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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... -
A Sea of Song and Sirens by Whit Stanfield
Raised in a trading port, I'd seen my share of attractive sailors.But I'd never cared to get to know one, let alone allow one to follow me around, drawing my neighbors' suspicions that I was a seductress.Until the day I pulled him from the water.I found him drowned and alone, and I breathed life into him before I knew his name...Categorized as:
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Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime to break the rules and make her submit to me… We dance like devils, except we wear masks. Every night a different one. Dancing on the edge. Dancing with danger. Me and her, for years. I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me. Time to change that up and claim her. Possess her, dominate her, own her. Heart. Body. Mind. Soul... -
The Last Lost Girl by Casey L. Bond
Welcome to Neverland. Where shadows consume and magic is frighteningly real.Ava is struggling to provide for herself and her sister, who slips further into insanity with each passing day. Raving about Neverland. Obsessed with a Second Star that Ava can’t see in the black, velvety sky...Categorized as:
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Wednesday: A Dark Monster Romance Novella by Adrian Blue
When Carmen takes a night security job at Oakwood Cemetery, she's desperate enough to overlook the warnings about previous guards who left without notice. The position comes with housing—a small cottage on the grounds—and after weeks of living in her car, she can't afford to be picky...Categorized as:
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From Wiltshire, With Love by Mistresslynn
Hermione convinces Draco to spy for the Order and she becomes his handler. But what are Draco’s true motivations? Hard to say when he's still figuring that out himself. A story of reaching adulthood during war...............................................................Draco cut her off before she repeated the question... -
Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright
Tristan is the Bad Boy of the Art World. A tortured artist with insatiable cravings for beauty, pleasure, and the darker shades of life.When Nova, a Psychology graduate student, enters his orbit, Tristan sweeps Nova off her feet and lures her onto an erotic journey that awakens desires she never knew existed.Danger looms in the background... -
Of Song and Scepter by Liesl West
She's a killer in disguise. He's determined to make her his queen.As a deep sea death-dealer, Enna Valomir's life is kill the siren, deliver the body, collect the reward. There's just one problem. Enna owes a mermaid her life, and in the cutthroat waters of the Abyss, that's a lifelong blood oath of service...Categorized as:
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Fractured Glory by Loren Hart, YD La Mar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s a war coming. Six kingdoms struggle for control of the world while wrestling with their demons within. Alliances are formed and lovers betrayed, while leaders plot and scheme. It is a world in which fear germinates like a seed in the ground.But seeds bear fruit.And when the fruit of fear bursts from the ground, everything will change.Six kingdoms... -
Rising by Nelle Nikole
The Before doesn’t matter, only The After.In a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by nuclear war, humanity struggles to survive amidst the aftermath of radiation that has altered their DNA. Amongst the survivors, elemental magic runs through their veins, while a select few have developed extraordinary powers... -
Heart of Night by Angelina J. Steffort
“I will find you. And if it takes a lifetime, I will find you.”Ayna has just escaped death, only to crash head first into a new curse. This one is made by men. Heart still bleeding, Ayna fights to keep strong... -
The Swan Princess by Natasha Knight
At a glamorous masquerade ball in an opulent mansion the elite gather to celebrate the introduction of one of their own to society.But the guests of this party aren’t all knights in shining armor.And tonight, Lucia DeMarco and Salvatore Benedetti will meet in a chance encounter one year before the contract that makes her his is to be fulfilled... -
And We All Fall Down by Rumaan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe spring term at Hogwarts starts with a bang with the return of Draco Malfoy, back for his eighth year after a stint in Azkaban. But all is not right with Draco, and Head Girl Hermione Granger can't help but get involved...Categorized as:
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The Serpent and the Silver Wolf by Kristen Coar
For fans of The Bone Witch and The Serpent and the Wings of Night, The Serpent and the Silver Wolf delivers a sweeping dark romantasy about an immortal heroine burdened with centuries of loss, trapped between the hero who steadies her and the villain she cannot forget.Aimee has lived countless lifetimes, each erased by the Pattern, which pulls her from one doomed world to the next... -
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Master of Thieves by Michael Dalton
Even a master thief can steal one thing too many.From a childhood as an abandoned orphan to life as one of the city’s most skilled burglars, master thief Rafiq has long lived high off the wealth of Avanasia – its trade, its jewels, and its women. The vaults of Avanasia's merchants are as open to him as the legs of its most beautiful courtesans...Categorized as:
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De Muze en de Dood by Rani De Vadder
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetoverd door haar schoonheid, tart de Dood het Lot in een poging de stervende vrouw terug te brengen die hem bij elke ademtocht achtervolgt. Goddelijke liefde – of obsessie – is echter wispelturig en gevaarlijk.In een wanhopige poging zijn muze in leven te houden, schrikt Dood er niet voor terug haar te kooien en in een monster te veranderen... -
The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick
A sizzling standalone fantasy of second-chance love inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur from the author of The North Wind.Princess Sarai of Ammara is cursed: on her twenty-fifth birthday she will fall into an endless, deadly sleep, plunging the kingdom into chaos and ruin... -
Courting Her Monsters by Erin Bedford
I live my life in silence.Until them.To save myself and my kingdom, I will have to play the part of their prisoner.Except I’m not playing anymore.I’ll fill these monsters with every part of me and take what I want until there’s nothing left but me.What happens when it’s all over? Will I want to go back to my life of silence or maybe…just maybe I like courting the monsters...Categorized as:
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Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into a dangerous and exhilarating world where a deadly, beautiful archangel and his once-mortal consort are caught in a fury of twisted darkness… One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to Sleep the long sleep of an immortal... -
Archangel's War by Nalini Singh
Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. .Categorized as:
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Revenant by Larissa Ione
HELL HATH NO FURY . . . For five thousand years, Revenant believed he was alone in the world, a fallen angel beyond any redemption. Now he finds he has a twin brother who had all the light and love Revenant was denied... -
Brother Wolf of Piston by T.S. Joyce
Vander is being pushed into a position of power in his new Pack, and he’s not ready. The Zombie Wolf has taken over as Alpha of the Piston Mountain Pack, and the monster is trying to drag him up to Second, but Vander has never been motivated to rise to power…until now. There is a new female on the outskirts of the Pack, and he is tasked with protecting her...Categorized as:
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Moth to a Flame by Ashley Antoinette
From bestselling author Antoinette comes the gritty, harrowing tale of a young woman who finds herself drawn to a seductive street hustler who will be the death of her. In the little city of Flint, MI, the good die young and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters... -
Reaver by Larissa Ione
WARRIOR OF HEAVEN Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself...Categorized as:
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Rise Of Ashes by Stephanie Hudson
Amelia Lego sets, Star Trek and junk food in my pajamas, These used to be how I would spend my safe and lazy days off. Now, what am I doing with my time…? High-speed chases, running from Hellhounds, fighting witches, opening boxes that threaten the entire Vampire race, and stabbing bitches with my shoes. But hey, at least I get to wear a pretty dress on my date... -
The HellBeast's Prisoner by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI tried to run.I tried to hide.But look where it got me.Captured and held firmly in the grasp of my HellBeast King.One still intent on completing the claim he feels he has on me.Which I knew meant only one thing,Making me his, in every single way.By claiming my heart, then my blood, and now the very last thing left of me to give…He wants my body... -
The HellBeast's Sacrifice by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBook 6 in The HellBeast King seriesFull Blurb coming soon... -
The Mercy of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSomething big is going on in this town.Police officer Darren Callaghan has been hunting for the cause of a burned mountain on the outskirts of Leadville, Colorado, but when a woman goes missing, he can’t help the feeling that they are connected somehow. A call comes in that some fences have been cut, and he finds a ragtag group of trespassers is squatting on some abandoned land outside of town...Categorized as:
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The HellBeast's Claim by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIt started as a HellBeast’s Mistake that ended in me making my own.And now I am paying for it.Now I am running from it.But I am soon to discover how foolish that was.Because you didn’t run from the HellBeast King.Not when that King still wanted you.Not when that King wasn’t ready to let you go.So now I am being hunted and soon he will find me.I know this.Of course, he won’t have far to look... -
Dark Wolf by Christine Feehan
In Dark Lycan, Christine Feehan journeyed into the heart of the Carpathians, and into the souls of two lifemates stirred by the flush of passion and the threat of annihilation. In Dark Wolf, the breathtaking story continues as the bonds of family are imperiled, and the fate of two lovers lies hidden in the seductive shadows between life and death...Categorized as:
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