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  • Fate Calls the Elf Queen by J.M. Kearl

    Fate Calls the Elf Queen by J.M. Kearl

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    The captivating third book in J.M. Kearl’s bestselling Elf Queen saga is filled with breathtaking romance and heated tension. Layala Lightbringer’s worst fears came true when she woke the wicked Black Mage, Hel. He claims she is a goddess reborn… and his wife. For her, the Elf King Thane is the love she desires, the one she fought for, and the one she wishes to marry...
  • Crown of Flames and Ash by G.K. DeRosa

    Crown of Flames and Ash by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Aelia and Reign's story continues in the Courts of Aetheria where magic intertwines with passion, and the fate of a kingdom rests in the heartbeats of a forbidden romance.Author's This epic fantasy romance series contains steamy enemies to lovers, touch her and I'll unalive you vibes, age gap and a smoldering slow burn student/teacher relationship...
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  • Doing the Mamba by Stephanie West

    Doing the Mamba by Stephanie West

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Stephanie's nickname is Mother, not only because she's the leader of a clandestine refugee settlement, but because she's literally the mother of the alien hybrids who rescued her and started the secret station on Kepler for people just like them...
  • Blackmailing the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Blackmailing the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I will do whatever it takes to get what I want . . . and what I want is to avoid going to jail on Earth.So when I learn that Vos Klavoii, the Alien Bride Games Administrator, has a secret he'll do anything to keep, I decide I will use the information to blackmail my way into the Bride Lottery.Now I just have to find a Khanavai warrior who won't ask too many questions before agreeing to marry me...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  m-f  aliens  fantasy  betrayal  length-short
  • Marked For Menace by Susan Hayes

    Marked For Menace by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She survived impact… But her dreams burned up on re-entry. Spending her inheritance on a luxury cruise is the most reckless thing Hope has ever done, and she’s loving every second of it… right up to the explosion.Now she’s stuck on a strange planet filled with countless dangers and just one chance to survive. The problem? He’s huge, scarred, and the scariest thing on this planet...
  • Caged in Shadow by Jasmine Walt

    Caged in Shadow by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    New York Times Bestseller Jasmine Walt returns with the final book in this fantasy romance trilogy, perfect for fans of elemental fae and brooding dragon warriors...Adara and Einar are at a crossroads. With no allies left in the fae realm, they only have one option left to unlock Adara's powers--the dragons who fled Ediria nearly twenty years ago...
  • The Court of Thorns and Wings by Jen L. Grey

    The Court of Thorns and Wings by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    He claimed her, not for love, but for vengeance.Yet his enemies had other plans.After Tavish, the ruthless Unseelie King, stole Lira and brought her to his kingdom, he fully intended to drain her royal Seelie blood to free his people and reclaim his rightful lands.When Lira teetered on the edge of death, something inside him snapped and altered his plans...
  • Firefly Mountain by Christine DePetrillo

    Firefly Mountain by Christine DePetrillo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Firefighter Patrick Barre is determined to hide away in the woods of Vermont. He's content to do his job, remodel his house, and enjoy the company of his arson-detection dog, Midas. Scars from the fire that destroyed his family keep him from letting anyone into his life. Gini Claremont uses her camera to celebrate the beauty of life...
  • Right for Love by Aria Cole

    Right for Love by Aria Cole

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Love is only a swipe away… Pre-med student Carly Samuelson doesn't have time for things like swoony Valentine's dates, so when her best friend downloads a dating app to get Carly lucky, her expectations are low. But when her friend swipes right on tall, dark, and dashing Thorn Cartwright, Carly walks into something she never expected—Thorn's got a proposition: one night, one dress, him and her...
  • The Compeer by Jamie Applegate Hunter

    The Compeer by Jamie Applegate Hunter

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the humans destroyed the Earth, the gods were forced to wipe it clean and start anew. They created four immortal kings blessed with elemental powers to keep the peace among the new world and regulate their land’s climate...
  • Summer's Snow by Carly H. Mannon

    Summer's Snow by Carly H. Mannon

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Only the strongest of blooms arise from the blood-flecked snow. At only 21, the Briar twins have already known much tragedy. Nic and Misha’s mother died in childbirth, then their father was taken by disease thirteen years later. Now the four faerie kingdoms are gathering together to celebrate a century of peace...
  • Chev's Mate by Invi Wright

    Chev's Mate by Invi Wright

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A spinoff of The Female series.Chev's been dreaming of his mate since the moment he learned he'd have one. Most shifters find their mates in early adulthood, but Chev wasn't one of the lucky ones. He's thrown himself into work while he searches, becoming alpha of the bear shifters and the leader of the Seekers' organization, but he hasn't given up hope.Vanessa doesn't want a mate...
  • Cinnamon Rolls and Villainy by Chanté A. Campbell

    Cinnamon Rolls and Villainy by Chanté A. Campbell

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    A kind-hearted baker with a dark secret.The vicious, beautiful villainess he’s forced to serve. And the ruthless game that will decide the fate of their world. Human, Ayc Waylonder should have died in a massacre that destroyed his people, but a swift lie spared him from a bloody fate...
  • Love and Other Misfortunes by SenLinYu

    Love and Other Misfortunes by SenLinYu

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Draco Malfoy is dying. He's part-Veela and needs his mate to survive. Post-war, Hermione Granger is a workaholic, up to her eyeballs in legal activism on behalf of Magical Beings, and hasn't yet noticed that Malfoy is the Magical Being who needs her most.“Because I don’t want to be saved by you just because you feel like you have to.” He was properly furious now. “I’m in love with you...
  • Eldmoor : Origins of Blaze by J.P. Feather

    Eldmoor : Origins of Blaze by J.P. Feather

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The day twenty-seven-year-old Clara is chosen to take part in the Ascension Games is the day death knocks on her door.For many, the Ascension Games is the one and only chance for a better life in the underground city of Eldmoor. A prize worth fighting for… a life worth dying for.The Games are two teams, eight players, and one flag...
  • Stolen Shadow Bride by S.M. Gaither

    Stolen Shadow Bride by S.M. Gaither

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A desperate sister. A cold Fae prince. A dangerous trick, and a spark of passion that might set a fragile peace ablaze…Sephia has always known that her younger sister was destined to wed the prince of the Sun Court.Long ago, the human kingdom of Middlemage struck a bargain with the neighboring Fae that resulted in peace between them...
  • Not in a Billion Years by Camilla Isley

    Not in a Billion Years by Camilla Isley

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    She's a self-made fitness sensation. He's a billionaire mogul. They're sworn enemies and rivals... aren't they? Blake Avery knows all about hard work. She’s gone from making videos in her teenage bedroom to founding a booming fitness business and opening a state-of-the-art Manhattan gym. Now she’s on the cusp of realizing her wildest dreams, and she’s not going to let anyone stand in her way...
  • Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka

    Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Devoted fangirl meets hesitant fanboy in this swoony contemporary love letter to readers who adore fantasy worlds, from the beloved authors of The Breakup Tour.   Jennifer Worth lives to escape into the world of her favorite romantasy series Elytheum Courts, where the romance is sweeping and the men are brave, chivalrous . . . and winged...
    Categorized as:
    from hate to love  m-f  contemporary  fantasy
  • Founded on Goodbye by Kat Singleton

    Founded on Goodbye by Kat Singleton

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    His songs were better when he had a broken heart. That sentence would change my life after my dream job was dished to me on a shiny, silver platter. All I had to do? Hurt Nash Pierce enough to get him writing good music again. The pop icon’s songs were no longer the phenomena they used to be. His team needed another breakthrough album—like the first he’d penned, using his heartbreak as fuel...
  • The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

    The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 29 ratings
    The Folk of the Air Series 4 Books Collection Set By Holly The Cruel One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal...
  • King of the Shadow Fae by Amelia Hutchins

    King of the Shadow Fae by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 35 ratings
    New from USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a new Dark Urban Fantasy that will have you begging for more. Spellbinding, action-packed, mystery, and romance.I’d trained my entire life to take over the hunter guild. When the unthinkable happened, my father was taken, and I was forced to step up. The moment I took control, everything began to unravel around me...
  • Fate and Fury by Quinn Loftis

    Fate and Fury by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The last few days have been the darkest of Sally’s life. After experiencing the joy of finding her mate, she now suffers the pain of losing everything she holds dear. Both the Romanian and Serbian packs have been captured, ripping Sally’s soul mate away from her almost as soon as she had found him...
  • Out of the Dark by Quinn Loftis

    Out of the Dark by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Darkness has descended on the Transylvanian Alps. Four packs of the powerful Grey wolves – in a rare show of cooperation – had joined together here in an effort to help their pack members find true mates. Then they were betrayed by one of their own – an Alpha hell-bent on becoming the most powerful of the Canis lupis...
  • Song of Sorrows and Fate by L.J. Andrews

    Song of Sorrows and Fate by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    "Sing with me, Little Rose."A storyteller with the power of twisting the tales of Fate never lives long. From the beginning, Calista has always told her royals this truth, but she's determined to break the chain of violence by avoiding the attention from the tricky Norns...
  • The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Don't miss Book 6 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  fae  fantasy  magic  paranormal
  • Warlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce

    Warlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Lucas Slater is coming home.His boss is the dragon who has been keeping shifters both in check and protected since they were forced to come out into the light all those years ago. Humans have granted shifters the freedom to police their own—Damon Daye is the judge, and Lucas Slater is his personal hand of justice...
  • Wine & Warlocks by T.M. Cromer

    Wine & Warlocks by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ronan & Dubheasa's story will be the epic conclusion to the Unlucky Charms Series. Full blurb coming very soon...
  • Song of the Fae by Tricia O'Malley

    Song of the Fae by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Imogen, Captain of the Irish charter boat Mystic Pirate, has little time for friends and doesn’t trust her lovers. Perhaps the real issue is that she can’t trust herself, as she hasn’t yet found a good explanation for why otherworldly images dance before her eyes...
  • Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A 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 Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    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...
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