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Blake by Nyssa Kathryn
A past that can't be changed. A future as uncertain as their relationship.Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter's life, ever since the girl's father-a man Willow thought she'd be with forever-inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he's back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho...Categorized as:
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Ghostwalkers Novels 6-9 by Christine Feehan
In this #1 "New York Times" bestselling series from the author of the Carpathian novels ("Dark Predator," "Dark Peri"l), the Ghostwalkers use their psychic abilities and cutting-edge military skills to conquer dangerous enemies--but it's their more intimate skills that conquer their lovers, body and soul...Categorized as:
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Rebel by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLife is complicated along the Hadrian Line. Decisions made on the border will decide the fate of the entire Human Sector.Nora is adjusting to her new role as a player in the games of the powerful. She's gained some interesting enemies and some even more dubious allies. She has also been presented with a unique opportunity, courtesy of Jonah... -
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Frey by Faith Gibson
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWARNING: Book 4 is full of love, pain, and redemption. This book contains Domestic Violence and non-consensual sex between spouses. It also has a HEA. This book is part of a series, therefore best if read in order. Geoffrey “Frey” Hartley- soldier, helicopter pilot, boxer, martial arts expert - is the biggest, baddest Gargoyle shapeshifter in the Stone Society...Categorized as:
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Peace Maker by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFliss knows all about her ancestors, the Travelers, who were forced to land on Fjern thousands of years ago, but when it comes to the Gyr—the enhanced warriors who protect the people of Fjern from the monsters that inhabit the planet—she’s in the dark, even though she is one herself...Categorized as:
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Crave by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCRAVE WAS OFFERED HEAVENBUT LOST HIS WAY.TO GET BACK HE MUST VOLUNTARILY WALK THROUGH HELL. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Victoria Danann, continues the paranormal romance series about a genetically altered new species. Besides being heart-stopping beautiful to look at, the hybrids are bigger, faster, stronger and smarter. Crave is the second son of Exiled's first family... -
Submit by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI was bought to be a pretty pawn in my alien captors’ twisted entertainment. But the gorgeous, horned alien who saves me from death is no pawn—and he’s determined to beat the hunt... -
Taken in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsTwo young children disappear from their East Side home in New York City, their nanny killed in cold blood. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas begins to unravel the crime scene and search for Henry and Gala MacDermit, she’s drawn into the twisted mind of a kidnapper who will stop at nothing to take revenge...Categorized as:
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The Cyborg with No Name by Honey Phillips
Can a wounded cyborg help an isolated scientist remember her own humanity?Dr. Rose Abbott is the cybernetic engineer who created the robot horses used in the efforts to terraform Mars. Disgusted by the way her creations are treated by the GenCon Corporation, she chooses to leave her work behind and live in isolation...Categorized as:
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The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsIn the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world . . . Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild and the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect... -
Cyborg Fever by Grace Goodwin
Warlord Anghar survives hell as a captive of the evil Hive. Convinced he will never break free, he chooses death over dishonor. When the Coalition ReCon Team sent to kill him frees him instead, he begins the long, tortuous journey back to a true Atlan, a warrior proud of his beast, of his service...Categorized as:
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Vampire Hunter by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"Author Victoria Danann has a surefire hit!" - Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK "...it’s so good that I could read over and over again. - Bitten by Love"I wish I could give this more than 5 stars, it's that good... -
Alien Mercenary's Heart by Mina Carter
Return to the worlds of the Lathar, as you've never seen them before... She wanted a coffee and an easy shift. Instead, she got a smart-alec mercenary and commandos trying to kill her… Medically discharged from the military over a decade ago, Station Chief Eris Archer just wants a quiet life. But life on a frontier station like Tarantus is never dull... -
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Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter
Being rescued by aliens doesn’t mean she’s going to marry one… not unless he’s hot. Asking would help too. The problem is the only alien warrior Gracie is interested in hasn’t asked. Seren K’Vass is the epitome of the strong, silent type. Emotionally avoidant with a bad boy vibe, if he was human, she’d climb him like a tree. Hell, she’d climb him like a tree anyway...Categorized as:
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The Truth of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHaving left the Marine Corps, former Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is attempting to build a new life with salvage operator Craig Ryder. Turns out, civilian life is a lot rougher than she'd imagined. Torin is left for dead when pirates attack their spaceship and take Craig prisoner. But "left for dead" has never stopped Torin. Determined to rescue Craig, she calls in her Marines... -
Blood Charged by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSardelle Terushan, sorceress and healer, should be lying low. Magic is forbidden in Iskandia, and magic users are drowned, shot, or otherwise slain. The problem? She's fallen in love with ace fighter pilot and national hero, Colonel Ridge Zirkander, a man whom everybody notices, including the king. It's not long before Sardelle has spies dogging her steps and people trying to blow her up...Categorized as:
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Wolf's Surrender by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook One in the Immortal Ops World Spin Off Shadow Agents / PSI-Ops! Shapeshifter Military Paranormal Romance Total surrender doesn't come easy to a natural born alpha. Shape-shifting Special Operative Brad Durant has been held against his will by the enemy for nearly a year...Categorized as:
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The Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe third installment in Tanya Huff's action-packed military sci-fi adventure Confederation seriesGunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr was a Confederation Marine’s marine. She’d survived more deadly encounters—and kept more of her officers and enlisteds alive—than anyone in the Corps, and she was determined to keep the record intact... -
Bear Mine for Christmas by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWrap yourself up in a smoking-hot bear shifter romance this Christmas! Every winter sexy bear shifter Brock Fletcher runs a Christmas-tree store with his uncle Granger and cousin Riley. Despite his smoldering looks and charismatic personality, Brock hasn’t found a mate because a girl named Madison stole his heart many years earlier, before she left town for good...Categorized as:
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Broken Mate by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe needed the story. She didn’t expect to run for her life in a world where vampires and werewolves are real... The homeless are going missing, and reporter Max Harvey can just smell the story. None of her usual contacts will talk to her. They’re scared, which sets her reportery senses tingling. Deciding to go undercover is a stroke of genius.. -
Ranse by Starla Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am a lesser? From a servant world? A nobody?What a joke.The man who discounts me is the one who loses.Because me? I know royalty when I see it.They call me the Kingmaker.And I am never wrong. Even on an alien world, he will do anything to possess me.The Prince of Blades.His world is in shambles.His conquerors have turned against him.All because of a few pesky lessers like me... -
Claiming His Virgin by Grace Goodwin
Elite Hunter Zee is scarred from his time in the Hive war leaving him too much of a monster to seduce a beautiful, innocent virgin. Even if his Mark calls to hers, connecting them body and soul, he knows that after just one look at him and she will never surrender the three sacred virginities. Never accept him as a mate...Categorized as:
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Cowboy Bear's Christmas Surprise (Fate Mountain Shifters) by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis mate has collided with his life -- but her past is a blank and her future is in danger. Can he save her? Connor Milton has given up looking for his mate after years of searching. But when a woman crashes her car into a tree on his ranch not long before Christmas, he’s certain he’s finally found her. There’s one big problem--she doesn’t know who she is...Categorized as:
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Threshold by Sara Douglass
Over the hot southern land of Ashdod looms the shadow of Threshold, the pyramid which the Magi of Ashdod are building to propel themselves into Infinity. Over the years, thousands of slaves have given their lives to the construction of Threshold. Now construction is almost complete; the Magi need only to add the finishing touches...Categorized as:
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Boneyard Dog: War Dog by Andrew Beery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDid you ever wake up wondering where you were… and perhaps equally important, how you got there? Yeah, me too. The only the thing is, it usually happens when I’ve been drinking… and I’d been dry for the better part of two years. I’m Commodore Jeremy David Riker… my friends call me JD or just plain “Dog.” I have the dubious honor of running a starship boneyard in the middle of nowhere... -
Faithless by Crystal Ash
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLast night, I tried to drink away my feelings for my brother's best friend.Today I’m riding across a dangerous, desert wasteland with him.Like my parents years ago, gods have chosen me for a sacred mission. You’d think the daughter of an infamous motorcycle club would be able to handle it. But when Torrance Knight steps up to make the ride with me, I’m both relieved and dreading the journey...Categorized as:
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Wild Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA bad bear … Shane Keenan has survived everything life’s thrown at him. Growing up with an abusive stepfather who broke his bear’s mind left Shane unable to fully control his shifts. He went from famous chef to being forced to fight in a human war because of the wild bear inside him. Now he’s finally back home on Fate Mountain -- and his toughest challenge yet is waiting. Bruised hearts .Categorized as:
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Shatter by Joan Swan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor seven years, Halina Beloi has been in hiding. But she's never forgotten Mitch Foster, the long, lean man she had to leave behind. Until, that is, Mitch shows up with a list of questions and a 9mm in his hand. All Mitch knows is that Halina broke his heart and disappeared. But new information has surfaced implicating her as a player in the deadliest game of Mitch's life... -
Taming the Monster by Mandy M. Roth, Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMonsters Need Love Too... Over 15 ALL NEW NEVER BEFORE RELEASED Paranormal Romance Tales by NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling authors as well as some of today's top paranormal voices combined into one low priced box set for your reading pleasure! Stories filled with seductive alpha males, shifters, monsters, creatures, demons and more! You do not want to miss this limited time collection... -
Naura by Ditter Kellen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a Bracadyte Princess, Naura is forbidden to visit the surface. Until an explosion near her home in Aukrabah, leaves her injured and in the arms of a land walker named Anthony Vaughn. Recognizing him as her mate, Naura will stop at nothing to be with Tony. Even if it means her life. Anthony Vaughn doesn't exist... -
Shatter by Joan Swan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor seven years, Halina Beloi has been in hiding. But she's never forgotten Mitch Foster, the long, lean man she had to leave behind. Until, that is, Mitch shows up with a list of questions and a 9mm in his hand. All Mitch knows is that Halina broke his heart and disappeared. But new information has surfaced implicating her as a player in the deadliest game of Mitch's life...Categorized as:
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Claimed by Noatak: A Steamy Sci-Fi Romance by Tamsin Ley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe last thing this sexy alien expects is a captivating human who makes him vulnerable to wicked temptations. Will one searing kiss unleash his raging desires?Gruff, pragmatic Noatak is just trying to get from one day to the next without failing his captain and crew... -
Taken by the Cyborg by Tamsin Ley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA cyborg test subject.A female soldier.Passionate secrets that could kill them both. He lost his humanity to save his sister More machine than man, Doug can hack any computer across the galaxy. Syndicorp may own him, but he secretly uses his power to protect his twin and the rebels she leads...Categorized as:
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Strategic Vulnerability by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeld prisoner in remote testing facility in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest, subjected to torture and abuse, Wilson Rousseau has long since given up hope of being rescued. Days blend together until he can’t help but long for death. Saved from his isolated hell by a female’s distress call, he feels an instant connection to her... -
Healed by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA WOMAN BETRAYED Dr. Sarah Johnson has been gifted with the power of healing, and when she rushes to help a friend in need she gets more than she bargained for, and all hell breaks loose. A MAN ON A MISSION After finding himself tangled up with the most stubborn woman in the world, Navy team leader Nate Goodman knew his life was never going to be the same...Categorized as:
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Wolf Lover: Konochur by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the middle of a war with dragon shifters, a human widow of a werewolf may get another chance at love, but feelings of guilt threaten a blossoming attraction to the one wolf everyone thought was untamable. Victoria Danann brings us a tale of second chance love sure to warm the fur of werewolf lovers...Categorized as:
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Boss Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Leland Kincaid became Alpha of Timber Bear Ranch, he wasn't prepared for his fated mate to come take it away from him...Categorized as:
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Mountain Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Cyrus Kincaid signed up for the shifter dating app, he never expected his mate to be show up at his secluded cabin with her tiny dog...Categorized as:
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His Earth Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer elite Federation soldier, now turned space pirate, Jackson Burke has done his best to turn his life around—for the better. He isn't prepared when fate leaves a woman's safety totally in his hands. Since heroes don't leave a damsel in distress—and despite being outlaw pirates, the crew considers themselves the good guys—Jackson assumes responsibility for the beauty... -
Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee
SANDYI survived the first year of the bugpocalypse safety tucked away in my cabin in the mountains. But now, the raiders have found my home. Not only did they ransack my house, but they also left me an unexpected surprise. There’s an injured Xarc’n hunter passed out in my yard!A storm is brewing, and I can’t leave him outside. He’s bleeding and will lead the bugs right to me...Categorized as:
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Daxion by Elin Wyn
Science Fiction Adventure Romance You’d be a bit of a b*tch, too. If everyone has left you, died on you, and laughed at your dreams, you might have a few issues. And then to have your planet invaded right when you’re about to follow through on the one thing you have left? Done. Amira’s not particularly interested in making friends...Categorized as:
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Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSomeone is hosting dangerous tea parties in 2061 New York... Thing aren't what they seem when Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates what appears to be a routine murder/suicide. When friends of Darlene and Marcus Fitzwilliams insist Darlene would never hurt her brother, Eve digs deeper...Categorized as:
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Darkness Eternal by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor the Guardians of Eternity, battle is a way of life—whether the plight of their world is at stake, or the fate of their heart… After being held captive by one vampire for four centuries, Kata had no intention of taking another one to the underworld with her. Yet even in the pits of Hell, there’s no ignoring the intoxicating desire awakened by Uriel’s touch…Previously published in Supernatural...Categorized as:
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She Owns the Knight by Diane Darcy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe Owns the Knight Why does she have to travel seven hundred years through time to find a decent guy? Brokenhearted Gillian Corbett finally finds the knight of her dreams...in the past. Unfortunately he's bossy, overbearing, and...betrothed! Fortunately, he thinks she is his affianced, which keeps her from garderobe duty. Or worse, being hanged as a spy...Categorized as:
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Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe first book in Tanya Huff’s action-packed military sci-fi adventure Confederation seriesStaff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and her platoon were yanked from a well-deserved leave for what was supposed to be “easy” duty as the honor guard for a diplomatic mission to the non-Confederation world of the Silsviss, she was ready for anything... -
Ragoru by SJ Sanders
Hundreds of years before RedCivilization is failing in a steady decline. In a last-ditch effort to save themselves, humanity has turned to trying to understand their world even as they seek to protect themselves from the monsters within it... -
Kingston 691: Book Two of Cyborgs: Mankind Redefined by Donna McDonald
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHow can he love a wife he doesn’t remember? Kingston West put his military service behind him much easier than most of the men he served with during the final war. As far as he was concerned, the cyborg who was Kingston 691 no longer existed. And the Cyber Husband program? He viewed it like he viewed having been a prisoner of war... -
Pirate Bound by Carysa Locke
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA desperate gamble… Sanah would do anything to protect her little sister, even if it means taking refuge with ruthless pirates. But the psychically Talented pirates terrorizing Commonwealth space are not quite the monsters she has been led to believe. When Sanah's empathic gift shows her the truth behind the stories, she is no longer certain who the villains are in her world...Categorized as:
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Staying Power by Ann Somerville
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKarik always wanted to travel and see more of the world. Now he’s on his first major expedition to explore the mysterious land of Andon. But he’ll learn working in a team and managing diverse talents and personalities isn’t easy. It’s even harder when your leader is a prickly, handsome lieutenant and your colleague only opens his mouth to insert the other foot. Contains "Freely Given"...
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