Showing results for "The Game" in Romantic Suspense

After an eviction notice and one too many apple martinis, I wake, stripped bare and alone in a cell. No, wait, not alone. My evil garbage fire ex, Andrew, who suggested he’d let me stay with him “for a price” is here, too. He’s the whole reason I lost my job. My head is throbbing, my vision fuzzy. “Andrew, you piece of… what are you doing?” “Who’s Andrew?” My blood runs cold. That’s not Andrew’s voice. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.

I’ve been stranded in a cabin in the wilderness with my two gorgeous but damaged stepbrothers, and my overprotective stepfather. We’ve crossed boundaries that in normal society would never be traversed, and now we can never go back to what we were. We thought the biggest threat to our lives was Mother Nature. We were wrong. In desperation, we tried to reach safety, but a new danger has emerged. Now we’ve been taken by gun-runners who know who we are.

The ruthless mafia king is no stranger to violence, but when he lays his eyes on my bruised and battered face, he's furious. I thought my makeup was thick enough to cover the beating I suffered until my inappropriately flirtatious boss noticed. As a cocktail waitress in his casino, I've always been on Mr. Salvato's radar, but now he's obsessed, demanding to know who hurt me and why, intent on making them suffer.

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. He has never once been tempted to break those rules...until her. Bridget. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own, and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he's faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her.

I hate obscure school rules. Especially the one that says siblings have to room together after a tragedy. Now I'm stuck sharing my dorm with my stepbrother, and I have no idea how either of us is going to make it to the end of the school year without offing the other. Just as I'm getting used to having Felix around, someone else tries to off him, and now my cousins and I have to figure out who's after him, and why. We might not like each other, but Felix is family, and that means he's mine to protect.

Convict’s Game is the first book in a high-heat, dark romance, murder mystery trilogy with a skeleton-masked crew, an obsessive-sweet gangster, the smart cookie he’s insta-obsessed with, and a city where the shadows hide more than just sin.

In the game of predator and prey, sometimes the greatest trap is discovering you no longer want to escape. I've always escaped into gaming when reality became too much. As MistressOfMischief, I found freedom behind a screen, building a bond with my online partner, Rogue, that felt more real than most of my relationships. For two years, we shared victories and late-night conversations—I thought I knew him. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Iris My whole life is a lie. Driven by an obsessive crush, torrid desire, and treacherous secrets I hold dear to my heart. Nobody is none the wiser. Not my parents. Not my best friends. Not even my new fiancé. Now, my house of cards is about to fall. One carnal lie at a time. And making them ruthlessly tumble is my fiancé's older brother. Kian Singhania. Enigmatic. Reclusive. Menacing. A merciless lone wolf with a heart of ice. The man I've craved and burned for from the shadows, whose lair I've dared to venture into without protection. Everyone is scared I'll be eaten alive.

Deux sœurs. Une compétition à mort. Un pacte avec le mal. La voix profonde de Charlotte Campana vous conte une romantasy addictive. Ophelia et Genevieve Grimm sont deux sœurs que tout oppose. L'une, héritière d'un don de nécromancie ancestral, vit dans l'ombre des traditions familiales, tandis que l'autre, insouciante et rebelle, préfère les plaisirs des soirées mondaines. Mais tout bascule à la mort soudaine de leur mère. Lorsque Genevieve disparaît, Ophelia découvre qu'elle aurait rejoint Phantasma, un jeu mortel où le vainqueur peut exaucer son vœu le plus cher.

Kaely Quinn's talents as an FBI behavior analyst are impossible to ignore, no matter how unorthodox her methods. But when a reporter outs her as the daughter of an infamous serial killer, she's demoted to field agent and transferred to St. Louis. When the same reporter who ruined her career claims to have received an anonymous poem predicting a string of murders, ending with Kaely's, the reporter's ulterior motives bring his claim into question. But when a body is found that fits the poem's predictions, the threat is undeniable.

Life coach and best-selling author Victoria Price has it all: a successful career, fabulous friends, a fantastic penthouse in Manhattan. What she doesn’t have—and doesn’t want—is a husband. Fifteen years ago her high school flame broke her heart so badly she swore she’d never love again.

Matches are made in heaven...Except mine was custom-made in hell. Scorched in the flames of hate, sown in the seed of deception, and cursed with a life of doom. A piece of paper I signed at sixteen and I was betrothed to him. Nova D'Cruz. The Heir to the Cruz Empire. The son of my family's biggest rival and enemy. Now, my arranged husband. Villainous. Manipulative. Vindictive. He vowed to make me burn for eternity. Little does he know, I've been burnt long before he touched me.

Riggs “Chappy” Chapman didn’t expect to be disrupted at his remote cabin in the woods. But when a stray dog arrives on his porch, he winds up finding a stray woman, too, trudging through the snowstorm in search of shelter. His military days may be behind him, but Chappy is hardwired to protect her from the storm and whatever it is she’s running from.

Haunted by the mistakes he made while fighting for his country, Rand Duncan has become the CIA's go to man for tough jobs in an effort to atone for his sins. Late-night phone calls and covert meetings are the norm. Until she arrives and his past crashes into his present.

Homicide detective Levi Abrams is barely holding his life together. He’s reeling from the fallout of a fatal shooting, and his relationship with his boyfriend is crumbling. The last thing he’s prepared for is a serial killer stalking the streets of Las Vegas. Or how he keeps getting thrown into the path of annoyingly charming bounty hunter Dominic Russo. Dominic likes his life free of complications. That means no tangling with cops—especially prickly, uptight detectives. But when he stumbles across one of the Seven of Spades’s horrifying crime scenes, he can’t let go, despite Levi’s warnings to stay away. The Seven of Spades is ruthless and always two moves ahead. Worst of all, they’ve taken a dangerously personal interest in Levi and Dominic. Forced to trust each other, the two men race to discover the killer’s identity, revealing hidden truths along the way and sparking a bond neither man expected. But that may not be enough to protect them.

Stella glaubt nicht an Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Aber Abneigung auf den ersten Blick? Die gibt es garantiert. Schließlich hat sie Tyler sofort verabscheut, als sie ihm das erste Mal in ihrem Tattoostudio begegnet ist. Und sie hasst ihn aus tiefstem Herzen, als er anfängt, sie zu erpressen, und sie zwingt, ihn mit ihrer High-Society-Familie bekanntzumachen. Doch Liebe und Hass liegen nah beieinander, und schon bald weiß Stella nicht mehr, was schlimmer ist: dass er sie ruinieren will oder dass sie ihre Finger nicht voneinander lassen können.

For weeks, I've been watching her. Stalking her. Now, it's time to start playing with my beautiful little pawn. From the moment I first saw her from afar, I knew she would become my prized possession. I will gaslight her into thinking she is my obedient ward, trapped in the Victorian era. She is my unwilling captive, forced to play my sadistic game for her own survival. She will have no choice but to bow to my rules and discipline. In time, her memories of a modern life will fade. If not, she will pay a painful price.

Detective Hydessa Darling has grown up following in her mother's footsteps, always feeling like she is in the shadows of those around her. Her mother is infamous for her affinity for murderers and their victims, and she didn't raise her daughters with delusions of how the world truly is. When Hydessa stumbles across a blog describing what could only be a series of murders, she feels drawn to investigate them. But when the identity of the blogger evades them, she must travel undercover to a tourist island hotspot to find out the truth behind the blog and catch the mystery killer.

Archer Daniels is the biggest flirt at the academy, and he’s determined to have me. Coach Daniels has a history of sleeping with students. Now that I’m in my senior year, he’s determined to add me to the list. I’d rather die than end up another notch in his bedpost. But the man is persistent to a fault. He’s not someone who gives up easily, pushing harder the more I reject him. I fear that Archer will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants. A fear that quickly turns to reality as he digs up dirt about me I don’t want people to know.

Two years ago, a split-second decision changed everything. I risked my life for a man I didn’t even know and nearly died for it. I’ve tried to forget him. To forget that whole night. But he hasn’t forgotten me.