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Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits... -
System Overclocked 2 by Randi Darren
Wrench is a Fixer.Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the Habitat that he lives in. To make sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would.Or at least, that’s what he was born to be... -
Stolen by Addison Cain
> No one will take what’s his… The Commodore stole her off the streets in broad daylight—the first Omega female discovered in Bernard Dome in generations. He took her with violence while none intervened. He broke her, swearing he’d put her back together. Brenya Perin was ordered to submit. Bernard Dome is the jewel of Europe, a bastion of art and culture, pleasure and decadence...Categorized as:
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Crisped + Sere by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwenty-one days.In a world ravaged by fire and descending into madness, Cavalo has been given an ultimatum by the dark man known as Patrick: return Lucas to him and the cannibalistic Dead Rabbits, or the town of Cottonwood and its inhabitants will be destroyed...Categorized as:
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Echo by Chani Lynn Feener
*As there was a problem with the original cover, while we wait, a special edition of the book has been released. The story itself is the same, but the special edition includes bonus material not in the original, as well as this new cover. The Devils of Vitality always hit their mark.Rabbit Trace is a musical prodigy with a secret... -
Evenfall: Volume 1: Director's Cut by Ais, Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon... -
Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Darkness has come to consume the world, and only Ember knows the true depths of its horror.As a hunter, Ember’s life was spent saving humanity from the flesh-starved corpses eager to devour them. Then, a fresh evil clawed its way to the surface, leaving Ember feeling she traded one apocalypse for another.Rxa gave his life to protect his kingdom. But now he’s back, undead and untethered... -
Warr by Mina Carter, Susan Hayes
First they stole her planet. Then they stole her sister…Her twin might have surrendered to the enemy, but Max will never stop fighting the alien warriors that conquered Earth. She’s the leader of a rebel army determined to fight for freedom and the future of the human race. The Tolath are her enemies, and she will never surrender to any of them… especially not to him...Categorized as:
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Silent Ground Part 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt one point in time, Sasha thought that just being told he wasn’t crazy would be good enough for him. After years of thinking he was losing his mind, being understood and accepted seemed like a pipe dream. But now, Sasha’s living with two men with abilities like him, Kheva and Kel Swift, two men who know what he’s going through. However, this lakeside house is no vacation... -
A Soul to Guide by Opal Reyne
All Raewyn ever wanted was to go home.After accidentally creating a portal to another realm, Raewyn finds herself trapped in a world she’s struggling to navigate. Desperate to find those with magic who can help her, she sets out on a dangerous journey to another town...Categorized as:
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Blood Song by Hollee Mands
She owes her blood. He’ll pay with his life.Ruthless assassin Gabriel has little fear and even fewer scruples. Every head has a price, and every hunt is a thrill. He saunters through life on a tightrope, mocking fate and defying death with every step. So when he’s forced to hunt down and deliver a prophesied blood sacrifice, Gabriel has no reason to expect trouble... -
Sweet Violence by Leigh Kelsey
Here’s a tip: when you fall into Hell, seduce the devil.Not that the devil needs much seducing. He’s seen all the twisted, blood-soaked things I’ve done on Earth, and he’s already obsessed with me. A little too obsessed, if you ask me. I already have four mates, and they’re more than enough trouble... -
Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Nero is a madman and a murderer…and now Hope belongs to him.Hope's life as an enslaved priestess in the Temple of Hera is all she has ever known. Born to slavery and the golden chain she wears around her neck, very little ever came as a surprise. But when she meets Nero, the only thing she can trust is that everything is about to change... -
Devil May Fall by Chani Lynn Feener
A Devil of Vitality always courts chaos. Aneski Kendricks wants to know what happened to his brother. And why he was so brutally tossed aside by the one person who should have stuck by him after Russ’s death. It took three years of hard work climbing the ladder to gain leadership of the Shepard gang, but he's finally in a position to demand answers. Even from the devil himself... -
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After the Bees by Allison Paige
It starts when the bees die and a plague sweeps across the Earth. The immune survive only to face a greater horror: a demon-ruled world where mankind is either marked or possessed.But Leah survives. For three years, she lives on her own after fleeing the fall of her city until she meets Raum, a demon who keeps her alive and unmarked...Categorized as:
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Starfighter Chapter 4 by Hamlet Machine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhile en route to the assault on the Colteron shipyard, Cain's troubled past comes back to haunt him when he is forced to confront the feelings he has developed for Abel... -
Mercury's Orbit by Lia Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“New alternate cover”.Sometimes, falling in love means falling apart.Mercury Fie is a freak of many natures, created in a lab. Driven by desires and the imaginary fairies in his brain, he is directed by a moral compass set in the land of make-believe. Feared by criminals, hated by cops, and adored by the public, Mercury rules his illegal empire with a velvet fist and violent temper... -
Hunted by the Alien Vampire by A.M. Griffin
He refuses to die…The Hunter. When Bounty Hunter Fanian Uldri is contracted to hunt a human female for a wealthy client in a game called The Hunt, he believes it will be the easiest credits he’s ever made. An ordinary human wouldn’t stand a chance against him. Easy, right?Wrong. The human he has in mind is proving to be more than he anticipated...Categorized as:
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King of Air by D.N. Hoxa
Being stuck in a time loop sucks, especially when I die on the same day, at the hands of the same man, over and over again. But in Life Number Seven, I'm determined to change my fate.You'd think being the princess of all shifters would come with benefits and glamour and freedom--it doesn't. It comes with isolation, constant fear, and a fabric over my head the whole damn time... -
A Dark Heart by Margaret Foxe
A Dark Heart Book Two in The Elders and Welders Chronicles London, 1897: Lady Christiana Harker once committed a grave sin against her kind when she saved Inspector Elijah Drexler's life by turning him into a vampire. Christiana's bold act has only driven Elijah deeper into an impenetrable darkness, fueled by morphine, nightmares, and a constant thirst for blood...Categorized as:
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Outlaw by Kali Argent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter being implicated in a murder she didn’t commit, Isla Blevins seeks sanctuary on the one planet where the Alliance can’t reach her. On Earth, she’s the heiress to a fortune, but on Xenthian, she’s an outsider without a single credit to her name. Heartbroken over the loss of her mother, afraid she could be next, and not knowing who to trust, she can’t imagine how things can get much worse...Categorized as:
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Pet: Genesis by Haley Inez
In the future, Earth is invaded by an alien race called the Leviathan.Years after invasion day, Iris is struggling to survive among the bitter ruins she must now call home. But when her home is ambushed by the Leviathan threat, her will to fight and selfless attempt to sacrifice herself catches the attention of an otherworldly being—the ruler of the Leviathan race...Categorized as:
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Warrior by Holly S. Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe electromagnetic pulses were just the beginning. In their wake came the hellhounds; vicious, relentless creatures that tried to finish what the bombs started and tore through most of humanity. Marinah lost everything when her father died. Once loyal to the Federation, she believed in their mission until their lies shattered her trust...Categorized as:
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Alpha Thief by Milana Jacks
He stole her from the Horde. Eron Regha Horde never lingers in one place. They come, they raid, and they leave. I’m counting on that. Because I stole the Omega the Horde raided the house for, and I'm keeping her. Kate Abducted, auctioned, then stolen, I will resist for as long as I damn well please... ***previously published on my website as a three part Thief serial... -
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Judged by Cari Silverwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey took me. Now they’re going to make me theirs.I left the safety of my city hoping to study the wreckage of a crashed satellite, but I ended up carried off by three Mauleon warriors instead, and these fearsome beasts aren’t interested in my knowledge of long lost technologies...Categorized as:
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Zahhn's Mate by Sue Lyndon
Assigned to an alien beast.Taught to serve and obey...Imprisoned on false charges, I find myself facing years in the worldship's brig. But when the Darrvasons, a race of powerful aliens in need of females, demand a sample of human women to examine, I'm offered up as a patient. In exchange for my cooperation, I'll be released from the brig, the false charges dropped.Obeying Dr...Categorized as:
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Heroes & Ghosts by S.A. Payne
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIchi is a repressed scientist who keeps mostly to himself and just as he's about to take a vacation his plans are put on hold... -
The Game Warden's Mate by A.M. Griffin
The Hunter. As the new Game Warden, Xrez Ym’ihla brings patrons from across the galaxy to track prey in a game built to enslave the weak and mate the strong. The business is a long running family legacy and Xrez is determined to succeed as his father had before him. He hadn’t meant to let one human occupy his thoughts, mind, and body...Categorized as:
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Hybrid Incubator by Meraki P. Dark
The conspiracy theorists of the world might have gotten something right. Maybe not the details, but they got something right. Secret experiments exist!The details they didn’t get right were probably down to not having the imagination for what an ass can be used for.A Ph.D. in one hand and a dream in the other, Alex strikes out multiple times getting the job of his dreams... -
Don't Let Me Go by Chani Lynn Feener
Hunter Thorn did the unthinkable. He's fallen for the enemy. He may have told himself he did it to survive, but there's no denying the chemistry between him and Odin, even if they're still on uneven ground. When someone from his past returns, everything he thought he knew is thrown to the wind, and he's forced to finally come to grips with his feelings and make a decision...Categorized as:
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Xperiment by Dan Skinner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMonsters aren't born... they're engineered. For nineteen-year-old, socially awkward Geoff Markham, the promise of a miracle pill to make him into the person he’d always wanted to be was everything he could have hoped for. At first, the experiment delivered on that promise. Geoff began to change, becoming more confident, stronger, even fearless. People began to admire him and find him attractive... -
Accidental Acquisition by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
Jillian goes to the market to buy ingredients for soup...but winds up accidentally buying a huge Kindred warrior instead.Kalis wants to love and protect her, but he has a dark side--he turns into a huge, green Grizzly bear.Can Jillian get past her fear to accept his love and devotion? And can Kalis save her from her shady ex?Read Accidental Acquisition to find out!Milk--check. Eggs--check...Categorized as:
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His Human Pet by A.M. Proctor
He owns me outright. Mind and Body. Controls my every move.My human brain has been reprogrammed to serve all his needs. My body enhanced to take it all and even heal quickly should the need arise.I’m supposed to be an object and a mindless tool for him to use.But I’m malfunctioning.I shouldn’t have these voices in my head, whispering dark things to me. Things I shouldn’t want to do... -
Guardian by Sara Fields
Maybe I would have claimed her more gently if she didn't beg for it... but probably not.After watching over this world for millennia, a girl wandering in the woods should have been of no interest to me. But the moment I saw her bathing in a stream, I knew Emma was mine.I kept myself from throwing her over a fallen tree and ravaging her... but only for a few hours...Categorized as:
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The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
The Light Brigade: it’s what soldiers fighting the war against Mars call the ones who come back…different. Grunts in the corporate corps get busted down into light to travel to and from interplanetary battlefronts. Everyone is changed by what the corps must do in order to break them down into light... -
Desert Heat by Leigh Wyndfield
Once the hunter catches her scent, there’s no turning back. While trying to deliver life-saving medicine to her village, Tannar runs afoul of a party of slavers. The women of her race, the Morjan, are mercilessly hunted for their highly prized sexual prowess. Never mind that once enslaved, Morjans soon die. Wealthy men from far and wide will stop at nothing to possess one... -
Alpha's Promise by Ivana B. Kinkee
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrapped with a pack of Alphas. They will never let her go. Seven massive males, a strange side-step in evolution that makes them different. More powerful, more aggressive, bigger… in more ways than one. And now Karissa is different too. Omega. Everything about her is changing, but even as she struggles to hold on to who she is — she can’t deny how much she wants them... -
Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA dystopian dark romance by International Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city...Categorized as:
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The Sea of Zemira by D.L. Blade
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the land’s heart of Zemira lives a king—a wicked king who despises magic.For the past twenty years, Nola has watched the king destroy everything she holds dear, and the only magic left in their kingdom is bound to the enchanted crystal of his crown. She’s tired of watching him use his power to charm and coerce all those who oppose him... -
Drago Star by J. Johanis
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Gideon's military training taught him never to fall for his captor, but when he's sold to a sexy dragon shifter, Gideon discovers that training is much easier than real life. Drago Star is about survival, resistance, and escape when faced with an enemy who's not afraid to use his deadliest weapon: a dangerous mixture of persuasion, seduction, and animistic lust that cannot be sated... -
The Experiment by Alicia Nordwell
In the distant future, humans wage war against the alien planet Caeorleia, with no tactic off-limits if it will help the humans get their hands on Caeorleia’s resources. Ask Ryker. He thought he volunteered for a simple experiment that would help his government in the war... -
Mothstar by Kay Elle Parker
Arin:I made a huge mistake.I was complacent, and I was captured by the one entity in the universe that has no regard for Intergalactic law.My ship, designed and built by me alone, has been seized and sold.Just like me.Until he rescues me—the handsome Hychee on a mission with his friends.Nothing can go wrong, right? I've already survived the worst the universe can throw at me..Categorized as:
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Alien Bride by Penelope Woods
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Dark Alien Sci-Fi RomanceInvaded. Conquered. Three aliens made me their bride.When warlord aliens invade Earth, I watch as my world crumbles. Their mothership lowers above my head. A great beacon of light shines over the city. They don’t want Earth. They want me…Three brutal aliens force me to my knees. They accept no peace treaty.They demand one thing: A bride.That is final... -
Down by Ally Blue
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeven thousand meters below the ocean’s surface, the crew of the BathyTech 3 mineral mining facility has found something a rock-like sphere of unknown material and origin.For Mo Rees, the discovery calls to his inner explorer and adds color to his dull miner’s life. Even better than the promise of new knowledge is the unexpected connection he forges with Dr... -
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Forced by the Alien Monster by Anna Wineheart
The last thing Prem expects is to be sucked into a spaceship—strapped down, stripped, and probed... by an alien that looks like a big gator monster. The alien says its in love with him. It says it owns him. And Prem can't refuse... especially when the alien forcibly invades his straight, virgin hole. In his sleep. When he's awake. Over and over again. HEA... -
Steel Rose by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
The commander of the East Wind Dominion is a terrifying man. He leads an army of automatons. He can control lightning itself. And now, Rose Calder is his prisoner of war.All Rose has ever known is fighting. When the invading forces of the East Wind Dominion take away her friends, her family, and her home, she takes to the skies to battle for her freedom. For hope...Categorized as:
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Deal with the Alien Devil by Ava York
I need a deal to survive. But all I have to offer is... myself.On the station, humans are the lowest of the low. We take whatever jobs we can, scraping just to get by.Comfort is rare. Security a dream. And a real friend? Almost unheard of.So when my best friend goes missing, I'm desperate to find her. But before long my search leads me to the claws of the leader of the Vinduthi cartel... -
Dante's End by Ariana Nash
Monsters are made, not born... Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns... -
The Eidolon's Conquest by Yamila Abraham, Klaus von Hohenloe
The elite Eidolons were genetically engineered to have a lust for conquest, but after decades of war, peaceful trade with their enemy is now required for their survival. Since they have the upper hand, the Eidolons demand the custodianship of particular enemy soldiers to ensure the terms of their truce will not be violated... -
Riley's Punishment: A Survivor's Submission by Harley Laroux
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsStrict discipline for a naughty thief, courtesy of two very dominant brothers... Riley has no problem stealing food from other survivors. After the fall of humanity, it's a cruel world and she will do whatever it takes to survive, even if it means others will go hungry. Then Riley is caught stealing from the Owens Brothers: two Southern boys who believe in good old-fashioned discipline...
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