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Taking My Mafia Princess: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance (MAFIA Series Book 1)


Chloe Fischer - 2018
    See, Celina has a bad habit of crushing her protection team. She’s made a game out of chewing them up and spitting them out – just to prove she’s smarter than all of them. Well, she’s going to learn a hard lesson from me. Just when I think I have her tamed, in one final act of defiance, she gives me the slip… Goddammit. Now her life is in danger, and I’m pissed. When I save her pretty little neck, I’m going to teach her a very important lesson. A…very…hard…lesson. Man, sometimes I love my job.

Beware the Snake


Samantha Cade - 2017
    Violent intimidator. Ruthlessly loyal. And I never question orders.Until Jess.After what I saw Jess do, I should put a bullet in her head and dump her body in the desert. That’s what the oath I took demands of me.But I don’t want to kill her. I want to keep her for myself. I want to own every inch of her creamy skin and soft curves. She’s a very dangerous plaything. A savage like me can't resist.So I stalk her. I follow her every move, creeping closer and closer until I’m sharing her bed. The more she resists, the more my obsession rages, the more I’m determined to slither my way into her heart.Owning her body comes with a price. If the Mariano’s find out who she is, and that I didn’t kill her, we’re both dead. It’s a deadly game we’re playing. The kind of action I live for. I’ll probably die for it too.Beware the Snake is a dark romance about a hot mafia dude who stalks a vengeful babe. Watch these two bitter enemies become steamy lovers.ADVISORY: Contains violence, dark themes, and graphic love scenes. Intended for adults only.

My Mafia Boss: Pulse


Tasha Fawkes - 2020
    Her pulse skyrockets every time she's near the devastatingly sexy Irish mafia boss, Marcus Ryan. And working as his security consultant, getting close happens often. Not that she mind. Bad boys are in Allie's DNA and Marcus Ryan is the ultimate bad boy. As things heat up, Allie discovers a secret about Marcus that could destroy everything. Can Allie and Marcus survive the coming storm? Find out in Pulse, the first book in Tasha Fawkes new steamy romance series, My Mafia Boss.

Sinful Debts


R.A. Black - 2019
    He took my innocence ten years ago. But his touch still sends shivers down my spine. I’m sick of my vain attempts at trying to escape. Tired of feeling hopeless in this dingy room that I’m trapped in. I can tell that he wants to help me but doesn’t want to let me go. His strong arms make me weak in the knees. And the pain in his eyes breaks my heart. His father is the most powerful mafia boss in the country. And I’m having to pay for my family’s debt to him. But once he shows me the way out… I can only hope that he will come with me. If he doesn’t, then my entire life has been a lie. And if he does… Well, then we would have a bloody war on our hands.

Dom's Ascension


Harley Stone - 2017
     The Mariani family has one shot to take over the Las Vegas crime syndicate, and it begins with an elaborate dinner designed to impress their allies. When their head chef disappears, Dominico Mariani is tasked with guarding the new hire, a striking spitfire with a tendency to speak her mind. Annetta Porro is thrilled to land her dream job at a five-star Italian restaurant, even if her new boss seems overly concerned about her safety. With a chivalrous, handsome bodyguard by her side, she may keep her life only to lose her heart. His decision could destroy an alliance, but her sacrifice will shape the future of a city. Full-length novel, no cliff-hangers, no cheating, happily ever after ending.

Love the Way You Lie


Skye Warren - 2015
    Except give him up. When he looks at me, I forget why I can’t have him. He’s beautiful and scarred. His body fits mine, filling the places where I’m hollow, rough where I am soft.He’s the one man who wants to help me, but he has his own agenda. He has questions I can’t answer. What are you afraid of?You.

The Hitman's Last Job


Selena Black - 2016
     Carl's an ex-marine turned contract killer, and Anna is the daughter of an abusive drug addict who takes out his every sick desire on his timid daughter. Carl tries to tell himself that his new line of work is justified, since he's only killing criminals - after all, he's no stranger to putting bullets in men who deserve it - so when he gets an order to kill a rival who got on the wrong side of the mob, he doesn't think twice. That is, until it's time to kill the witness. Knowing that any failure to finish the job could be a death sentence, he tries to tell himself to squeeze the trigger. But against his own judgement, he puts down the gun and picks up Anna, dragging her to the getaway vehicle - and to their new lives as fugitives on the run. This book contains explicit sex scenes involving bad boys who aren't scared to take what they want, when they want it.

Wraith


Joy Blood - 2018
    Sex. Abduction. From childhood, the men who bought me from my drugged-out mother have been prepping me for what I became—a stone cold killer who auctions women to the highest bidder. She was my reward for completing my training. She opened my eyes and made me fight for what was right. That’s when shit went downhill fast. I thought I was saving her life...until I took it. He killed me. Took what was mine and discarded me like yesterday’s trash. I thought he was different from my previous “owner,” but I was wrong. Now, I’m out for blood... Revenge will be mine. Wraith is a Hell's Riders spin off but can be read as a stand alone. Warning: may cause triggers due to sensitive material. Reader discretion strongly advised.

His Captive


Nikki Chase - 2018
    But I can see the yearning in her sweet, innocent eyes. She’s sick of her gilded cage.I convince her to ditch them—her bodyguards and her overbearing parents. And like a good girl, she comes at my command. The perfect hostage. Then she becomes so much more than that. She’s an irresistible temptation. An enchanting distraction. When I touch her, she opens up for me—responsive, insatiable . . . submissive.For years, revenge was my obsession, my only purpose. I spent all my time working on a meticulous plan. But just a few days with Elena, and I throw it out the window. I never thought my captive would set me free. I’d been numb for so long and she makes me feel something again. Something other than all-consuming fury.In Elena, I've found my new obsession. I'm f*cking addicted. Nothing else matters but making her mine. His Captive is a standalone, full-length novel of approximately 53,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Includes bonus books; His Captive ends at about 33% on your Kindle.

For Pete's Sake


Caitlyn Coakley - 2020
     Embattled CEO and newly-widowed Stephanie Kerrigan also cares about exactly three things: keeping control of the family business that her board of directors is hellbent on taking away from her, having a baby, and winning the lawsuit Ethan Webb has filed against her. What was Stephanie’s crime? Being married to Pete’s scumbag father. His dead father. So after spending less than an hour with her, what possible reason could Ethan have to suddenly ask Stephanie to marry him? And why in the world would she agree? That’s easy: extreme mutual need. Besides, it’s only for a few weeks. There’s no need for it to get complicated. Until it does.

Keep


Kaye Blue - 2015
    But when I looked at his hulking, tattooed body, the icy brutality in his eyes, I realized I was wrong. HIM: Familie. My clan. I’d fight for it, kill for it, die for it. It’s all that matters to me. But her innocence, only barely hidden by thick layers of makeup, the curves that her tight dress can’t hide, calls to me. So I’ve decided to keep her. No matter how deadly the consequences.

Bad Neighbor


Molly O'Keefe - 2016
    He's dangerous... He's right next door. I gave up everything to save my sister from a monster, and now I’m lying low in this rundown apartment so I can stay out of danger. Hiding from everyone.Except for the guy in apartment 1A.He’s rude. Silent. Muscled, mysterious, and hot as hell. I don’t know if he likes me or hates me, but the more time I spend with him, the less it matters.I want him.And for the first time in my life I'm going to go after what I want.She doesn’t belong in my world.From the second 1B moves in, I know she’s keeping secrets. She doesn’t belong here, much less with a street fighter like me.But that doesn’t stop me from craving her. Her softness and sweetness. She’s a drug, and suddenly I’m addicted.I know someone is going to try and hurt her and I can’t let that happen. But unless I push her away and get her out of my world, that someone could be me…

Best Jerk


Lulu Pratt - 2018
    Then Callie the wedding planner turns up, all smiles and enthusiasm. Who does she think she is, trying to make people’s dreams come true? Happy ever after isn’t going to happen. I don’t care how hard she makes me, I’m going to make this wedding job hard for her. But I can’t stop looking at her big eyes and her even bigger @ss. She says she hates me but that won’t stop me from getting her naked. And when I have her under me, quivering as she yells my name? Maybe I’ll start believing in love. At least until our secrets come out. *** A steamy STANDALONE contemporary full-length romance with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.***

Forever His


Violet Haze - 2015
    Simone Winston is twenty-two, a single mother, and in love with a faceless man who kept her for two months before setting her free.After the mysterious, intriguing stranger Isaac Toft leaves her a generous tip, she’s drawn to him despite her reservations and soon he takes over her life all in the name of helping.When Isaac’s secrets endanger the life of her as well as her child, will he lose the chance to make her forever his?

Andrei


Naomi West - 2020
    Time to show her how deep the darkness goes.It’s been a bad night for Cora Jones. It’s about to get so much worse.She thinks the man who snatched her from that alley and sold her to a brute is the worst man alive.But he isn’t. Not even close.Not compared to me.I’m Andrei Valeri, don of the Valeri mafia. And when I see Cora on that auction stage, I know one thing only:I have to have her.It costs me a lot to make her mine.But in the end, it will be worth it.Because Cora belongs to me now.And I know just how to make this angel sing.ANDREI is a full-length, standalone auction mafia romance. It contains adult themes that may not be suitable for all readers.