
Bound to Cruelty
A Dark Bodyguard Mafia Romance (The Doubeck Crime Family Series)
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Narrated by:
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Meghan Kelly
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Aaron Shedlock
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I’m the shadows that reach out and take a bite. No one sees me coming, which is why I’m sent to do the things even our fearless leader won’t touch.
After months of watching our enemies, it’s time to take them out. I’m ready to feel their blood on my hands, their worthless lives ground to dust.
But I don’t get the chance when a dark haired beauty comes crashing into my plans, seeking sanctuary from our enemies. Now I’m stuck on guard duty, babysitting a mafia princess.
As tensions rise, the flames of desire flicker between us. We shouldn’t cross that line.
I’m too dark, cruel, and sinister for her.
I swear I’ll watch over her, protect her from anyone and anything. But there’s one thing I can’t protect her from: me.
This is a complete standalone within the series and contains dark themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.
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Deranged and violent. Gorgeous but frightening. I’m a businessman, so when one of my debtors offers me his fiancé in exchange for a debt settled, I figure why not? The woman will be a quick sell. Repayment comes in the form of a beautiful but haunted young woman. The light in her tempts the darkness inside of me. Teases it, tortures it. I want to hurt her. I want to break her. I want to keep her. Luckily for Celia, she fails to see that there is no goodness in me.
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Whew! Be Ready!
- By Mint Mocha on 01-03-24
By: J. L. Beck, and others
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Convict Me
- The Rossi Crime Family Prequel
- By: J. L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman
- Narrated by: Heather Firth, Austin Rising
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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She was a shy little virgin, looking to rebel. I was a bad accident waiting to happen. I’m the bad boy your parents warn you about. I’ve been to prison, killed for someone I love, and now I’m suffering through college. Then I see her…sweet, so naïve it hurts, and of course beautiful. She’s scared of me the moment we lock eyes, but beneath that fear is curiosity. From that moment on I’m consumed with a need to make her mine, to claim her...but when my past collides with my future, will I risk the chance of going back to prison to protect yet another person I love?
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Great start to a series!
- By Dark Romance Lover on 04-04-20
By: J. L. Beck, and others
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Until Tomorrow Comes
- The Beauty in Lies Series, Book 1
- By: Adelaide Forrest
- Narrated by: Heather Firth, Fernando Guerra
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Rafael Ibarra tore through my life like a raging inferno. Consuming every part of me he touches, he promises to show me passion and the real Ibiza. Though our tryst can never be anything but temporary, I never want to leave the man who makes me wish things were different. But there’s a nightmare hiding within his multicolored gaze, a phantom rattling at the cages who wants to devour me, to take me and claim me as his. He’s temptation, pushing me toward sin with his wicked touch. As much as I hate his secrets…I will never tell him my own.
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IT’S 🖤 &🫣 &💣 &🌪 &☠️ &😵😵💫🫢🤭 &🩸⛓🪓 &🔥🔥🔥 & I ❤️ IT
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 08-22-22
By: Adelaide Forrest
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Bloodied Hands
- The Bellandi Crime Syndicate Series, Book 1
- By: Adelaide Forrest
- Narrated by: Meghan Kelly, Patrick Zeller
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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My Angel is the one who got away—the only person in the world I love. When she is caught in an unsanctioned bank robbery in my territory, only my reputation protects her. She should have stayed away. Instead, she charges back into my life like a shining beacon in my otherwise bleak existence. She has no place in my world where hardened criminals toy with the lives of the innocent.
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Female narrator :(
- By Michelle Woodard on 10-08-22
By: Adelaide Forrest
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Cruel Obsession
- A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance
- By: Bianca Cole
- Narrated by: Conner Goff, Addison Barnes
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Cruelty is his middle name, and I'm at his mercy. My father has kept me locked away in an ivory tower. I thought he wanted to protect me, but he only wanted to protect his asset. An untouched, sheltered mob princess is worth a lot of money to the right buyer. My father's greed means Sicily is no longer big enough for him. I'm shipped across the Atlantic to Boston to marry a man I've never met, whose reputation for cruelty reaches as far as the shores of Sicily.
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SEX & SUB/DOM DEMORSALIZING HIGH.. actual plot low
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 04-28-24
By: Bianca Cole
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Stolen by the Mob Boss
- Russian Crime Brotherhood Series, Book 1
- By: Nicole Fox
- Narrated by: Rita Amos, Indy Chapin
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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A beautiful, innocent orphan falls for a mysterious Bratva hitman in this full-length, standalone, bad boy mafia romance from author Nicole Fox. Roman offers Lucy the chance to avenge her parents' murders at the hands of a vicious mobster. The only question is...what will he want in return?
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Ridiculous
- By Celeste on 06-09-21
By: Nicole Fox
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Light My Fire
- A Mafia Kingdom Novel (Mafia Kingdom Series, Book 1
- By: Jessica Ruben
- Narrated by: CJ Bloom
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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He saved me from war. Fed me when I was in too much pain to eat. Smuggled me and my family into America when it became too dangerous to stay. But, Nico didn't flee with us. While I began elementary school in the United States, he was building the greatest and toughest Mafia of the century. The Mafia Shqiptare. Nico is now king of all underground trades. Sexy. Aggressive. Brilliant. After years of nothing but silence, he's back in my life, ready to do whatever it takes to bring me into his universe.
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Story needs a male narrator…
- By Expresso on 03-05-24
By: Jessica Ruben
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Corium University: Book 1-3
- By: C. Hallman
- Narrated by: Zara Eden, Connor Brown
- Length: 26 hrs and 21 mins
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Welcome to Corium University, where the most dangerous criminals in the world send their offspring.
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Not for all...
- By Lucid on 06-09-24
By: C. Hallman
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Worse than Enemies
- By: J. L. Beck
- Narrated by: Avery Reid
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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The second was the night my mother told me she was marrying his father. I didn’t know his name then, but I do now: Hayes Ambrose. Captain of the swim team. Popular, gorgeous, the guy every girl wants, with a smile that’s hiding a million secrets.
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lots of rape
- By Mary on 01-07-23
By: J. L. Beck
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Savage Empire
- A Dark Billionaire Romance (Broken Cross, Book 1)
- By: Bri Blackwood
- Narrated by: Liam DiCosimo, Shiloh James
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Damien Cross treats New York City as if it’s his personal playground. He sees. He touches. He conquers. He holds the fate of my family in his hands. And makes a deal with me I can’t refuse. He’ll forgive my father’s debt if he can have something in exchange: me. I promised myself I wouldn’t get addicted, but nothing is guaranteed when you make a deal with a savage. Now this debt is my cross to bear.
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A bad combination
- By Laurie on 04-23-24
By: Bri Blackwood
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Bound to Punish
- The Doubeck Crime Family Series, Book 6
- By: J.L. Beck, Monica Corwin
- Narrated by: Meghan Kelly, Aaron Shedlock
- Length: 9 hrs
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They call me the mediator. The charming one who can stop a fight right in its tracks. Except, I don’t want to charm, or smile, or dance. I’m tired of society picking off my family one by one. It’s time to burn, to punish, to destroy. In order to take down the council once and for all I need someone on the inside.
By: J.L. Beck, and others
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Deceptive Vows
- A Stand-Alone Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance
- By: Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
- Narrated by: Gregory Salinas, Sarah Puckett
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Mikhail Dmitriyev is a beautiful devil with a villainous heart and a thirst for revenge. The choices he gave me when he stole me away from my home with an army of men were very clear—marry me or die. I chose to marry him and live. But there’s one small problem with his grand plan to rain Armageddon on the Mexican Cartel. I’m not the woman he thinks I am. I’m not the cartel princess he thinks he took to make his enemies bow to him. When my captor finds out my secret and realizes he married the wrong woman, love won’t be enough to save me. And neither will his obsession.
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🖤❤️ OH SUCH TWISTED DELICIOUS PERFECTION ❤️ 🖤
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 06-03-22
By: Faith Summers, and others
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Ruthless Vows
- Age Gap, Dark Mafia Romance
- By: Ashlie Silas
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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I had one fiery night with a mysterious stranger, and then I was forced to marry him. The ruthless don is twice my age, dangerous, and oozing power—everything I was taught to avoid. Yet I can't forget how his touch set my world on fire. The next morning, I disappeared. No names, no promises, no looking back… or so I thought. Months later, fate intervenes. He stands before me: Ivan Volkov, billionaire and ruthless leader of the Russian Bratva. This time, it’s no coincidence. He knows exactly who I am: Lucia Maranzano, mafia princess in hiding. Now, he’s invoking a deal made with a ...
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AI Voice
- By Cindy Pearson on 12-10-24
By: Ashlie Silas
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The Five Families, Books 1-3
- By: Jill Ramsower
- Narrated by: Mackenzie Cartwright, Teddy Hamilton, Ava Erickson, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 51 mins
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Now in a convenient audio bundle, here are the first three novels in Jill Ramsower's captivating Five Families Series. Love and danger are intertwined for the Genovese sisters as they're caught up in a dark web of schemes and violence, and find the ruthless men who will rule their hearts. These are mafia romances intended for mature audiences with some elements that may be inappropriate for sensitive audiences.
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Book and audiobook are different.
- By Kylie on 03-06-23
By: Jill Ramsower
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- wendy wright
- 01-24-24
eh I don't know how to feel
the female narrator is very monotoned and make the emotions dull but other than that good book with some plot holes (to my knowledge I didn't read the series just this one )
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- Paw Prints
- 02-08-24
Girl Voice
I liked the voice of the guy and the story was great but whoever read the part of Selena always sounded like she was asking a question at the end of every sentence. it was hard to not notice or get into Selenas part.
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- ACK
- 05-13-23
not as good as book 3
but still not as awful as the first pair. thankfully I think I can imagine how the series will progress, we'll enough, so I'm not aggravated to stop here.
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- Amanda
- 07-09-23
Good story, bad narrators
I’m not sure how this narrator got hired for this but, just awful. IF she narrates anything, it shouldn’t be a crime family.
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- john
- 08-28-23
story is ok. shedlock does great. Kelly not so muc
the woman Kelly reads the book.....oddly. like she doesn't know when a sentence ends and seems to detached from the story. I feel like if shedlock did everything himself, it probably would have been a lot better. FMC is a hypocrite though....and clueless
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- Melissa Rambo
- 12-05-23
Female narrator 👎
The female narrators inflections during words & sentences isn’t natural in any way, shape, or form. It’s incredibly distracting. I get lost wondering why she speaks/reads this way.
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- Momma3
- 05-09-23
So sad
Human trafficking is a horrible crime and against children is even more horrible. I’m glad he found happiness
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- KR
- 06-15-23
Female narrator is terrible but Shedlock is amazing
The female narrator doesn’t allow you to fall into the story. The inflections are all off and her close is shaky. Almost like she’s suffering from ALS. It’s a shame because Aaron Shedlock is an amazing narrator. I couldn’t even finish the story because of her voice.
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- Shorty344467
- 11-09-23
Hard to keep listening with female narrator
Shedlock is an amazing narrator. Kelly is almost whiny-constantly. The female character in this book should’ve been a tough female councilwoman. Not a whiny, scared, delicate princess. Enjoyed the storyline but I’m not sure I can take much more of this voice.
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- AJ
- 01-22-24
Meghan Kelly is awful narrator
The actual story was not bad. The male narrator was pretty much on point. I will never pay for any book that has Meghan Kelly
as narrator. Has to be included in
membership.
The writers should look at the reviews related to her and use someone else.
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