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Can't Get No Satyrfaction by Honey Phillips
He’s got hooves, horns, and a bad attitude. She’s got a camera and a knack for trouble. What could go wrong?Sylvie has always been a hopeless optimist, but even she didn’t expect her latest adventure photographing the mysterious Elderwood Forest would end with her being rescued—albeit reluctantly—by a grumpy, sharp-tongued satyr...Categorized as:
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![Guarded by an Alien Assassin by Honey Phillips]()
Guarded by an Alien Assassin by Honey Phillips
When Julie's past comes back to haunt her, she finds an unexpected savior in the form of a towering, blue-skinned alien with a fierce scowl and muscles for days.She should be terrified. Instead she wants to get closer - much closer - to the brooding warrior, and not just because of the safety he promises.Q’tar's mission is eliminate his target and get the hell off of Earth...Categorized as:
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![Gifted Connections 5 by S.M. Olivier]()
Gifted Connections 5 by S.M. Olivier
I never expected to be abducted by my biological father, Horatio, lose my very best friend, or discover our lives were going to change tremendously. All I knew was I needed to get back to my men. Everything was more manageable with them by my side. I also knew we had to end Horatio's involvement in our lives. We needed to start building our futures without constantly worrying about him...Categorized as:
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![Her Alien Neighbor by Ivy Knox]()
Her Alien Neighbor by Ivy Knox
AXIL & VANESSA'S STORYHiding his true form while living among humans on Earth is not easy, but for thirteen years, Axil Monroe and his four brothers have done it. That is until an enticing, infuriating female moves in next door. All Vanessa Bradford wants is to become a successful actress, or successful enough to pay the rent on her tiny L.A. apartment...Categorized as:
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![Damaged Goods by Poppy Rhys]()
Damaged Goods by Poppy Rhys
The universe can go screw itself.Getting sucked through a portal and spat out on an alien planet was not how I saw my Saturday unfolding. Stranded with no money, no shelter, I’m surrounded by the worst and wealthiest the galaxy has to offer...Categorized as:
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![Raising Draconas by Sara Lindley]()
Raising Draconas by Sara Lindley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRaising Draconas King Reihal Draconas of the planet Dracon, has made the ultimate sacrifice and stooped to go to Earth leading a team of Draconas warriors. It took a lot to convince the High Council that the trip was very necessary to what was considered among all dragons as the ‘planet of filthy, low class humans’. The Planet Earth... -
![Breathless by Cat Wynn]()
Breathless by Cat Wynn
Former model and current recluse Jules Lowe would prefer to spend the rest of her life locked inside her apartment doing nothing more than fixating on her empty fish tank and chatting away on a local aquarium forum. But when her online crush sends her an inadvertently suspicious picture, Jules' curiosity gets the best of her...Categorized as:
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![One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews]()
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about... -
![Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie]()
Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie
I promised to avenge my parents.But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...Categorized as:
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![Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The war is on... Counted among the fiercest Andarion warriors ever born, Hauk is one of the five founding members of the Sentella- an organization that has declared war on the League that rules the Ichidian universe with an iron fist and terrifies it with an army of well-trained assassins. Hauk's enemies are legion, but he fears nothing and no one...Categorized as:
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![Darkness by Laurann Dohner]()
Darkness by Laurann Dohner
Kat’s boss wants dirt on the NSO. She is sent to Homeland undercover but everything goes wrong as soon as she enters the front gates. She is arrested by a big, powerful, sexy New Species but she is not frightened. He turns her on and things heat up fast between them. Now, she just hopes he does not break her heart. Darkness admires Kat’s courage but he cannot trust anything she says...Categorized as:
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True by Laurann Dohner
Jeanie loves a New Species and is willing to pay for that love with pain, tears and heartbreak. She’ll do anything to keep 710 alive but she never wants him to know how she suffered for him. He’s the reason for her mission in life—freeing others like him. True has a new life working with the NSO to rescue his people. A good life, until he encounters a dying woman—the female who betrayed him... -
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Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh steps back into the shadows of her heartbreakingly original world where angels rule, vampires serve, and the innocent can pay the greatest price of all ...Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux and her lover, the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael, have returned home to New York only to face an uncompromising new evil ..Categorized as:
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![Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken]()
Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsDon’t miss the thrilling novella that connects the last two novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds trilogy. Sam didn’t think things could get worse at Thurmond rehabilitation camp. Then the Reds arrive. Everyone assumed the kids with firepower had been killed years ago. Instead they were taken away, brainwashed, and returned as terrifyingly effective guards... -
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![Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop]()
Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community..Categorized as:
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![Blake by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Blake by Nyssa Kathryn
A past that can't be changed. A future as uncertain as their relationship.Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter's life, ever since the girl's father-a man Willow thought she'd be with forever-inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he's back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho... -
![The Power by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Power by Jennifer L. Armentrout
With any great change, there is always strife, and the Covenant University has become the frontline between pure-bloods who want the Breed Order reinstated and the half-bloods who want the right to control their own destinies. Fate has other plans. The violence is escalating and war between the races seems inevitable, and it couldn’t come at a worse time...Categorized as:
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Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh
Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s sensual and painfully beautiful Guild Hunter world in her new novel of sacrifice, loyalty, and the choices of love that can shatter the heart... -
![End of Days by Susan Ee]()
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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![Marked by Rebecca Zanetti]()
Marked by Rebecca Zanetti
Janie Kayrs has known Zane almost her whole life. He was her friend in the dream world. She trusted him. But that was before he kidnapped her, spiriting her away to an isolated cabin to learn what her dreams never told her. Like how dangerous he looks. How he got on the wrong side of the negotiating table...Categorized as:
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![Nocticadia by Keri Lake]()
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me...Categorized as:
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![The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter]()
The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter
New York Times bestselling sensation Gena Showalter returns with her long-awaited next installment of the Lords of the Underworld series… He is the keeper of Doubt and his entire world’s about to be rocked. Bound by the demon of Doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers... -
![Storm Echo by Nalini Singh]()
Storm Echo by Nalini Singh
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into the hearts of two fractured people in a world on the brink of a psychic Armageddon . . .Silence has fallen. The Psy are free to feel emotion. Free to love. But Silence was never a prison for Ivan Mercant. The biggest threat to his future lies dormant in his brain—a psychic monster that wants only to feed...Categorized as:
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![The Return by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Return by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Fates are cackling their bony asses off...It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody--which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth... -
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![The Alion King by Milly Taiden]()
The Alion King by Milly Taiden
Paranormal Dating Agency Book 6 - STANDALONE BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Isabella Barca is great at organizing—not so great at keeping her nose out of trouble. When Bella goes to work as Mrs. Wilder’s assistant, the opportunity of a lifetime pops up: travel with Gerri to another planet, a shifter planet, and help Gerri find a lion king his mate...Categorized as:
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![Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost]()
Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war… A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights...Categorized as:
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![Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie]()
Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie
I'm bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I'm responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That's what my textbooks say. That's what I see. He's ruthless, he's temperamental, he's cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he's hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster...Categorized as:
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![Adonis by L. Sherleen]()
Adonis by L. Sherleen
Accused of a hate crime and expelled from school in his final year, Connor returns home to his seaside town to let everything blow over. There, not only does he have to learn to deal with the addition of two new stepbrothers and a new stepdad, but he also has to grapple with a world set against him. It’s not all bad though. Within his dad’s underwater lab, he discovers something in the deep...Categorized as:
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![In the Roar by Milly Taiden]()
In the Roar by Milly Taiden
BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Alivia Vela is a big girl tired of dating. She’s at the point she’s going to find a frozen pop and get artificially inseminated. Or she would, until big, growly and oh, so sexy Karel shows up, saves the day and gives her a night she won't soon forget. That, mouth…that tongue. Oh my. Karel Yaghar needs a mate faster than he can growl the word MINE...Categorized as:
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![Her Falcon by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Falcon by Fiona Davenport
After spending nearly a year in captivity, Ramsey Altair needed time to heal. Although she had long dreamed of finding her fated mate, she wasn’t prepared to face the man who might belong to her so soon after being rescued. Feeling as though she had no other choice, she fled his pack before they could meet.Aero Covey refused to be deterred...
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