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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: 4.55 of 5 stars · 19 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...Categorized as:
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![Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter]()
Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter
After being exiled from his only home Sami found himself alone in the greywastes at the age of seven. From then on it was just him and Barry, his old teddy bear who kept him company and didn't mind that Sami had red eyes and pointed teeth. Though Sami always longed for a real friend, someone who wasn't always telling him to hurt himself and others like Barry sometimes did... -
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The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter
After months of being separated, Reaver and Killian are finally together; but their happiness is short lived. Unbeknownst to Killian, Reaver is struggling with his own inner demons, demons that threaten to not only rip Reaver apart, but their entire relationship as well.Unfortunately though, it’s not only demons they have to worry about... -
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Crisped + Sere by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwenty-one days.In a world ravaged by fire and descending into madness, Cavalo has been given an ultimatum by the dark man known as Patrick: return Lucas to him and the cannibalistic Dead Rabbits, or the town of Cottonwood and its inhabitants will be destroyed...Categorized as:
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![薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許]()
薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許
Hyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
![High Stakes: A Dark Fated Mates Mafia Paranormal Romance by Delta James]()
High Stakes: A Dark Fated Mates Mafia Paranormal Romance 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... -
![Silent Ground Part 2 by Quil Carter]()
Silent Ground Part 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt one point in time, Sasha thought that just being told he wasn’t crazy would be good enough for him. After years of thinking he was losing his mind, being understood and accepted seemed like a pipe dream. But now, Sasha’s living with two men with abilities like him, Kheva and Kel Swift, two men who know what he’s going through. However, this lakeside house is no vacation... -
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Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 86 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Broken World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA story of survival and horror, friendship and prejudice, Broken World will take you on an emotional journey that will leave you wanting more! When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian Thomas sets out for California in hopes of seeing the daughter she gave up for adoption. But when her car breaks down she’s faced with a choice: give up or accept a ride from redneck brothers, Angus and Axl... -
![The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee]()
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... -
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From the Ashes by Candice M. Wright
For twenty-four years I have been fighting for my life, And I’m losing. Out of time and options, I make a devil's bargain with the Phoenix group that ensures my family will be provided for once I'm gone. So, I pack up what’s left of my life and sign it over to them. I have a month left to live, 43200 fleeting minutes. Yet, it’s long enough for everything to change... -
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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... -
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The Girl with the Gray Eyes by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Part one of a trilogy. Slow burn with a Cliffhanger ending.I was an omega—an anomaly in a world of betas. A throwback, or so the kindly doctor told me.Then she offered me a form of chemical sterilization to take away my 'unnatural' urges.I didn't take her up on the offer, although I was too young to understand at the time.But I didn't fit in and never would... -
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Warrior by Holly S. Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 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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Heroes & Ghosts by S.A. Payne
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIchi is a repressed scientist who keeps mostly to himself and just as he's about to take a vacation his plans are put on hold... -
![Laser Visions (Love's Landscapes) by Kaje Harper]()
Laser Visions (Love's Landscapes) by Kaje Harper
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBiology professor Roman Janz was walking across campus and planning his next plant-collecting trip to Brazil, when something stung him on the neck. And now… now he’s wandering in the dark, in the blue, floating, disembodied, and confused. There has to be a good explanation, if he can just find someone, anyone, he can actually talk to about it... -
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Primal Needs by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 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...Categorized as:
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Xperiment by Dan Skinner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMonsters aren't born... they're engineered. For nineteen-year-old, socially awkward Geoff Markham, the promise of a miracle pill to make him into the person he’d always wanted to be was everything he could have hoped for. At first, the experiment delivered on that promise. Geoff began to change, becoming more confident, stronger, even fearless. People began to admire him and find him attractive... -
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The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
The Light Brigade: it’s what soldiers fighting the war against Mars call the ones who come back…different. Grunts in the corporate corps get busted down into light to travel to and from interplanetary battlefronts. Everyone is changed by what the corps must do in order to break them down into light... -
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Freedom by Jay Kirkpatrick
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a future Earth, Patrick Harvey, newly promoted Class One Empath, dreams of the independence his position brings and the apartment he’s saving for. His first solo assignment is treating John Doe 439, a man found outside the city, battered, traumatized, and apparently mute... -
![The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons]()
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsKihrin 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... -
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![Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater]()
Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA dystopian dark romance by International Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city...Categorized as:
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![Mimic by C.A. Rene, Yolanda Olson]()
Mimic by C.A. Rene, Yolanda Olson
The world died before I had a chance to take a breath.There’s a small number of survivors scattered around what was once Los Angeles.At least, that’s what I think this piece of land used to be called.I can only go by what I’ve been told, and the one person that guided me and kept me safe died seven years ago.With her last dying breath, she told me that I’m special...Categorized as:
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Prophet by Sin Blaché, Helen Macdonald
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance—set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days... -
![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... -
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Prophet by Sin Blaché, Helen Macdonald
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDaring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction Your happiest memory is their deadliest weapon.THIS IS PROPHET.It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field... -
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Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
On this season of The Catch, contestants must compete for love. And their lives.When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor’s heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and, of course, the salacious drama eager viewers nationwide tune in to devour...
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