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Wyvern's Gold by A.H. Hadley
Dragons are a myth. Heroes are a reality.Six hundred years ago, humans retreated underground. Our Elders said our sins were why. Ever since, the battle between Heaven and Hell has raged on Earth's surface. Only becoming truly righteous can save us.It was a lie.Stories of dragons willing to devour us and wild men who will torture us keep the population in line...Categorized as:
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Foreseen by A.J. Anders
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsForced to attend the Surmata run Suoja Guild, Evie finally has hope for a better life. But her new freedom comes at a cost. Dark forces work against her, even within the safe walls of the demon hunter’s school. With her father still on the loose, Evie must be extra diligent to watch her back...Categorized as:
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Susurex by Amelia Rademaker
Cece Levine is stranded with a crew of snake aliens. Luckily, these ones like her. The last ones she met tried to kill her.The crew and I have a few things to work through now that we can communicate. Like why was I pretending to be a pet? What are we going to do now? And why are all of these aliens trying to kill us? Before we do anything, we need to get our ship fixed...Categorized as:
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Extending Family by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess, wife to two vampire nobles, fiancée to two more, and girlfriend to another. I’m the leader of a new coven that is made up of mostly shifter clans and thriving better than established covens and they love that. But we’re still in a precarious position as our main location for the coven only has the castle...Categorized as:
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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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Monsters' Treasure by Alana Khan
On my 34th birthday, my husband’s “gift” is to banish me to the monsters Down Below.When my husband’s lackey ruthlessly attacks me in this terrifying new environment, a half-monkey, half-man swings in from the trees and rescues me.Azael provides the first gentle touch I’ve ever known.It’s only after my heart opens to him that he reluctantly informs me all females must have at least three mates...Categorized as:
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The Black Rider: A Zombie Apocalypse Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the apocalypse, and apparently, I can’t trust anyone. Aeron had every opportunity to explain the horses that were haunting my drawings. I asked him several times about his crazy zombie killing horse. He omitted to tell me he was the Horseman of Death until Leif let it slip he was the Horseman of Pestilence when he introduced himself to me... -
Babies For My Zombie Kings: A Reverse Harem Romance by LeeSha McCoy
I belong to five dead brothers, and they belong to me.The six of us are connected now, in ways you couldn't imagine. They're not just constantly inside my head with their thoughts and feelings, they're inside me.And although I'm kinda dead like them, I've never felt more alive.I must be crazy, insane even, but I've fallen hard for my five zombie kings... -
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... -
Surrender by Helen Scott, Ellabee Andrews
I was taught to fear the truth, a lesson my mother instilled in me from birth, but that was before. Before she disappeared without a trace and left me to navigate a world she taught me was dangerous, but never explained why...Categorized as:
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Monsters' Prize: A Why Choose Monster Romance by Alana Khan
My first act of defiance earns me a death sentence.After a lifetime of perfect obedience, I make a last stand and refuse to participate in my bridal auction. For that, I’m banished Down Below where monsters roam free due to a genetic mutation.The whispers I’ve heard say they will tear me apart.When I’m hunted by slavering beasts, a clan of three males rescues me...Categorized as:
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The Pale Rider by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI wake up surrounded by death and my memories are gone. A man in a beige hazmat suit reaches his hand through the carnage. “Come with me if you want to live.” I know I’m supposed to know that from somewhere, but I don’t. I know the world outside me is not right. People either die or they are Rage Heads. Somehow, a virus got out that has turned people into red eyed freaks who eat flesh... -
Past Be Damned by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the end of days… Ripped from her life and her loves, Teagan spent five hellish years in a demon infested mine. The darkness she experienced, living on within her long after her rescue. Lost without her loves, she worries as the darkness grows—she will not become the evil they have faced...Categorized as:
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A Mother's Night Gift by SJ Sanders
Mother’s Night had passed unmarked for many years for Betani and her children. Afterall, there was little to celebrate when living on the streets. This year was different. For the first time they are going to celebrate Mother’s Night and holiday cheer fills their small apartment despite the tight control of the warders who have risen to power in the poor districts... -
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Survival by Ellabee Andrews, Helen Scott
What’s my secret? That’s something I intend to take to the grave. When my best friend and the only person who knows who--and what--I really am gets selected for the Mating Games, I know the only way to save her is to try and win her for myself. All I need to do is navigate three trials while not letting anyone know I’m a woman, or, and this might be even more important, that I have magic... -
Reclaimed by Maya Riley
What happens when your past catches up to you? We found the Salvaged Lands and were welcomed into this secret sanctuary. Inside we find survivors, some comforts, and people who bring us more questions than answers. The list of strange things going on is growing longer...Categorized as:
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Life and Limb by Michaela Haze
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNone of us expected to live more than a few days when our friends and family became the walking undead, consumed by the Mortem Mori virus.The zombie apocalypse came and went, and humans formed a new world in the chaos.The Bend is a law unto itself. A town on the edge of Haven City, and ruled by greed and fear.I might be a mercenary, but I'll do anything to protect my people... -
Freeing Their Heart by Mira Stanley
In a botched attempt to take Cora for themselves, a rival settlement has taken Jud. Now, Cora and the remaining six men of Eagle Peak must leave their home and fight to get their leader back.In the post-virus world, not all fights are won with fists and guns. For better or worse, supernatural Gifts change the battlefield...Categorized as:
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Lightning Strikes by Ripley Proserpina, Rebecca Royce
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrue love refuses to die... Whitney Lake has had a lot of time to contemplate the end of the world. In the blink of an eye, an infection wiped out most of the human population, and her life changed forever. In one of the few safe cities left, Whitney tries to keep her head down, and stay alive. But the world needs saving, and she may be the only one who can do it...Categorized as:
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Chosen by Stacy Jones
One minute Lily is trying, and failing, to run her grandmother’s farm—her last remaining connection to her family. The next, she wakes to find herself in a cold, sterile cage surrounded by monsters, with no memory of how she got there. Accidentally abducted by alien poachers, unsure if she will live or die, she is dreading the worst...Categorized as:
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Fate Hollow Academy: Term 1 by Lyra Winters
Welcome to Fate Hollow Academy, where supernaturals blessed by the Fates cultivate their manifested powers and master ancient magic.Fate Hollow is the academy of the elite, where supernatural beings with special magic train for war against humans.A big-hearted, naïve arctic fox shifter like me couldn’t have prepared for the treachery lurking within the walls of the academy... -
Monsters' Genesis: A Why Choose Monster Romance by Alana Khan
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNothing prepared us for this.My three mates and I have managed to bond and love each other despite the horrendous conditions of an overpopulated Earth. We live in the Down Below, forced to comply with crippling regulations while the rich tower over us in the Up Above structures.Until the cataclysm happens, and people in the Down Below experience massive genetic mutations...Categorized as:
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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... -
Volume One: Miltic by A.S. Oren
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*Not recommended for my readers under 18. Strong Language and sexual situations warning for entire series* A Reverse Harem Story. Sandra Serling--genius and moody girl of the century--finds herself in an an Alice and Wonderland esque situation when the utterly sexy Steampunk knight Stillan comes blasting through her closet door while she's in the middle of changing clothes...Categorized as:
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My Rotten Love Life by Lyra Winters
It’d been three years since my world ended in more ways than one.Not only had I found my best friend in bed with my boyfriend, but I ran out of the house, straight into the freaking zombie apocalypse. To escape becoming a walking corpse, I teamed up with the two who had betrayed me the most, and we fought our way to my parents’ off-grid ranch...Categorized as:
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Her Alien Doctors by Sara Fields
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter nineteen-year-old Jenny Monroe is caught stealing from the home of a powerful politician, she is sent to a special prison in deep space to be trained for her future role as an alien's bride... -
Power of Five by Alex Lidell
Four elite fae warriors. One mortal female. A magical bond they can’t allow—or resist. Orphaned and sold to a harsh master, Lera’s life is about mucking stalls, avoiding her master’s advances, and steering clear of the mystical forest separating the mortal and fae worlds. Only fools venture into the immortal realms, and only dark rumors come out.. -
Mated to the Dragons by Sara Fields
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFramed for a terrible crime and exiled from Earth, Jada Rivers has no idea what will become of her, but fate takes an unexpected twist when a pair of brothers choose her to be their bride. Bruddis and Draego are intensely drawn to Jada’s beauty and feisty nature, but first, they must put her to the test. If she proves worthy, she will become their wife and the queen of Draegira...Categorized as:
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Cosmic Kiss by Clio Evans
"Prepare to be scandalized by the hottest shooting star in the universe…"Stella is a rising star in her intergalactic troupe. Focused on her blooming career, she never expected to be blindsided by one handsome alien, let alone two.Prince Zin and Chancellor Toras are determined to win their dazzling human over, even if they have to put their differences aside... -
Secrets & Seduction by SK Reign
As an omega, I was born with one purpose: to be bred by a pack.The issue? My first heat hit early. Confused and afraid, I took a big risk to relieve the pain, but it broke all the rules and cost me a piece of myself.Nobody wants a used omega, but if I don’t mate a pack, none of my sisters will be able to either...Categorized as:
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Pack Solace: Part One by Charm Harlow
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA boat accident shattered our beach town and left many of us torn by grief. It’s been a year but the wounds in my heart have barely healed. Honestly, with how my life is going, maybe they never will.Goldilocks-ing my way into the home of three alphas is sure to add to my problems...Categorized as:
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Wedded to the Warriors by Sara Fields
As an unauthorized third child, nineteen-year-old Aimee Harrington has spent her life avoiding discovery by government authorities, but her world comes crashing down around her after she is caught stealing a vehicle in an act of petulant rebellion. Within hours of her arrest, she is escorted onto a ship bound for a detention center in the far reaches of the solar system...
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