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A Mayhem Love by Bianca
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhoever said that the quiet ones are the most are deadliest had Mayhem Bailey in mind. According to everyone in the Windy City, Mayhem has an icebox in place of his heart and no lady has ever been able to penetrate it. That is, until he meets Xenobia Bell. Mayhem falls fast and hard for Xenobia, and in his eyes, their relationship is picture perfect... -
An Insane Love by Bianca
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the outside looking in, one would never guess that Franklin Wade has suffered through his share of traumas at the hands of life and circumstance. From a young child up until his teenage years, Frank struggles to find love and was lucky to find it in Alexandria Ware... -
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B.A.E.: Before Anyone Else by Jahquel J.
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou know those summer night, cool breeze, everybody is outside and kicking it? Music blaring, you chilling with your girls, watching the guys? Well, that's how it went for Moët. Moët Rubins, was sitting on her best friend's stoop with her girls, kicking it and having drinks, when a drop top Maybach pulled onto the block and out hopped out Zyair Zane Whitfield, the undefeated heavy weight champ... -
Her Heart & His Crown by Bianca
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPilar Harrison, a free spirit, product of a deadbeat dad, and crackhead mother, moved away from, Mount Olive, MS to Florida, after her college graduation, and the death of her grandmother... -
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Turo's Fated Mate, Iron Wolves MC by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTuro’s Fated Mate. Iron Wolves Book 7. Blurb. A LONE WOLF OLDER THAN ALL THE OTHERS, SEARCHING FOR THAT ONE TO COMPLETE HIM. A HUMAN FEMALE, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE HER AS SHE IS. WILL THEY FIND EACH OTHER, BEFORE A CREATURE THEY NEVER EXPECTED, TRIES TO DESTROY THEM BOTH, OR WILL FATE GIVE THEM WHAT THEY BOTH CRAVE? True Love... -
Snatching The Soul of a Siren by Jade Royal
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdonis Maxwell would never forget the purple eyes of the woman he saved from a vicious attack. Unable to escape the thought of her, Adonis secretly searched for her, refusing to just let her get away. As a siren, Nirvana Rose kills men and sucks their souls for survival. She's never hesitated to go for the kill until she laid her eyes on 'him'... -
A Lady & Her Sire: A Royal Love Affair by Charmanie Saquea
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter moving to Virginia to start her life over, the last thing Lady was looking for was love. Things changed when she was introduced to the rude, slick talking, smart mouthed, Sire. Feelings that she never thought she would experience again came rushing back and she knew she would never be able to shake him. Sire is known as one of Richmond's richest right along with his best friend, Toine... -
She Softened Up The Hood In Him by Miss Jenesequa
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrief is said to be the final act of love. For Sarai Simmons, that act became her reality five years ago, when she lost a man that was her protector, her love, and most of all, her sanctuary. Sarai convinced herself that she wouldn’t be able to love another man again... -
Anatole by Eve Titus, Paul Galdone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAnatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftovers, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family--but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper. And so he heads for the tasting room at the Duvall Cheese Factory. On each cheese, he leaves a small note--"good," "not so good," "needs orange peel"--and signs his name... -
A Pirate's Dream, Kingdom Book 11 by Marie Hall
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNimue, daughter of Hook, is desperate to prove to her parents that she’s just as brave and as much of a pirate as they are. So when she serendipitously spies the hidden isle, she knows what she must do... -
Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle by Jennifer Ivy Walker
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGabrielle is a flame haired, fire hearted French princess who dreams of becoming a Valkyrie warrior queen like her Viking ancestors from Normandy. Sent to Paris to learn the proper etiquette for a future French queen, she is called home to le Château de Beaufort for a forced marriage to a man she loathes when her father the king’s precarious health takes a sudden turn for the worse... -
OctoBEARfest by Murphy Lawless
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWelcome to Renaissance, Colorado, a new shifter city by the author of (and set in the same world as! ) the best-selling Virtue Shifters books! Grizzly shifter Bill Torben has spent his life working for his family's brewery and has loved every minute of it, although he's a liiiittle bit envious of his younger brother leaving town and almost immediately finding his fated mate... -
Grimey: Married to the King of Miami by Tya Marie
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrphaned at the age of fifteen after her parents died in a car accident, Myria is no stranger to abandonment when her identical twin sister, Janelle, leaves her in order to live the fabulous life as a wife to Anthony “Dom” Haveras... -
Hood Love and Loyalty by E.L. Griffin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFalling in ove was never part of Larissa's plan, especially with a thug. Meet Larissa Bradshaw, a strong-willed hardworking girl. After her parents turn their backs on her she closes her heart to love and becomes determined to make something of herself despite her situation. She meets Messiah “Money” Lawson and everything changes. Messiah is an up and coming boss in the streets... -
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Hood Love by Leondra LeRae
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJonnae is tired, tired of her trifling dude Chink & tired of her chaotic home life. The chance meeting of Capo turns things from upside down to good all around. Take a ride with Jonnae as she realizes your first love isn't always real love & that hood love can be a good love. -
The Dark Queen by Jovee Winters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRELEASE WEEK SPECIAL ONLY! Get it now at 2. 99, next week it will go up to its normal price of 4. 99! "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest one of all? ". We all know the legend, or so we think. But what do you really know of the woman behind the myth? Fable of Seren--daughter of the Sea King, and granddaughter of both Calypso and Hades... -
The Fairy Queen by Jovee Winters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCruel. Cold. Wicked. Just a few adjectives used to describe the most ancient of fairies—Galeta The Blue. But did you know, dear reader, that once upon a time, long, long ago, the Blue was the Benevolent Pink? Few know the trials of the fae reviled by all, save for one. The ancient and wise Creator. Galeta is the Creator’s daughter, and It will stop at nothing to save her... -
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsNIGHT'S MASTER is the first book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth , which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights , portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales... -
The Judgment of Persephone by Giulia Calligola, Jessica Curreli
Born in the 90s, university student, short and with lots of human friends: Persephone really has a terrible divine curriculum. Mortals don't worship her, Gods don't invite her to their mundane events, and all in all it would be fine for her. Or at least that is what she thinks. Everything changes when at a conference she meets Hades, God of the dead and old-fashioned gentleman... -
The Mad King by Jovee Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA new world in chaos, and a legendary love that never was…. Hatter and Alice. Alice and Hatter. Two parts making up one whole. Their love was legend, until a curse came and ripped them apart forever. Rewriting their past, present, and future...Categorized as:
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The Centaur Queen by Jovee Winters
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe race to save Kingdom is on and the unlikeliest of heroes have been tasked with discovering the key to salvaging all of fairy tales' happily ever afters. .. Tymanon is a centauress without a home or friends. But that's just how this shy, intelligent creature likes it. Until a pair of capricious gods pairs her up with a satyr in the infamous "love games," that were anything but... -
Rivers For Storms by Teshelle Combs
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Your love will be my downfall. "A human rogue and a griffin exile are on the run from a tyrannical king hellbent on bringing them to their gruesome end. Their love is outlawed, but their attraction is undeniable. They will face every fantastical danger set before them, if only for the chance to be together in a world that wants to tear them apart... -
Of Fairytales and Magic by Emma Hamm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo become a Queen, Freya has to give up everything. .. . There's only one way to become an immortal, and that is to take up the mantle of everything that she is not. To become fae. To lead a court. To become the Autumn Thief herself. But Freya's life isn't that easy to change. She is thrust into a series of trials held by old gods who have seen a thousand years pass... -
Heartless as a Tin Man by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Yellow Brick Road hungers. . . The world has completely lost its mind. Not only is Briella Mae trying to pick up the pieces of her life, but she suddenly finds herself falling into some sort of nightmare named Oz while hanging out at Bullfrog Creek. She only wanted a new start. . . she didn’t realize she’d literally have to start anew... -
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The Beautiful Blade by Ines Johnson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe was raised. to be a damsel. , b. ut she's about to become the hero of her love story. Fae Princess Charlotte was born for one purpose—to wed the Beast Prince and break a cruel curse. But she had other plans; to find her childhood love who was ripped from her and thrown into the kingdom's deadly Convergence Games... -
The Ice Queen by Jovee Winters
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLong ago, tragedy struck and turned a young woman into the ice queen of legend. .. Evil has come to Luminesa's forest. The Goblin has stolen three innocents and thrust them into a violent and terrible time loop - in her own lands. And the only way to save them is to go to them herself... -
Fossegrim by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith half the team left behind or assumed dead, Lucy, Jamie and Foss sail to Fossegrim, a land where Foss is one of the four most powerful men, and Lucy is blonde chum for slave-traders, thieves and the like. Keeping her head down is the least of Lucy’s concerns when she gets thrown with other abductees and put up for auction... -
Lucy at Last by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLucy Kincaid swore she’d never go back to Undraland, but with her mother’s promise of possibly finding Linus buried there, Lucy knows she has no choice. She’ll stop at nothing to unearth her brother, even if Jens thinks she’s lost her mind. Without a second thought, Lucy barrels through Undraland with her Merry Band of Thieves – plus Tucker... -
Hide and Seek by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat hides in the shadows will escape. Fending off Coal’s memories by night and his overprotectiveness by day, Lera is at her wits’ end—and the muscled warrior is only the start of her problems... -
Of Shadows and Elves by Emma Hamm
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo save the Goblin King, she must risk her life on a journey to the ends of the faerie realm. .. Freya couldn't have known she would destroy the entire faerie court by beating the Goblin King. All she wanted was her sister back, not to imprison the king. But with her sister refusing to return home, Freya is left trapped in her own mess... -
Princess and the Three Beasts 1 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe royal palace of the kingdom of Alba Forest received one letter of advance notice. That is, "We shall take the last treasure left behind by the late king to his beloved daughter, Violet. " The sender of that letter was a group of robbers called the "Three Beasts. " When Violet meets one of them by chance, the crow, her life changes greatly. .. ! -
Ella and the Elf by Anabelle Raven
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is an Elf Prince. She is a human. Can they save a kingdom together, or will their love endanger everyone around them? Ella's father is a wealthy merchant, but his deal with the king could destroy centuries of peace. Altair's mother is a cruel Elf Queen, but she is powerful enough that nobody dares challenge her... -
Dark Wind by Crista Crown
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSage Wilkins had no idea he had secret super powers until he lost his temper and almost blew down his family home. After a week on the run with this curse spiraling out of control, he’s started to wonder if it wouldn’t be safer if he didn’t exist. Gideon Ward thought having a secret super power was great when he was a kid. Now, it’s just kind of one of those things... -
Damnation by M.J. Haag
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAbused but not beaten, I will break the curse. With the reason behind her mother’s death revealed, it’s a race for Eloise to exact her revenge and prevent her stepsisters from marrying the prince. However, amidst the glittering jewels and colorful ball gowns, the royal court holds secrets of its own that will devastate Eloise and strike a final blow to her plans... -
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Melting the Snow Queen by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThey call her the Snow Queen…for no man can thaw her frozen heart. Lady Alba Snowden lost her first love when she was seventeen. Since then, no man has touched her heart – until the summer she encounters wild, fun-loving Russian Prince Yuri Volkov, who is visiting London with the Tsar. Dazzled by Alba's beauty, Yuri follows her to her country home, determined to melt her frozen heart... -
The Trickster's Heart by Molly Tullis
Across the Greek world, Hermes is known as the trickster. After centuries, he's leaned into the title and ignored the unfair reputation that comes with it. Hercules, the mortal hero, has already gained a fearsome reputation of his own. When he needs help to finish his last labor and gain immortality, there's only one god who will be able to help...Categorized as:
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Welcome to the N.H.K. (Welcome to the NHK) by Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe novel that inspired the manga and anime! Twenty-two-year-old Satou, a college dropout and aficionado of anime porn, knows a little secret--or at least he thinks he does! Believe it or not, he has stumbled upon an incredible conspiracy created by the Japanese Broadcasting Company, N. H. K... -
1750 - Jacqueline by Stephanie Laurens
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens brings you the opening story in a series of romances touched by magic as old as time. A gentleman fleeing the bonds of loveless marriage and a lady in desperate need of a champion join forces to defend an ancient legacy... -
Nokken by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLucy Kincaid wanted a simple life with a white picket fence, but once Jens took her to Undraland, she knew that wouldn't be in the cards. Learning to maneuver the landmines of laplanding with her boyfriend’s best friend is more than Lucy bargained for. Prince Jamie has access to Lucy’s every thought, making it impossible to have a moment to herself, or run away from her problems... -
1818 - Isabel by Suzanne Enoch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch spins a Regency-era tale at Nimway Hall, in a book series centered on a house where love and magic entwine to bring romance to all who dwell there... -
Of Pixies and Spells by Emma Hamm
To find her mother, one woman must dive into the depths of magic itself. .. Freya has made a name for herself as the Queen Killer. The woman who defeated the Goblin King, then killed the Goblin Queen. Now, she has a new task. One that is much more personal. Her mother is alive, trapped somewhere in the realms of the fae, and she will stop at nothing to get her back... -
Lucy at War: An Undraland Blood Novel by Mary Twomey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter Tucker's betrayal, Lucy finds herself underground, imprisoned by the surviving Sirens. She clings to Jamie in her mind as she endures mental and physical torture when they try to break her spirit, and her laplanding bond to Jamie. Lucy must hold tight to herself, deciphering with care between the voices in her head and the ones around her... -
Keto's Tale by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDon't swim in my waters. .. I've got a bad reputation, and all because of my jackass brother. Yes, I'm known as the mother of all sea monsters. And yes, I can control powerful creatures who kill and destroy on my command. But no, I'm not actually in charge. I'm my brother's slave. So, life sucks just about as much as it possibly can... -
Stone Heart by Maegan Simpson
A stolen rose, a beautiful girl, and a beast trapped in a cursed castle. Sounds familiar, right? But what if Beauty had a secret of her own? What if there was a curse at work far deadlier than being trapped in a castle? Ember's uncle borrowed money from the local war lord, and she's the one being forced to pay the price; indentured servitude to the cruelest man in the land... -
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Machine by Normandie Alleman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Queen of Reality TV meets the Kingpin of Porn. She’s trying to clean up her act. He’s the king of filth. It will never work. But don’t tell them that. Dynassy Barnes isn’t known for her big heart. She is, however, known for her heart-shaped ass and the selfies she shares with her army of social media followers... -
A Kingdom of Ice and Beasts by River Ramsey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA frigid kingdom cursed with eternal winter. A cruel prince whose heart is even colder. A mad king who wants me to free them both. Just because I can understand beasts doesn’t mean I know how to tame this one. My mother gave her life to save me from the glacial curse that plagues Everloch, but its frosty fingers reached out and plucked me from my world anyway...Categorized as:
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The Lass Who Loved a Beast by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe owns a publishing house, and he's got a library she'll never forget. .. hidden away in a foreboding and beastly castle! Bonnie Oliphant has endured endless mockery on her quest to own a publishing house. But now that she's reached her dream, she can't find authors willing to allow their works to be published by a woman... -
The Hidden Magic of Ordinary Things by Olivia McCullough
Meira has given everything to protect her village—her magic, her strength, her future. But it’s still not enough. Since the founding of Glenmere, Meira’s family has maintained the magical wards that keep the valley safe. The work was never meant to be done alone—each pair of wardcrafters was bonded by both love and magic, their power intertwined... -
Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Book #1 by North Night
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe was a peerless genius in the 24th Century – all she needed was a silver needle and she could practically bring anyone back from the dead. After an explosion, she crossed over into a strange world; everyone calls her “Miss... -
Bound by Blood by Jessica M. Butler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA lonely soup maker's bargain with a cursed blood fae for a magical pup opens the door to love, soup, and a chance something special in the midst of loss. Erryn lets everyone believe she lost her memory years ago through a deal gone wrong with the fae, but that’s because the truth is too painful to speak about. She lost everything. Her home. Her family...
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