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二哈和他的白猫师尊 Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, 肉包不吃肉
"The Husky and His White Cat Shizun"Mo Ran felt that taking Chu Wanning as his master was a mistake.His Shizun was just so similar to a cat, while he was like a silly dog.Dogs and cats were biologically different. The silly dog hadn’t originally intended to put his furry paws out towards that cat... -
In Death We Part by M. Bonnet
My routine was simple - classes, work, repeat - then an unearthed family secret changed everything. Four mysterious men shattered my life and stomped on the pieces until I had nothing left. They were strangers to me, but I was no stranger to them. They had been watching me… waiting until the time was right to strike... -
A Queen This Fierce and Deadly by Stacia Stark
The price of love is loss. We all pay it eventually… In every life… Some moments are too painful to be endured. Some moments will break you if you let them. And yet I can’t afford to let anything break me. Because we have one chance to win this war. One chance to create a better life for everyone across the four kingdoms... -
Loving Amir: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone
In a world where love defies time and destiny, can a quiet artist embrace her fate with a supernatural king? In my quiet life of painting and solitude, my only companion is my elderly neighbor, Sarah. She encourages me to seek love, but I feel as though I'm waiting for someone special...Categorized as:
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Beyond Fate by Lee McCormick
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Maybe in our next life, things will be different? It can be you and me. Maybe we’ll finally fit. Soulmates, right? So maybe…”ClayI’ve been on a hundred jobs, but I’ve never met a person like Jayce Holden. He’s everything I shouldn’t want, wrapped in a protective package that seems hellbent on making sure I’m safe from his family. Making sure I’m his.I'm not sure what I want.. -
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System [人渣反派自救系统] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCan’t I read stallion novels anymore?! [TN: genre with OP protag & harem]Shen Yuan is reborn into a young man and scum villain destined to die, Shen Qingqiu... -
The Hunter by Jordan Reece
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNew M/M steampunk fantasy from Amazon Bestselling Author Jordan Reece! It begins with a mysterious package in the mail . . . There isn’t much excitement to be found in the small farm town that Elario Repse calls home. But when a letter arrives from his deceased uncle, begging him to deliver a dangerous dragon’s eye to a man named Westen at’Inamon, Elario has no choice... -
Of Ice and Villains by Veronica Lancet
When serial killer Marlowe Spencer-Astor stumbles upon Minnie, a mysterious homeless girl, he thinks he's found the perfect next victim. But soon, odd things start happening around her. Technology glitches, time stands still, and every man who sees her becomes instantly obsessed with her. Including Marlowe... -
The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDon’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling’ Rosamund Lupton‘A flawless read’ Elizabeth Lee‘Seething with gothic menace’ Caroline LeaUpon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms... -
Fire in Stone by Marina Simcoe
I stole a statue to buy a better future for myself. But when my gargoyle comes to life, can I give him up? Brought to the end of my rope, I steal a statue from a traveling menagerie. The money I’ve been promised for it is supposed to buy me a new start in life.It sounds simple: steal the statue, hand it to the buyer, get paid...Categorized as:
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Of Ice and Villains by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe's a neurotic serial killer. She's his sweet, innocent maid. Or...is she? Marlowe Spencer-Astor is a killer in crisis. It’s been one hundred seventy-four days since his last murder, and not even therapy—forced upon him by his overbearing mother—can reignite his bloodlust. But then he stumbles upon Minnie. She's filthy, half-starved and homeless.She's the one. The perfect victim... -
Barbi and The Villain by Veronica Lancet
She's an awkward bookworm. He's a fictional character in her favorite book.When Barbara “Barbi” Bancroft mysteriously receives an unreleased manuscript from her favorite book series, she can’t curb her excitement. But when she gets sucked into the story—literally—she finds herself in the fantastical realm of Akkaya...Categorized as:
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The Blackened Blade by Isla Davon
Not many people get a second chance, let alone a second life.I died. Burning in a prison cell I spent years of my life rotting away in.I had been beaten, battered and bruised beyond repair...but not broken.Never broken.By whatever miracle, I’ve been brought back ten years into my past and before I was locked away...But to a different kind of hell…Wensridge Academy... -
The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards
The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck... -
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Sacrifice of the Septimus, Part 2 by Stephanie Hudson
The Sands of Time are filled with dangers and new enemies to face. But for Keira to stand tall in a world she does not know, she must first brave the differences in loving the man she calls Draven and the man she must now call her King. Join Keira as she is thrown into an ancient time and faces her biggest challenge yet… How to get a Demon King to fall for a human girl he is forbidden to love... -
Dark Queen by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJane Yellowrock used to hunt vampires, but now she must fight--and win--beside them.As Enforcer to the vampire Master of the City of New Orleans, Jane Yellowrock stakes her reputation and her life on keeping her territory safe. But Leo has been issued a blood challenge by the emperor of the European vampires, who seeks to usurp all of his power and possessions... -
True Dead by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsJane Yellowrock goes back to the city where it all began in the newest installment of this thrilling New York Times bestselling series.Jane used to hunt vampires, but now she’s their queen. She’s holed up in the mountains with the Yellowrock Clan, enjoying a little peace, when a surprise attack on her people proves that trouble is brewing... -
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJane Yellowrock must dig deep and find strength within herself if she is to survive in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series.Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low... -
Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's a predator-eat-predator world for the Were-Hunters. Danger haunts any given day. There is no one to trust. No one to love. Not if they want to live... An orphan with no clan that will claim him, Wren Tigarian grew to adulthood under the close scrutiny and mistrust of those around him...Categorized as:
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King of Me by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
“You’re asking me to love you?” asked Mia.He slowly scratched his thick black stubble. “I suppose I am...Categorized as:
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Cold Reign by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official Enforcer to Leo Pellissier, Master of the City. But Leo's reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions... -
Burdened Bonds by Hannah Haze
I escaped Lowsky's clutches but now I'm separated from my fated mates as the country's defences crumble and far dark forces work to seize control.Fate has spoken and I can no longer fight the inevitable pull towards the men destined to be mine. I'm desperate to find them – to know they're safe – to hold them in my arms.But I'm not the only one searching...Categorized as:
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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
The Emperor Reborn and His Dearest EnemyCruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of the mortal realm. Yet somehow, he is unsatisfied. Left cold and bereft, abandoned by all he held dear, he takes his own life...only to be reborn anew...Categorized as:
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End of Days by Susan Ee
End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister...Categorized as:
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Shards of Time by Lynn Flewelling
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAcclaimed author Lynn Flewelling brings her beloved Nightrunners series to a close—at least for now—with a thrilling novel of murder, mystery, and magic. The governor of the sacred island of Korous and his mistress have been killed inside a locked and guarded room... -
Anastasia by Sophie Lark
Anastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift.Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever.Damien is taken from everything he knows and raised as a ward of the Romanovs.Anastasia develops a strange kind of magic shared only by the Black Monk Rasputin...Categorized as:
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The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
As above, so below…who was once friend is now a foe.The Faire is alive. It’s alive, it’s sentient, and it wants more from Cora Glass. Reeling from the revelations that Clown left her with, she struggles once more to find her footing. She never gets the chance.Harrow Faire wants Cora for murder. She assumed it was her death that it was after. She was wrong. It wants her to kill…to save them all...Categorized as:
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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Alternative cover editions for this ASIN can be found here and hereJason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatters... -
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.The adventure that began with "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children" and continued in "Hollow City" comes to a thrilling conclusion with "Library of Souls... -
Julian of Macedon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsCursed into an eternity of slavery by his own brother, Julian of Macedon has spent centuries in hell, where the only respite he knows is measured in a handful of weeks whenever he's summoned through an arcane spell. With the modern age, those summonings are becoming fewer and fewer, and he lives in fear of the day when they'll stop for good. Grace Alexander doesn't believe in much of anything...Categorized as:
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