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Rise of the Cheat Potion Maker #1 by Alvin Atwater
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn a blink, I found myself in an unknown land, greeted by the textbox of an unfriendly system.It wanted me to become a great hero, save the world, win the love of the people and all that crap. But this new world already had a hero. Why should I bust my ass, deal with dragons and the unknown, for people I didn't know? Let him deal with that... -
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Bat Out of Hell by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOperative: Blaise RegnierCrimson Special Operative Blaise Regnier feels the darkness he carries within creeping up on him. With centuries under his skull-studded belt, this immortal vampire has seen a thing or two in his day. Not to mention he’s become something of an expert at hiding his worries and emotions behind dark wit and black leather pants... -
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![The Dragon Blood Collection by Lindsay Buroker]()
The Dragon Blood Collection by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA thousand years have passed since a dragon has been seen in the world. Science and technology have replaced magic, which has dwindled until it has become little more than an element of myth and legend. There are those who still have dragon blood flowing through their veins, distant descendants of the mighty creatures of old... -
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Cato: House of Flames by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo claim his mate, he'll have to be the hero she needs A missing sister When Penelope Baptiste's twin sister goes missing, the police refuse to help her. Librarian by day...hacker by night, determined Penelope decides to take matters into her own hands. After digging a little too deep into the deep web, she ends up with more questions than answers... -
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![The Truth of Valor by Tanya Huff]()
The Truth of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHaving left the Marine Corps, former Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is attempting to build a new life with salvage operator Craig Ryder. Turns out, civilian life is a lot rougher than she'd imagined. Torin is left for dead when pirates attack their spaceship and take Craig prisoner. But "left for dead" has never stopped Torin. Determined to rescue Craig, she calls in her Marines... -
![The Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff]()
The Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe third installment in Tanya Huff's action-packed military sci-fi adventure Confederation seriesGunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr was a Confederation Marine’s marine. She’d survived more deadly encounters—and kept more of her officers and enlisteds alive—than anyone in the Corps, and she was determined to keep the record intact... -
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Aiden: House of Flames by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo claim his mate, he’ll have to come out of the shadows… A Stranded Artist Winnifred Parker is a survivor. She’s been on her own since she was sixteen. But when stranded on an island with nothing but her paint set, she has new obstacles to overcome. Not the least of which is the sexy, tattooed musician she’s marooned with... -
![Storm Harem: House of Storms by Scarlett Grove]()
Storm Harem: House of Storms by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat will she do with three dragon mates? A Lonely Woman Real estate broker Krista Wilder has dedicated her life to her career. After a bad break up, she realizes it's no longer enough. When three mysterious, sexy men hire her to find them a multi-million dollar mansion, she knows the job is just what she needs to take her mind off her loneliness... -
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Hanish: House of Storms by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo come together, they'll have to let go An English Nanny Prim and proper JoJo Morris needs a new position. As one of the world greatest nannies, she has plenty of options. But the sexy, American captain makes her an offer she can't refuse. A Dad in Need Captain Hanish needs a nanny, but only the best will do... -
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Alpha Marked Complete Series by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll 6 Alpha Marked books in one volume! Save over 50% off the entire series when you buy this book! Thirty and single? Well, getcha butt to the Gathering! Scarlet - As a woman Marked to be the mate of an Alpha pair, she’s not going to find happiness anywhere other than in the arms of two Alpha werewolves...Categorized as:
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Alien Beast by Luna Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I signed up for the colony ship to take me to a new world, I imagined a life filled with strange beaches and even stranger cocktails.What I did not expect was to be snatched right out of my freaking bed by creepy, insectoid aliens.I wake up in a cell, but I'm not alone. Two other girls were taken as well...Categorized as:
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![Taken for Granite by Nancey Cummings]()
Taken for Granite by Nancey Cummings
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gargoyle imprisoned. Captured, starved and blinded, Tas hates humans. For eighty agonizing years, he’s plotted all the gruesome ways to exact his vengeance. Then one day his captors to make a fatal mistake. When the door to his cage opens, he’s ready to destroy the human on the other side. But a different instinct takes over when he scents the female...Categorized as:
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Warrior Wench by Marie Andreas
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsVaslisha Tor Dain is a mercenary starship captain with a few simple rules: A good ship is better than a great man, in case of confusion always err on the side of blowing someone's head off, and never fall for a telepath or a member of her crew. All of those are about to bite her in the ass...Categorized as:
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![Claimed by the Alien Tyrant by Sophia Sebell]()
Claimed by the Alien Tyrant by Sophia Sebell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLord Kruth was a monster. Terrible, angry, ruthless... and I belonged to him.A simple hike in the woods on a clearly marked trail. Easy enough. Except my curiosity got the better of me and I fell off a cliff, landing straight in the center of a military training exercise that ended when a strange mist overtook the clearing... -
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![Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore]()
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Just because life may be out of order, doesn’t mean it’s broken.It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence... -
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All About Us by Tom Ellen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA chance encounter leads to the journey of a lifetime in this powerful and emotional love story, perfect for fans of One Day, Me Before You and In Five Years.If you could turn back the clock, would you choose a different life?Ben’s always loved the month of December, but this year, with his relationship with Daphne on the rocks, it’s missing its usual magic... -
![Close Encounters Of The Alien Kind: A Nocturne Falls Universe story by Fiona Roarke, Kristen Painter]()
Close Encounters Of The Alien Kind: A Nocturne Falls Universe story by Fiona Roarke, Kristen Painter
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPilot. Guard. Prisoner. All three are crashed in the Georgia woods, lost on a world where extraterrestrials are the stuff of science fiction. Blending into the human world is doable, if dangerous... -
![How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno]()
How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno
Life is tough when you’re an eldritch abomination.Trillin isn’t technically a person. She’s a tiny breakaway piece of consciousness from the all-devouring Endless, doomed to eventually rejoin it. But when a human witch stumbles into her world, Trillin suddenly has a new reason to figure out individuality–one shape-shifting tentacle at a time... -
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Dietrich by Becca Fanning
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaunch sale! $2.99 $0.99 for a limited time! Elise Davenport was not having a good night. Just the day before she put her whole career on the line thanks to a few glasses of champagne. Loose lips can sink ships, and they can obliterate your social status. So here she was, stumbling through Fairhaven Park in pitch blackness, looking for the cabin she rented...Categorized as:
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![Alien Invader’s Prey by Calista Skye]()
Alien Invader’s Prey by Calista Skye
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlthea He’s a giant alien who just invaded my colony on Mars. And then he hunted me down and put a collar around my neck. Okay, so maybe I shot him first . But he’s too shimmering blue and too heart-stoppingly gorgeous to miss. He’s an overbearing jerk with some kind of superiority complex. He demands obedience. And still he turns me on like nobody has ever done...Categorized as:
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The Gentleman by Forrest Leo
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her... -
![The Practical Guide to Trying Not to Die (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sam Schooler]()
The Practical Guide to Trying Not to Die (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sam Schooler
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanny Marlaeto’s life has gone to shit. In the past three hours, he’s been attacked by Lord of the Rings lookalikes, saved by his hot but weird next-door neighbor, threatened with a pair of Manolos, and been told he has to move out of his house. Oh, and he has to leave this dimension, too. So there’s that...Categorized as:
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Alec by Becca Fanning
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTalia normally enjoyed her mornings teaching her class. The little boys and girls looked up at her, their big eyes rapt with attention as she taught them their daily lessons. But today was different. She felt it in her bones, but she had no idea her life was about to change forever. Alec knew he shouldn't do this...Categorized as:
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![A Baby for the Alien Warrior by Luna Hunter]()
A Baby for the Alien Warrior by Luna Hunter
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought I was saved... until my savior claimed me as his own.The creepy Uttux abducted me. Before they could run their sick experiments on me, the Dohan smashed in and saved my life.Their leader, Xaldur, is ruthless, dominant, and merciless.He put the Uttux to the sword before scooping me into his strong arms and carrying me off.Now he's talking babies.He claims I'm his fated mate...Categorized as:
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![King Kobold Revived by Christopher Stasheff]()
King Kobold Revived by Christopher Stasheff
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCompletely revised by the author...the new second book in his warlock Series.Here's Gramarye, a gentle planet where, in the Thirty-first Century, people choose the life-style of medieval England; except they're prejudiced against and persecute their witches and warlocks (espers, naturally)... -
![The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall]()
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a new twist on those renowned characters. Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Ms... -
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Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control... -
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One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about... -
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Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
In the #1 New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson novels, the coyote shapeshifter has found her voice in the werewolf pack. But when Mercy's bond with the pack and her mate is broken, she'll learn what it truly means to be alone.. -
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The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
Return to Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its conclusion.For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set-with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders-since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines...Categorized as:
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