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The Target: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Syndicate's Revenge Book 1)


Mara McQueen - 2020
    Now she's forced to be his.When a Clan wedding turns into a massacre, Emiliana "Ella" Caputo, the Syndicate's First Daughter, will do anything to find out who killed her dad—even marry the vicious Brotherhood Commander. The Shadow. The Gunman. A man as ruthless as he is gorgeous.Now the enemy she has despised all her life might steal her heart.The last thing Axton wants is a fiancé. Damn spitfire reminds him he has a soul. And that mouth of hers… But if she finds out Axton knows who killed her father, all hell will break loose.Can two lost souls find themselves and love in the dangerous Underworld?When the Clans clash, which side will you choose? #SyndicateVSBrotherhoodDelve into the twisted Underworld of The Target, book 1 in The Syndicate's Revenge, a Dark Enemies-To-Lovers Mafia Gothic Romance series. The novel can be read as a standalone, but the series has an overarching mystery plot. The novel has steamy scenes and mentions of violence.

His New Roommate : Stepbrother Standalone Romance


Vanessa Kinney - 2017
    Make a way.” Lilly I always thought that life after college would be smooth sailing. I’d get a great job, or maybe even find a company and a career I was desperately passionate about. But here I was, broke, uninspired, unemployed, and about to move to Chicago to live with my brother… my stepbrother. Things couldn’t be worse, and to top it all off, I’ve made an epic blunder that could ruin our relationship. Why did he have to be so hot? Nate I haven’t seen my stepsister in almost eleven years, so when it comes to brotherly affection I have a lot of catching up to do. When I heard that she was looking for a new place to live, I knew I had to bring her to Chicago and help her. What I didn’t realize was that my little sister… my stepsister… was really the girl of my dreams, and I’d do anything to keep her by my side, even if it meant employing a little bit of professional espionage to get my way. Besides, what she doesn’t know, won’t hurt her, and she’ll have me to thank when she has the life she’s always wanted. “His New Roommate” is a standalone romance with no cliff-hanger and a guaranteed HEA. “Double Heat”, a bonus novel is also included at the end for your pleasure.

Precarious Warning: Part One


A.D. Justice - 2018
    She was an innocent, blinded to our ways and seduced by the charm of the mafia. I was a capo in the Marchetti Family, groomed to take control one day, and my father was the Boss, the Don. Damon Marchetti was a well-known name in the mafiosi. We never would’ve crossed paths if not for a fender bender with the wrong truck on the expressway. After escorting her to the emergency room as a precaution, I discovered she had business ties to a rival family. Simply being seen with me put her in jeopardy, so I kept her close for her own safety. But one thing led to another, and she became more than my charge. I gave her one warning about my life. One chance to decide to stay or leave. She chose to stay. Until all hell broke loose. Then I pushed too hard, and my ever-present alter ego took control. If she thought I gave up easily when the chips were down, she had another warning coming.

The Fated Duet


Charisse Spiers - 2019
     Presley Dunagin has always been my girl in ways. I held her when she was born. I played with her when we were kids. I protected her. She snuck in my bed on nights she stayed over when she was afraid. We were virtually inseparable in ever way. She was my best friend just like she was my sister’s, but her and me—we were closer. Then we got older. A kid goes through a lot of changes in middle school, especially for a boy. Our bodies start changing, we notice girls in a different light, and we mentally advance in many ways. The way I looked at her changed. The way I felt about her was stronger. She wasn’t just my friend anymore. It got to where I wanted to see her in the stands with my parents on days of my football games instead of expecting it. Things between us were changing. I could see it in her too. At least, I thought. They say a single moment can alter your entire life. That moment for me was the day I lost her to someone else, so I gave my heart away. If only I could go back and erase it, because now, years later, her and me aren’t so easy anymore. Something more still lies beneath the surface, but I’m broken, she’s bruised, and we have too much history to pick up where everything went wrong. What I didn’t realize—we would hurt each other far worse before we’d finally get it right. Note from the author: This is a compilation of Fated for You and Fated for Me, as well as chapter one of Fate by Forgiveness.

Max


Scarlett Avery - 2016
    HEA guaranteed. This is Book 5 of the Billionaire Romance in Manhattan Series. Each standalone romance in this sexy series can be read on its own.This romance was first released as Curves Envy.

Ember


Emma Slate - 2018
    I am weak. Naked. Vulnerable.A lamb among wolves.My life is no longer enchanted. My life is no longer a dream.My life is a nightmare, and my only hope is a man who’s determined to fight my demons like they’re his own.Only, in the quiet of the night, I worry he isn’t my savior.He is my destruction.

Desperation: Ceejay's Absolution


Linzi Basset
    Desperation is a story about Colt Fargo, the owner of Club Wicked Cove, and Ceejay Powell, a woman driven by her past to join the lifestyle in an effort to find absolution for her guilt. Colt happens upon Lady Silver involved in a scene that contravenes the ethics of his club and sets out to find what motivates her to demand such a scene each every time, subsequently giving her an ultimatum that she must accept if she wants to remain a member of the club. The instantaneous attraction between them sends Colt on a mission to break through the wall to assuage the pain in Ceejay’s heart. In his quest, she finds the key to his guarded past and soon they are both fighting off the siege of emotions that threatens to overwhelm them. By a quirk of fate, their dark association with the mob soon jeopardizes the solace that Colt Fargo has found in obscurity in the backwater town of Jacksonville, Texas in his quest to escape the life he once led as a reluctant member of a powerful American crime family whose long tentacles are now within striking distance of reeling him back in and squeezing the life out of Ceejay Powell. This story ends in a cliffhanger…to continue in book 1, Part 2, Desperation: Colt’s Acquittal. Note: This book is meant for mature audiences. Please read the notice inside the book before purchasing it.

Dark


Vi Carter - 2020
     HER When my father runs up too much debt, I pay the price.I’ve been sold. Sold to a man who vows to break me.A man who keeps his face hidden from me, even as his dark desires awaken mine. It wasn’t my debt to pay, but he took me, anyway.He said he would have his payment, even if it cost me my soul. HIM I run the club.If someone steps out of line, they either work for me or disappear.But when a local man runs up too much debt, I take his daughter as payment. She is mine to do with as I please.I will have her completely; mind, body, and soul.Nothing would please me more than breaking her.I didn’t think I would feel for her.I didn’t think I could love again.Now I might be the one who ends up broken. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and W. Winters.

Ripped


V.J. Chambers - 2016
    I don’t do affection.I do my job, and it’s all I need. I’m a contract killer, and I’m a bad man.But this girl, Shell, she’s getting to me. She started out as a convenient hostage, a means to an end. But for some reason, I’m keeping her safe, even though it means turning against a man I once considered my best friend. There’s something about her, and not just that she’s sexy as hell. I can’t get her out of my head, and I can’t let her go.Shell BirchThe first thing I notice about Cade is that he’s ridiculously attractive. The next thing I notice is that he’s pointing a gun at me. I’m not one of those girls who gets hot for dangerous men, but let me tell you, the shoulders on this guy… Looking at his hard, broad body makes me warm in all the wrong places.He’s got a filthy mind and clever fingers, and he makes me dizzy when he touches me. I’m at his mercy, completely and utterly.I’ve see another side of him, something unguarded and honorable. That side of him takes me and makes me his. But I can’t be his… not with the kind of life he leads, not with the kind of demons he has.Oh, and I think I might be pregnant.

Unmasked: The Complete Series


Cassia Leo - 2014
    She's never been touched... until now. From New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo comes a deliciously dark and mind-bending erotic thriller series. I was born into this world unwanted. I spent the first hours of my life unloved. I spent the first eighteen years of my life with the parents who tried to shelter me from the harsh reality of my existence. But you can’t un-write a sad story if the ending is literally written all over your face. So I moved out and now I hide. I have a night job that pays the bills. Every night, I put on my mask and walk to work. Then one night, I hear and see something that will change my purpose in life... forever: a murder that will bring him to me. He says he wants to protect me. And, through a series of events I can’t fully make sense of, I find myself believing him. But our nightly visits are always cloaked in darkness. I don’t know his face and he will never know mine. I was born into this world unwanted. I will leave this world unmasked. **WARNING: This series is not intended for readers under the age of eighteen due to dark and erotic content.**

Stealing Iris


Sahara Roberts - 2020
    Iris, an innocent, enchanting beauty.The moment our eyes met, I wanted her.Common sense escaped me as I agreed to work with Conrado simply to be near her.But something's wrong. What it is, Iris won't say.Instincts on alert, I'm all in.If they thought they could play me, they're not prepared for the consequences.And if I find out he hurt her... there'll be hell to pay.**This is a Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance series containing mature themes, adult situations, and graphic violence. If you are not prepared to deal with this, please pass on the opportunity.**The story starts with Stealing Iris, continues with Saving Bonnie, and ends in Seducing Mattie.

Swan Song


Tracey Ward - 2014
    But trouble is brewing and the city is on the brink of war, calling a new soldier into the ranks. One who is dark, deadly, and so much more. So many things Adrian can't deny.Now the city is heating up, Adrian is thawing, and she'll learn that fate will not be ignored.That some melodies, once heard, can never be forgotten.Previously published as a novella series under the pen name Audrey Cole. This book is a completed collection of that novella series.

Undercover Seduction


Gemma Hart - 2016
     That was Marco Desmond. Hot, lethal, and the world’s best hit man for the dangerous Desmond Mafia. And it was my job to go undercover and seduce him so that I could find out the crucial information needed for possibly the biggest sting operation by the FBI. Easy, right? Oh god. As if that wasn’t hard enough, I was going undercover into the heart of the Desmond Mafia. One false move or wrong word and my life would end before I knew it. But I was determined to make this work. I would prove once and for all that I was an FBI agent worth her salt, even if it meant seducing the devil. Halle Margot. Did that gorgeous little fool know what she had gotten herself into? No one walks into the Desmond Mafia and expects to get out alive. You walk in on two legs but you go out on your back. I had enough on my plate and enough secrets to fill several closets but from the moment I see that curvy angel, I can’t seem to focus on anything but her. With her naive clumsiness getting her deeper and deeper into the heart of the Desmond Mafia, I know I have to save her. But can I do it before we both burn in this hell?

Follow My Lead


Lisa Renee Jones - 2012
    If anyone finds out, it will be the end of both their reputations—and the scandal the media has been waiting for. Then again, with chemistry like theirs, it might be worth it!***Follow My Lead is a sexy standalone in the Stepping Up series. This was previously published with Harlequin, and is a reissue.

Covenant


Michelle St. James - 2016
    Passion. Obsession.Heir to a worthless title, Christophe Marchand knows the only way to build an empire in the twenty-first century is with single-minded focus and cold, hard pragmatism.Which means no distractions.But that’s before he lays eyes on Charlotte Duval.Charlotte Duval is no man’s arm candy.An expert in antique furniture, Charlotte is in Paris to close up her recently deceased father’s antique store. Her plan? Finish the job as quickly as possible, preferably without touching the still-tender wound of their estranged relationship, and return to L.A...And even the enigmatic Christophe Marchand can’t tempt her to stay.Then the discovery of an elaborate ring hidden inside a 16th century writing desk sets off a chain of events that sends her to Christophe for protection. Soon the pair are traveling to Vienna in search of answers to an unsolved theft that once rocked the art world. But when their hunt intersects with an ominous takeover of Christophe’s business, it becomes clear that their common cause will either destroy them — or force them to come to terms with the true price of love.