Mercenary's Dark Obsession


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A standalone captive dark romance novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. THIS BOOK WAS PREVIOUSLY TITLED FEAR IN HIS EYES. Stalked by an admirer with deadly intentions … Addison's sightless world is filled with the colour of music as she successfully navigates a demanding career as a renowned cellist. She doesn’t have time for the dark and dangerous security guy from her building who constantly shadows her every move, yet she can’t seem to escape him. A rough childhood, followed by decades spent as a gun-for-hire mercenary has shaped Daniel into a killer. As he tries to adapt to civilian life, he channels his dark impulses into his work as a security specialist for a billionaire businessman. He has no experience with the softer things in life, like a girlfriend, a home, and a family. Yet, he can’t seem to let go of his obsession with Addison. While chasing after a woman who should never have crossed paths with him, he discovers he’s not the only one falling for the lovely, intelligent, and sensitive musician. As Daniel struggles to accept a love he never thought he deserved, an unstable stalker lurks in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike. Will Daniel protect the woman he’s fallen in love with, or will he push her into the arms of a love so twisted it can only end in tragedy? Mercenary’s Dark Obsession is a standalone novel within the Kings of the Underworld series. Each book features a separate couple and can be read in any order. Kings of the Underworld Series Information: Kings of the Underworld is a series of dark romance standalone novels that can be read in any order (except for Mafia’s Savage Boss, which is a sequel to Mafia’s Savage Obsession). This series features morally ambiguous anti-heroes with jealous and possessive tendencies, and strong, feisty women who fight their inevitable fate. There is no cheating, and each book ends in Happy Ever After. Warning: These books contain scenes of violence and sexuality, please read with caution. Book 1: Billionaire’s Captive Mistress Book 2: Mafia’s Savage Obsession Book 3: Mercenary’s Dark Obsession Book 4: Bratva’s Captive Assassin Book 5: Bounty Hunter’s Innocent Prize Book 6: Italian’s Captive Beauty Book 7: Bodyguard’s Forbidden Obsession Book 8: Mafia’s Savage Boss (novella) Keywords: possessive alpha male, blind heroine, stalker, musician, dark romance, jealous possessive, gothic romance, seductive romance, alpha hero, antihero dark romance, suffering heroine, obsessive hero, abduction to love, passionate lovers, tortured heroine, captive romance, kidnapping, sexually romantic books, multicultural romance, romantic suspense, capture fantasy, standalone, crime, mafia romance, happily ever after, love books, love stories, contemporary romance, enemies to lovers, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, bestselling, bad boy, no cheating, protective, steamy, abused heroine, dominance submission, caged, captive romance, mercenary




Dark Desires After Dusk


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Nothing will stop Cadeon of the Rage Demons from finding the means to atone for the one wrong that haunts him. But once he captures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, he finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past. Raised as a human, Holly Ashwin never knew that some legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon, who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the Cade's wicked touch. Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs - and claim his heart?




Their Obsession


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--- Loved. Protected. Shattered. --- Clover has found love with not one man, but four. He never imagined such a relationship could work, let alone that he'd be at the center of it, but a year later, his bond with the four mercenaries is stronger than ever. Each man in Clover's life completes him in a whole different way. Where Drake teaches him shibari, Boar always showers him with cuddles. Where Tank is strict and protective, Pyro takes Clover on wild adventures. To truly become a part of the mercenary crew, Clover chose to train under the guidance of his men. He's itching for action to prove to himself and to others that he can handle the toughest jobs. But through violence and mayhem, Clover will be tried in ways he never wished for. Old enemies resurface, bonds are tested, and one wrong move can mean death. *THEIR OBSESSION is a dark gay harem contemporary romance, book 2 in the "Four Mercenaries" trilogy. The story contains scenes of explicit violence, offensive language, morally ambiguous characters and lots of scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes. POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: polyamory, mercenaries, bounty hunters, albinism, commitment issues, dark past, male bonding, human trafficking, size difference, danger, alpha male, found family, size difference, distrust, shared, victim and protector, revenge, organized crime Length: 70,000 words




Kings of the Underworld Complete Series


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A collection of eight dark romance novels by USA Today Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. Billionaire's Captive Mistress Billionaire businessman Tyson King always gets what he wants. Nothing will stop him from taking and keeping the woman who has obsessed him, until her past threatens their love. Mafia's Savage Vendetta Mob boss Vladimir Sitnikov will play a dangerous game in order to capture the fiery detective, Jane McKinley. When she is hurt, he will burn the city around them until he finds his enemy. Mercenary's Dark Obsession When ex-mercenary Daniel becomes obsessed with a blind musician who lives in his building, nothing will stop him from infiltrating every aspect of her life. Bratva's Captive Assassin Exiled from Russia for more than a decade with a bounty on his head, Boris Grekov must now reclaim his birthright. When a beautiful assassin comes for him, nothing will stop him from taking both the woman and his throne. Bounty Hunter's Innocent Prize Burned out bounty hunter, Mack Hudson, meets innocent Lucy Miller and his lonely existence explodes out of control. When she’s hurt, nothing will stop him from making her kidnappers pay. Italian's Captive Beauty Maria is running from her past. Unfortunately, she runs straight into Italian mob boss, Nic DeLuca, who wants revenge. Soon, revenge will turn to obsession, which turns to love. But will the past come back to haunt them? Bodyguard's Forbidden Obsession After a lifetime without choice, Cass embarks on a journey of self-discovery where she learns to love and value herself as more than a mafia asset. Will love dictate her heart, or will she take the path laid out for her from birth? Mafia's Savage Boss When enemies close in, Vladimir and Jane Sitnikov must rely on old friends to help them. Warning: These books contain scenes of violence and sexuality, please read with caution. 18+




Their Bounty (Dark Gay Harem Romance)


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--- Taken. Prized. Possessed. Loved. --- Clover is an orphan and has led a tough and chaotic life. No stability. No money. No friends. He trusts no one. His already miserable life takes a nosedive when he ends up in the hands of a human trafficking gang. Someone has placed a request for a young albino man, and Clover is to become the property of a mysterious buyer who will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved desire. Clover's fate seems sealed until four bounty hunters appear to take out his captors and accidentally save him. The four mercenaries want to move on, but when Clover pleads for protection, they offer it to him at a price. In the beginning, the arrangement is all kinds of shady, but as he gets to know the four men who've taken him on a wild ride, his developing feelings might become as dangerous as the elusive buyer. But can a relationship with four such different men even work? Men who kill for a living? Men so full of contradictions? Tank. The massive ex-soldier eager to be Clover's Daddy. Pyro. Wild, tattooed, with a filthy mouth and an itch for violence. Boar. Ginger, bearded, a big teddy bear who can turn into a grizzly. Drake. Dark and dangerous, with a tongue as sharp as his knives. Can these men provide him with the love and security he craves? Or has Clover made the worst mistake of his life? THEIR BOUNTY is a dark gay harem contemporary romance, book 1 in the "Four Mercenaries" trilogy. The story contains scenes of explicit violence, offensive language, morally ambiguous characters and lots of scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes. POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: abduction, polyamory, mercenaries, bounty hunters, albinism, commitment issues, indecent proposal, dark past, male bonding, human trafficking, size difference, enemies to lovers, danger, alpha male, found family, size difference, distrust, shared, victim and protector Length: 90,000 words




Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate


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Sophie Katz's relationship with the irresistible and occasionally insufferable P.I. Anatoly Darinsky is on the fritz when a friend recruits Sophie's investigation skills to decode her possibly two-timing husband's strange behavior. When Sophie shows up in a short, red cocktail dress and her friend's hubby winds up dead, the loveable would-be sleuth can't help but take on the job. Suddenly plunged into a crazy world of campaign mudslinging, dirt-digging and cover-ups, Sophie begins to uncover some pretty dirty secrets indeed—involving a conservative congressional hopeful's involvement in the Furry community, a group of people who dress up in mascot-size stuffed animal costumes. Sex and politics, wouldn't you know? Way in over her head as usual, Sophie reluctantly—or not-so-reluctantly—enlists the help of her two-time sidekick and ex—Anatoly. Together they set out to determine who killed Eugene and why, and in the process can't resist falling for each other—again?




Dark Needs at Night's Edge


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On the night lovely Néomi Renate, a famous ballerina at the turn of the century, was murdered, an evil force turned her into a spectre - a phantom that's neither alive nor dead - and cursed her to relive her harrowing death every month during the full moon. Unable to leave her home, she has managed to scare away any trespassers, until she encounters an inhabitant even more terrifying than Néomi herself. When Conrad Wroth, a vampire warlord who's been half-mad for centuries, first beholds Néomi, he knows nothing will stop him from claiming the ethereal beauty as his own - not even death itself. Yet even if the gruff warrior can win her love and defeat the evil that surrounds her, he still must determine a way to bring her fully back to life, and back to him.




The Lost Woods


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A collection that follows the lives of two families who own land and hunt in rural South Carolina The Lost Woods is a collection of fifteen short stories, most of them set in and around the fictional small town of Sledge, South Carolina. The events narrated in the stories begin in the 1930s and continue to the present day. The stories aren't accounts of hunting methods or legends of trophy kills—they are serious stories about hunting that are similar in style to William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses. The collection traces the evolution of two families—the Whites and the Chapmans—as well as the changes in hunting and land use of the past eighty years. Some of these stories are narrated in third person; others are told by a wide range of characters, from grown men and women to children, but only from one perspective—that of the hunter. As they walk the woods in search of turkeys, deer, or raccoons, these characters seek something more than food. They seek a lost connection to some part of themselves. The title "the lost woods" is adapted from Cherokee myths and stories wherein people must return again and again to the woods to find animals that were lost. Thereby, we find not only food, but who we are. Through these stories Rice reminds us that hunting is inextricably entwined with identity. As one of the oldest rituals that we as a species know, it reflects both our nobility and our depravity. Through it we return again and again to find the lost woods inside ourselves.




Deal with the Devil


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Deal with the Devil is Orphan Black meets the post-apocalyptic Avengers by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author duo Kit Rocha. Nina is an information broker with a mission—she and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to save the hopeless in a crumbling America. Knox is the bitter, battle-weary captain of the Silver Devils. His squad of supersoldiers went AWOL to avoid slaughtering innocents, and now he's fighting to survive. They’re on a deadly collision course, and the passion that flares between them only makes it more dangerous. They could burn down the world, destroying each other in the process... Or they could do the impossible: team up. This is the first book in a near-future science fiction series with elements of romance. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Victorian Automata


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Speaking to today's fascinations and anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence, this multidisciplinary collection is the first to examine the widespread Victorian interest in human and mechanical automata. This title is part of the Flip it Open programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.