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The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHope can be a dangerous thing.It can be all consuming.Can be the only thing you think about.The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind.The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel.A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare.But what of love?For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost.A love that is always worth fighting for... -
Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 21 ratingseBook box set of paranormal romance novels by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, and Sharie Kohler plus teasers from the latest books in their seriesA Hunger Like No Other, Awaken Me Darkly & Marked by... -
The Hellbeast's Betrayal : The HellBeast King Book 11 by Stephanie Hudson
THE HELLBEAST’S BETRAYAL (BOOK 11)Love can conquer many things.Sacrifice even more.But what happens when betrayal runs deeper than blood?The journey isn’t over. Jared and Ella’s story continues in the next pulse-pounding installment of the HellBeast Kings story. As darkness looms and the past refuses to stay buried, secrets will be unearthed, alliances shattered, and destinies rewritten... -
The Time Of Queens by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFull blurb will be updated in April.The Time of Queens finishes a brand-new, standalone duet set 30 years after the epic conclusion of the Afterlife Saga. While longtime fans will recognise familiar faces, this two-book story offers a fresh, gripping adventure that can be enjoyed on its own. Step back in time, where fate is rewritten, kingdoms rise, and love refuses to be forgotten... -
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Immortal's Honor by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom award-winning author Rebecca Zanetti comes the newest wildly thrilling Dark Protectors novel with an immortal hero to die for. First comes danger . . . When Vampire-Demon Sam Kyllwood discovers he’s the keeper of some mysterious circle, he laughs it off. When he finds out that his younger brother is supposed to fight to the death in said circle, he snaps right to furious... -
Guardians: The Shoma by Lola St. Vil
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBrace yourself...(Please note chapter 14 has mature content... -
Emme's Enforcer by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLost Siren Series Book 4Full Blurb to follow... -
The Time Of Kings: Book 1 by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is nothing quite like the love you have for your children. You would follow them to the ends of the Earth if they needed you. Evidently, you would also follow them back in time. Back hundreds of years, to a place where my husband ruled a very different kingdom. One where kidnapping and keeping me as his captive went hand in hand with making me his wife... -
Starlight by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTheo Lancaster isn't just the world's best surgeon. He's also a night-stalking monster, a creature of darkness. At least, some of the time. Thanks to his best nurse, Theo has had an ace in the hole for several years now. That is, until she threatens to leave. Only then does he realize she's much more than just another coworker, and the only human his heart could want... -
Jake by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter a tragic accident, Jake, former Dark Guardian, not only mourned losing his wife but carried the burden of a secret that only one other living person knew. Confronting that secret was the only way Jake could fight his heavy guilt when a beautiful ballerina dances into his life.Jessie Reed loves everything about dance, but it didn’t pay the bills... -
How to Kill an Incubus by Kimber Lee
"And I can see how much you want me.” Rae couldn't exactly deny what Andrei, the king of the incubi, said so matter-of-factly. But she is her father's daughter and having a forbidden liaison with a demon king is not something her father would have approved of... -
Afterlife Saga Boxset Books 10 - 12 by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfterlife Saga Box Set (Books 10-12) Offers great savings and ease... -
Grim Justice by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere's a peace that can only be found on the other side of war.I've waited nearly two decades for justice.And I'm finally close enough to get revenge.The bad blood between me and Razr goes way back to the day his father, Scar, murdered my old pres, Keys.I took out Scar and then Razr's brother, Acid. They paid for their crimes.I won't rest until Razr meets the Reaper and faces judgment... -
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Dark Prince's Agenda by I. T. Lucas
While Turner and Kian work out the details of Areana's rescue plan, Carol and Lokan's tumultuous relationship hits another snag... -
Pam by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWith a past best left behind, forgetting was something Pam Roark could not seem to do. Nothing was more important than her mate, VC Warrior Duncan Roark, and her son, Daniel. But the circumstances surrounding Daniel and his remarkable abilities throws her back into nightmares she can’t escape... -
The Noru 7: Rage Of Angels by Lola StVil
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Everyone on the battlefield stops to focus on us. Both sides are too taken by the match to do anything else. Malakaro looks at me from across the circle with malice and fury. I return his gaze, matching his ire. He begins to move around the circle slowly. He addresses me in his usual calm voice. “Are you sure you’re ready for this, little sis?” he asks. “Bring it.. -
Stained by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI Am Death. I Am Darkness. I Am Creation. These are the simple truths Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has run from for the last two years, but the situation she finds herself in will not let her flee her past anymore. It’s barreling toward her at the speed of a bullet. Mattie finds herself back in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the trial of Dan’s mother... -
Blackstone Ranger Guardian by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFighting for his mateWhen John Krieger rescues a stranded fox shifter in the middle of a snowstorm, he never expected that she would turn out to be his mate. However, the darkness lurking in his soul prevents him from claiming her and he pushes her away. When he realizes his mistake, he vows to make himself into someone who deserves her... -
Rogue Wolf by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSave a horse, ride a rogue wolf…Reno has been running from his past for a long time. As a powerful alpha tied to the notorious ruling family of the wolves, he wants nothing more than to lay low and never be found. Even if he still dreams of the woman he was forced to leave behind for her own safety... -
Silver by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA dragon as a coworker? Complicated. Adrien the silver dragon has everything most humans could want. But as a dragon awakened in the modern world he misses his old life, his powers (which have been temporarily restrained) and the way he used to lord his status over others... -
The Noru 6: Rise of the Alago by Lola St. Vil
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeath was warned.Fate was ignored.Time has run out.A new evil is here; Angel blood will shedAnd a dark secret will shatter the team forever.. -
Protector Mate by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA brand new mail-order bride series from the author of Shiftr: Swipe Left For Love. Jagger needs a mate. Fast. He’s running from a dark past and his life as the self-appointed sheriff of the outcast community of Ragtown was supposed to keep him on track... -
Defended by Darkness by Terry Bolryder
One kiss is all it takes for the Commander of Darkness to know that he's found true love. Now he just needs to survive his new job. There isn't much that scares Tynan (Tanner) Shadeson. But now that the warrior prince of darkness has found his soul match in an overworked, frustrated human woman, he'll do whatever it takes to awaken her latent fae powers and protect her from all evil... -
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Shifter's Homecoming by Lisa Ladew
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTrent Burbank is a wolf shifter who has never shifted into a man. He’s on a mission—send the beast home. He’s given his word that the beast will be coming home, and Trent always keeps his word.After a devastating trauma, his plans are interrupted. Trent is yanked away from the life he knows and charged with a critical task that only he can complete.Now his vow has changed... -
Wrath's Siren by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWriting down your dreams…that sounded pretty harmless right? Turned out, I was sort of good at it. Turned out, it made a good book. Because who knew you could make money from writing about the man of your dreams. Who knew it would pay to fantasize about a fictional character you had fallen in love with... -
Third Time’s a Charm by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFriends don’t let friends séance drunk.Vivien Stone lost the love of her life over twenty years ago. Now that she’s in her forties with a string meaningless relationships under her belt, she can't help but pine for what might have been. It doesn't help that she's somewhat psychic and can pretty much predict where a relationship is heading before it even starts... -
The Bow by Hazel Storm
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI won the heart of the God of the Underworld. Now, I have to deal with his mother… Who happens to be Queen. And she isn’t very happy. With me.So, she sends me on a mission — read suicide mission — to collect a sample from the Waterfall of Youth, which is at the top of a high-rise owned by my gentleman, Raef.I arrive butt naked, of course... -
The Descendants by Neicy P.
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the death of his mother, and his father held captive by their enemies, Surreal found himself trusting the ones that surrounded him. But trusting the wrong one will cause a death that Surreal’s inner God can’t handle. Surreal and his friends traveled on the sea and land to get to the Olympia Stadium... -
The Box: A Greek Gods Urban Fantasy Romance by Hazel Storm
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI reunited the God of Lust with his alter ego. And now, he’s mine forever. Or at least, until his mother finds out…In the meantime, she — read mommy dearest — has handed me a box and demanded I fill it with eternal beauty... -
Demonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures Collection 1 by Shannon Mae
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDemonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures features human men learning to deal with troublesome angels, meddlesome grandmothers, or awful exes while finding love with the demons who are destined to be their soulmates... -
Master of Frost by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDmitri, newly awakened ice dragon and former bodyguard to the Lord of Winter, is in big trouble. He knows his curvy, prone-to-trouble roommate with a heart of gold is his mate, but she hasn’t come to the same conclusion... -
Titan's Mate by Anastasia Wilde
He was sworn to protect his people. He couldn’t. Now a dying shifter woman tells him he’s the only one who can help her.He knows she’s wrong, but his heart won't listen… After Titan’s entire clan was killed by rogue panthers, he tried to start a new life with the Wild Blood Crew. But he can’t let go of the past that haunts him—or the belief that one day his gods will make him pay for his failure... -
The SAA by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStealthShe’s consumed my thoughts since the day she stormed into our clubhouse looking for her best friend, Tressa. Petite, she barely comes up to my armpit, but regardless of her diminutive size, she’s a force of nature... -
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Titanium by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA dragon contractor? Expensive. Unless you're the woman Titus Kroll just fell madly in love with. As a decisive, capable, and newly awakened metal dragon, Titus is used to seeing what he wants and going after it. Right now that's Bree Durell, a sweet, curvy woman who needs help with her house badly and can't afford to pay... -
Dark Dream’s Trap by I. T. Lucas
The trap is set, but who is the hunter and who is the prey? Find out in this heart-pounding conclusion to the Dark Dream trilogy... -
Death Is My Friend With Benefits by Katarina E. Tonks
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe fourth installment of the DIMBFF series continues the thrilling journey of a young woman, Faith Williams, battling for her life, and the Angel of Death dragging her further into his world... -
The Rhyn Trilogy by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKatie's Hellion (Book I): Katie thinks she’s going crazy when a baby immortal and death’s personal assistant appear at her doorstep. She’s drawn into a world filled with immortals like Rhyn, an outcast half-breed who claims her as his mate in a show of defiance to his brothers... -
Gray Ridge - Complete Series Bundle: Fairytale Shifters by Alexa Riley
Welcome to the Fairytale Shifter series… where growly alphas find their mates and heroines have babies galore! This bundle includes all of our shifter books! Riding Red Ruby is the proud owner of Red's Goodie Basket, and as the new girl in town, she's looking for business... -
Dark Dream’s Unraveling by I. T. Lucas
While trying to figure out a way around Logan's silencing compulsion, Ella concocts an ambitious plan. What if instead of trying to keep him out of her dreams, she could pretend to like him and lure him into a trap? Catching Navuh’s son would be a major boon for the clan, as well as for Ella. She will have her revenge, turning the tables on another scumbag out to get her... -
Hanatsukihime, Vol. 02 by Hibiki Wataru
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Lys was born, her heart did not beat at all. To save her, her mother made a contract with a devil: Lys can borrow his heart until the day she turns 16, but after that, he will eat her body. Together with her companion, Siva, someone she met by chance on the desert at night, she travels around as a dancer girl to find the devil who sealed her fate... -
Seal of Solomon by Golden Czermak, Cassy Roop
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARNING: This book is for mature readers only. Not for children. It contains adult themes, violence, coarse language, sexual situations, nudity, and paranormal themes. The Adventure Continues... From author Golden Czermak, comes the second installment of the enthralling Journeyman Series... -
In Bed with the Vampire by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew SeriesNew HellNew Level of Funnyand New Romance!In this fun installment of Hellscape Holidays, the devil and his BFF are up to no good with their antics. They set their sights on a new couple at Hellscape Holidays and making sure everyone is getting jiggy with it. Not gonna lie, I kinda feel bad for these people...not really... -
Empire of Death by Penelope Barsetti
With my father indisposed, I become Queen of the Southern isles -- and it's the heaviest responsibility of my life. I know the Barbarians will come for the kingdom, and I have to prepare for war.But I don't have to do it alone...because Wrath is with me. My advisor and my protector, he helps me secure the aid of my allies, helps me remember my strength... -
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Deliverance by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsChoices always come with consequences. If you force a demon to agree to a deal under duress, the day will come when you’ll regret it. New York Times bestselling author, Victoria Danann, adds a long-awaited book to the Knights of Black Swan saga featuring everybody's favorite demon. Two and a half centuries ago Sixt had been a young witch with little control... -
The Sentinels: The Complete Collection Boxed Set by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis boxed set of The Sentinel Demons includes all four books in this series PLUS a bonus book from the Vampire Coalition series, Ethan’s Mate. These paranormal romances contain graphic language, steamy love scenes, and lovable alpha males that also happen to be demons. A Dangerous Bargain: Kat Larson is haunted by demons. Literally... -
Demons and Darkness by Meredith Hart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe second Demon War has begun, and no one is safe.Vethe and Lyria stand outside the gates of Ocrus Sheau, a mysterious kingdom where all wildmages are forced into slavery, hoping to unearth information that could help Prince Kyalam in his struggle against the Citadel without ending up in chains... -
Whiskey, Thieves, and Bastards by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI can barely handle the truth about what Athena really did to me. I don't even have time to process it really. Hannibal is on the warpath after we destroyed his Asylum. Father Nathan leaked the documents Pax and Cas stole. Everyone knows Hannibal is the leader of a culty hate group. He's doing damage control now and that makes him dangerous... -
Spookshow 5: Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA reluctant psychic tries to shut out the ghosts forever only to find that the dead won't let her go. John Gantry's remains have vanished from the morgue, leaving Detective Mockler with another unsolved case on his hands. Kaitlin, suffering from post traumatic stress, is haunted by visions of her former ghost-hunting friends... -
Her Dragon, His Demon by Julia Mills, Linda Boulanger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 12 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. Her Dragon is strong and loyal, a leader among his kin. He makes her feel things she never thought possible and…he is her only hope for survival. His Demon is beautiful and alluring, the other half of his soul...
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