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The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsAn Amazon Best of the Month Selection A USA Today BestsellerIn New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken’s gripping new fantasy romance series, the Blacksmith Queen must confront armies and pretenders desperate to take her new-won crown. But with the Princess Knight at her side and a centaur warrior clan at her back, she’ll risk everything for victory . . -
Enthrall by Sandra R. Neeley
Vampires are often irresistibly sexy, powerful and misunderstood. Enthrall is all of those, and more. Being the leader of Whispers — a community of paranormals hidden deep within the south Louisiana swamps — is a difficult and lonely existence. He’s waited centuries to find his love, his mate. Then finally, when he’s all but given up, she’s there... -
The Searching by Vanessa Nelson
Oath-sworn to help those in need, Yvonne has been framed for murder.Tracking down those responsible for the destruction of the Stone Walls was a difficult enough task, but someone has made it much harder. The King is dead, and Yvonne is accused of his murder...Categorized as:
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The Rising by Vanessa Nelson
Can Yvonne stand against the darkness and win?Yvonne is looking forward to spending time with her adoptive children, and catching her breath after recent adventures.But nothing goes to plan. Her journey home is interrupted by an unexpected attack, and when she does get back to the house, her son is missing...Categorized as:
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Infernal God by Elizabeth Briggs
I'm the only one who can save the devil from himself.Lucifer broke the curse. He unlocked my true self. Then he sacrificed everything to protect our family. I'm going to save him somehow...even if I have to kill him.The apocalypse is imminent. Pestilence and War have been freed. Famine is coming, and Death will soon follow... -
Highland Thirst by Hannah Howell, Lynday Sands
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands combine talents in their most thrilling book yet. Set in the rugged Scottish Highlands, here is the spellbinding tale of two men destined to live by night with a hunger only the blood of Outsiders can quench--and a passion only two extraordinary women can satisfy. . -
A Court of Ice and Wind by Meg Xuemei X
Cass Saélihn isn't some defenseless damsel, sitting on her ass and waiting for her hot, alpha males to rescue her.She won't accept the fate of being in another cage.Even though the torque on her neck binds her, rendering her powerless.She won't allow Ares and Apollo to sever her mating bond to her beloved mates, no matter how they seduce, threaten, or torture her...Categorized as:
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Dragon on Top by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTry a little dragon tenderness. I am Glheanna the Decimator. I am a warrior. A soldier. I know no fear. No pain. No mercy. I do, however, know acute embarrassment! How could I not after getting dumped by a bastard dragon in front of my own troops? So I tuck tail and return to my cave, drowning my sorrows in ale—as is my family’s way... -
Pack Captive by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy pack is dying.After being hunted down by ghostly shadow wolves, we’re on the brink of extinction. As one of the rare Moon Callers, wolves who imbue warriors with lunar power, I was meant to protect our pack...but I failed.When a shadow wolf nearly kills me, a powerful new pack sees its chance to strike.They call it rescue. I call it servitude... -
Bearheart Hunter: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Leif senses his mate is in danger, he must do whatever it takes to ensure her safety.But how does he protect her against forces unseen?Emily moves to Bear Creek in the hope that the fresh mountain air might help her heal from her painful past.And who wouldn’t want to live here? The town is charming and the people are friendly and welcoming...Categorized as:
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The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions... -
Shifter Agents by Nancy Corrigan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet four alpha shifters who know their way around the darkness... They know pleasures can be found in the shadows. Danger, too. But they will do anything—risk everything—to lure their chosen mates into the dark. And once they have the keepers of their soul wrapped in the veil of night, they'll never—ever—let them go.Rescued - One bad choice landed me in a lifetime of servitude... -
Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the brilliant imagination of Kerrelyn Sparks comes a bold new fantasy romance series in which passion and magic collide. Behold the Embraced… Gwennore has a talent. An Elf able to track down the cause of an illness and heal it, she’s a valuable asset to her people...Categorized as:
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Opening Gambit by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis pawn is going to take control of the game… Seraphina Winyard is an abomination—a female mage. The first magic wielder of her sex to reach adulthood in three hundred years, she is treated like a zoological exhibit and leads a restricted life. Determined to escape and control her own destiny, she seizes a chance for freedom. But when her guardian is murdered, suspicion falls on the young mage... -
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The Forbidden by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is someone's darkest desire Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon can’t stop thinking about the chilling crime scene, or Finley Stirling, the FBI agent working the case... -
Bones by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWedding bells and happily ever afters are not for me.I’ve watched my brothers fall to the most dangerous thing of all. Love. But that won’t be me...Except the new dance teacher at the youth center has got my attention. I’ve tried not to notice her. She’s too sweet for me, not really my type.Then one night I find her in trouble, and I'm the only one who can save her... -
Curse of the Nandi by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane Austen meets Lara Croft: a paranormal detective refuses to let danger and death inconvenience her in colonial Kenya. Mrs. Knight's most exciting adventure yet! Mrs. Beatrice Knight is preparing to start a life of marital bliss, or at least marital satisfaction, with her new husband who fortunately is very much alive and can’t float through walls... -
Stones of Nairobi by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome stones should never be moved. Not easily befuddled, the intrepid supernatural sleuth Mrs. Beatrice Knight Timmons can’t fathom how the ancient tombstone of a legendary warrior-king ended up in Nairobi. All she knows is that her life is on the line once again as she embarks on her most dangerous mission yet: to retrieve a corpse and the soul it once housed. Mrs... -
The Widowed Witch of Kriegspiel by S.L. Prater
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratings“Are you a lawman, Inspector? Or my man?”A priest has been murdered. Inspector Bastion is selected to lead the case, but he’s got more on his mind than justice. Ten years prior, he lost his heart to the victim's now-widowed wife—but she'd already been paired in marriage against her will... -
Castle Shade by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat—all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure.The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter to Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia...Categorized as:
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Sword of Darkness by Robin Furth, Robin Gillespie
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a world where Camelot is ruled by Lord Kerrigan, the peasant Seren has become a pawn between the rulers of light and the rulers of darkness... -
Descent by L.J. Swallow
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe story of Vee and the Four Horsemen continues in Book Six of The Four Horsemen series. The other books in this reverse harem urban fantasy series must be read first. The Four Horsemen are forced to form an alliance with their enemies to take on a new threat to the world. But can they be trusted? Vee's true self is revealed, and the Four learn more about their past...Categorized as:
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Revenge of the Mantis by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfrican Myth meets Victorian Manners“Proof that paranormal can be fun & witty…” “I love this story & the quirky, practical Beatrice Knight…” “Wit, adventure & an air of mystery…” All is proceeding as it should for Beatrice Knight. That is, until the African Lightning God lands in her barn and announces that Mrs. Knight’s arch nemesis is about to pay an unsolicited visit... -
The Fourth Mandate by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Beatrice Knight is as delightful as Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody…” “Her handy cane is like a Swiss Army Knife on steroids…” “Wonderfully different, quirky & had me laughing out loud …” Having offered her firm and unequivocal resignation, Beatrice Knight is certain she is clear of her former employer, the Society for Paranormals, and is now free to proceed with her life and a wedding... -
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Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to the Castle of Dark Dreams, where USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs lures readers into a world of pleasure, adventure, and revenge… Thorn Mackenzie was a young Viking when he met Sparkle Stardust long ago. She used him and then abandoned him. Over a thousand years later, he has finally found a way to repay her... -
Broken by the Battleship by V.T. Bonds
“Sheathe those claws, kitten, before I sheathe myself inside your lying little mouth.” -Aft Desperate to protect my younger brothers from my father’s rage, I prepare to sneak away with them in the middle of the night, ready to face the dark lawlessness of the lower levels, but before I can put my plan into motion, an even worse threat breaks down our door... -
The White Lily by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTo the north of the Varis empire, a mysterious faction spreads propaganda against the vampire monarchy. Friedrich Volya, the Duke of Winter Hill, seeks to discover who they are before his uncle finds them first. King Dominik will punish the traitors with brutal force...Categorized as:
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Shifter Island by Lilly Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRejected by my mate, I find love again with two bear shifters on a tropical prison island.My fated mate rejects me because of the nasty scar I got on my face while protecting my clan.Exiled by my family, I make my way to Isla Paraiso, an island that used to be a prison for the most dangerous bear shifters of Venezuela... -
Feint and Doublecross by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn unexpected move could place Sera in check…or will it be checkmate?A strange beast stalks unfashionable Southbank, taking victims in a horrific fashion. Naturally the Mage Council sends Sera to track the supernatural killer, while pressuring her to marry one of their hand picked suitors... -
Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlending the dark eroticism of the vampire with the suspenseful adventure in history's most exotic locales, Yarbro's Saint-Germain epic continues in this third book that takes place in the last chaotic days of Nero's Rome... -
Angel's Indecent Proposal by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrincess Rose is no innocent damsel and no pawn. Before I move the chess pieces, she strikes. She knows exactly how to stoke my unbridled lust for her, and she hangs the one hot night in front of me like an unattainable prize. But she can’t deny her own attraction to me, either. The lust is mutual. While it burns me, it also scorches her...Categorized as:
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Dragon Queen by Carina Wilder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith all that's happened, it's time for the dire wolves to rise up against their greatest threat. But Gwynne, blinded by a mother's love, has plans of her own. Will the conflict between the alphas finally be tear their clan apart? And which dragon will triumph? This is the fifth and final instalment of the Sought by the Alphas Serial... -
Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOut Front the Following Sea is a historical epic of one woman’s survival in a time when the wilderness is still wild, heresy is publicly punishable, and being independent is worse than scorned — it is a death sentence... -
The Alpha's Daughter by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKarina is not like any of the wolves within her pack. She's a human. The only human to be born of two wolves.When her father invites another alpha to take his pick of willing, single, consenting females, Karina has no choice but to be in the lineup. She is pack, she is single, and she knows she is not going to get picked. She is human, and any alpha would be looking for a wolf... -
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Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen
The Royal Spyness series continues with an all-new mystery of "the British monarchy...a wedding in Transylvania...[and] wonderful characters." (#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Charlaine Harris). Penniless and thirty-fourth in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs... -
Fatal Goddess by Vasilisa Drake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCole made the ultimate sacrifice to save me… but I’m not letting him go that easily. All my life, the only thing I ever wanted was to belong–and then I found him, in my afterlife. A male who infuriated me with his taunts and secret-keeping yet won both my heart and my wolf’s. If he thinks I’ll let him go that easily, he’s wrong...Categorized as:
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Crown of Stars and Fate by Alexis Calder
Alliances shift, rules change, and loyalty is tested. Nothing will ever be the same. I knew my life would change when I traveled to Athos. I wanted to help my people, save the tributes, and make my family proud. Instead, I discovered more secrets and lies and saw my people destroyed in front of me. And then I faced the greatest betrayal yet... -
King of the Isles by Debbie Mazzuca
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe'll find him a bride if it's the last thing she does. And it very well might be. Evangeline may be powerfully persuasive in her way, but convincing the notoriously wild Highland king Lachlan MacLeod to strengthen his alliances with a strategic marriage seems to be asking the impossible... -
Beauty and the Blade by S. C. Grayson, Mystic Owl
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMost London socialites dream of marrying for love or status, but Contessa’s wedding is about justice—and revenge.Nathanial Woodrow is known on the streets of London as the Beast, leader of the fearsome Lion gang who mark their victims with three slashes on their face... -
Lair of the Lion by Christine Feehan
The Beast . . . Rumor said the powerful Nicolai DeMarco could command the heavens, that the beasts below did his bidding . . . and that he was doomed to destroy the woman he took as wife. It was whispered he was not wholly human—as untamed as his tawny mane and slashing amber eyes. The Beauty . . -
Trial by Fire by Carina Wilder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething's changed. The ritual left Gwynne stronger, more powerful. Improved, or so the alphas tell her. But now that she's back in her own time, she's confronted with a new future and a destiny unlike anything she'd imagined for herself... -
Myth Protector by Jamie Hawke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 1 in the Myth Protector Series As they fight a war of good and evil in our world, the Fairy Tales need a protector. All I wanted to do was take a break from college to check out LegendFest, some good ol' cosplay, and maybe find a lady to hit it off with...Categorized as:
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Bought to Break by Kyra Alessy
A woman freed from chains. Three ruthless mercenaries seeking revenge. Intense attraction that won’t be denied – whatever the price.Lana’s days are filled with backbreaking work and her nights are spent hiding from the master’s son, but, when dangerous mercenaries pass through her village, her life is changed forever. She’s thrust into an outside world she’s only ever dreamed of... -
Mated Exile by Lucy Auburn
My return from exile was just the beginning.I've found out so much more. Discovered the truth that was hidden from me. But there are more secrets and lies...No spoilers!This new series about a rejected mate has action, adventure, romance, steam, and absolutely no choosing...Categorized as:
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Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwo enthralling paranormal romances in one volume from the New York Times bestselling author.In Destiny , the Immortal High Witch Nidaba is captured by a madman. After endless torment, she escapes-but is deeply altered. Centuries later, she is found by Nathan King, who loved her long ago. But the beautiful woman he cherished has been replaced by a bitter, angry shell of her former self... -
Ember and Eclipse by T.K. Tucker
There’s a bounty on her head.After committing a brutal crime against Romul’s prince, Rel fled the mortal-dominated north to Witch Country. She wasn’t welcomed in the covens, though, so she found a sanctuary in an empty swamp instead.And that’s where she’s been hiding ever since.Until the Wolf of Romul, the deadliest witch hunter, somehow finds her after two years...Categorized as:
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I'll Never Be Your Crown Princess! (Manga) Vol. 2 (王太子妃になんてなりたくない!! [Outaishi-hi ni Nante Naritakunai!!] (Comic) #2) by Saki Tsukigami, Enn Tsutamori
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this sexy isekai romcom manga, a noblewoman loses her virginity to a mystery man to avoid marrying a prince--but he turns out to be the prince himself! A scandalous romance in another world! The noblewoman Lidiana, daughter of a duke, is actually the reincarnation of a modern Japanese woman who was tossed into this fantasy world... -
Rejected Exile by Lucy Auburn
I was rejected by my mate. Exiled by my pack. Cast out by my own father.Seven years later, I get the call. It's time to return to pack territory and bury my father. I intend to sign some paperwork and head straight back home.But Juniper has changed since my exile. A dark curse has taken hold and killed all the female werewolves in town. The land rots as vampires drain the pack...Categorized as:
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Vampire Love Story Boxed Set by H.T. Night
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBoxed set of five #1 bestselling Vampire Love Story novels: 1. Vampire Love Story 2. The Werewolf Whisperer 3. Forever and Always 4. Vampires vs. Werewolves 5. Werewolf Love Story VAMPIRE LOVE STORY Josiah Reign is a lover and a fighter. Out for a simple jog, he happens upon a young woman who needs help. So Josiah does what he does best. He takes on her attackers.. -
One With the Shadows by Susan Squires
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKate Malone makes her living reading Tarot cards and fleecing society's elite. With no prospect of independence, her own fate looks bleak. But Kate's fortunes change when she steals a magnificent emerald--and is soon confronted by a mysterious stranger. Kate is sure that the striking gentleman's attention is a ruse to retrieve the gem...Categorized as:
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