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Four Enemies by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo one has ever pushed me to my limits like these four men. I’m excited when I’m given a promotion to tour manager at Club Red — until I find out I’ll be crowded into a van with four alpha-hole revue dancers, trying to keep them in line while they travel to other venues...Categorized as:
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Affliction by Crystal J. Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBattling to stay alive. Fighting not to fall in love. Quinn Ellery has one priority since the continent quarantined itself from the rest of the world—stay alive. For over a year, she and her cousin River have done just that by barricading themselves inside their childhood home... -
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Hating Them by Evie Rae, Poppy Flynn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThey're my stepbrothers. My rivals. My enemies. It’s hard to watch someone else live your dream. When my best friend settles into her happy-ever-after, I’m determined to make my own dreams come true. Inheriting my father’s beach house gives me the space I need to make my desires a reality. But love seems to be a bit more elusive for me. Enter my stepbrothers... -
Humility by Brooklyn Cross
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe already took everything from me, but now he's back and won't take no for an answer. In a tale as old as time, a mafia princess fell in love with the wrong boy, or in my case, boys. I am Jasmine Isabella Falcone, and I grew up knowing that I needed to be on my guard from the snakes around me. But, even knowing that, I still fell in love with Angelo Esposito and Dario Lombardi...Categorized as:
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Heat Mountain by Nola Heart
Single-minded medical resident Holly Chang has a secret she won’t be able to keep. Everyone knows that omegas can’t be doctors, not with the alpha-dominated medical establishment still stuck a hundred years in the past. So when she arrives in Heat Mountain for her month-long wilderness medicine fellowship, Holly plans to do the same thing she has always done…pretend to be a beta...Categorized as:
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Bonds of the Forsaken by Olivia K. Moto
In a world of forbidden magic, fate plays a cruel game — binding five souls to the one mate who could destroy them. This Fae prince is going to be the death of me. He’s a spoiled party boy whose only skills are flirting and — well, you know. There's a reason his "special" piercings are infamous . .. Not that I care. I refuse to get involved with that arrogant bastard...Categorized as:
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Sorry Knot Sorry by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Chloe rents a cabin at Misty Pines Resort, she never expects the Alpha owners to throw her life into chaos. And that’s before disaster strikes. At the end of her book tour, Chloe sets off to a secluded island to plot the direction of her life while under pressure from her publishers to write the next bestseller... -
Sagittarius by Gemma James
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTatum Harding. Resident pilot. A man of surprises. Self-proclaimed voyeur. At the monthly dinner with the Brotherhood, he reveals his gift—a trip to Los Angeles, where I’m scheduled to debut as a designer at the Fashion Festival. To sweeten the deal, he allows me a plus-one. Sebastian is my only choice, but there’s just one condition. Tatum wants to watch...Categorized as:
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Two Kingdoms & One Apocalypse by Kristy Cunning
Book 3 & 4 together. .. Two Kingdoms. I'm getting a little tired of completing my goals, only to have the bar raised too substantially for me to transition at a productive pace. .. I started off as a sad little ghost with an impossible crush on four really hot, Gothic guys with some attitude problems. Now I'm The Apocalypse, they're the Four Horsemen, and Lucifer is my fucked up daddy... -
Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 1 (악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐 [Ag-yeog-eui Ending-eun Jug-eumbbun] (Comic) #1) by SUOL, Gwon Gyeoeul
"A villain living life in hard mode… whose every path leads to death. " Playing Daughter of the Duke's Super Love Project as the easy mode heroine, Ivonne, makes charming the male characters a breeze... -
Age of the Andinna Volume One (Age of the Andinna) by Kristen Banet
Begin the journey of Mave Lorren, Champion of the Colosseum, slave of the Elvasi Empire, and the personal property of the Empress. She was the reason her people, the Andinna, lost the War against the Elvasi Empire and found themselves enslaved. She’s the boogeyman of her own people, killing on the sands to survive another day. For a thousand years, she’s stood alone...Categorized as:
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Age of Vampires: The Complete Series by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
From the Wall Street Journal and Amazon #1 bestselling authors of Zodiac Academy, Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti. The cold-hearted vampire prince rules America now. And this is the United States of goddamn hell. There’s only one way out of the blood farm my twin sister and I are enslaved to. The Testing...Categorized as:
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A Reign of Embers by Eva Chase
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCan you make peace with the god of war? The balance of power has finally swung in my favor—on the mortal plane. It seems one of our gods objects to my new position and will stop at nothing to unseat me. I'll have to rely on every trick up my sleeve, all the devotion the men I love have to offer, and the faith that's kept me strong through so many trials before...Categorized as:
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Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWelcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters. When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…. The demonic ringmaster... -
The Witch is Dead by Geneva Monroe
“Kindness always was the cruelest form of betrayal. ”. I said that once. I just didn’t know how brutally accurate I was. In the underworld of Oz, there are two people you don’t cross. I killed one, and now The Wizard demands I take out the other. Murder isn’t in my nature, but survival is. Aunt Em stole my fortune and put a bounty on my head to ensure she keeps it... -
Her Twisted Sinners by Ginna Moran
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPurgatory is mine. I'll do whatever it takes to ensure humanity finds the balance it deserves. With the seven sinners and the most notorious devil by my side, we can change the world. No, not only the world. The entire universe. We have to. Our futures depend on it. The angelic army plans to reset everything, bringing on the End of Times. I refuse to let such a thing happen... -
Court of Beasts by K.A. Knight
There are many things that go bump in the night, and I am one of them. As a wolf, my hate towards Hunters was born from fire and blood. I know all too well the brush of death others only speak of in hushed whispers. It marked me and everyday since I have fought to prove myself. To be the strongest, the best wolf in the Red Mountain Pack. To live up to my family name...Categorized as:
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The Exiled by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn ENEMIES TO LOVERS post-apocalyptic fantasy perfect for fans of Holly Black, Kiera Cass, and Sarah J Maas! In a ravaged world full of sickness, devastation, and monsters, it was kill or be killed. After a disastrous second escape attempt, Hazel found herself blood indebted to her savior Noah, but he was no saint... -
No Rest For Wicked by Persephone Steele
Psychic. What a joke. The only thing I can be sure of these days are the three men who have somehow battered their way past my walls and forced me to, dare I say it, start feeling things. Well…them, and my trusty trash panda partners in crime. But they've always had my heart...Categorized as:
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Of Wind and Terror by Katie May
The devastatingly wicked princes don’t just want my powers…. They want my mind, body, and soul. After a brutal attack on Gaia’s temple, I find myself turning to an unlikely ally for help. Only he can save me from this new threat. But past and present collide when I reunite with the very princes I once feared. They no longer want to cage me away... -
A Goddess of Life & Dawn by K.M. Moronova
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce upon a time, there were two Rhythm Gods: one of brilliance and one of darkness. But there was much more to the realms than the two gods alone could provide, so the Maker created a third, unknowingly unbalancing the Rhythm and setting the realms on a path of suffering. The God of War has stolen that which I hold dearest... -
Pretty Hot by K.A. Knight
Seven sons, each with a bloodline of supernaturals that can be traced back to them, but where did they go? Cassandra has never been the perfect witch, her magic deemed too weak to be useful, she is looked down upon by all in her coven. But when witches' bodies start turning up drained, covered in blood and sacrificed. Cassandra sees it as an opportunity to prove herself and her magic...Categorized as:
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Rats of Murk by Eva Chase
She thought she'd found her place among the fae. .. but was it all a lie? Just when I thought I'd overcome the biggest obstacles my fae mates and I could face, I find myself in the hands of their greatest enemies. Enemies who have far more power than we ever imagined. Enemies who hold so much more sway over my life than I want to believe... -
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Heart of Deceit by May Dawson
I’ve won the bride trials and married my dragon shifter prince. But happy endings aren’t that easily won in the Ice Fae kingdom. His best friend, Thorne, tells me that he keeps the prince’s lost memories of our past life together. That through those memories, he’s fallen in love with me. And that Kaelan is about to kill me. He's under a dark enchantment...Categorized as:
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Charming Her Monsters by Yve Vale
Book 2 in the Bewitching Monsters Series! The big, bad monsters under the bed have come out to play. When the hot guys from the bar reveal their hidden monsters, I’m stunned and intrigued. Now I know the supernatural world from my paranormal romance novels is real, I naturally make a list of things to experience… For research. Yet, it’s finding out I’m a witch that rattles my grasp on reality...Categorized as:
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Blood Debt by Callie Rose
I’ve dedicated my life to slaying vampires. Now I’m about to offer up my blood. When my brother gets into some serious trouble with the Vampire Clan of Baltimore, there’s only one thing I can do to save his ass. I’ll offer myself up as a blood tribute, infiltrate their underground palace, and find a way to get him out... -
Pack Captive by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy pack is dying. After being hunted down by ghostly shadow wolves, we’re on the brink of extinction. As one of the rare Moon Callers, wolves who imbue warriors with lunar power, I was meant to protect our pack. .. but I failed. When a shadow wolf nearly kills me, a powerful new pack sees its chance to strike. They call it rescue. I call it servitude... -
Spark of Sorcery by Hannah Haze
The Princes believe they can protect me. But what they don't understand is that no one is safe in the academy. Not even them. We've survived one semester of deadly trials, but darker forces are gathering within these ancient walls. We're all guarding secrets. All hiding bitter truths. And while hunting for the truth may put my life at risk, it won't stop me from trying...Categorized as:
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Fate of Dragons by Olivia Ash
A dangerous and cruel dragon shifter is holding my sister hostage. And I am going to kill him. With my bare hands, if I have to. He wants to trade—Irena’s life, for mine. For my freedom. For the ancient and deadly dragon magic I fused with when his cronies kicked me into a pit to die. I came back from the dead, and I brought the fury of hell with me...Categorized as:
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