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Dark Alliance Perfect Storm by I. T. Lucas
After two decades in captivity, Jade is finally free, her quest for revenge within grasp, but danger still looms large. A storm is brewing on the horizon, gathering momentum and threatening to obliterate Jade’s tenuous hold on hope for a better future... -
![Blake by Nyssa Kathryn]()
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... -
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![The Surviving Trace by Calia Read]()
The Surviving Trace by Calia Read
Contemporary Romance/Time TravelWill is my fiancé. The shy man I met years ago in college. The person I’m supposed to spend the rest of my life with. This is the life I’ve always wanted until finding a picture of four men changes everything…Etienne says he’s my husband and the year is 1912. He can’t stand the sight of me, but I don’t know why. Oh, and he’s one of the men from the picture...Categorized as:
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![I Married An Incubus by Regine Abel]()
I Married An Incubus by Regine Abel
A match made in Hell…When investigative reporter Malaya Velasco accidentally uncovers the corruption of one of the highest judges of the Obosian justice system, she is framed and condemned to a life sentence on the deadly prison planet Molvi. In her despair, she begs the Prime Mating Agency for an arranged marriage with one of the Wardens of the prison...Categorized as:
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![The Sixth Day by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison]()
The Sixth Day by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine take on a ruthless mastermind in the fifth highly anticipated thriller in the New York Times bestselling A Brit in the FBI series. When several major political figures die mysteriously, officials declare the deaths are from natural causes...Categorized as:
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![Stroke of Fortune (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James]()
Stroke of Fortune (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dark mafia fated mates paranormal romanceDifferent Vices.Different Beasts.Different Mafias.The need to claim their mates hearts is the same... -
![Bossed By The Boggart by Wendi Gogh]()
Bossed By The Boggart by Wendi Gogh
BOSSED BY A MONSTER—sounds overbearing, right? It is, and this guy’s not just any monster. He’s a Boggart—the literal being of nightmares—and I swear his sole mission in life is to make mine a bad dream come true.Every time I turn around, he’s there.Bedazzling me.Bewitching me.Befriending me..... -
![Parallel by Elizabeth O'Roark]()
Parallel by Elizabeth O'Roark
They've had multiple lives together, but this may be their last. As a neurologist, Nick Reilly believes everything can be explained by science. But he can’t explain her—Quinn Stewart, an irresistible patient who knows things about him she shouldn’t. And insists that at some point, she was his wife. Something else he can’t explain: he remembers her too...Categorized as:
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![Saved by the Alien Crime Boss by Tiffany Roberts]()
Saved by the Alien Crime Boss by Tiffany Roberts
An alien criminal in hiding. An enticing female he can’t ignore. But can he protect her from his violent past?With her birthday just around the corner, Mina Walker has found herself reflecting on her life.Thirty and still stuck in her tiny hometown.Thirty and still clinging to the ghosts of people she lost years ago.Thirty and still alone. Still a virgin... -
![Twisted Truths by Rebecca Zanetti]()
Twisted Truths by Rebecca Zanetti
You can't escape the past . . . Noni is desperate. Her infant niece has been kidnapped, and the only person who can save her is a private detective with too many secrets to count--and more enemies than he can name. A man who walked away from Noni without any warning a year ago, a man who broke her heart... -
![Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone]()
Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone
I needed a break. A break from the paparazzi, a break from my co-star ex, and a break from being the hottest new actress in Hollywood.I did not need an orc bodyguard.But my overprotective dad refuses to let me go on a location shoot without a security detail, and he’s picked the toughest, scariest bodyguard in LA to accompany me. Too bad Roc is also my dad’s friend and my teenage crush... -
![The Alien's Criminal by Gemma Voss]()
The Alien's Criminal by Gemma Voss
Those legends from the scrolls that spoke of breeding mates and bonding ceremonies— they were just the lost ways of history. Fuel for imagination.Until I saw her. Now, it’s my reality. Life has been a prison for Max since the first moment aliens arrived to colonize Earth... -
![Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb]()
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... -
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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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![Demon Ember by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza]()
Demon Ember by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza
Mya’s world is falling apart. After a series of earthquakes, deadly animals with glowing red eyes begin attacking people and start the spread of a zombie-like plague. Safety is just a memory as she tries to make her way home. When a different creature attacks the people helping her reach Oklahoma City, Mya is sure she’ll never see the light of another day...Categorized as:
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![Bad Boy Minotaur by Michele Mills]()
Bad Boy Minotaur by Michele Mills
My neighbor is a huge, undeniably powerful Minotaur.You heard me right—a Minotaur.With curved horns on either side of his head and a heavy gold ring that pierces both nostrils. He’s often shirtless while he tinkers with his motorcycle, which exposes a sweaty six pack of abs and the intricate tats that sleeve both of his muscular arms... -
![Love in the Time of Zombies by Jessica Gadziala]()
Love in the Time of Zombies by Jessica Gadziala
No one fell in love in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Except, maybe, these two...* This is a short (15k) short story with some insta-love, insta-lust, steam, and a hea...Categorized as:
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![Secret Daughter for the Alien Warrior by Athena Storm]()
Secret Daughter for the Alien Warrior by Athena Storm
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Kaleidian soldier captured my heart.And left me with an unexpected gift goodbye.Garet finds me, lost and wondering a perilous jungle.He saves me.And then claims me as his.That decision changes our lives.When he disappears unexpectedly, it breaks my heart.I didn’t expect to want him the way I do.Nor was I expecting to be forced to move lightyears away…Or to find out I’m pregnant... -
![Raymond by Eve Langlais]()
Raymond by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis avid gamer is about to discover love doesn’t mean game over.As a hacker who rarely leaves the basement, Raymond’s chances of meeting Mrs. Right are slim to none until his hermit-lifestyle is jolted. A warning to stop poking into his past comes with consequences—and intrigues this curious cat.Raymond’s only recently discovered he can shift into a lynx... -
![Richter Scale by Dalia Davies]()
Richter Scale by Dalia Davies
Tell me you wouldn’t leave Earth behind for the promise of a utopian life with an alien mate.I dare you.The Agency plays matchmaker for women willing to travel across two galaxies to a planet in desperate need of them.Too bad I had to sell my soul to get on that ship... -
![The Recruit by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer]()
The Recruit by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThree years after the unprovoked attack on a peaceful colony, the war between the Rojok dynasty and the Tri-Galaxy Fleet rages on. Born of that war is the Morcai Battalion, a fleet comprised of Centaurians and humans�the first collaboration of its kind and a step toward an intergalactic alliance... -
![King of the South by Calia Read]()
King of the South by Calia Read
The year is 1919, and the Great War has ended. As everyone picks up the pieces of their lives, I have only copious amounts of alcohol and women keeping me together. Most of the men I went to war with didn’t make it home, including my best friend, Miles. I thought I knew everything about him until I discovered he made me the executor to his little sister Rainey’s dowry... -
![Vicious Love by Romy Lockhart]()
Vicious Love by Romy Lockhart
Cheryl is stunned when she finds out she has to go to a shifter academy. A witch with severe limitations to her magic, she's horrified to learn her fate is to be enslaved as a witch to a pack of wolves.She sets about finding a way out of this fate, determined to escape it... -
![The Alpha Awakens by Anna Fury]()
The Alpha Awakens by Anna Fury
When the Awaken Virus hit humanity, men became ravenous, uncontrollable beasts. They wrought destruction across the globe—now the humans who remain live in constant fear. MalloryAs a reporter, I’ve seen firsthand what the Awaken virus does to people you love, turning them into mindless beasts intent on violence. That’s why I’m staying safe inside my apartment... -
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![Embers Origin by Aria Vale, Alana Khan]()
Embers Origin by Aria Vale, Alana Khan
The arrival of five thousand Others onto the blazing sands of the Mojave Desert could signal the end of life on Earth as we know it.ClairWhen I agreed to consult with the military on a top-secret project, I never dreamed my job would take me out of the lecture hall and into a world filled with orcs, nagas, and minotaurs... -
![Sol by Madison Stevens]()
Sol by Madison Stevens
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsErica Scott is good at sniffing out embezzlers, frauds and other financial criminals, or at least she was when she had a job. After an unfortunate lay-off, her options are limited. One path is to work with a narcissistic creep, her best friend's boyfriend. The other is Luna Lodge, a place controlled by the mysterious hybrids, the super-soldier products of a horrific genetic engineering project...Categorized as:
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![Songbird in a Storm: A captivating 1920s time travel romance by Ophelia Lockheart]()
Songbird in a Storm: A captivating 1920s time travel romance by Ophelia Lockheart
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"A beautiful cross between Outlander and Peaky Blinders." [Audible Reviewer]When paramedic, Roseanna Chapman is tossed back in time and witnesses a murder, she finds herself stranded and under the watchful eye of London's most notorious crime boss.In 1921, Daniel Alderman’s a feared and ruthless gangster...Categorized as:
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![Agnarr's Teacher by Jenifer Wood]()
Agnarr's Teacher by Jenifer Wood
PIPERI was only expecting a delivery of toothbrushes, but found myself face-to-face with an alien, not an Amazon delivery person. Abducted, I woke up on Niflheim, a heavily forested planet far away from home. Dumped here because my anxiety meds made me unworthy of my captors’ plans. I’m surrounded by friendly and well-meaning orkin who, unfortunately, have little experience with anxiety... -
![The Alien's Dream by Zoey Draven]()
The Alien's Dream by Zoey Draven
Welcome to Luxiria, where the twin suns are hot and the alien warriors are hotter… Ever since Taylor Glass was rescued by strong, hulking Luxirians, nothing has been the same. Even worse, she can’t stop having sexy, vivid dreams starring one of her rescuers, a panty-melting alien male with mesmerizing gray eyes and the fiercest scowl she’s ever seen... -
![Claimed By The Cthulhu by Wendi Gogh]()
Claimed By The Cthulhu by Wendi Gogh
MONSTER SPEED DATING—sounds fun, right? Except my life as a marine biologist takes a slippery turn when I mistake a cthulhu for an octopus, only to find him seated across from me on date night. Now, every time I turn around, he’s there. Watching. Winking. Waiting until I succumb to his charm. But I’m not ready for love... -
![You Are Mine by Jenika Snow]()
You Are Mine by Jenika Snow
I'd lost my mind, was more animal than man. More crazed than sane. And all because I hadn't found my mate in the over four hundred years I'd been alive. She's all I craved, that one female born to be mine and mine alone. I had given up hope of ever finding her and let my inner beast reign supreme, control me. I was far more dangerous than anything else alive.But then it happened...Categorized as:
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![Draco by Hattie Jacks]()
Draco by Hattie Jacks
He's the alien dragon shifter with the soul as black as night, and he's claimed me as his fated mate.'You did the right thing, submitting to me...'I was escaping from my stalker ex when they took me from Earth. Dropped into a hellish alien maze where all I am is potential food...Categorized as:
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