias Dimitrou, I’m next in line to become the head of the Greek mafia. I’m getting good at putting on an act while I learn everything I need to know about the organization, but behind closed doors, I’m terrified. If my father’s men catch a whiff of my fear, they’ll rip me apart.

Before I’m able to take over from my father, we’re attacked. I have to depend on my newly formed alliance to come to the rescue while I fight with every ounce of strength in my body to stay alive.

Barely surviving when my entire family is slaughtered, I end up being guarded by Lincoln Knight. For some reason, the damaged sniper refuses to leave my side, and I find myself becoming more and more dependent on him. He follows me like a deadly shadow, and I’m well aware of the fact that he’s the only person standing between me and certain death.

When I take my rightful place as the head of the Greek mafia, can I conquer my fears and become the strong leader I was born to be?

STANDALONE: A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.]]> 263 Michelle Heard Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice: 2 4.43
author: Michelle Heard
name: Sam
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/08
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: arc, breeding, mafia-bratva, strong-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series, v-h
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice: 2
]]> 202990647 🏍�� biker/romance author
👧🏼 secret baby
🖤 hurt/comfort
🌶�� breeding kink & breath play
🔪 touch my girls and you die
❤️ it's always been you

Viola
Once upon a time, I loved a man with my whole heart.
But unlike the romance stories I write, it wasn't enough for a happily ever after when he chose the violent Iron Outlaws motorcycle club over me.
Now, I write books, enjoy a quiet life, and look after the miracle we created, the little girl I never told him about.
Except, suddenly, there are men at my door looking for him.
And there is only one place I can go for help.

Bates
Viola broke my heart when she turned down the cut and engagement ring I offered and disappeared from my life.
Now, she's turned our love story into a steamy bestseller, complete with the happily ever after she wouldn't give us.
But that isn't the only secret she's been keeping from me.
And now our biggest rivals plan to use her and the little girl with blue eyes and dimples just like mine as collateral to control my club leaving her no choice but to ask me for help.
She's going to hate me for bringing violence to her door, but I'll die trying to keep the two loves I lost alive.]]> 336 Scarlett Cole 173957883X Sam 4 4.28 2024
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/07
date added: 2025/04/07
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It would have been 5 stars if I hadn't disliked the stubbornness of FMC for the first 50%.
]]> 216626707 Age gap murder mystery 218 Kitty King Sam 4 4.25⭐️/4 4.50
author: Kitty King
name: Sam
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 4
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shelves: arc, age-gap, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
4.25⭐️/4
]]> 217237423
Maggie

One wild night to lose myself�� instead, I accidentally found myself a baby daddy.

After my ex spent years tearing me down, convincing me I �ɲ�����’t enough, the idea of trusting anyone feels impossible. But Lachlan comes into my life and almost makes me believe I’m worth it�� and that he’s worth the risk.

He’s so patient and steady, showing up at my door for midnight cravings and morning sickness. Determined to be a part of our child’s life, even if we’re not together.

I’m so tired of being alone, and having someone feels too good to be true.

So when he asks “can we try?�� I want to say yes and believe him.

Lachlan

From the first moment I met Maggie, I knew she was one of the good ones.

But it �ɲ�����’t until I heard the life-altering news that she was carrying my baby, that I knew I’d support her no matter if we were “together�� or not.

I’m all in—for her and the baby. But somewhere along the way, it stopped being about doing the right thing.

I don’t just want to be a part of my child’s life. I want to be part of hers. Not just for nine months. Or eighteen years. I want forever.

And I’ll do whatever it takes to prove that I’m man enough to be what she needs. For both of them.]]> Kaylee Ryan Sam 5 4.5⭐️/1.5 4.42 2025
author: Kaylee Ryan
name: Sam
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/07
shelves: arc, age-gap, breeding, cute, found-family, standalone-interconnected-series, support-system
review:
4.5⭐️/1.5
]]> 217498914 When a mysterious man rescues her from near death, a young woman finds herself in the throes of a dark and dangerous storybook romance, where pleasure reigns but happy endings are no guarantee.

Guinevere

For all my life, Italy has called to me just as strongly as my father forbade me to go. But now I’m making my own way, spending a summer in his homeland before I accept the life my parents have planned for me.

All those plans come to a screeching halt the moment I meet him. Raffaele Romano.

Raffaele

Everyone knows me as the capo dei capi of the Camorra, a notorious mafioso in Northern Italy, but she makes me remember who I used to be before I became this monster. For her, I could be so much more, but she can never know the truth about who I am.

She’s falling in love with me, but if she discovered the truth about what that monster is capable of, about the things I’ve done…she’d never believe in happily-ever-after again.]]> 316 Giana Darling 1662527578 Sam 5 Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:2 4.33 2025
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/02
date added: 2025/04/07
shelves: arc, cliffhanger, mafia-bratva, sunshine-fmc, v-h
review:
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Spice:2
]]> 160763908 🔥 enemies to lovers
🖤 firecracker & fuse
🧡 forced proximity
🌶 s*x to save her brother's life (dubious consent)

Rae
When Uther "King" Hills, president of the Iron Outlaws MC, shows up at my home, I know it's for one thing.
Revenge.
My life for my brother's, a traitor to the club.
My sacrifice to ensure his loyalty.
But I know a thing or two about tragic kings.
They never win.
What I didn't know was how they can steal your heart in the process of trying.

Uther
Rae Miller is my enemy's little sister.
And I intend to ruin her before I toss her back at her brother's feet.
Even as my actions tear my club apart.
Except this Shakespeare-quoting fire-cracker has me seeing ghosts.
I don't scare her. She outwits me at every turn and has a body I can't get enough of.
The fact I want to kill every person who ever hurt her is irrelevant.
Only, when she's at risk because of me, I pray the bonds I've broken can mend themselves. Because without my club, we don't have a hope of surviving.]]> 314 Scarlett Cole 173928433X Sam 5 4.37
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.37
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]]> 223793196
Ford Ivanov follows the rules.

I was born to break them.

A single scandalous moment turns into a year of lies, stolen kisses behind closed doors, and whispered promises in the night.

Sneaking around with my brother’s friend is forbidden. Because where I come from, love isn't just dangerous. It’s deadly. The lies are unraveling. And in a world where love is a weakness, we’re about to find out just how strong we really are.




A all-new Standalone in the Vengeful Lies series.

From USA Today and Amazon Top 25 Best Selling Author duo, a new Standalone Dark Romance in the same world as the Lethal Vows.]]> T.L. Smith Sam 5 4.5⭐️/2.25 4.43
author: T.L. Smith
name: Sam
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: billionaire, mafia-bratva, obsessed, standalone-interconnected-series
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4.5⭐️/2.25
]]> 124936509 🔥 Slow burn
🖤 Will die for her
🧡 Age Gap
🗡 Sword of Damocles
🌶 All the heat

Briar:

Escaping the men who would traffic me to a stranger was meant to be the end.

Until I fall into the arms of Saint, the man who would become my saviour.

I can’t think about justice, not while I feel so broken.

But as Saint glues the pieces of me back together, I realise all we truly have between us is lies.

Lies threatening to detonate to all we love.

Saint:

I no longer recognise myself.

Am I Ryker? The man who has no place in a criminal organisation?

Or am I Saint? The proud preacher of the Iron Outlaws MC?

I thought I knew who the bad guys were until I became one of them.

Now I only know two things for sure. The moment Briar fell into my arms, my world tilted. And the only way out of this mess is to reveal who I really am and pray we survive the vengeance the club will seek for the lies we’ve told.]]> 321 Scarlett Cole 1739284313 Sam 4 4.31 2023
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/03
date added: 2025/04/03
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]]> 77375294 🧁 Overprotective hard ass v cupcake
🔥 Forbidden/secret romance (MC vs Irish Mob)
🖤 Age Gap
🌶�� All the heat

Iris:
As a woman born into an Irish crime family, I'm expendable.
It's why I've extricated myself from that life.
Only now, I'm wrapped up in another one when I witness the death of the president of a motorcycle outlaw club.
And the club's sergeant at arms has declared himself as my protector... Or stalker.
And I can't decide if he terrifies or excites me.

Spark:
Too many people have died on my watch in Kabul and New Jersey.
My conscience can't carry the weight of one more. Especially a pretty young thing with eyes that pierce my truths.
But her family is our enemy. One of many.
And she hates the things I pride myself in standing for.
Until she needs me to play her family's deadly game. A game to ruin us all.]]> 327 Scarlett Cole 1739867297 Sam 4 4.33 2023
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/02
date added: 2025/04/02
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]]> 217588580 The first book in a brand-new series from the author of Mafia Mistress and the Kings of Italy series.

In the quiet of a small New York town, secrets run deeper than blood.

Valentina

I never thought I’d fall for a man like Luca. Powerful. Dangerous.

But there’s something about him I can’t resist. The closer I get to him, the more questions I have.

I want to trust him, but deep down, I can’t shake the feeling that he’s hiding something—and I’m not sure I’ll survive it.

Luca

I’ve spent my life building a vast empire, my hands coated with blood and sweat. And I’ll do anything to keep my family safe.

Including abducting a young woman and forcing her back to Italy, a debt repaid.

But the closer I get to Valentina, the more I lose control. She’s strong and independent, yet innocent in ways that set my blood on fire. She doesn’t know my story, and I’m not sure I can keep it that way for much longer... or if I even want to.

I’ll do whatever it takes to protect her—even if it means risking everything.]]> 394 Mila Finelli Sam 5 5⭐️/2.5 3.96
author: Mila Finelli
name: Sam
average rating: 3.96
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/01
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: age-gap, found-family, mafia-bratva, mmc-golden-retriever-only-for-fmc, sunshine-fmc, v-h
review:
5⭐️/2.5
]]> 223437615 a single dad/nanny age gap romance!

Rowan Kincaid hasn’t dated in over a year.
Not since the mother of his children unexpectedly passed away leaving him to parent their three children alone.
Exhausted, overworked and feeling like he’s failing at every turn he’s desperate for help.
The help that shows up?
A gorgeous woman almost twenty years younger than him.
She’s compassionate and charming and the kids fall for her instantly.
And despite the fact that she should be off limits,
he falls for her too.]]> Q.B. Tyler Sam 5 Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:3 4.21
author: Q.B. Tyler
name: Sam
average rating: 4.21
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/04/01
shelves: arc, age-gap, nanny, single-parent
review:
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Spice:3
]]> 63290423
♥️ best friend/president’s little sister
☠️ friends to enemies to lovers
🔥 only one bed
🏍�� she’s his captive

Gwen
The boy I once loved is now the fearless Vice President of the Iron Outlaws MC.
And he hates me.
Because of something that happened years ago. It's not my fault his father ended up inside for life because of that night. But that doesn't stop him holding me captive until I tell him what happened. Except I can't. Because not knowing is why I'm back here in this cesspit.

Clutch
The girl I once loved is now the enemy of my club.
Even though she's also the sister of my best friend and our club's new president.
I don't care that trouble brings her to my door looking for help. She doesn't deserve our protection. Until she tells me a secret that stands everything we know about the club on end.
Sins well hidden killed what chance of happiness we once had. But now, they're going to kill her.]]> 250 Scarlett Cole 1739867270 Sam 4 4.14 2023
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/31
date added: 2025/03/31
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]]> 55296718
I am the hero no one wanted...

I was a murderer.

One of the cruelest and wealthiest men in New York City.

Dante Salvatore, capo of capos.

Yet I had one weakness.

Elena Lombardi.

Cold as ice, sharp as the edge of broken glass, and more beautiful than any woman should have the right to be, she stormed my defenses and razed my life as I knew it to the ground. For her, I would once again play the hero and prove myself worthy of her unconquerable heart.

For her, I would change everything.

I could have left her to the enemies hounding me, but instead, I made the unforgivable decision to take her with me to the old country. Now, there is no other option. In order to keep both of us safe, Elena Lombardi must become my wife.]]> 479 Giana Darling 1774440121 Sam 5 5⭐️/3.5 4.18 2021
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/30
date added: 2025/03/30
shelves: badass-fmc, mafia-bratva, same-couple-series
review:
5⭐️/3.5
]]> 48714414 I am the villain of my own story...

Jilted by my fiance.
A disappointment to my family.
Haunted by my childhood traumas.
I felt so much all my life that I resolved to feeling nothing at all.

Until I met my match.

As the most infamous mafioso of the 21st century, Dante Salvatore was madly passionate, unequivocally bad, and entirely too dangerous to know. He was everything I abhorred, yet I found myself representing him in the biggest criminal trial of the decade.

I was so focused on winning and achieving the success I deserved that I didn't notice the gorgeous black-eyed man's effect on me until it was too late. My icy heart had been held too close to his flame and now I wouldn't let Dante go down without fighting with everything I had in me.

Even if the cost of a new life with him meant the loss of my old life and everything I thought I held dear.]]> 508 Giana Darling Sam 5 5⭐️/2.5 3.94 2021
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/29
date added: 2025/03/29
shelves: mafia-bratva, same-couple-series, strong-fmc
review:
5⭐️/2.5
]]> 209415094
So when their arranged engagement was announced, no one was surprised.

At least, that’s what I thought.

But lately, something felt off. Wherever I went, Matteo was there—lurking in the dark, concealed in the shadows, even in broad daylight, always watching.

I didn’t know what I’d done to capture his attention. I didn’t want it. Yet, I couldn’t stop my heart from trembling, like a bare soul caught in the icy grip of winter, whenever he came near. Nor could I ignore my body’s traitorous response to his voice, low and laced with wicked intent.

I fought to resist him. I truly did. But it was useless.

He knew it. And so did I.

So I ran.

But here’s the thing about the Vitales: they always give chase.]]> 452 Eva Winners Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice:2 4.10 2025
author: Eva Winners
name: Sam
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/28
date added: 2025/03/28
shelves: arc, badboy-goodgirl, childhood-friends, found-family, mafia-bratva, standalone-interconnected-series, v-h, v-mmc
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice:2
]]> 223556665 💙 President's Daughter x Brooding Enforcer
☠️ Hands Off Clause
✖️ Forbidden Romance
🌞 Grumpy/Sunshine
💦 Breeding Kink


From USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying president's daughter, forbidden love romance.

Atom
I'm the Enforcer of the Iron Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Colorado chapter, and she's the daughter of the club president.
Five years ago, she offered me her heart, but I turned it down, even though it ruined me.
Butcher's threat was clear, no biker would touch his daughter and live.
Now, the Bratva is demanding protection money from her bar.
To make matters worse, she has a new boyfriend.
Everything I ever wanted is slipping out of my fingers.
Unless I go against my president's orders so I can protect her and claim what's rightfully mine.]]> Scarlett Cole 1917410050 Sam 5 Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:2 4.32
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/25
date added: 2025/03/26
shelves: arc, breeding, mc, mc-club, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Spice:2
]]> 220165669 💔 Widowed Hero
🏍 MC Romance
💘 Afraid to commit
🔥 Forced proximity
🥵 Let's bang it out of our system
🌶 Wax play

Raven
I don't know where my husband has disappeared to, but I know I'll do anything to keep our son safe from the men he conned before he fled.
If that means moving to a small town in Colorado to live a different life, I'll do it.
But what I wasn't expecting was the grief-stricken biker who feels the urge to protect us both.
Even though he clearly resents every minute of it.

Wraith
Two years ago, enemies of my motorcycle club took my wife and baby daughter from me, killing me without stopping my heart.
From that day, I've lived for one thing.
Vengeance.
Until a single mom shows up in town with her young son, reminding me of the life I lost.
And when danger finds them, I'm forced to make the choice that will change my life forever.]]> 346 Scarlett Cole 1917410034 Sam 5 4.5⭐️/3 4.33 2025
author: Scarlett Cole
name: Sam
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/25
date added: 2025/03/25
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4.5⭐️/3
]]> 221639345
He’s the school’s star wide receiver. The campus golden boy. The kind of man who takes what he wants and never lets go.

And what he wants…is me.

But I’m not a game to be won.

I have secrets. Scars. A past that’s still chasing me. And the last thing I need is a cocky football player with an obsessive streak and a dangerous smile trying to claim me like I’m his.

Only Jace doesn’t take no for an answer.

Not when he’s decided I belong to him.

Not when my past comes knocking.

Not even when I try to run.

Because Jace Thatcher plays to win.

And falling for him? Might be the worst play of my life.

*Note: Jace Thatcher is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker football romance.

The Wrong Play is a football romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 507 C.R. Jane Sam 4 4.20
author: C.R. Jane
name: Sam
average rating: 4.20
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/24
date added: 2025/03/24
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]]> 222836843 I know her secret. Her punishment is deserved.
But she’s becoming my undoing�� AND the mother of my child.

Lux Davis ruined my world.
The waitress who served my father his last meal.
Now I’m gonna ruin her right back.

I can’t stop watching her—Following her.
She’s a naughty lost lamb and I’m the wolf who’ll devour her.

It turns out she doesn’t belong in my world.
But now she’s trapped in the wolf’s den—She’ll never get out.

For her safety—and my revenge—I’m making her my wife.

Her defiance fuels my obsession.
She can hate me, but as my hand runs up her tight little thigh—she can’t resist me.
And now, she carries the ultimate proof of our inescapable bond. My blood.

There is no turning back because I don’t just take what’s mine. I keep ����—F���鷡�շ���.


Deceitful Oath is a dark tale of how love can grow between an obsessed mafia king and the quirky good girl he’s stalking. It’s a standalone romance with no cheating or cliffhangers. But it does have enemies who become lovers, suspenseful kidnappings, and a surprise pregnancy. Don’t be scared. It’s morally gray and twisty here, but there’s always a happy ending.]]> 434 Demi Ryder Sam 4 4.37
author: Demi Ryder
name: Sam
average rating: 4.37
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rating: 4
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date added: 2025/03/21
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]]> 223437788
I’m just so exhausted—always living on the edge of desperation, one paycheck away from ruin.
But this new job��
It could be the fresh start I need.
It could change everything.
The contract is only for three months, but if I keep my head down, work hard, and prove myself, maybe I could stay longer.
Maybe I could make Black Mountain Lodge my home.
As I pull down the gravel drive, surrounded by the forest and mountains and bright blue skies, I feel something I haven’t felt in a while.
I feel hope.

Sterling

My new employee is late.
I’m already in a bad mood about having to train him, still salty about my old guy retiring on me.
But while I’m waiting, a woman pulls up my drive.
A woman straight from my damn dreams.
Curvy and pretty, looking at me with wide eyes framed with sooty lashes.
And suddenly, I’m no longer thinking about my late employee.
But then she opens her mouth and asks for me, introducing herself as Courtney, my new hire.
Courtney. Not Court, like the application said.
And I realize there’s been a mistake.
I can’t have this woman working here. Living on my property. Distracting me. I mean, my staff.
No. She can’t work for me. End of story.
Except she won’t leave. She even threatens to sue me.
Fine. If she won’t let me fire her before she even starts, then I’ll just have to make her leave on her own.]]> 510 S.J. Tilly 1962096246 Sam 5 Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:2 4.26
author: S.J. Tilly
name: Sam
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/20
date added: 2025/03/21
shelves: arc, age-gap, cute, sunshine-fmc
review:
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Spice:2
]]> 72402877
The shadows welcoming him like a lover’s touch.

And then every night since the dark brings him back to me.

He’s my demon, my nightmare, and my dream all rolled up into one.

He tells me I’m his but during the day I cannot find him.

Until my demon has no choice but to come for me, to save me.

To rescue me from the tower I am locked away in.

But does my black-eyes demon just wish to free me of those chains to fit his own?

Or am I strong enough to break their lock and find the man underneath.

Some loves are just meant to be deadly.

Mine? Was set in stone from the first Deadly Encounter��

* Deadly Encounter is the third book in the Deadly Love Series. Each book follows a different set of characters and can be read as a stand-alone but to get the most of the story we suggest reading the books in order.*]]> 304 K.A. Knight Sam 5 4.18
author: K.A. Knight
name: Sam
average rating: 4.18
book published:
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]]> 217550757 My initiation into the Brotherhood should be simple... take an innocent woman captive and mark her as mine. Becoming obsessed with her isn't part of the plan.

I signed my life over to the Brotherhood before learning what they'd demand in return. I'd have killed for them without question, but they want something darker.

Each Brother must choose a Ward.

Eve is too sweet and naïve to corrupt, and yet she's the only one I want. I must stalk, capture, and train her to perfect submission, and I can’t tell her why.

When she turns twenty-one, just two weeks before my initiation, I can finally take her. Until then, I'll watch. Plan. And make certain problems…disappear from her life.

Two weeks, to teach her she belongs to me. If she misbehaves at my ceremony, I fail the Brotherhood’s final test.

If I fail, I’m dead. But she's worth the risk.

If you love Shantel Tessier and Stasia Black, you'll turn feral for the men of the Onyx Brotherhood - an MF, secret society contemporary dark romance. ]]> 321 Zara J. Black Sam 4 arc, college, dark, v-h 4⭐️/2.5 4.17
author: Zara J. Black
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/18
date added: 2025/03/18
shelves: arc, college, dark, v-h
review:
4⭐️/2.5
]]> 59475478
Theo

Everything we’ve built is crashing down around me.

I’m consumed by the darkness, my blood boiling with the need for revenge.

My wife is the only light in my life; she’s the very reason I keep on fighting.

They’re coming after me. And worse yet, they’re coming after her.

But let them come��

I’m waiting. We’re waiting.

To send them all back to the hell they crawled out of.

I just hope the city’s prepared.

Because New York’s never seen a war like this one.



Holly

My life changed the minute I crossed paths with him.

For better or worse. Those were the vows I took.

And right now, it’s for worse��

Whoever his enemies are, they’re looking for me.

But I’m not the same wallflower I was when I stepped off that plane at JFK.

I won’t go down easily. No, I’ll stay and fight alongside my husband.

We will reign over his kingdom. United.

As one.



This is book 3 of a trilogy, Book 1 - Devilish King should be read first followed by Book 2 - Unnasuming Queen.]]> 250 Kylie Kent 0645257265 Sam 4 4.26
author: Kylie Kent
name: Sam
average rating: 4.26
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]]> 59475469 Holly

This �ɲ�����’t supposed to happen. This isn’t the happily ever after I was promised. He was meant to be here. He was meant to be sitting on this throne. Not me.

I’m not equipped for this. I’m not fit to rule over anything. He says I’m a queen. He even gave me the keys to the castle, but what’s a queen without her king? Still a queen apparently.

There’s nowhere to hide. There’s nowhere to run. This is my kingdom. His kingdom. And I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure it’s still standing when he returns. Because believing he won’t come back isn’t an option.

Theo

She doesn’t know it, but I’m watching over her. Assisting where I can. Every fibre of my being wants to storm back through those doors and wrap her in my arms. Yet the one thing stopping me�� is her. Because I will put her safety above all else.

They want to believe I’m dead. They want to overrun the castle. Take what my family has gained through generations on that throne. Let them try. Like many before, they’ll fail. I may not be by her side, but I have eyes and ears all over the city.

I’ve left my kingdom in safe hands. They will underestimate her, my little unassuming queen, but that will be their downfall.

She may appear quiet, weak even. But I know her soul better than she does. If anyone can reign in my absence, it’s her.

This is book 2 of a trilogy, Book 1 Devilish King should be read prior to reading this one.]]> 260 Kylie Kent 0645257257 Sam 5 4.5⭐️/2 4.26 2022
author: Kylie Kent
name: Sam
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/17
date added: 2025/03/17
shelves: mafia-bratva, same-couple-series
review:
4.5⭐️/2
]]> 226404271
Somehow, I landed a job as his assistant.

I’m nothing like the other women he’s used to—innocent, naïve, and definitely not looking for a relationship. I’ve been too busy raising my younger brother to care about anything else.

But there’s something about him I can’t ignore.

He’s cold, ruthless, and untouchable, but when he looks at me... it’s different.

There’s a darkness to him, a hunger. And I’m starting to crave it.

I’ve never been with a man before, but he’s making me question everything. The way he touches me, the way he makes me feel... It’s like he wants to own me in a way no one else ever has.

But trust doesn’t come easy.

And if I give him my heart—and my body—I might lose everything.]]> 321 Nicole Baker Sam 5 4.5⭐️/2 4.17
author: Nicole Baker
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/15
date added: 2025/03/17
shelves: arc, billionaire, cute, found-family, v-h
review:
4.5⭐️/2
]]> 218474046 Raveled in a web of atrocities and anarchy, he became my solace.
I should have never wanted his attention, but something so ruinous about him whispered me aflame.
He serenaded to my soul while I twirled to the horrors that plagued him.
He is sin and nor is he a fairytale.
He plays, and he plays so gloriously.
He says I’m his muse, his nocturne, his fallen angel and that his touch shall reduce to ashes, anything that causes the rivers in my eyes and how hauntingly precious it shall be.

This is the first book in the Exile of Sybactus Duet, intended for an 18+ audience.]]> 292 N. Ashe Sam 4 4⭐️/2 4.22
author: N. Ashe
name: Sam
average rating: 4.22
book published:
rating: 4
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shelves: arc, badboy-goodgirl, dark, same-couple-series
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4⭐️/2
]]> 59475466 Dark Mafia Romance, Contains scenes that could be triggering to some, read with caution. This is book 1 of a trilogy, an epic cliff-hanger can be expected!!




Theo

My whole life was mapped out, designed for me, before I was even a twinkle in my old man's eye. I am the heir to the Valentino throne. A kingdom built with blood and dirty money. But one I'll rule all the same.

My father was the youngest Don to ever be crowned king. However, with any luck, the controlling bastard will drop soon, allowing me to beat his record by a few years.

I love my father-respect the hell out of him. But some of his choices lately, the plans he's laid out for me, they're... archaic. I was happy to go along with his proposition, to embody the role I was assigned at birth. Until I met her.

She wasn't part of his carefully orchestrated game board. She's not part of the lifestyle. She'd get eaten alive if I were to bring her into the fold.

Those innocent emerald eyes of hers hold me captive from the moment our paths collide. To hell with the plans for my future. This girl, who has no place being in my world, has become its entirety.

Holly

A new job. A new city. A new country. This is the new me. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself as I step off the plane at JFK. New York, I couldn't think of a better city to force myself out of my comfort zone, to step out from under my sister's shadow.

My dream once included finding the husband, having the kids, building that white picket fence. It's funny how things change over time.

My new dream? Experience life to the fullest. Explore and discover who I am, without my other half. Surviving the New York culture shock, without getting mugged or killed, is also high on that list.

That is, until I run into him. And just like that, my life takes a one-eighty. Again. There's something dark inside him-it calls to a part of me I never knew existed. Can I really go against my moral compass, every belief I've held onto so tightly, just to answer it? To be with him?]]> 268 Kylie Kent 0645257249 Sam 5 4.5⭐️/1.5 4.08 2022
author: Kylie Kent
name: Sam
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/16
date added: 2025/03/16
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4.5⭐️/1.5
]]> 58559942 My name is Alana Montoya.

My husband is the King of L.A. And I am his Queen.

I never asked for this life, but now that it’s mine, I will fight for it with every breath in my body.

Our love is fire and fury, burning brighter than the heat of a thousand suns. But when secrets and betrayal threaten our chance at happiness, will the flames be enough to vanquish our enemies, and destroy our doubts and fears? Or will the ashes and embers of what we once had be all that remains?

A war is coming to L.A, and when it is over, only one side will be left standing.

A fierce King will burn the whole world down to get what he wants.

But, a wise King knows that he can’t win a war alone.

Because when all is said and done, everyone knows that the Queen is the most powerful player on the board.]]> 286 Sadie Kincaid Sam 4 3.97
author: Sadie Kincaid
name: Sam
average rating: 3.97
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/13
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]]> 60852814 Today is my wedding day.
In a few breathless moments, I will be Mrs Alejandro Montoya.

He is the King of L.A, and everything a woman could want. Handsome, powerful, rich, and hotter than hell itself.

But I am not just any woman. I am Alana Carmichael and I’m only here to save my father. I will not bow to any king.

This is no fairy tale. This is my nightmare.

He is fierce and unyielding. I should hate him. But, the way he looks at me makes me feel more alive than I’ve ever felt before, and his touch sets my skin on fire.

And as I uncover the secrets of our pasts, I discover that monsters are not always what they seem. Sometimes, the real monsters look like ordinary men.

Fierce King is a forced marriage, dark mafia romance. It is book 1 in the L.A Ruthless series and features the Montoya crime family.]]> 284 Sadie Kincaid Sam 4 3.56 2022
author: Sadie Kincaid
name: Sam
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/12
date added: 2025/03/12
shelves: billionaire, mafia-bratva, sunshine-fmc, v-h
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]]> 223206539 374 V.T. Bonds Sam 4 breeding, mafia-bratva, v-h 4.00
author: V.T. Bonds
name: Sam
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/11
date added: 2025/03/11
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]]> 204679306 Pleasure.
Provide.

A thousand years of climate change, genetic testing, and war destroyed civilisation as it was.

From the remains came the age of The Trade and The Crown. In return for resources, security, and a meaningful purpose, citizens accepted a life of service to the new world.

The land became The Cradle, and humankind was henceforth known as the Cradled Common.

Young Aster is no different. If selected, she'll be the King's Silk Girl. A common human bred to adore and pleasure him, and to provide The Cradle with healthy babies for the Trade.

That is her meaningful purpose.

But the King is more monster than man. The heir of the genetically enhanced breed, he was designed to survive and rule this new world.

King Rome has a heart as black as his giant pet eagle's wings, and a singular obsession—to reign.

That stands until one day Aster puts her tiny human hand in his...

But "love is not a virtue in The Cradle", because nothing could be more dangerous to the regime than having its merciless King fall in love with a common girl Born For Silk.]]> 446 Nicci Harris Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice: 3.5 3.96
author: Nicci Harris
name: Sam
average rating: 3.96
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/09
date added: 2025/03/11
shelves: age-gap, arc, breeding, obsessed, shy-sweet-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series, v-h
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice: 3.5
]]> 227850906 A one-night stand with a brooding biker turned my entire life upside down.

True to his name, Ghost disappeared without a trace.

Well, almost��

He left me with a permanent reminder of our night together…our daughter, Avery.

Almost two years later, our paths collide again at another book event, both of us still haunted by the tragic events that ripped us apart before. When he discovers he left behind more than regrets that night in the hotel, Ghost steps up, hellbent on reclaiming what’s his.

But when the violence of his world bleeds over into mine, can I trust my biker to keep us safe?

Or will his darkness destroy everything I’ve fought to build?

(Complete standalone MC romance with an HEA)

Motorcycles, Mobsters, and Mayhem author event proudly presents The Mayhem Makers Series.

These standalone novels are brought to you by several bestselling authors specializing in writing twisted chaos. You'll get all the bikers, mobsters, and dark romance your heart can handle.

Follow us so you never miss a new release, as they can be added in at any time!

Author's This is a full-length, dark contemporary romance. For a detailed content warning list, please visit the author's website.]]> 334 Shannon Myers Sam 5 arc, breeding, mc-club Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:2 4.31
author: Shannon Myers
name: Sam
average rating: 4.31
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/03
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: arc, breeding, mc-club
review:
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Spice:2
]]> 205883172 Hockey guys are off limits—and yet, one has set me in his sights, and I have no chance of escaping.

Camden Church is the guy I should’ve stayed away from. But when he mistakes my identity, I don’t correct him. I let him break all my rules.

It’s a night I’ll never forget—not that he’ll ever let me.

If my brother discovers our secret, he could jeopardize Camden’s pro hockey career and end it before it’s begun.

Camden thinks I’m going to rat him out, but he’s wrong.

I’d rather let him drag me into ruin than admit my most hidden desire: I like the dark, twisted things he does to me.

There’s nothing worse than falling for your tormentor�� unless he also happens to be your brother’s best friend.]]> 127 S. Massery Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice:3 4.04
author: S. Massery
name: Sam
average rating: 4.04
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/05
date added: 2025/03/07
shelves: arc, bully, college, cliffhanger, novella
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Rating: 5⭐️
Spice:3
]]> 213699173 THE CURSE OF LACROIX HOUSE.

Everyone knows the stores, the chilling tales of the monster in the swamps. The blood thirsty beast who guards his murder house. Everyone knows to stay away, especially women �� they never survive him.

Thoran has two months to find a new bride. Someone who will look past his scars, the blood on his hands and the fact that he can never love them, and willingly walk into a house that has killed every woman who has ever stepped foot inside.

Then she falls into his arms. Naya. Sweet, broken, irresistible Naya with her fake identity and haunted past, she is everything his dead heart has ached for. But loving her is just what the house wants him to do so it can take her. Destroy her. But letting her go would destroy him.

Can Thoran keep the shadows haunting him from touching her? Can Naya see past the scars and whispers in the walls to the man who sets her soul ablaze each night? Or will she be just another rose inked into his skin?]]> 528 Airicka Phoenix Sam 5 4.51
author: Airicka Phoenix
name: Sam
average rating: 4.51
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]]> 222061821 In a case of mistaken rideshare identity, I end up in a car with the owner of the very casino I’m trying to get to for my cousin’s wedding.
I’m completely unaware that I’ve jumped into a car with Nicholas Deschamps, a powerful man who is desensitized to violence. He’s irresistibly charismatic and extremely handsome, making him a wolf in sheep's clothing.
He doesn’t reveal his true motives until I find him in my room waiting for me.
I assumed after that weekend, our simple exchange in Sin City would be the end.
But someone has been stalking me since I left. Has my darkest desire followed me back home? He warned me he likes to play games. That I shouldn’t trust him because he would devour me.
All I can say is�� let’s play.





Devour is a steamy, contemporary (loose) retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. It is a stand alone novel with no cliffhanger and a HEA. Some scenes could triggering. The hero is morally grey. There’s violence, stalking, gambling, and an intense game of hiding and seek. It is intended for 18+ mature readers.]]> 204 Gail Haris Sam 4 3.75⭐️/2 4.09
author: Gail Haris
name: Sam
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 4
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shelves: arc, billionaire, novella, retellings
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3.75⭐️/2
]]> 52932162 shot me in a fit of rage when I was only sixteen years old.

He thought he killed me.
But my job �ɲ�����’t finished yet.

My days are spent as President of the Heavens Guardians MC.
Nights are spent searching for the scum of the earth.

Rapists, Murderers, Pedophiles.
They all answer to me.

I thought I’d seen it all.
Thought my heart couldn’t be any darker.
Thought I knew exactly how far I was willing to go.

Then a battered and broken woman was found behind our clubhouse,
and I realized, I’ve never had a clue about the monster that lurks within.

They may call me Priest,
but I’d sell my soul to the devil before I let anything take her away from me.]]> 357 Ashley Lane Sam 4 3.94 2019
author: Ashley Lane
name: Sam
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
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]]> 204950857 Oh, and guess who my new boss is?

After a bad date, I barely make my flight across the Pacific wearing a tight dress and high heels, giving the guy next to me the wrong impression. He thinks I’m a high-priced escort. I think he’s a jerk.

I let him believe what he wants because this drool-worthy guy with the panty-melting smile turns out to be a charming flirt.

And his indecent proposal of a few spicy hours tangled in the sheets during our layover will solve my immediate money problem.

When our explosive afternoon ends, he leaves me in the hotel suite and has his bodyguard pay me. Who does that?

Turns out he’s a billionaire hacker in charge of cyber security for the Irish Mob.
And he’s my new boss. Small world, right? Hang on, it gets worse...

We get past the accusations that I set him up and settle into a routine that includes me dragging his gorgeous naked a$$ out of bed every morning.

A sight so phenomenal I should be paying him.

When he catches me staring at his sexy physique in the shower, he punishes me in the filthiest way but that only keeps me coming back for more.

He says I’m his. But he’s mob royalty, and I'm just a special-ed teacher getting over a toxic, abusive relationship.

Then my ex rears his ugly head, and I find out how fiercely possessive and dangerous this hacker mob boss can be.

And that’s before I show him two pink lines��

Author’s note: Shattered Veil is a standalone Mafia Romance with mature themes, a possessive hacker and a DV survivor. The story includes explicit content. It is recommended for mature readers only.

No cheating. HEA guaranteed.]]> 359 Deborah Garland Sam 5 4.26
author: Deborah Garland
name: Sam
average rating: 4.26
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rating: 5
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date added: 2025/03/03
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]]> 227809349 I’ve been in love with my boss for five years. And he’s never once looked at me.

Zayn Grayson is brilliant, powerful, and way out of my league—not to mention my brother’s best friend. But after half a decade of being invisible to the man I crave, I quit.
Except the second I hand in my notice, Zayn finally sees me.

He demands to know why I’m leaving. Won’t let it go until I tell him the truth.
So I do. I ask him for a goodbye kiss.

I don’t expect him to actually say yes.
I definitely don’t expect a storm to trap us in a hotel suite.
But Zayn doesn’t see a blackout. He sees an opportunity.
One night to make my fantasies come true.

When morning comes, I have a choice to make—walk away like I planned�� or let my grumpy, possessive boss convince me to stay forever.

Dear Grumpy Boss is a steamy, instalove, age-gap, office romance featuring a curvy heroine, a forced proximity blackout, and a billionaire who refuses to let her go.]]> 134 Sonia Saint Sam 4 4⭐️/2.25 3.70
author: Sonia Saint
name: Sam
average rating: 3.70
book published:
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/03/03
shelves: billionaire, cute, novella, shy-sweet-fmc
review:
4⭐️/2.25
]]> 223430800
Dutton Taylor is a man who is not used to hearing no. Good thing denying dangerous men just so happens to be my specialty.

The past broke me and I refuse to be tempted by promiscuous lies. I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my son and the new life I’ve built for us.

We should keep our distance. But my body doesn’t get the memo�� and neither does he.


A all-new Standalone in the Vengeful Lies series.

From USA Today and Amazon Top 25 Best Selling Author duo, a new Standalone Dark Romance in the same world as the Lethal Vows.]]> 309 T.L. Smith Sam 5 4.5 ⭐️/ 2.5 4.32
author: T.L. Smith
name: Sam
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/03/03
shelves: arc, single-parent, billionaire
review:
4.5 ⭐️/ 2.5
]]> 216122291 He's a Fixer, but she's his insatiable fix...

Eoghan: After I pull a fast one in her Las Vegas courtroom, prosecutor Jillian Diamond gets drunk in a bar and gives me a piece of her mind. But we settle the score tangled in the sheets, where I show her I’m even better in the bedroom than the courtroom.

Only, to my surprise, I’m her first.

That changes everything, releasing a side of me I don’t know how to control.

Obsessed doesn’t begin to describe my behavior when I find a dating app on her phone and men in her DMs who want what I just got.

I will keep her from touching another man by wearing a mask to give her the fantasies she craves.

Don’t ask me how I know what her fantasies are. Or how I get into her locked apartment. Or how I spy on her through my phone.

She has no idea the attorney she hates and loves mouthing off to during the day is the same man driving her crazy at night.

Watching her. Manipulating her. Obsessing over her.

But with every touch, I’m slowly unraveling, risking everything for one more taste of my diamond in the rough.

When my enemy targets her, I’m ready to burn down this entire city because Jillian belongs to me.

And no one touches what’s mine.]]> 436 Deborah Garland Sam 5 4.06
author: Deborah Garland
name: Sam
average rating: 4.06
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/28
date added: 2025/02/28
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]]> 214299956
That's what they call me - Lee Sterling, Oakmount University's favorite disaster.

Everyone thinks they know me, but they only see what I let them.

I’m the guy who can charm his way out of anything and never takes life seriously. But it's all a ruse. They don't see the mask I wear or the cage of family expectations slowly threatening to suffocate me.

Three months. That's how long I have to find someone "suitable" to present at the Sterling New Year's Gala, or it's over.

I tell myself I can handle it, like I handle everything else - with a smile and a shot of bourbon, but deep down, I know I'm inching closer and closer to the edge.

Then I meet Salem Masters in a dark pantry at a party, and suddenly, nothing feels simple anymore.

They call her crazy, and broken. The girl who wears latex gloves and counts her steps.

I call her beautiful, careful, haunted.

One encounter and I’m obsessed. I need to know more about her. I need to know if she's just like me.

When I discover we share a common interest, I convince her to be my fake girlfriend. She could use the protection, and I need to convince my family I’m normal…but when our fake relationship turns real I discover just how close to danger I am.

Because for the first time in my life, I want something that I can't have, that I don't deserve.]]> 0 J.L. Beck Sam 4 4⭐️/2.5 4.40
author: J.L. Beck
name: Sam
average rating: 4.40
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/26
date added: 2025/02/28
shelves: arc, college, pull-heart-strings, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
4⭐️/2.5
]]> 213769204 For what I witnessed, he wants me dead.
But I’m no prey, and I’ll make him admit he just wants me.
With a wicked grin, I watched him kill a man, silently urging him on. Then I ran, adrenaline surging, hoping the sinfully handsome stranger wouldn’t catch me. Yet, for months, I dreamed he would.
Until the day our paths crossed again and his cold, soulless gaze reignited the desire that had haunted me. Carter Pierce—one of the bloody kings of the underworld he and his soul brothers rule. The very people my family warned me against.
But when the despicable man refusing to grant me a divorce moves against me, it’s Carter who stands by my side. And when his enemy strikes, I risk too much to stand by his.
What future can I possibly have with a man missing a heart? And will he even want me once he truly knows me?

Catch up on the series
#1 Dangerous Strokes, a Dark Mafia Romance
#2 Reckless Covenant, a Second Chance Mafia Romance
#3 Manacled Hearts, an Age Gap Mafia Romance

___________
Author’s Note: Carved Obsession is a mafia romance with dark themes and sensitive content. Please go to the author’s website for the full list of triggers.]]> 412 Lilith Roman 1068339020 Sam 4 4⭐️/2 4.62
author: Lilith Roman
name: Sam
average rating: 4.62
book published:
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: arc, badass-fmc, mafia-bratva, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
4⭐️/2
]]> 92955123
My pakhan father is marrying me off to a cruel monster. A man who gave me a black eye the night before our wedding and then spent it with someone else.

A wrong turn on my way to the church changes my life.

He saw me.
In my gown.
And the bruises behind my veil.

Lachlan O’Rourke.

Enforcer. Insane. Furious.

And standing in the back of the church with an army ready to stop my wedding��

Author’s Deal with the Devil is a 77K standalone MF Marriage of Convenience Opposites Attract Romance with mature themes, a seventeen-year age gap between a J/P Mob Enforcer and a virgin Bratva princess. The story includes explicit content and profanity. It is recommended for mature readers only.

No cheating. HEA guaranteed with SERIES cliffhanger.]]> 294 Deborah Garland Sam 4 4.01
author: Deborah Garland
name: Sam
average rating: 4.01
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/25
date added: 2025/02/25
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]]> 220296638 I took her to get revenge, but now I want so much more.

Rory Kostalova was never part of the plan. Kidnapping the Russian mafia princess was a move for control, a way to gain the upper hand in a brutal war. She was meant to break, to bend to my will like everyone else.

But Rory is different—strong, fiery, untouchable.

What started as a way to get even turns into something darker, something neither of us can control. She stirs the chaos inside me, makes me crave her in ways I shouldn’t.

I took her freedom to punish her family, but now she’s the one I can’t let go. To save her, I’ll have to break every rule, cross every line.I’ll be the one to set her free—even if it destroys me.

No Promises, No Lies is a standalone crossover mafia hockey romance with dark themes and spice.

Tropes
Hockey Romance
Mafia Romance
Arranged Marriage
New Adult
Enemies to Lovers
Captive Romance
"I didn't know where else to go."]]> 416 A.J. Wilding Sam 4 arc, hockey, mafia-bratva 4.5⭐️/2 4.70
author: A.J. Wilding
name: Sam
average rating: 4.70
book published:
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]]> 212970819 Kieran O’Rourke is sin and danger wrapped in an expensive suit. Six-foot-four, he’s ruggedly beautiful with an Irish brogue that made half the women in this town fall into his bed.

He’s a savage with no soul…and now he's my fiancé.
My father sold me to this arrogant bastard to finance his war with the Russians.

All my dreams vanished when Kieran forced me to say ‘I do�� and slid his ring onto my finger. He stole my future and wants an obedient wife, who will give him an heir and ask no questions.

I may have been groomed to be a dutiful wife one day, but I won’t go quietly.
This is a fight for my soul and I intend to win.

During the day, my hate for him grows, but at night, he’s the star of my shameful fantasies. And I’m the only woman who can satisfy him.

I want to keep despising him, but when he ties me to the bed and ravages me with rough hands and a body made for sin, I can’t think straight.

Kieran only wants a baby from me. But I want him to love me.

And I’m keeping a secret that will destroy us both��

Author’s Savage King is an 83K standalone MF Forced Marriage Enemies to Lovers Romance with mature themes, a nineteen-year age gap between a possessive alpha mafia husband and a virgin mafia princess. The story includes explicit content and profanity. It is recommended for mature readers only.

No cheating. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.

Grab the whole
Sinful Vows
Savage King
Sleeping with the Enemy
Deal with the Devil

Follow Deborah for Updates!]]> 316 Deborah Garland Sam 4 4.15 2023
author: Deborah Garland
name: Sam
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/24
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]]> 223975714 “There is nowhere for you to run, little one…��

Beast
I am the president of The Knights of St. Bon Motorcycle Club.
A seven-foot mountain of muscle and bone in a pair of motorcycle boots and a leather cut.
Cursed with demons and darkness and secrets that run deep.
To the people of St. Bon, I am a monster.
To my club brothers, I am a fearless leader.
To her, I am a nightmare.

Belle
He comes out of the shadows and turns my world upside down.
He forces me to marry him to pay off my uncle’s debt to the motorcycle club.
The stakes are high. I must be convincing as his old lady or there will be consequences for the both of us.
But I could never imagine the real reason he wants to marry me.
Or the secrets he is guarding in the forbidden room.


Beast is a dark Beauty & the Beast retelling, set in the fictional, dreamy town of St. Boniface. It is an enemies to lovers, motorcycle club romance with spice and suspense, touch her and die vibes, and twists you won’t see coming.
For readers 18+. Please check CWs. No cliffhanger.

Tropes
MC romance
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Fake relationship
Arranged marriage
Touch her & die
Obsessed hero
He falls first
Found family
He’s huge
Beauty & the Beast retelling

]]> 484 Penny Dee Sam 5 Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:3 4.37
author: Penny Dee
name: Sam
average rating: 4.37
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/19
date added: 2025/02/24
shelves: arc, breeding, mc, mc-club, standalone-interconnected-series
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]]> 227751823 I’m forced to marry a monster in my sister’s stead��
I grew up unloved and neglected by my family.
I never placed any significance on my existence.
Until a proposal is set in place.
A marriage between the capo dei capi of the De Luca Famiglia and a Lombardi daughter.
Only my sister doesn’t want to marry the monster of Las Vegas.
So I become the sacrificial lamb.

Massimo De Luca.
A man everyone dubs Lo Spietato.
A Ruthless God who rules the west with an iron fist.
And my husband.

My husband is an enigma.
A beautifully scarred, contradicting enigma.
This marriage is supposed to be nothing more than a business arrangement between two families.
Yet, when he touches me�� it doesn’t feel like a business arrangement.
And he looks at me with dark hunger in his eyes�� I want to surrender myself to him.

I want him.
In every inconceivable way possible.
More than that, I want to be his.

***Ruthless God is a standalone novel in the Godless Reign series. It is a dark arranged marriage romance. It depicts violence and dark themes, and is intended for mature audiences only. Reader discretion is advised. ]]> 337 V.T. Do Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice:3 4.21
author: V.T. Do
name: Sam
average rating: 4.21
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/20
date added: 2025/02/24
shelves: arc, mafia-bratva, mmc-golden-retriever-only-for-fmc, shy-sweet-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series, v-h
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice:3
]]> 228287025 I had a plan to make a mob boss hate me.
Good It worked.
Bad I'm pregnant with his babies.

Remember when I had ten days to make Sasha Ozerov hate me?
Well, I succeeded.
Just not the way I planned.

Now, I'm hiding in France with his unborn twins,
Trying to forget the monster who stole my heart.
The devil who betrayed my sister.
The man I can't stop loving.

But when Serbian hitmen track us down,
Guess who shows up to save the day?

Then Sasha insists we go with him to a remote Italian villa.
For our own safety, he claims.
Just me, my sister, and the father of my child.
For ten weeks.
Until the babies come.

Sasha says he's changed.
He says he loves me.
He says he wants to make things right.

Problem is...
I might actually believe him.

Ten weeks to resist a reformed villain.
Ten weeks to guard my heart.
Ten weeks to
Run from the man who betrayed us...
Or surrender to the father of my children?

10 Days to Surrender is Book 2 of the Ozerov Bratva duet. The story begins in Book 1, 10 Days to Ruin. ]]> 458 Nicole Fox Sam 4 4.25
author: Nicole Fox
name: Sam
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/23
date added: 2025/02/23
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]]> 214043794 A man I’d never see again.

I was stranded, he had a hotel room (which I had broken into), and the rest is history.

Until he shows up at my doorstep five years later with a marriage proposal.
Not to marry him, though.

Turns out he’s a hitman for the Irish Mob, and his boss needs a wife.

The man I’d been dreaming about for years has chosen me. For someone else.
He thinks he's too broken and doesn't deserve love.

But when the roads flood, we’re trapped, and there’s only one bed.
I’ll prove to him he's worthy and we belong together.
All of us. Me, him, and our daughter��

Sinful Vows is a standalone Irish mafia, age-gap, secret child romance with dark themes between a sassy heroine who makes the ultimate sacrifice to protect her daughter and a brooding, possessive hitman who doesn’t think he deserves love. Please read the TWs inside the book.

There is no cliffhanger, no cheating, and an HEA is guaranteed.

Grab the entire series:
Sinful Vows
Savage King
Sleeping with the Enemy
Deal with the Devil
Ring of Truth

Now featured in a new standalone special edition series:
Reckless Obsession
Shattered Veil]]> 205 Deborah Garland Sam 5 3.90
author: Deborah Garland
name: Sam
average rating: 3.90
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/22
date added: 2025/02/22
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]]> 218262046
A shy, reserved woman like me, wearing a gold mask and spending the night with a stranger from a fantasy fulfillment app? Yep, I did that. And it was the perfect escape from the pressure of trying to save my failing company.

Then, Roman Wells—ex-rugby star and new investor in my struggling business—walks into my office. Everyone else loves him: his easy laugh, rugged good looks, and confident charm, but I can barely meet his eyes without turning into a blushing mess.

From our first painfully awkward encounter, things only get worse, with misunderstanding after misunderstanding, until he blindsides me with a ruthless business move that leaves me reeling.

But that’s nothing compared to the positive pregnancy test in my hands. That fantasy night becomes all too real when I find out Roman is my masked man—and the father of my baby.

Roman is determined to be part of this baby’s life—and mine. He won’t back down easily. He wants to make things right, but after the underhanded move he pulled, trusting him isn’t so simple.

He might be winning over my picky cat, personally delivering breakfast to me every morning, and leaving me really cute notes, but how can I believe the man who betrayed me in business will take care of my heart?]]> 375 Julia Wolf Sam 5 4.15 2025
author: Julia Wolf
name: Sam
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/21
date added: 2025/02/21
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]]> 210170551 I fell in love with a billionaire.I just didn’t know it.Jean-Michel Dubois is the owner of the professional hockey team, the Oakland Eagles, and established the world-renowned Oak Ridge Vineyards.
And…he’s fallen for me.
Me. The boring woman who spends her time studying, baking cookies, and nannying for an adorable little girl.
A relationship between us makes no sense—I’ve tried to make him see that.
But he’s a successful businessman for a reason.
He's ruthless and goes after what he wants.
And he’s decided…That’s me.]]> 307 Elise Faber 1637491395 Sam 5 4.5⭐️/2 4.16
author: Elise Faber
name: Sam
average rating: 4.16
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/14
date added: 2025/02/20
shelves: arc, age-gap, billionaire, breeding, shy-sweet-fmc, v-h
review:
4.5⭐️/2
]]> 228202709 This is my story of how to lose a mob boss in ten days.

I have a
I’ve been arranged to marry a monster.

Run away? Good idea. Tried that. Didn’t work.
Because in my family, my father makes the rules.
And he says this wedding is happening .

But he still has a soft spot for me, his last remaining daughter.
So he offers me a deal.
Take ten days.
Get to know Sasha.
See if you change your mind.

Yeah, right.
Sasha Ozerov is a beast in Brioni.
He’s ruthless, flawless, utterly unconcerned with mortals like me.
All he wants is what our marriage would bring
My family’s power and the city in the palm of his hand.

But maybe, if I can make him back out of the deal��
I’ll keep my freedom.
So I set out to do everything I can to drive him crazy.

I have ten days to make my husband hate me.
What happens if I start to love him instead?


10 Days to Ruin is Book 1 of the Ozerov Bratva Duet. The story concludes in Book 2, 10 days to Surrender. ]]> 482 Nicole Fox Sam 4 4⭐️/2.5 4.30
author: Nicole Fox
name: Sam
average rating: 4.30
book published:
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2025/02/20
shelves: arc, breeding, cliffhanger, mafia-bratva, same-couple-series
review:
4⭐️/2.5
]]> 74955146
Known as the spoilt princess of New York, Marcella Vitiello grew up in a golden cage. If your father is the most feared man in New York, people gift you with reverence.
Destined to marry the boyfriend approved by her father, Marcella is sick of being treated like an untouchable porcelain doll.
She resents the life forced upon her by her family until everything she took for granted is ripped from her. Where she’s now, her name doesn’t bring awe, only pain and humiliation.

If you’ve grown up in a high castle, the fall is all the deeper.

Sins of the fathers have a way of catching up…who’s going to bleed for them?]]> 272 Cora Reilly Sam 0 to-read 3.27 2021
author: Cora Reilly
name: Sam
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/20
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]]> 179006458 Andrei Barinov deceived me and made me a partner in his crimes.
Underneath his handsome face was a bottomless sea of darkness.
One that threatened to drown me beneath its pitiless waves.

He knew a secret that was hidden from me my entire

The truth about my family.
A family that he destroyed.

And now I risk losing what little I have left.

Because the final question that remains unanswered is

Can my heart truly belong to a monster like Andrei Barinov?
Or was everything doomed from the very beginning?

Deceitful Bond is Book 3 of the Barinov Bratva trilogy. It is not a standalone. You must read both Book 1 - Deceitful Vows , and Book 2 - Deceitful Lies beforehand.

This book contains scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.]]> 323 Brook Wilder Sam 3 4.05
author: Brook Wilder
name: Sam
average rating: 4.05
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/17
date added: 2025/02/17
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]]> 179008062 Andrei Barinov married me under false pretenses, and now I’m in danger because of him.I met him at an ill-fated wedding under a storm of bullets.He saved me, and gave me something that I never knew my entire it feels like to be valued. To be wanted.But even after he slipped his ring on my finger, there were still secrets that he kept from me.Secrets that made me think I would always come in second.I thought I already gave him everything he needed, but I was wrong.He took my body, he stole my heart, and he locked up my soul.But even now, with his baby in my belly, I’m no closer to finding out the truth of why he chose me.Why he wanted me.Why he needed me.Deceitful Lies is Book 2 of the Barinov Bratva trilogy. It is not a standalone. The story begins in Book 1 - Deceitful Vows, and concludes in Book 3 - Deceitful Bond This book contains scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.]]> 312 Brook Wilder Sam 3 3.88
author: Brook Wilder
name: Sam
average rating: 3.88
book published:
rating: 3
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]]> 179008038 Bratva Bosses aren’t supposed to marry regular girls like me.Andrei Barinov is the heir of the Barinov Bratva �� a prince with the world at his fingertips. I was working as a wedding photographer, trying to forget my cheating ex-fiancé when my path crossed with his. He offered me a chance to escape, throw caution to the wind, and forget my troubles. I never got a chance to tell him my answer when the bullets started flying. He saved me that day, and I thought I’d never see him again. Until I find him standing in my kitchen. He’s making the same offer to me again. But this time, he’s not giving me a choice. He’s telling me that I’m coming with him. He’s telling me that we’re getting married. He’s telling me that I will say yes, whether I want to or not. Bratva bosses don’t marry regular girls like me. Which means there’s something he wants from me. Something he needs. Something he’s not telling me about. And if I want to find out just what that is…It’s going to cost me my body, heart, and soul.Deceitful Vows is Book 1 of the Barinov Bratva trilogy. The story continues in Book 2 - Deceitful Lies, and concludes in Book 3 - Deceitful Bond This book contains scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.]]> 316 Brook Wilder Sam 4 4.03
author: Brook Wilder
name: Sam
average rating: 4.03
book published:
rating: 4
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]]> 225335032 What’s the cost of trusting your life to a lethal bratva king?

Vadim Stravinsky isn’t just dangerous.
He’s the king of a criminal empire, with enemies deadlier than his icy stare.
When he dragged me into his world, I didn’t expect survival to come with a diamond ring and vows whispered in the shadows.

But secrets now bind us tighter than any vow.
Both the ones from his haunted past and the ones in my unexpected future.

And that was before our enemies start circling like vultures.
Eager to tear apart the delicate alliance we’ve forged—and extinguish the fragile life we’ve made together.

Now every touch burns with forbidden heat.
Every promise feels like a trap.

And the man who once promised to protect me might be the greatest threat of all.

Because in Vadim Stravinsky’s cage of violence and
Survival demands loyalty.
Love requires agony.
And trust comes at a price higher than anything I dare imagine.

Beautiful Agony is Book 2 of the Stravinsky Bratva duet. This is NOT a standalone. You MUST read Book 1 - Beautiful Cruelty to understand what happens in this book.

This book contains scenes and topics that may be disturbing to some readers.]]> 447 Brook Wilder Sam 5 4.33
author: Brook Wilder
name: Sam
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/16
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]]> 225330300 Good girls don't pick fights with a handsome billionaire at the dry cleaner's.
Good girls don't steal his bespoke suit.
Good girls don't take pictures of themselves wearing only the suit jacket.
And good girls definitely don't hit SEND.

But after catching my cheating ex-fiancé in the act three days before the wedding...
... being a good girl was the last thing on my mind.

And that's when I meet Vadim Stravinsky.
His storm-gray eyes notice the mascara smudged on my face.
Despite making him the unexpected target of my frustrations and heartbreak, he leaves me with his card.

And a promise that our paths will cross again.

But Vadim Stravinsky is more than a handsome billionaire whose smile sends flutters through my stomach.

He's a ruthless bratva boss who won't take no for an answer.
Who won't hesitate to put his enemies on their knees.

Who enjoys corrupting good girls like me.
And wants nothing more than to show me how bad I can be.

Now, because of my single reckless act, he's about to drag me into his dangerous world.
A world where where it's impossible to deny the truth that both of us knew from the moment we saw each

I don't want to be a good girl.
I want to be his good girl.

-----
Beautiful Cruelty is Book 1 of the Stravinsky Bratva duet. This is NOT a standalone.

This book contains scenes and topics that may be disturbing to some readers.]]> 469 Brook Wilder Sam 5 4.19
author: Brook Wilder
name: Sam
average rating: 4.19
book published:
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]]> 57888401 From NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. Jackson comes a single-dad, enemies-to-lovers stand-alone romance about a jaded club owner and his son’s teacher��

Eden Murphy came into my club looking to make some extra cash.
A girl like her didn't belong in a place like this.
She'd get ripped to shreds.
Most likely by me.
There's nothing but sweetness dripping from her sexy little body, and I'm the monster who's salivating to get a taste.

Trent Lawson is the last man I should want.
Dark.
Dangerous.
So wickedly gorgeous he makes my knees weak.
He's also an arrogant jerk who happens to be my new boss.

When I discover his adorable son is also in my kindergarten class, I know I have to keep my distance.

But neither of us can ignore the attraction that flames.
One glance, and our hearts race.
One touch, and we’re aching for what we can’t have.
One night, and we’re falling fast.

Dragging her into my sordid world is wrong.
It doesn’t matter.
Eden Murphy is mine.]]> 473 A.L. Jackson 1946420557 Sam 3 mc, single-parent 3.5 ⭐️/2 3.98 2021
author: A.L. Jackson
name: Sam
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/15
date added: 2025/02/15
shelves: mc, single-parent
review:
3.5 ⭐️/2
]]> 220190677 CAN YOU FEEL THE THUNDER?

I was desperate for a change of scenery and pace, raised in a life of unrealistic expectations and dreams that were never mine to begin with. I spent two years attempting to gain acceptance into the Aurelia School of Dance, only to be denied time and time again.
I am a legacy and obligated to follow in my mother’s footsteps.
With my third attempt and failure at acceptance, I packed my bags and flew across the country, abandoning my past for what it was and rebranding my identity, my future.

Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps.
An escape from the reality of never being good enough for anyone or anything.
Back in New York, I was a pushover, and now I'm a force to be reckoned with.

Enter Colby Bryce, a man who I didn't expect to sweep me off my feet and show me just how much the world had to offer to those who knew how to take what they wanted.
One wild night, one blazing hookup, and one giant f*cking mistake.

Can he keep up with me? I highly doubt it.
What happens in Vegas... Well, you know the rest...

The Bloke by Jacklyn Parker is A Dark Dancer Romance. There are scenes of a violent and sexual nature in this story. Therefore, it is intended for readers of 18+ years. Please take note of the trigger warnings.]]> 302 Jacklyn Parker Sam 5 arc, badass-fmc, obsessed 4.5 ⭐️/3 4.39
author: Jacklyn Parker
name: Sam
average rating: 4.39
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/02/13
shelves: arc, badass-fmc, obsessed
review:
4.5 ⭐️/3
]]> 221860418 Xander

Being a career hotshot, a wildland firefighter, is all I've ever known. It's my greatest passion. This job is dangerous, and after watching my parents' marriage fail because of it, I knew long ago I'd never be a relationship kinda guy.

All of that changes when my best friend moves his recently widowed--and pregnant--younger sister and her two kids in next door. I've been crazy about Teddy for years. So when I happen to assist in an unexpected emergency home birth for her new baby, I find myself spending more and more time near her and her kids. Teddy's heart is locked up like Fort Knox after losing her husband, and breaking down her defenses is damn near impossible... but I want to show her that I'm here to stay. For all of them.

As superintendent, my duty to my crew has always been my priority. But with Teddy's heart on the line, can I give up the only life I've ever known? Or am I doomed to be honor bound and lose the only woman I've ever loved?]]> 364 Danielle Baker Sam 5 4.19
author: Danielle Baker
name: Sam
average rating: 4.19
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/02/12
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]]> 220605421 Ever the good girl, I remained subservient under his watchful gaze, but each cutting remark and unrealistic expectation forced me to open my eyes and face the truth.

This life was slowly killing me.

At my best friend’s urging, I jumped at the chance to stay with her for the summer, having no idea how my life would change after a chance encounter with a dark and brooding biker.
Now, my summer of fun feels a lot like happily ever after, even if the man of my dreams is my father’s worst nightmare.
But when trouble comes knocking, it won’t matter if I’m a sinner or a saint as long as I’m willing to fight dirty for what I want.

They say all’s fair in love and war, but nobody told me corruption would taste so sweet.

Content warning: Bikers are gonna be bikers. If you are looking for a PG read, this book is not for you. Please expect a whole lot of cuss words, foul language, and dirty talk. There is also enough sexcapades and violence to make you question your morals.]]> 388 Candice Wright Sam 5 4.44
author: Candice Wright
name: Sam
average rating: 4.44
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]]> 212020477 A why-choose, age-gap romance from USA Today Bestselling Author Layla Frost��

If three’s a crowd, then what’s four?

A happily ever after.

All my life, my parents bounced around hippie communes, dragging me along for the shroom-fueled ride. When they announced we were moving again, I expected more of the same—group cabins, rundown shacks, or flimsy yurts. But Eternal Sun was nothing like the other places. It was a dream come true.

Until that dream plummeted into a nightmare.

When the leader of the luxurious wellness center shared where I fit into his prophecy, I was forced to run away from everything I knew and loved—including my parents. I landed a coveted job at Black Resorts and got my first taste of a normal life.

It was also where I met Cole, Marco, and Freddy.

A hot tech nerd, a mountain of a bodyguard, and a cocky chef who was also my boss. Three very different men who made me feel an intense attraction I’d never experienced before.

But then Eternal Sun stole them from me, too.

Or so I thought.

Because when things went from bad to worse, they were back. Taking care of me. Hovering over me. Annoying the hell out of me.

I tried to keep my distance. When that didn’t work, I ignored them. They didn't let that happen, either. The longer I spent with the three possessive men, the harder it was to choose. But I had to��.

Right?

Warning: CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE. This MMFM Daddy kink romance is the FINAL book in the Black Resorts series. It features the adult language, situations, and violence you’ve come to know and love. The men might be willing to share with each other, but we all know what happens when someone else touches what’s theirs�� Hot + Possessive x 3= one BIG happily ever after. Check the author’s site for a full list of tropes and CW.]]> 529 Layla Frost Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice:3 4.15
author: Layla Frost
name: Sam
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/10
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: arc, breeding, found-family, obsessed, rh, shy-sweet-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series, v-h
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice:3
]]> 219837921 I should have known I’d break the oath I made when I offered to let my best friend’s little sister move in with me��
She’s the sweetest woman on the face of the planet.
And to my great misfortune, the sexiest one, too.
She’s been living under her brother’s roof her entire life, and she’s ready to spread her wings.
And I’m the masochist who offers she stay at my place until she can find an apartment.
When I hear her having a nightmare, the only thing I can do is go to her. Hold her so she knows she’s safe from her demons.
The second she’s in my arms, the attraction I’ve tried to hide sparks to life. I know better than to push past the boundaries I’ve set for us, but when she begs me to touch her in a way she’s never been touched, I can’t resist.
And with my name on her lips as I send her soaring for the first time, I know there’s no going back.
I’m willing to break every rule and oath I’ve ever made to keep her.
Accept every consequence.
Only she and I have a dark, dangerous history that no one knows about.
And I’m afraid the consequences of loving her have just caught up to us…]]> 472 A.L. Jackson 196073041X Sam 5 Rating: 4.5⭐️<br />Spice:3 4.31
author: A.L. Jackson
name: Sam
average rating: 4.31
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/08
date added: 2025/02/10
shelves: arc, age-gap, badboy-goodgirl, childhood-friends, found-family, mc, standalone-interconnected-series, sunshine-fmc, v-h
review:
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Spice:3
]]> 214629217 An MC romance about a girl hiding from her past and the biker who becomes her unlikely saviour��

When four thugs show up at Evergreen Gas Station with cocked shotguns and masked faces, it could have ended in the worst night of my life.

Instead, a gorgeous mystery man in leather, silver, and too many tattoos strolls into the middle of the robbery and becomes my unlikely saviour with a tarnished halo.

Only, what seemed like a random hold-up at first turns into something far more complicated and Aaron Clare isn’t the type of man to leave a woman in distress. Despite my vow not get into trouble again, I find myself following the man dubbed ‘Boner�� into a night of danger and delicious debauchery with long-reaching consequences.

*A standalone in The Fallen Men Series.*]]> 319 Giana Darling Sam 5 4.11
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.11
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/09
date added: 2025/02/09
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]]> 56444658 From USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Giana Darling comes a dark MC romance about a broken enforcer and the beautiful, innocent woman who shows him that light can exist even in the dark... A killer. A criminal. A psychopath. The Irish enforcer for The Fallen Men MC is everything good girls are taught to stay away from. Only, I found myself inexorably drawn into his dark gravitational pull. I wanted to know what it would be like to walk beside the human personification of Death and hold his hand, feel his kiss, and maybe even earn his undying love. But Priest McKenna is older, cold as ice, and notoriously unfeeling. So what are the odds that a dead man walking would come to life for little, insignificant me? When a serial killer begins to target the women of Entrance, BC, and The Fallen suffers another terrible blow, Priest resolves to hunt down the killer himself. And when the murderer sets his eyes on me? My very own psychopath steps between me and certain death, thrusting us into an intimacy I prayed we would never recover from. *A standalone book in The Fallen Men Series.*]]> 542 Giana Darling 177444013X Sam 5 4.38 2020
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/08
date added: 2025/02/08
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]]> 59056483
He was the heir, but he was also the heart and soul'a our club and our family.
Celebratin' his first birthday without 'im was gonna be damn near impossible to survive.

The dream'a every parent who ever suffered the tragedy'a losin' a kid, was holdin' that baby in their arms again.

I counted myself a lucky man, but I'd never hoped to dream for that.
Until a man showed up at my cabin that mornin' and called me 'Dad.']]> 77 Giana Darling Sam 5 4.52 2021
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/06
date added: 2025/02/06
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]]> 52339247 From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling comes an angst-filled romance about what happens after the happily-ever-after for a bad boy biker and the woman he corrupted... I was settin�� up to live a good life, the kinda life I’d fought hard to deserve. With a good woman––the best woman––at my side, a degree under my belt, and the whole world at my feet, I was livin�� the kinda happily ever after usually denied the rebellious and the criminal. I’d turned my back on that kinda life, thinkin�� I needed that clean, wholesome kinda happy. Then the devil came dressed in the wings of an angel and took someone from me. And I realized I was wrong. There was no clean and wholesome for a man like me with poetry in his heart and outlaw in his blood. The life I’d been livin�� was only purgatory, holding me over until the time came for me to descend into Hell and pick up the tarnished crown that awaited me. I was condemning my woman to a life of violence, blood, and heartache, but I had to hope she’d step up and finally be the rough and tumble queen to my Fallen MC king. *After the Fall can be read as a stand-alone romance, but you first meet the couple in Lessons in Corruption (The Fallen Men, #1)*]]> 380 Giana Darling Sam 5 4.41 2020
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/05
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> 51480791 I killed a man. Stabbed him in the neck and licked the blood off my lips after I did it.
Still, one action doesn’t define you.
I could have called anyone. My father, the Prez of The Fallen MC, our family lawyer, my best friend, Lila, or my brother, King.
I didn’t.
Instead, I called Lionel Danner, the police officer renowned for taking down the Nightstalkers MC. The man who had been my father’s arch nemesis for decades. The man who hated everything I stood for. A man who had disappeared from my life without explanation three years ago.
I called him.
And maybe one action doesn’t define you, but killing a bad man and calling in the good changed my life and it sure as hell changed his.

The third book in the Fallen Men series. A standalone featuring Harleigh Rose and Officer Lionel Danner.]]> 392 Giana Darling Sam 4 4.06 2018
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/05
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> 221572322 I meant to save my brother. Instead, I got caught by his dangerous, older, kingpin boss��

It was a perfect plan. Grab my feckless brother from outside the club, take him to our family cabin near a cute fishing village far from London's vices, and force him to sort his life out.

Except, when I open the back of my little car, it's not my brother in there but the tall, dark, tattooed, Irish mafia boss he works for.

And the kingpin is furious.

Oops.

Sorry and a lift home isn't going to cut it. He wants compensation. And the only thing I have to offer him is myself.

I might have kidnapped him, but the mafia boss isn’t going to let me go.

A sweet and spicy instalove age gap mafia romance with an obsessed and protective billionaire mafia boss who will claim his virgin girl and give her a baby too.]]> 125 Evie Rose Sam 5 5⭐️/2 4.05
author: Evie Rose
name: Sam
average rating: 4.05
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: arc, mafia-bratva, novella, v-h, breeding
review:
5⭐️/2
]]> 51480732 Life was good.
No, better than that.
Life was a fuckin' dream.
Didn't know somethin' was missin' until we found it crouched in the forest like tossed rubbish and claimed it for our own.

*A Fallen Men Christmas Story. These events take place between Welcome to the Dark Side and Good Gone Bad.*]]> 36 Giana Darling Sam 5 4.14 2020
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/04
date added: 2025/02/04
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]]> 51480780 I ate my vegetables, volunteered at the local autism centre and sat in the front pew of church every Sunday.
Then, I got cancer.
What the hell kind of reward was that for a boring life well lived?
I was a seventeen-year-old paradigm of virtue and I was tired of it.
So, when I finally ran into the man I'd been writing to since he saved my life as a little girl and he offered to show me the dark side of life before I left it for good, I said yes.
Only, I didn't know that Zeus Garro was the President of The Fallen MC and when you made a deal with a man who is worse than the devil, there was no going back...

This is Daddy Zeus Garro's story from Lessons In Corruption. A standalone in The Fallen Men series.]]> 526 Giana Darling Sam 5 4.09 2018
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/04
date added: 2025/02/04
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]]> 51480753 The heir to a notorious, criminal MC.
And my student.

There was no way I could get involved.
No way I could stay involved.
Then, no way I could get out alive.


An MC student/teacher romance.]]> 406 Giana Darling Sam 5 3.94 2017
author: Giana Darling
name: Sam
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/03
date added: 2025/02/03
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]]> 223188844 From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.

I entered an arranged marriage so my sister, Ciara, could marry for love. Three years later, I’m a widow, and my father arranges for Ciara to marry Dominik Varga. The assassin slash arms dealer is as dangerous as he’s quiet, which is very unnerving.

Needless to say, I’m not happy at all. A deal was a deal, and I kept my end of it, so there’s no way on God’s green earth I’ll just sit back and smile like a good little girl. I’ll fight for Ciara’s freedom so she won’t have to face the hell I was forced to endure.

But Dominik doesn’t make things easy for me. He’s determined to get his hands on half of Dad’s empire.
When he moves into my family home, my entire routine unravels. I have to fight for more than just my sister’s freedom because I’m in danger of losing my heart.

I refuse to admit I’m drawn to his darkness. If I do, God only knows whether we’ll survive the fire raging between us.

A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.]]> 268 Michelle Heard Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice: 2 3.96
author: Michelle Heard
name: Sam
average rating: 3.96
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/31
date added: 2025/02/03
shelves: arc, mafia-bratva, pull-heart-strings, abuse, strong-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice: 2
]]> 223196920 One taste of her innocence, and I'm pucking obsessed.

Sweet little Remy has no idea the masked man who followed her into the dark at the Reapers' party was me�� the star center for the Blackridge Ravens college hockey team.

The way she writhed against my mouth.

How she begged so pretty.

Those innocent whimpers when she shattered.

But when the daylight comes, she plays hard to get.

But here's the thing about being undefeated on and off the ice�� I don’t lose.

And watching her pretend she doesn't want me every time she sees me?

That just makes the hunt sweeter.

Her boyfriend won’t stop me.

Her pride can't save her.

She says she'll never be mine.

Well... guess what, baby?

That’s too pucking bad.



That’s Too Pucking Bad is a dark hockey romance that can be read as a standalone. It contains themes that may be triggering to some, please check the TW list inside of the book. ]]> 401 Kate Olivia Sam 3 3.64
author: Kate Olivia
name: Sam
average rating: 3.64
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/02
date added: 2025/02/02
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]]> 201845932 SCARLETT:
Pole dancing at the most exclusive ‘Gentlemen’s Club�� in the country is lucrative, though the men are anything but gentle. They’re all desperate to take the only significant possession I have–my virginity.

I’ve spent five years hiding in plain sight, burying my head in my books, courtesy of a scholarship at Dublin's most prestigious college. But now, for the first time in my life, I feel seen. Wanted. Desired. And I've awakened a need I never knew I had.

Enter James Beckett, a billionaire bachelor with a reputation as famous as his family’s whiskey empire, and he wants me to be his fake girlfriend until he conquers the next part of his empire.

He'll even tutor me through my final exams... and anything else I require tuition in...
Our arrangement will either secure my future, or shatter my world��

JAMES:
Yet another sex scandal means I'm heartbeat away from being fired as CEO from my own family's whiskey distillery, unless I can prove to my father and The Board that I’ve shed my playboy reputation.

The last thing I want is a showpiece society wife.

Especially when I'm obsessed with The Luxor Lounge's newest pole dancer.

At only twenty-three, Scarlett radiates an innocence that drives me wild. Turns out, my little dancer is a virgin.

Fooling around with my fake girlfriend was always part of my plan.

Falling for her �ɲ�����’t.

She's everything I crave, but everything my father forbids.

Even if I can convince him that Scarlett is the one for me, she’s been keeping a secret.

One that could wreck me...
- Age Gap
- Forbidden Romance
- Fake relationship
- Billionaire Possessive hero
- V FMC
- Touch her and d*e vibes
- Blush-inducing steam
- No third act break up
- Standalone with interlinking characters from a wider series

Wreck Me is an open door tale of forbidden love as worlds collide, and the lines between love and secrets blur. The characters occasionally use profanities because darn it just doesn't cut it sometimes.]]> 344 L.A. Gallagher Sam 5 3.99 2024
author: L.A. Gallagher
name: Sam
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/01
date added: 2025/02/01
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]]> 222870069
Marry me and I’ll give you the world.

Refuse, and I’ll burn yours to the ground.

Sincerely,
Your soon-to-be husband



It started out as a hit. One bullet. One man.

My orders are clear—get close to the mafia heir, Eli Monti, play with his head, and wait for the signal to end it. End him.

I thought he would be my easiest mark yet. But somehow I’m the one being played.

Eli always gets what he wants and now, he wants me.
His vengeful proposal isn’t a request. It’s a demand.

When you play games with a man who's been mastering them all his life, you learn some new tricks.

Top of the list: Find the best way to kill my fake fiancé.

From USA Today and Amazon Top 25 Best Selling Author duo, a new Standalone Dark Romance in the same world as the Lethal Vows]]> 358 T.L. Smith Sam 5 4.5⭐️/2 4.17
author: T.L. Smith
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: arc, badass-fmc, billionaire, mafia-bratva, strong-fmc
review:
4.5⭐️/2
]]> 223235269
Until the Manic Pixie Mid-Life Crisis Younger Girlfriend of my dreams sidles up to me at a bar. She asks why I've got a baby bird in a Dixie Cup. She calls my kids brats—but in a loving way. She gets on the stage and plays the fiddle like she's been challenged by the devil and laughed in his face.

When I find her camping in the woods, on the run from a cult although she says they don't care that she escaped, I bring her home.

I'm should keep my distance. I'm supposed to be working on myself, taking a break from women to figure out who I really am, but Cadence is relentless. Immediately, I find myself testing both our boundaries with a kink so absurd it feels like a dare. I tell myself it will end here, so it doesn't matter.

Except it doesn't end.

The closer we get, the harder it is to ignore the questions swirling around her—why she ran, what she’s hiding, and why the shadows seem to follow her every move.

She’s in danger, and it’s not just her past forcing her away—it’s mine too.

Dad Bod Dom is a technically full-length dark-ish sports romance that includes potentially sensitive themes including cult activity, domestic abuse from previous partner, age gap, pregnancy, and just, like, a REALLY weird free-use-adjacent kink. Not kink-shaming, and nothing that would be considered unsanitary or unsafe, but definitely not one that shows up in books.]]> 206 C.B. Alice Sam 5 4.5⭐️/2.5 4.00
author: C.B. Alice
name: Sam
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: age-gap, breeding, sports, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
4.5⭐️/2.5
]]> 224001150 There’s never been a time when I haven’t been in love with Yelena Melnikov.


She was a temptation that I was powerless to resist.
I gave her my heart when we were kids, knowing we’d have to hide our love.
We hid it for years until one night of careless passion leads to a pregnancy.
For me, this changes nothing.
Yelena as my wife, Yelena as the mother of my children…that was always the plan.
I thought telling our family would be the hardest part.
I’ve never been more wrong in my life.


Val has always had my heart.
I thought telling our family would be the hardest thing we’d ever have to go through.
I was wrong.
What we’re about to face is so much worse.
All I ever wanted was Valentin Melnikov as my husband and a houseful of kids,
but now someone is threatening to take all that away from us,
and I’m not sure we’re going to survive it.



This is a very steamy dark mafia romance with some humor mixed in! This is the fourth book in the Melnikov Legacy series. The books are interconnected, but each can easily be read as a standalone. No cheating, no OW drama, and an HEA is always guaranteed! Please see warning at beginning of novel and read responsibly.]]> 407 Sonja Grey Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice: 4 4.33
author: Sonja Grey
name: Sam
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/26
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: arc, childhood-friends, forbidden, interconnected-series, mafia-bratva, breeding, support-system, v-h, v-mmc
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice: 4
]]> 216868703 If he can’t have her, no one can.

Hayden Lockwood harbors a dark obsession with Madison Caldwell. The brooding hockey captain's unhinged infatuation began the instant he laid eyes on the most untouchable girl on campus. The night his mother and her father were found slain amidst their affair, Hayden couldn’t tear his eyes away from the girl who didn’t shed a single tear. Hayden’s fixation on Madison deepens as he watches her every move, intervening at every imposing threat and sabotaging any potential suitor.

Madison can’t avoid the hothead hockey player when their surviving parents find comfort in each other and decide to marry. As their parents�� wedding approaches, a violent attack on campus forces Hayden and Madison to make life-altering choices. When someone threatens to expose the dark secrets of their elite circle, Hayden is forced to reveal just how obsessed he is with Madison, and how far he’s willing to go to protect her.

Kings of Castlebrook are elite hockey legacies born to cause trouble on and off the ice. Please read Pucking Obsessed with caution as it contains dark themes, and please note that this book is not enemies to lovers and there is no malice between the main characters.]]> 318 London Snow Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice: 3 3.79
author: London Snow
name: Sam
average rating: 3.79
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/29
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: arc, badboy-goodgirl, college, found-family, hockey, sports, v-h, v-mmc
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice: 3
]]> 212905714
My life is too complicated for more than that. Besides, what would I do with a possessive, demanding, sexy as hell motorcycle man? Especially one who’s younger than me.

As an executive with a demanding career and single mom to a three-year-old little girl, my life is planned down to the minute, but everyone knows what they say about the best laid plans��

When Jake Hayes walks into Rossi Motors looking for a partnership between our two companies, I’m lost for words. It turns out, my motorcycle man looks just as good wearing a finely tailored suit as he does straddling a bike in his leathers.

Now that he’s found me, he wants more hot, steamy nights with me. He’s persistent and I’m…tempted.

I try to keep him at arm’s length, but he slowly draws me in with his searing kisses and lighthearted teasing. It doesn’t hurt that he’s sweet and gentle with my little girl either. But then, he has plenty of experience with kids since he has a daughter of his own.

Jake wants me and all the baggage I come with. I want him too, but my heart's been too battered to give it away easily.

If I don’t choose, Jake just might take matters into his own hands and steal it anyway.

Tropes:
*Single dad AND Single mom
*Billionaire (Her)
*One night stand
*Curvy Heroine
*Workplace]]> 359 Julia Wolf Sam 4 4.13 2024
author: Julia Wolf
name: Sam
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/29
date added: 2025/01/29
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]]> 217237365
Brogan

I didn’t plan on hooking up with my new brother-in-law’s best friend�� or marrying him.

Life hasn’t been easy, and it’s left me a little bruised, and a lot cautious. So, when I wake up in Vegas married to Maddox, I’m convinced it’s a mistake. A drunken accident that we should undo before anyone finds out.

But he doesn’t see it that way. He asks for six months. Six months to show me we could be something real. And I don’t know why I say yes, except maybe a part of me wants to believe him.

I’m not sure I deserve someone like him. But with every look, every touch, and every little gesture, Maddox is breaking down my walls.

That’s why the next time he asks "what about now?" I know I'm going to say yes.

Maddox

I always thought Brogan was off-limits. Our paths didn’t just cross, they tangled.

If things didn’t work out between us, it would hurt a lot of people. So I stayed in my lane, convincing myself it was for the best.

Until Vegas.

One too many drinks, a blurred wedding chapel, and a couple of shiny rings later, Brogan wakes up next to me�� as my wife.

She’s ready to call it a mistake and move on, but I see it for what it is: fate handing me the chance I’ve been too scared to take.

So I make her a deal. Six months. I’ll prove we belong together, and if she still doesn’t believe it, we’ll walk away. No hard feelings.

But I’m not going down without a fight. Flowers, her favorite coffee—I’ll give her everything she never knew she wanted, including me.

And one of these times when I ask if she believes it yet that were meant to be, I just might get the answer I’m hoping for.

Because I’ve waited long enough to make her mine, and this time, I’m not letting her go.]]> Kaylee Ryan Sam 5 5⭐️/2 4.24 2025
author: Kaylee Ryan
name: Sam
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/21
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: arc, cute, found-family, pull-heart-strings, shy-sweet-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series, support-system, v-h
review:
5⭐️/2
]]> 222657920 He’s the smoking-hot football star.
I’m the nerd just trying to graduate.
So why does he keep staring at me?

I’ve always been the girl guys ignore until they need my class notes. But being invisible suits me. I’m at college to keep my head down, get accepted to grad school and hopefully save my dysfunctional family.

Simple enough—until Cam Forrester looks my way.

I’m not about to get sidetracked by some sexy wide receiver. The last time I trusted a man like him I got burned so bad I still can’t shake the dark memories.

But when Cam rescues me from one of the most humiliating moments of my life, I realize this cold, cocky athlete isn’t so cold when he’s around me.

So when he vows to prove to me he’s more than meets the eye…well, what girl wouldn’t give in?

Trust a heartbreaker with my fragile heart?
That’s a dangerous play.
And I’m all in.]]> 359 Kristen Vail Sam 4 arc, college, sports 4⭐️/2.5 4.02
author: Kristen Vail
name: Sam
average rating: 4.02
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/20
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: arc, college, sports
review:
4⭐️/2.5
]]> 222436861 When he learns the truth about what I've done, he locks me up. Now I’m a prisoner to my past and my future.

I never should have slept with a mafia boss, but Stefano Vignali wanted me, his foul-mouthed little barista, and he wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Of course, it was all just a fairy tale that had to end, so when I realized I had feelings for this man, I sent back his extravagant gifts and cut ties.

I thought I could be free to live a normal life.
I believed I could hide our baby from him.
I was so wrong. None of my secrets were safe.

Now Stefano plans to punish me for every minute he missed with his son. God help me, it’s a debt I want to pay, because a dark, fiery attraction still burns between us.

But first he must make a deal with the devil. To save my life and protect our son, he must marry me. The catch? He’s contracted to another bride.

Breaking off his engagement is not an option. New York City would become a bloody war zone. And I would only be trading one monster for another.

Wicked Rivals is a fast-paced dark romance with enemies-to-lovers vibes and morally gray characters. Some scenes may be disturbing for sensitive readers. Please visit the author's website for content warnings. The story continues in book 2, Savage Enemy.]]> 320 Kelliann Nelson 1958110175 Sam 4 4⭐️/1.5 4.35
author: Kelliann Nelson
name: Sam
average rating: 4.35
book published:
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: arc, breeding, mafia-bratva, single-parent
review:
4⭐️/1.5
]]> 223695874 Losing my V-Card to the star player was never part of my plan.
And neither was getting pregnant with his baby.

I was so excited to enroll at Boston University studying my dream profession.
So imagine my shock when I move into my dorm and find out��
That my roommate is the captain of the BU Terriers. Brendan Allistar.

As if that �ɲ�����’t bad I’m the coach’s daughter.

A name mix up at orientation forces us to share a dorm.
And as I slowly get to know Brendan, I learn that we have way more in common than the room we share.
There’s something about the way he looks at me that screams anything but ‘just friends��.

Our sneaking around comes to a screeching halt after a trip to the ER.

And I learn that the baby in my belly belongs to him.


‘The Pucking Roommate�� is a spicy, forced proximity, coach’s daughter, friends-to-lovers, surprise pregnancy, hockey romance. There’s heartfelt first love, caught feelings, and a guaranteed HEA for our friends turned lovers. ]]> 317 Callie Quinn Sam 4 4 ⭐️/2 3.06
author: Callie Quinn
name: Sam
average rating: 3.06
book published:
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: arc, cute, hockey, v-h, breeding
review:
4 ⭐️/2
]]> 202895588
I’m determined to raise my baby on my own, but then he waltzes into my classroom to drop off his son.

Blake Walker.

The newly retired linebacker and single dad is even more gorgeous now than the night we spent together, and since he knows I’m pregnant with his baby, he’s adamant to do right by us.

I promised myself I won’t be somebody’s responsibility. However, Blake’s a man who doesn’t back down, especially when it comes to his family.

As if this town isn't small enough, he moves into the house across the street, and his presence is impossible to ignore. Blake is everything I never expected, and all three Walker boys are slowly working their way into my heart, but I can’t get used to it.

He wanted our baby, and I wouldn’t settle for anything less than a man who chooses me…]]> 489 Anna B. Doe Sam 5 4.08
author: Anna B. Doe
name: Sam
average rating: 4.08
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/25
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]]> 215352156 I should have known everything was going to change when she walked into my tattoo shop...
Timid as hell and gorgeous to the extreme. I knew better than even thinking about touching a woman like that.
My life is dangerous.
My calling wicked.
Willing to cross any line to protect the innocent.
I thought I’d never see her again until my little boy tumbled and busted his lip, and I found her working at the doctor’s office.
The woman who’d taken possession of my thoughts.
When it becomes clear she’s in trouble, I offer up a deal.
Twenty questions to earn her trust.
Too bad trusting me is the last thing she should do.
With one kiss, I’m addicted. With one night, we’re falling into a passion greater than either of us has ever known.
The voices in my head warn I can never keep her. She can’t know the secret life I lead.
Only she’s keeping a secret, too.
And I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it means losing everything…]]> 414 A.L. Jackson 1960730371 Sam 4 4.28
author: A.L. Jackson
name: Sam
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/23
date added: 2025/01/23
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Do I regret it? Heck no!

Bella Patel might think we’re just friends, or that I’m nothing but a playboy pilot, or even that this marriage is only a temporary charade . . . but I’m hell-bent on proving her wrong.

If she’s skittish and stubborn, then I’m dependable and determined.

So, when her scumbag baby-daddy threatens her and she asks me to double down on our ruse, I’m only too eager to comply.

My condition? For her and her daughter to move in with me. You know, for ‘optics�� sake.

Because by the end of this marriage contract, the only jackpot I want to win is a chance at forever with her.]]> 364 Swati M.H. Sam 4 4.02 2023
author: Swati M.H.
name: Sam
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/22
date added: 2025/01/22
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So when she asked me to kiss her, I should have refused.

When she begged me to touch her, I could have turned her down.

When she coaxed me to take the one thing she’s never given away–her virginity–a better man would have walked away.

Should have, could have, would have . . .

But I didn’t.

She should have been living the carefree life of a nineteen-year-old.

She could have avoided all my broken pieces and jagged edges.

She would have been able to save herself before I got a taste.

Should have, could have, would have . . .

But she didn’t.

Some love stories are forbidden from the start.

Ours is one of them.]]> 420 Swati M.H. Sam 5 4.08
author: Swati M.H.
name: Sam
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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They gave her to another. Now I'm taking her back...

Stone
My very existence was created on a lie. The man I believed I was doesn’t exist.
The only thing real in my life is her.
My sister.
When my obsession is about to be discovered, she’s taken from me and gifted to another.
I question my family’s loyalty and find it shrouded in secrets and lies.
What if they’re not my family after all? What if they’re the enemy?
I have a side to choose, and once again, I find myself not knowing who I am.
All I know is, I choose her.

Sienna
I’ve loved him from the moment I set eyes on him.
My family called him Stone because he was unfeeling, yet I saw beyond his solid structure and broke down his stone walls until he crumbled.
They stole me away from him, all in the name of La Familia.
But what if his very existence is shrouded in secrets and lies?
What if he’s not the man we know him to be?
What if he isn’t my brother after all?
Secrets have a way of surfacing. They can tear you apart from the inside out—break and destroy you—but secrets can also set you free.

This is a Dark Mafia Romance. Some scenes may be upsetting. Please see author website for content breakdowns.]]> 249 B.J. Alpha Sam 5 4.18
author: B.J. Alpha
name: Sam
average rating: 4.18
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/19
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Starting the year as the Captain of FU should have made that easy, but now my attention is torn between the ice and taunting my rival's little sister, Madeline Peters.

My only real solace is the mystery girl inside my phone who refuses to tell me her name.

Then one drunken knock on the wrong door brings Madeline into my bedroom. It doesn’t matter that I hate her, that I’ve been warned to stay away from her, now that I know what she tastes like, the Mayor’s daughter is just too hard to resist.

I know I can’t afford any distractions, especially not with her brother’s warnings in my ear, but I’ve never been good at following the rules and denying what I want, and what I want is her.

But what do I do when it turns out the same girl I can’t let go of is also the temptress who’s been sending me all of her secrets?]]> 372 G.N. Wright Sam 4 4.01
author: G.N. Wright
name: Sam
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 4
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BIANCA
Vaughn promised safety from the monsters chasing us, but his protective obsession quickly becomes my prison. The longer we run, the more I realize I’m not just chased by monsters—I’m trapped with one.
When he crosses a line, I run straight to his biggest enemy, Carter Willard. That's where I meet Ryder, the enigmatic tech genius with a gaze that pierces right through me.
Trust is a luxury I can't afford. Ryder’s presence is a dangerous thrill I've avoided all my life, yet his touch strips away my defenses and ignites a fire deep within—a fire that tempts me to risk everything.
But as Winter turns to Summer, secrets unravel, and the past returns, throwing us into chaos.

RYDER
Bianca was just a task. Another target to track... until she wasn't. I've watched her on screens for weeks, thinking I knew her before we ever met, but she's far from what I expected.
Cold, calculated, independent—far from what I crave, yet irresistible. Our interactions are a clash of wills. Every defiant glance she sends my way, every argument, every glimpse behind her mask tests my limits until we cross a line.
What’s supposed to be a one-night stand turns into many more. Feelings grow, masks drop, and just when I think I have it all, old threats emerge.
I'm forced to confront a new reality: Bianca isn't just someone I need to protect; she's someone I refuse to lose.]]> 351 I.A. Dice Sam 4 4.32
author: I.A. Dice
name: Sam
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 4
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Levi Amante. The mafia boss. The ruthless murderer. The master manipulator. Known for his crude and flawed nature, if Levi can’t get what he wants, he takes it. No matter how impulsive or hot-headed he may seem, he’s never let anything penetrate his tough experience. That is, until he’s treated in the hospital by a certain medical student.

Teegan is charmed by Levi, his alluring presence both a mystery and a temptation. Levi, too, finds himself infatuated with her beauty, intellect, and enticing vulnerability. As their lives become dangerously entwined, Teegan’s constant overanalysis clashes with Levi’s meticulous calculation. While she second-guesses his every move, he masterfully orchestrates the chaos he’s introduced into her life, pulling her deeper into his world.

And despite her better judgment, despite every instinct telling her to run, Teegan finds herself drawn to him, where she discovers her greatest fantasies and worst nightmares. With every lie told, every drop of blood shed, every ounce of trust tested and broken beyond repair, Teegan must choose between escaping the dangerous pull of a man willing to bend the world around her to his will, or surrendering to the chaos, putting her aching heart to the test.

Tropes/What to
Mafia Romance
Medical Romance
Anxiety-ridden/Damsel-in-distress female MC
Dark obsessive/Possessive male MC
Opposites attract
Dual POV
Fast burn
Emotional scars and betrayal
Humor
HEAThis is a dark romance featuring themes of mental, emotional, and psychological manipulation, along with complex interpersonal dynamics between the two love interests.]]> 461 S.K. Angel Sam 4 3.75⭐️/2 3.65
author: S.K. Angel
name: Sam
average rating: 3.65
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/16
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves: mafia-bratva, shy-sweet-fmc, v-h
review:
3.75⭐️/2
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Welcome to the world of Hawthorne Prep. A seemingly idyllic school where ivy clings to the thick stone walls and a wrought iron gate keeps out the townies who can’t afford to foot the hefty price tag.

A couple of months ago, the idea of being ripped away from my life in Chicago and plunked down in the middle of nowheresville, Wisconsin was unimaginable. Laughable, even. And yet, here I am, forced to wear a short plaid skirt and navy blazer to school every day. The only silver lining is the brand spanking new G-wagon parked in the weathered brick drive. All I have to do is make it through senior year and then I’m off to college.

Shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Wrong.
In a school like this, flying under the radar is impossible.

There’s a king who presides over the kingdom and he’s set on forcing me to my knees so I can kiss the crown. Unbeknownst to me, being a Hawthorne in this town comes with a price and he’s going to make damn sure I pay what’s owed.

*King of Hawthorne Prep is a mature bully romance intended for audiences over the age of 18*]]> 338 Jennifer Sucevic Sam 4 3.84
author: Jennifer Sucevic
name: Sam
average rating: 3.84
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/15
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]]> 223589851 As an enforcer for the Famiglia, Maximus Trevisan has no trouble hurting others, but his life begins to unravel when he’s forced to hurt someone he’s meant to protect.
Sara’s plans for her future were simple. Marry the man she was promised to, have several children, and build a happy family. But when her life plans are ripped from her hands, she’s left with no choice but to marry Maximus. It’s the last thing she wants, but it’s a burden she’s willing to carry in order to protect her family’s honor. Yet the darkness from their past follows them.
Can they overcome their demons, or will they let it destroy them?]]> 260 Cora Reilly Sam 3 3.5⭐️/2.5 3.66 2025
author: Cora Reilly
name: Sam
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/15
shelves: mafia-bratva, shy-sweet-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
3.5⭐️/2.5
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Trouble is�� I didn’t know I needed saving. Or that I was still being haunted by my past.

Now my loyalty to the Twisted Kings is in question, and the only man who can protect me is a tall, tattooed biker with a taste for revenge and a vow of abstinence.

Ghost is haunted.
He’s reclusive.
He ignores me at every turn, and I’m certain I mean nothing to him.

Until I discover Ghost has been watching more than surveillance through the clubhouse cameras.

He sees everything.
And I’m his favorite subject.

Author's Note: Ghost is a dark MC romance with a morally grey hero, heavy subject matter, mature content, and explicit scenes. Content/TWs (which contain spoilers) can be found on author's website. 18+ Standalone with HEA guaranteed]]> 369 Eva Simmons Sam 5 Rating: 5⭐️<br />Spice: 2 4.24
author: Eva Simmons
name: Sam
average rating: 4.24
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/01/14
shelves: arc, mc, mc-club, sunshine-fmc, standalone-interconnected-series
review:
Rating: 5⭐️
Spice: 2
]]> 221719859 Dionysus Kostanidis. CEO. Widower. Relentless. A man who doesn't give second chances.

I approached him through a lie.
Our attraction for each other was overwhelming.
I fell in love with the man who was forbidden to me.
He will never forgive me when he knows the whole truth.

He is a Greek tycoon and a single dad.
She is the nanny his son adores.
Dionysus Kostanidis doesn’t know the meaning of forgiveness.
Cecily will do whatever it takes to keep her promise, even if it means staying away forever from the man she loves.

Dionysus Kostanidis, tycoon from a family of bankers and CEO of the largest telecommunications company in North America, like his brothers, is ruthless in every aspect of his life.
The single dad is determined to remain a widower, not out of love for his late wife, but because marriage is not in his plans.
The Greek man can have any woman he wants with the snap of his fingers, so why tie himself down again?
Harper Cecily Bradley, or Cici, as she prefers to be called, is an innocent woman from Kansas who arrives in New York with a mission. When her plans go awry, she takes a drastic step that will forever change the course of her life and place her directly in the billionaire’s path.
For Dionysus, having his son’s nanny is just another seduction game, like so many others he has played throughout his life. For the inexperienced young woman, being in the Greek’s arms is her idea of paradise, even though she knows he is forbidden.
However, when they both decide to give in to their passion, they know they are destined for each other.
But Cici is hiding a secret that, if discovered, could make the man of her dreams hate her.]]> 344 D.A. Lemoyne Sam 4 4⭐️/2.5 3.99 2022
author: D.A. Lemoyne
name: Sam
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/01/14
shelves: arc, age-gap, billionaire, nanny, single-parent
review:
4⭐️/2.5
]]> 220990737 Fabrizio
When someone threatens my children, I have no choice but to save their teacher alongside them.
I took her to determine if she is a victim or an accomplice.
I had no intention of keeping her.
I never intended to touch her.
I never intended to start feeling again.
Because in my world, feelings are a weakness.
And in the shadows, someone is already waiting to exploit any sign of weakness.

Sienna
Fabrizio Moretti is a man whose name sends shivers down spines.
A man I hoped never to meet.
And when I did, I was torn from my life and confronted with a choice that wasn't much of one �� to stay as his captive or become the nanny to his children.
He makes it clear that I am his to do with as he pleases.
And while I fall more and more in love with the twins,
I am determined not to fall for their father.
Even though every time he touches me, I lose control over my foolish heart.
But falling for Fabrizio jeopardizes not only my heart,
but also my life.

Author's Temptation is located on the darker side of romance and intended for an adult audience.
It is the first book in the Twisted Fate series and can be read as a standalone.]]> 267 Ivy Rose Sam 4 4⭐️/3 4.10
author: Ivy Rose
name: Sam
average rating: 4.10
book published:
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: arc, mafia-bratva, nanny, single-parent
review:
4⭐️/3
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