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Born For Marble by Nicci Harris
“Take no man.Bear no children.I am The Queen of The Cradle.”In the dystopian land of The Cradle, ten-year-old Tuscany begins her reign. Crowned as Queen and Mother, she endures harsh medical treatments designed to carve a living deity worthy of the people's reverence.Nurture. Inspire. Endure.That is her Meaningful Purpose... -
Born for Silk by Nicci Harris
Adore.Pleasure.Provide.A thousand years of climate change, genetic testing, and war destroyed civilisation as it was.From the remains came the age of The Trade and The Crown. In return for resources, security, and a meaningful purpose, citizens accepted a life of service to the new world.The land became The Cradle, and humankind was henceforth known as the Cradled Common... -
The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee
Jane is a 16-year-old misfit living in an asteroid-altered Earth of the future. Like most girls her age, true love and real happiness seem forever beyond her. Until she meets Silver. He's a robot, yes, but he looks human. To Jane, he's everything she has ever dreamed of... -
A God Among Insects Volume 3 by Quil Carter
Things have gone from bad to worse. Dr. Bastian Gibel is determined to right the wrong he’d made centuries before, and while the old man works on a way to eradicate immortals once and for all, the threat of the proxy worms grows stronger. Skyfall is in a dire place, but even with their world falling apart around them, the royal family is still fighting amongst themselves... -
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The Hades Calculus by Maria Ying
Decadent cyberpunk cities. Greek mythology and giant mechs. Hades and Persephone as never seen before.For centuries, colossi have besieged the gates of Elysium. Each day, the city’s fall looms closer.As one of Elysium’s rulers, Hades has long sought to break this stalemate. In Persephone, a cyborg tailor-made to kill, she finds the key to victory and the perfect pilot for her war machine... -
Dark Thoughts by Cynthia Sax
Can love redeem a monster? The Refuge is home to some of the most violent beings in the universe. Kralj, its leader, reigns over the remote outpost with terrifying ease, ruthlessly squashing any rumors of rebellion, killing anyone who breaks his rules. Primitive, deadly, powerful, he’s a monster, scarred both on his face and his soul. He has never met a being he couldn’t control... -
Rett by Mina Carter, Susan Hayes
She thought they were on the same side. That mistake cost her everything... including her freedom. Anya dedicated her life to the fight against the alien invaders who had conquered Earth. Now that fight is over. The rebellion failed, the enemy won, and she knows exactly who to blame. He was her lover, her friend, and a spy for the aliens. Worse. He’s one of them… and she’s his prisoner... -
Fighting for Rain by B.B. Easton
The world was supposed to end on April 23, but Rainbow Williams’s world ended days before that. The mass hysteria caused by the impending apocalypse claimed everything she’d ever loved. Her family. Her city. Her will to live. Until she met him. Wes Parker didn’t have anything left for the apocalypse to take … he’d already lost it all by the time he was nine years old. His family... -
Haven by Imogen Keeper
The gripping fifth installment of award-winning author Imogen Keeper's wild ride After the Plague Series.Summer and fall in the mountains gave us the peace we needed to heal and turn Thornewood into a safe haven. Everything we've always wanted is within our grasp—peace, love, family.Until a confrontation with our neighbors throws our two clans into turmoil, and all our hopes collapse around us...Categorized as:
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The Viridian Priestess by Katrina Calandra
She is a telepathic priestess, determined to rise the ranks of her temple. So why do her thoughts keep straying back to the masked commander? Priestess Ferren has devoted her life to her celestial deity, yet she has not been able to ascend the priestess order. But on the eve of a great planetary event, the chance to prove herself arises...Categorized as:
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Veiled in Shadow by Chloe Parker, Clarissa Bright
Can one human woman seduce the most powerful males in the galaxy? I'm about to find out.When the Aelyd mafia took my best friend, I decided to go looking for her. These aliens have been looking for brides - for vessels - and I know she must be in trouble.Now I've found myself entangled with three alien crimelords, all of whom want me as their mate... -
Caged Alien Mate by Ivy Sparks
I’ve been tossed inside a cage with an exiled, tortured alien prince. And our captors expect us to produce an heir.So here I thought my situation was bad. I’m a navigator in training who crash landed on the galaxy’s most brutal planet, only to be enslaved by reptilians. But after I meet Xavi, I realize I’ve had it easy...Categorized as:
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Kraving Khiva by Zoey Draven
Welcome to Madame Allegria’s, where your Krave will satisfy your every desire… At 25-years-old, unmarried, and untouched, Eve Tesler is an outcast in the Everton colony’s society... -
Sinner by Chani Lynn Feener
Nix Monroe is a Royal Consort. Since transferring to Foxglove Grove University, he’s gained and lost a lot. He’s experienced things he never had before, like friendship, love, and betrayal. Not willing to add heartbreak to the list, Nix is willing to do whatever it takes to protect himself and his Demons, even if that means finding a way to forgive them for the pain they’ve put him through... -
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Beginnings by Sandra R. Neeley
About This BookWarning: This book is not suitable for sensitive readers. Please do not buy this book if you have triggers to sensitive situations.Black Ops Lieutenant Maddox Larsen is missing. Not only is he missing, his entire team is missing...Categorized as:
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Blinding Light by Lola Malone
The Imperials of Helion rule their world with violence.Cyprian Creighton is desperate.Adopted when he was a baby, he has lived his entire life being an outcast. Different. A shy introvert with bright yellow eyes that keep everyone away. Now he wants to know where he’s from.When his research brings him to a completely different planet, Cyprian has it all planned out... -
Haven by Jessica Marting
One stupid decision leaves Cressida stranded on Haven, an uninhabited planet on the edge of nowhere. But it isn’t totally empty. And Lukas, the cyborg living there in secret, is fascinated with her and has no intention of letting her leave... -
The Bounty by Liliana Carlisle
Everything’s gone wrong…all because I’m an Omega.My once normal, relatively happy life has been stripped from me.There's a bounty for my capture.The government wants to keep me in a gilded cage, a prize to be enjoyed by other Alphas.But I refuse.Until three Alphas find me, each more intimidating and handsome than the last...Categorized as:
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Gladiator by Piper Stone
a rough sci-fi...Categorized as:
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Guardian by Emmy Chandler
“Choose wisely. Then keep your head down and do what you’re told. Time will pass, and we’ll be back for you.” Audra Copeland is among dozens of newly convicted felons dropped off on the prison planet Rhodon, where she discovers that the women of zone four have a long-standing arrangement with the men. If they hand over six of the new arrivals, the men won’t raid...Categorized as:
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Loving Captivity by R.K. Munin
Sold into slavery at the age of sixteen, Sora serves an abusive master for ten years. Then, to deal with his own debts, she finds herself at auction again. Without her youth or any sought-after skills to make her valuable, her future looks bleak. Slaves like her rarely survive long, and she expects to suffer and die soon after she’s bought, either as a mine slave or in a meat bordello... -
Docile by K.M. Szpara
There is no consent under capitalism Docile is a science fiction parable about love and sex, wealth and debt, abuse and power, a challenging tour de force that at turns seduces and startles.To be a Docile is to be kept, body and soul, for the uses of the owner of your contract. To be a Docile is to forget, to disappear, to hide inside your body from the horrors of your service...Categorized as:
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Sparks are igniting.Flames are spreading.And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be...Categorized as:
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The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe Interludes is an anthology of stand alone stories that exist between Book #2 (Afterimage) and Book #4 (Fade) of the In The Company of Shadows series. This anthology contains key plot points and major development of characters and relationships that cannot be missed... -
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Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith
SHE WOULD DARE ANYTHING TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM HIS RULE. EVEN HIS BED. He ascended from the darkness years ago—Azrael the Eternal, Azrael the Undying, Azrael Who Is Death—bringing with him the black rains, the fires, the souring of the sky, and the Eaters...Categorized as:
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Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsYears after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever... -
Gloam by Lily Mayne
When a strange woman shows up outside our camp in the Wastes with monsters chained up to her RV, it feels like I’m the only one who actually wants to help them.That big, grey-skinned monster with the cage on his head and the chain hanging from his back—something is telling me I need to help him. I need to free him... -
Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well... -
Darkness by Laurann Dohner
Kat’s boss wants dirt on the NSO. She is sent to Homeland undercover but everything goes wrong as soon as she enters the front gates. She is arrested by a big, powerful, sexy New Species but she is not frightened. He turns her on and things heat up fast between them. Now, she just hopes he does not break her heart. Darkness admires Kat’s courage but he cannot trust anything she says...Categorized as:
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Endless Knight by Kresley Cole
In this seductive follow-up to Poison Princess , #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole takes us deeper into the dark world of the Arcana Chronicles. Shocking secrets Evie has fully come into her powers as the Tarot Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. She now knows that the teens who've been reincarnated as the Tarot are in the throes of an epic battle...
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