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A City of Emeralds and Envy by Rebecca F. Kenney
Following her departure from Faerie, Alice tries to adjust to the rhythm of her old life. But confusing emotions draw her into a new venture with Dorothy, a girl from a neighboring farm. When the pair are transported to a whole new part of Faerie, Alice encounters former acquaintances who, like her, haven't moved past what transpired in the Unseelie kingdom... -
The End in Friends by Coralee June
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom frenemies to fake fiancés, what could possibly go wrong? Jae is a control freak with an ego bigger than Manhattan and a smirk that makes me want to slap it off his absurdly handsome face. Once my best friend, now my overbearing boss, Jae pushed me to the brink. So, I quit. Or at least I tried to...Categorized as:
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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... -
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.I barely know them and ought to hate them... -
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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Daughter of Sherwood by K.C. Kingmaker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDarkness lies in Sherwood Forest, and it’s calling to me… It’s not a good time to be a woman in Nottingham. I have to contend with oppressive taxes, a sick mother, a cruel father, and pushy suitors nipping at my heels. Even as an heiress, I’m imprisoned by my lot in life.I’d rather be a man—gambling with guttersnipe boys, free from the shackles of my aristocratic duties...Categorized as:
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The King's Maiden by Elle Parker
Twenty-five thousand dollars to let some entitled, rich guy boss me around for a month?Sign. Me. Up.Most days, I did that for free and called it being female.But it turns out the rumors circulating campus are true.A secret society wants to pay me for their privilege.Life has thrown me nothing but lemons since I lost my father.Crippling student loans. Unpaid medical bills. Overdue rent...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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Knot Falling for You by Winnie Aster
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPersephone is trying to live the simple life as a barista in the small town of Starsfalls. When a chance encounter presents an opportunity for Seph to help her favorite bookstore, she jumps at it.But things don’t go according to plan. Seph is a self-proclaimed beta who has spent her life avoiding alphas, and working with a hunky alpha architect is not what she signed on for...Categorized as:
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Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 2 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 34 ratings"Nothing good can come from a relationship built on secrets." Penelope's fate is looking grim, but she's got a plan: sneak out, rescue Eckles, and secure herself a one-way ticket out of death...Categorized as:
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Age of Vampires: The Complete Series by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the Wall Street Journal and Amazon #1 bestselling authors of Zodiac Academy, Caroline Peckham & Susanne ValentiThe 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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Two Kingdoms & One Apocalypse by Kristy Cunning
Book 3 & 4 together...Two KingdomsI'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... -
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Book of the Found: AESLI-01 by V.E.S. Pullen
Wanted: Governess. Remote location. Isolated conditions. Room and board included, food plentiful, wages adequate. Must speak Polish.The job title was archaic.The description was unappealing.The ad had been running online for at least six months before Mouse found it, and she was looking for an excuse to run... -
Signs of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy
You'd think that basically being in charge of love would be an epic job, right? Wrong. Sure, I can blow some Lust into people's faces and watch the show, but I can't actually participate. It gets old, trust me. Same goes for love. I can pass it out like sugar-free lollipops at a dentist's office, but I can't get any love for myself. It totally sucks... -
Cut Her Strings by Sage RelleAnne
Raven was dead; at least, that's what the world thought. Now, she's not only been found alive but thrown into what is referred to as the world's most sadistic reality game show. There are two hundred and forty-nine other contestants, but only five will be announced as winners. The prize? Their lives. For Raven, losing isn't an option...Categorized as:
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The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke
Greed is lethal. Blood is honest. Between the blood of gods and monsters, I am both killer and healer.The Darkhavens were once my obstacle. Now, they may be the only safe haven I have left.The Gods are lying to us all.They are not Gods at all, but creatures that came from another world to rule over ours... -
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.I must have kissed their asses real good, because instead of wanting to kill me, I think they might actually kind of like me...Categorized as:
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Enemy Panther Next Door by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe’s a powerful panther shifter who needs my rejection…Returning home to help my sick father and finding out that I’m fated to Blayne Walker must be the universe’s idea of a cruel joke.Especially because the stubborn panther shifter with the hard look in his blue eyes is the reason I left Lily Valley in the first place... -
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 Venom We Bleed by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilverwood Public: Home to liars, thieves, and worst of all … the Scorpion Kings.I was the Queen at my old school.Born into wealth and power.Now, thanks to my family’s deceit, I’m a pariah and a target.I’ve got no friends. No parents. No money. And no fucks left to give...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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Heart of Deceit by May Dawson
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’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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Reluctant Queen: A Hellscape Novel by Kira Stanley
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou think your parents are bad? Try having the devil as your father.I'd had enough of all the expectations and rules that come with being the next in line for Hell’s throne. I was tired of the constant fight over my so-called duty. There was only one answer - to run away to the human realm... -
Dragon Fight by Sam Hall
I escaped the terrible queen’s clutches so I should be safe, right? Apparently the fates didn’t get the message because while I’m on my honeymoon someone tries to kill me. Twice. And right in the middle of it is him. Crown Prince Draven... -
Of Wind and Terror by Katie May
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
Pack Captive by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 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... -
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... -
Nest of Thieves by Rory Miles
Who doesn’t love a bad guy?My family is certain I’ll settle with a boring, law-abiding pack before I graduate from Omega University, but I have other plans. Dangerous ones that break laws, but what’s life without a little risk? With a little practice, my sticky fingers turn to skilled pickpocketing and I discover who I’m truly meant to be: a thief...Categorized as:
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