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Kye by Nyssa Kathryn
Sometimes it’s in the depths of hell, that one finds their angel. Samantha Jacobs thought she was aiding her government. She believed the chip she created, the one that could change the world, would be used for the good of mankind. But it was all a lie…and she discovered the truth too late. Now, Samantha will suffer dearly for her mistake... -
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Aidan by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSome loves are impossible to leave behind…. Cassie Webber had it all. A man who loved her, a mother and sister who were all the family she needed, and a job she adored. Until, in the blink of an eye, everything changed. Now her mother and Aidan are gone, and her sister’s in danger... -
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![High Stakes by Delta James]()
High Stakes by Delta James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Mafia don that’s not afraid to get his hands dirty to find the truth, and the reporter that can’t resist his dark charms. Killian O’Neill controls the pulse of the vibrant horse racing world in the Finger Lakes region of New York. He also has ties to a powerful Syndicate in Ireland. Carlyn Murphy is the investigative reporter who took comfort in his arms for one night and then walked away... -
![Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Nero is a madman and a murderer…and now Hope belongs to him. Hope's life as an enslaved priestess in the Temple of Hera is all she has ever known. Born to slavery and the golden chain she wears around her neck, very little ever came as a surprise. But when she meets Nero, the only thing she can trust is that everything is about to change... -
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![Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas]()
Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas
Ever since humans arrived, my world has changed. Tensions are high as we quarrel over territory, reforming our fractured clans. I will have none of it. I did not capture a bride. But then my world goes dark—and she appears. A female so lovely she possesses my mind, a bride who blushes every time she catches my eye. She is sweet. She is young. She is everything I am not... -
![The Best Bad Things by Jay Crownover]()
The Best Bad Things by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVesper Bell is a good girl. At least, that’s what everyone keeps telling her. She was the perfect daughter. A straight-A student. The very best friend. And an adoring potential girlfriend. However, when her life took an unexpected detour into darkness, suffering, and betrayal, Vesper realized being good hadn’t gotten her anywhere... -
![The Warrior in the Shadows by L.V. Lane]()
The Warrior in the Shadows by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings**Part two of The Girl with the Gray Eyes trilogy. Slow burn with a Cliffhanger ending. An omega living in a beta world, fate sent me to a land where all the alphas live. I want Garren, the playful alpha and brave warrior who effortlessly rocks my world. I also want Tanis, the serious alpha who kisses me and claims me with words, only to send me back to Garren. But Shadowland isn’t my home... -
![Blood Song by Hollee Mands]()
Blood Song by Hollee Mands
She owes her blood. He’ll pay with his life. Ruthless assassin Gabriel has little fear and even fewer scruples. Every head has a price, and every hunt is a thrill. He saunters through life on a tightrope, mocking fate and defying death with every step. So when he’s forced to hunt down and deliver a prophesied blood sacrifice, Gabriel has no reason to expect trouble... -
![Warrior by Holly S. Roberts]()
Warrior by Holly S. Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe electromagnetic pulses were just the beginning. In their wake came the hellhounds; vicious, relentless creatures that tried to finish what the bombs started and tore through most of humanity. Marinah lost everything when her father died. Once loyal to the Federation, she believed in their mission until their lies shattered her trust...Categorized as:
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![People Collide by Isle McElroy]()
People Collide by Isle McElroy
From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians —“a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation” (Mat Johnson)—a gender-bending, body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership... -
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Deceitful by C. Reilly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, a young woman with special powers might be the only person able to stop him. As part of a secret branch of the FBI, Tessa is sent on a mission to impersonate Madison, a local teen and the last victim of the brutal attacker, to find the killer before he strikes again... -
![The Lion and the Mouse (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Emmy Chandler]()
The Lion and the Mouse (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Emmy Chandler
When she was four years old, Syrie Montgomery was nearly killed when she got lost on Ratera III, the global zoo her family owns. Eighteen years later, she’s back, kidnapped from her bed and abandoned in the location of her childhood trauma—the expansive Fetoji habitat... -
![Call of Fire by Beth Cato]()
Call of Fire by Beth Cato
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen an earthquake devastates San Francisco in an alternate 1906, the influx of geomantic energy nearly consumes Ingrid Carmichael. Bruised but alive, the young geomancer flees the city with her friends, Cy, Lee, and Fenris... -
![Wraeththu by Storm Constantine]()
Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts. They are destined to supplant humanity as we know it, but humanity won't die without a struggle... -
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![Son of the Morning by Linda Howard]()
Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard captivates readers in the deeply romantic tale of a contemporary woman who unravels an extraordinary mystery from the past . . . by living it. A scholar specializing in ancient manuscripts, Grace St. John never imagined that a cache of old documents she discovered was the missing link to a lost Celtic treasure... -
![Craved by the Shadow Demon: A Dark Fantasy Romance by Anne Hale, Celeste King]()
Craved by the Shadow Demon: A Dark Fantasy Romance by Anne Hale, Celeste King
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’ve been falsely accused as a murderer. And my saving grace comes in a deadly form. My life is ruined…. Until a demon comes to save me from disaster. He’s a monster. A killer. A beastly creature. I don’t like what he does. But I love the way he makes me feel. There’s no stopping him. He’s evil. He does what he wants. Yet, he wants to help me find the truth. And he wants to find a way into my bed... -
![The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons]()
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised. Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions... -
![Primal Needs by Lizzy Bequin]()
Primal Needs by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCaptured. Dominated. Claimed. My kidnapper is an agent of the Alpha Initiative. He is aggressive. Feral. Dominant. I know I should fear him. He’s my captor after all. So why does my body tell me that he’s my mate? Why does it beg for him to force me into submission? Soon my body begins to change as dark secrets from my past come to light... -
![Hunted By The Lich by Nina Siren]()
Hunted By The Lich by Nina Siren
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWe all belong to the Lorpa. .. . .. Now they've chosen to play with me. I avoided the call for many years. But they finally came for me. Summoned me to be tribute. All young women live with the fear. The dread. That one day, they will be gifted to the demon Lorpa. I'm sent to the wilderness to them. To survive - or die - on my own. I find out that they use us as sport. So that they can hunt us... -
![The Sea of Zemira by D.L. Blade]()
The Sea of Zemira by D.L. Blade
In the land’s heart of Zemira lives a king—a wicked king who despises magic. For the past twenty years, Nola has watched the king destroy everything she holds dear, and the only magic left in their kingdom is bound to the enchanted crystal of his crown. She’s tired of watching him use his power to charm and coerce all those who oppose him... -
![Monster's Mate by Anne Hale, Celeste King]()
Monster's Mate by Anne Hale, Celeste King
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOnly one thing keeps me from turning this world into a nightmare…. …And that’s the angel of a woman I’ve fallen in love with. Her purity and beauty is the only thing that soothes my tortured soul. The world fears me. It doesn’t matter if you’re a human, orc or dark elf - you shrink away in terror when I come into view. Only Moira can keep me at bay... -
![The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat]()
The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lush, buoyant novel for fans of The Immortalists and Everything I Never Told You, The Moon Represents My Heart follows a Chinese-British family of time travelers as they seek connections over borders―both national borders and those created by time. A love lost in time. An eternity to find it. The Wang family are hiding a secret―they all have the ability to time travel... -
![Alien Bride by Penelope Woods]()
Alien Bride by Penelope Woods
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Dark Alien Sci-Fi Romance. Invaded. Conquered. Three aliens made me their bride. When warlord aliens invade Earth, I watch as my world crumbles. Their mothership lowers above my head. A great beacon of light shines over the city. They don’t want Earth. They want me…. Three brutal aliens force me to my knees. They accept no peace treaty. They demand one thing: A bride. That is final. -
![Dante's End by Ariana Nash]()
Dante's End by Ariana Nash
Monsters are made, not born. .. Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns... -
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![Ice Planet Prison by Alexis B. Osborne]()
Ice Planet Prison by Alexis B. Osborne
“The courts sentence you to ten years of hard labor on Boreas…”. Even facing down a decade behind bars on an inhospitable alien world, Keira Wescott is still able to hold her head high. Protecting her little sister from her sleazy stepfather’s advances was worth any penalty, any price. Tired of the world turning a blind eye to injustice, Keira refuses to be cowed by anyone...Categorized as:
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![Mate by Trent Evans]()
Mate by Trent Evans
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe was offered as a sacrifice. He took her as his mate. The moment her ship crash-landed, Selena Marks knew she was in way over her head, and that was before the natives of this planet took her captive, stripped her bare, and brought her deep into a sacred cave to be given as a sexual sacrifice to the godlike brute whose whims they serve... -
![Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor]()
Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor
Set in a planet-sized matriarchal city where magic and technology freely bleed together, a male courtesan’s quest for vengeance against his aristocrat father draws him into an ancient struggle between dragons, necromancers, and his home district’s violent history. In the world-sized city of Jadzia, magic and ancient science merge into something dark and wondrous... -
![Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭]()
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭
THE TOUCH OF A HAND, A ROLL OF THE DICE. Xie Lian has confirmed that the bewitching youth San Lang is actually Hua Cheng, one of the Four Calamities and a supreme ghost despised by all heavenly officials. Still, he has trouble matching the terror of his companion’s reputation with the charming, clever, and protective young man he’s come to know...Categorized as:
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![Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare]()
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Would you trade your soul mate for your soul? A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love... -
![Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie]()
Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie
I promised to avenge my parents. But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left. I promised to translate an ancient grimoire. But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...
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