Book picks similar to
Imani and the Don by Raven Rivers


alpha
feisty
mafia-ties
smart-and-cunning-man

Enzo (Adamo Bodyguards Book 3)


Mia Madison - 2019
    She needs a fake fiancé. I need to claim her. Possess her. Brand her with my c*ck. Her curves, her innocence, every sweet, delicious inch of her untouched body … they’re mine. Even if she doesn’t know it yet. By the time this week is over, our fake relationship is going to be so real that she’ll be screaming my name while I ride her to heaven. Her parents are going to hate me, but I don’t care. Lucy’s mine. And if they try to interfere? They’ll find out that I’m not someone you want to cross. Strap in and hold on for this insta-heat ride! This possessive alpha male knows what he wants … and how to get it. As always, this book is safe, with no cheating and a HEA guaranteed. Enzo is the third installment in a series; each book stands alone, so they can be read in any order, but reading them in sequence provides extra benefits.

Ethan and Michelle


Gisele Walko - 2016
    This is a stand-alone interracial erotic romantic comedy set in the 90's.Interracial romance. BWWM Standalone with a HEA.

Pretty Hurts


Shyla Colt - 2016
    As a make-up artist and stylist, she’s seen the cruelty and unrealistic expectations of perfection required in the industry. When her hair begins to fall out and she discovers she has Alopecia Areata she’s forced to dig deep and find the beauty in herself. The last thing she expects to find during her struggle is love, but barber, Edgar Gilborn is a temptation she may not be able to resist. When Edgar Gilborn agrees to open his Barbershop early to accommodate a woman with a hair crisis, the last thing he expects to walk in the door is a curvaceous dime piece who threatens to break his one-year dating drought. Healing from a broken engagement he’s focused on his business and family. Now he has his eyes set on a different prize. Can he show her hair doesn’t matter, and the chemistry between them is worth exploring?

Sweet Seduction


Camilla Stevens - 2016
     Patrick Fitzgerald, the high-powered, playboy attorney at Lion Studios now has to charm the pants off the one woman who has been immune to his charms since day one. Never mind that the idea of getting her pants off is something he's been thinking of since the first moment he met her. Both sides respond in such an outrageously surprising way that the entire nation takes notice….including a threat from Layla’s past. Will old dangers and new betrayals force Layla and Patrick to stop butting heads long enough to realize what everyone else around them has already figured out? They were meant to be together. Warning: Due to adult language (including cursing) and steamy, graphic sexual encounters this is for 18+ only! Note: Characters from ONE NIGHT have a few Cameos here, so if you're wondering how JAKE and NATALIE—plus one ;) — are doing, pick this one up today!

The Irishman


V. Vee - 2019
    You may have heard of me. Or heard whispers about me. I’m the man your nightmares are made of. I’m the man who is the source of your fantasies. I’m the devil in the darkness. I’m the man of your dreams. Desire and Darkness. Fantasy and Fear. I am the head of the McCarthy Mob. Anything I want… I get. And the first time I see her? Kyra Bahmer. I know she belongs to me. I know I will have her. And the men who think they can take her from me? I will kill them all. Because no one stands in my way. No one comes between me and what’s mine. No one harms my family. Because I’m The Irishman. And Kyra Bahmer is going to be my wife. She just doesn’t know it yet. *T/W: This book is a DARK romance. The hero is not your typical hero. He is a bad guy. He will not be redeemed from the illegal, violent things that he does. This book contains explicit violence, extremely rough sex, mentions of child abuse and sexual assault, and drug use/abuse which may be triggering for some readers. It is intended for readers 18+. You have been warned.*

Leaving Fletch: A Novella


Xyla Turner - 2020
    Cheated twice, and he was sloppy with his escapades, which left me and my acting career vulnerable. I just wanted to escape. Go to a small town and hide. I found a tribe of older ladies, who were way too nosy and nastier than expected. Then I found a man who was way too sexy and gruff for his own good. It didn't matter, though. We were from two different worlds. Fletch: The woman floated into town, then inside my bar, asking for high-end drinks. I gave her a beer. A regular ole beer. That's what we drink. Who did she think she was? A Princess. Come to find out, she was. My princess. I couldn't keep her, though. She was destined for far greater than my small town. The very same one, I vowed never to leave. This is a quick, IR, BWWM and HEA novella. #standalone Other novellas: - 10 Spicy Novellas - Duncan's Pride - Extraction - Rectified - Lady Guardians - Lunchtime Chronicles - March, Strut - Cole - Warren

The Sweetest Thing


Nikki Winter - 2013
    Or so he thought until he landed back in White Plains, New York, six years after traveling abroad for his father's company and finally realized that said woman is completely oblivious to his feelings. Harper Sweet is the end all, be all for him; the beginning and the end. The one. He's not satisfied with their twenty-odd years of friendship staying firmly in the zone where he doesn't get to touch and kiss and hold her inappropriately. Which means what exactly? That it's time for him to show Harper the sweetest thing between them is not simply her culinary creations but all the possibilities left unexplored...

The Sicilian Brotherhood I


Jamila Jasper - 2018
    This interracial romance novella is 20,000+ words of pure enchantment with a guaranteed HFN ending. BOOK II launches in 24 hours! Take a peek inside to get hooked on Dahlia & Giac's love story. Dahlia Cole is jilted at the altar and kidnapped by the fearsome leader of The Sicilian Brotherhood, Giacomo Valducci. He's desperate to make her pay for the sins of her ex-fiancé, her greatest betrayer. Giacomo convinces her to go on the quest of a lifetime in exchange for her survival. Giacomo's dangerous. He's deadly. He's killed many times before. Dahlia has no choice but to agree. The unexpected pushes them together, and a devious plot threatens to tear them apart forever. Passionate nights in secret safe houses and Sicilian beaches won't keep them safe. In the world of gangsters, it's near impossible to make it out alive. 0.99c for a limited time only. Grab the deal ASAP.

Circle of Deceit: An Interracial Romance Standalone


Kasey Martin - 2019
    An erotic tale laced in sensuality and sprinkled with unbridled desire. Lust brought them together but will deceit pull them apart? This is an unconventional love story with unorthodox themes. Reader discretion is advised.

I Deserve It


Ariel Arnold - 2016
    Amanda hasn't always lived the life she lives now, there was a time she went hungry for days and was afraid to close her eyes. But that was years ago and now she's the daughter of a Judge and Yale Professor and a talented doctor in her own right. She has no room in her life for anyone or anything that her parents will disapprove of. Nikolai Prakenski lives life fast and loose. He enjoys running his strip club and entertaining ladies. His ready smile and model good looks hide his dangerous side. What most don't know is he is the underboss, the second in command of the Russian mob. Nikolai knows that Amanda is out of his league especially by the looks of disdain she shoots him. But when her and a group of colleagues come into his club one night all bets are off.

Vicious


Marteeka Karland - 2020
    We were adrift, on our own until a guy from Black Reign, one of Lake Worth’s most infamous MCs, spotted us and took us in. Ryks isn’t cruel, but he’s hard on us. We have to earn our keep, but then everyone does. Me? I dance for the club. I get a secret thrill from it -- until Mae is kidnapped by enemies of Black Reign, and Ryks sends me to Palm Beach -- straight into the hands of Salvation’s Bane.Vicious: It all started with some MFer stole my F’in’ pizza and two cans of beer. I went looking for the SOB. What I found was a raven-haired spitfire too sexy for my own good. Her sister’s in trouble, and wouldn’t you know it that bastard El-Diablo’s at the very center of yet more trouble. It’s his club Mae’s been taken from. His club Lucy was sent away from. Now, we have to get her back. Because I might be falling for the little dancer in my care. Not that I’ll ever admit it. We’ll have to call out all the stops for this. Bones. Shadow Demons. Hell, even Black Reign. If we’re going to rescue Mae, nothing is out of bounds. But busting her out of some rich banker’s estate will be a piece of cake. No worries. Yeah. Right…

Retain Me


Peyton Banks - 2019
    Her new high profile assignment was to be an advisor for the legal team of the billion-dollar corporation, King Steel Industries. This duty would include working closely with the devilishly handsome C.E.O, Shane King. Making her way up the corporate ladder, left no room for love and it was the last thing she had considered while climbing the ladder of success. A private dinner between the two would lead to a night of passion that Avarie desired to keep in the strictest of confidence. After all, there was this little thing called attorney-client privileges. The sparks between the two are enough to set the town on fire. Avarie and Shane embarked on a steamy love affair, unable to keep their hands off each other. As much as Avarie tries to remain professional in the office, Shane blows past her defenses at every turn. She's built up the facade of being a hard, corporate attorney and Avarie knows what is between them is wrong-- but there's no way she can leave Shane alone. Retain Me is a steamy, contemporary BWWM romance. For fans that love sexy, filthy office romance, you will love the latest release from Peyton Banks. It’s reserved for mature readers only.

His 90 Day PA


Jessiqua Wylder - 2018
    I’ve been in love before and it ended . . . badly. Nowadays, I’m content cruising through life while sampling delicacies from around the world. And if a woman can’t understand that, then we don’t even start. I’m Pippa Hofacker and my goal is to become Xaver Sayle’s temporary PA. Even if the job as his personal assistant is only for 90 days, at the end of it, I’ll enough money to start a new life. A life far away from the devil of my past. People have warned me about my boss. Xaver Sayle has a well-known, well-earned love-‘em and leave-‘em reputation. I’m not worried as he’s more than made it clear I’m not his type. That’s a shame. Xaver Salye is the one man who can understand the emotional pain I’ve been through. I know. I’ve seen him at his worst. WARNING: This book may contain potential emotional triggers. This book is for audiences over 18+ due to steamy scenes and adult situations. This is full length book (with an ending-not a cliffhanger) and is book one of a three-part series. The first two books are of Pippa and Xaver. As this story is in two parts, not every storyline will be concluded in the first book.

Irish King


Dahlia Rose - 2017
    Successor. Enforcer. Alone.Ian ‘King’ Mordha, son of Collin Mordha, runs one of the biggest crime families in Chicago. If he obeys his father’s wishes and accepts his role, he could lose something he didn’t even know he wanted. One freezing cold night he saved a life and changed his own, but there’s a cost.Sunshine. Hope. Enemy. Love?Kiya Gunn, sister of a cop, and a teacher at Chicago’s Art School for Disabled Children. She sees behind the mask to who he really is, his strength far outweighs the power of his fists. The gentleness in his heart belies the cruelty associated with his name.Family vs Their Rivals with Kiya in the middle.With a turf war brewing against their rivals. Can he keep her safe or will he lose the only sunshine in his life? Or worse, will he pay the ultimate price to keep the woman he loves safe?

Ruined


S.K. Lessly - 2014
    The mere thought of her brings Mason to his knees. There is no other woman in the world that he wants. Max can’t believe that she met a passion-filled man that makes her body yearn for things she’s only dreamed about. He’s ruined her, making him the only man that she wants. Mason West, an ex-Navy Seal turned Amateur MMA fighter, is battling the darkness of the life he left behind. Finding the will to fight back in a woman that completes him was not something that he expected, but it seemed fate had other plans. All Maxine Shaw wanted to do was graduate, become a nurse for the best sports rehabilitation center in the country, and finally achieve the goals she set for herself. Once she catches a glimpse of Mason West, an Alpha male to the core, he awakens a fire inside of her that she never thought existed. The sparks between these two ignite bottomless passion and enduring love that shifts their goals in a way neither suspected. Before Mason and Max can embark on a journey of happily ever after, the strength of their love gets tested. Will this passionate pair be able to survive what fate has in store? (WARNING: Includes hot alpha male sex ... A LOT OF IT!)