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Sin & Salvation by K.F. Breene
Valens has noticed his two missing employees. It won't be long before he knows who is responsible. It won't be long before he claims his vengeance. The race is on. Kieran and Lexi must scrape together an army worthy of taking on the Demigod of San Francisco before he destroys them all. But Valens isn't Lexi's only problem...Categorized as:
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The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips
Her grumpy orc is going to hammer his way into her heart!When Pippa finds herself in Fairhaven Falls with empty pockets and a brand new baby, she’s thrilled when a sweet - and slightly scary - old lady offers her a job and a place to live. Their new home isn’t much, but it offers a desperately needed shelter.Then her grumpy orc neighbor comes charging into their lives...Categorized as:
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Sin & Chocolate by K.F. Breene
Some people are ordained for greatness… Those people usually have a lot of drama in their life. Drama I happily do without. I live in a forgotten corner of nowhere for a reason: there is safety in anonymity. I have enough problems just trying to get by. But when Kieran, a sinfully sexy demigod at the pinnacle of power, crashes into my life, suddenly my whole world is turned upside down...Categorized as:
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Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston
He's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He's also about to get trapped by own his game. . . Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur...Categorized as:
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Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles by Katie Griffin, A.J. Sherwood
It’s like a bad game of Telephone.Grant locates a murdered teen in McMinnville. He calls Jon.Jon locates the girl’s ghost. He calls Mack.Mack talks to the ghost who leads them to more ghosts. Who lead them to even more ghosts.And why are all the murder victims buried under trees? The boys are ready for this game to end, please. (Donovan especially... -
Tangled Threads Of Fate by Grace McGinty
You should go to Crete if you want to survive. Amourgeles. They’ll come for you soon. I’d lived in the city for a long time, and working the drive-thru window of coffee shop meant I’d seen some things. From blowjobs to furries. Sometimes furries getting blowjobs. Let’s face it, no one was at their best when they were uncaffeinated...Categorized as:
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A Hero in Hiding by Alice Winters
My days are filled with perusing August’s sexy body, reading, and petting my villain cat.Or they should be.Of course I can’t just kick back and let the world burn around me because August “cares” about people and while I really… don’t, the idea of my one true love waltzing off into danger has me chasing after him, flinging bad guys as far as I can with my telekinesis... -
Jon's Boom Shaka Laka Problem by A.J. Sherwood
Proposing vs diffusing a bomb?Diffusing a bomb is much easier than proposing.Diffusing Donovan’s anger over getting on a plane to diffuse said bomb? Harder than the bomb.Jon is not liking these odds... -
Frenetic by T.S. Snow
Being a Magical Engineer is easy.You know what’s not easy?Trying to help stop a coup against one of the Arcane families.Or fighting against a bloodthirsty rebellion.As if that wasn’t bad enough, I’m kind of juggling five men who are too good looking for their own good,And who hate each other.The only thing they have in common?They want me... -
The Shade of Things by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMiriam Feldman’s life has become Running Man with a side of Squid Game when she’d much prefer The Great British Bake Off. When Miri partners up with her detective ex-husband on an off-the-books magical missing persons operation, she expects buddy cop adventures galore. Instead, she gets more than she bargained for, starting with a mouthy golem who’s forced onto the team...Categorized as:
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Erratic by T.S. Snow
The plan was supposed to be simple:Graduate as a Magical Engineer? Check.Get people to finally acknowledge my amazing tech skills? Check...Though it was a little more than I bargained for. Find that special someone who wants me for me? Check...times a lot.Avoid the Arcane Heirs at all costs? Erh.. -
Ace of Shades by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGehenna isn’t on Google Maps and there’s no Angel Annihilation for Dummies. To Miriam Feldman, list lover extraordinaire, this is an irritating oversight.It’s fine. She’s got this mission under control. Sure, her instructions are vague, and her team is trigger-happy, but she’s got plenty of motivation to carry them to victory...Categorized as:
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Bent Out of Shade by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiriam Feldman’s road to happiness is littered with potholes.Between her search for a vampire’s missing fiancée and getting answers about a creepy amulet tied to my parents’ murders, she's making enemies across the whole supernatural spectrum. Fun! Meanwhile, her daughter is acting out, and teen attitude is sooo delightful when you throw magic into the mix...Categorized as:
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Hectic by T.S. Snow
I thought getting my diploma as a Magical Engineer would be the answer to all my problems,I couldn't have been more wrong... -
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Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall
Delve into an exciting new stand-alone novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall's "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews) Immortal Guardians series.Nick Belanger can't stop thinking about the single mother who lives next door. She's smart. She's funny... -
A Villain for Christmas by Alice Winters
Despite growing up in a family of villains, I’d rather curl up and read than commit crimes. When I get coerced by my brother into helping him rob a bank, I run into August, my childhood crush—also known as Chrono, the city’s greatest superhero. He’s sexy, sweet, and suddenly he’s asking me to Thanksgiving with his parents... -
The Monster's Den by Jillian West
Emerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet....oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?Well, that's just icing on the cake.With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike... -
Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman
New York Times bestselling author Janet Chapman takes us to charming Spellbound Falls, where strange things have started happening ever since Maximilian Oceanus came to town… Maximilian Oceanus arrives in Spellbound Falls just in time to save Olivia Baldwin from an overly aggressive suitor, only to find himself attracted to the beautiful, if rather aloof, widow...Categorized as:
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Chaotic by T.S. Snow
Battle Mage or Magical Engineer?Easy choice, right?Engineer. Obviously.I'm Charisma Carter, tech genius and nerd extraordinaire.I actually used to be Charisma Silverstorm, member of one of the six elite Arcane Families, until my family shunned me when I turned 18 because my magic wasn't strong enough... -
Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case by A.J. Sherwood
A psychic without an anchor. A student in trouble. A shooter on the loose. I’m Jonathan Bane, a licensed psychic who consults for the police. I routinely help the police put the bad guys away and, for that reason, the criminal world doesn’t like me much. People like to take a swing at me, or go stabbity, or try for a gun. It makes for interesting times... -
Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 64 ratingsGeorgina Kincaid has been a bad, bad succubus. . . . . .which should be a good thing. But lately, thanks to her foul mood over breaking up with bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, she's been so wicked that Seattle's über-demon Jerome, decides to "outsource " Georgina to a rival—and have her spy for him in the process...Categorized as:
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Hungry for the Alpha by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMitchell is the only alpha that can make Tilly purr.Mitchell Blake’s wolf can’t help but howl when he catches Tilly’s heavenly sweet scent. One sniff tells him the delicious lioness shifter is his. The problem? Apparently she’s too busy running the Bless Your Tart bakery to have a mate. Well, too bad. What the Alpha wants, the Alpha gets...Categorized as:
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Supervillains Anonymous by Lexie Dunne
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNew superhero Gail Godwin, the one and only Hostage Girl, is in big trouble: her nemesis Chelsea is loose, someone close to her is dead, and everybody thinks Gail did it. To make matters worse, Davenport Industries has thrown her into a prison that just happens to be full of the very same supervillains who used to kidnap her on an almost daily basis...Categorized as:
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Twins for the Wild Orc by Michele Mills
A drunken, one-night stand with a wild Orc turns into a life-long commitment.Because I’ve given birth to his twin babies. And now I can’t find the green, horned father of my children, which is really my own fault. He came on strong, calling me his “Bride” and I got scared at the idea of marrying a ferocious Orc...Categorized as:
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The “Super” Secret Life of an Accidental Daddy by J. Kenner, Julie Kenner
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe “Super” Secret Life of an Accidental DaddyFor six years, shapeshifter Jason Murphy has been held prisoner by the most notorious outcast in the superhero world—his father. But that’s not the worst of it. No, the real cherry on the horrible sundae is that Jason was captured only moments after the women he loved told him that she was pregnant... -
Blow Me Down by Katie MacAlister
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn the Internet virtual reality game Buckling Swashes, Earless Erika and Black Corbin are two of the most deadly pirates to sail the online seas. And now they’ve met their matches: each other. But fearless Earless Erika is really just Amy—a financial analyst with little time in her life for anything but work...Categorized as:
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Aphrodite's Flame by Julie Kenner
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The Charmed Affair of an Invisible Bodyguard by J. Kenner, Julie Kenner
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Charmed Affair of an Invisible Bodyguard Growing up in the shadow of her Hollywood royalty grandmother, Tracy Tannin has always felt like the most ordinary girl in the world. But that all changes when Hale shows up. Ridiculously gorgeous, the sexy romance cover model only has eyes for Tracy. Or so it seems... -
Aphrodite's Passion by Julie Kenner
Aphrodite’s Girdle is missing, and the magical artifact will take all of Hale’s superpowers to retrieve. The woman who found the belt—one Tracy Tannin—wasn’t exactly Ms. Popular before donning it. Now everyone wants her, including some very nasty bad guys. But the golden girdle can only be recovered through honest means, so becoming invisible and snatching it simply won’t work...Categorized as:
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Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner
Kate Connor used to be a demon hunter: Now she's a stay-at-home mom, a "glorified chauffeur for pep squad practice and Gymboree play dates." But when a demonic assassin shows up at her suburban home minutes before an important dinner party, the retired Hunter is forced back into action to save her town -- and her freshly baked mini-quiches -- from the invading fiend and his army of the undead... -
Duking It Out by E.J. Russell
Royal dukes from rival countries, shipwrecked on a deserted island. The grudge match of the century—or a love story of super-heroic proportions?Sander Fiala, Duke of Roses, is fourth in line to the South Abarran throne, even though his rogue power earned him the nickname “The Monster of Roses” and got him banished from the Castle... -
Aphrodite's Kiss by Julie Kenner
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner! APHRODITE’S KISS Winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award “Like a carnival fun house, full of surprises and just plain good old-fashioned entertainment...
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