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  • Chayton by Tiya Rayne

    Chayton by Tiya Rayne

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 49 ratings
    ChaytonFive years ago, I walked away from my pack and my true mate to save my son's life. It's a decision I will never regret. Since then, I've lived with only one focus: to protect my son at all costs. Once again, I'm faced with the decision to save his life. I'm forced to either marry the human that saved him or watch my son die. The latter is never an option...
  • Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette

    Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette and an instant USA Today bestseller!“Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart.”Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter...
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  • Bound Through Time: Future by Twyla Turner

    Bound Through Time: Future by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    The final chapter in the Viking Brothers Series... Dag knows his destiny lies within the future. Will it be with his eldest brother or beyond? Has time bound him to a woman, the way it has for Thorin and Jerrik? And if so, who will she be? Only time will tell...Warning: Adult content...
  • The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker

    The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    No one defies the Lord of the Underworld.  Chief Mataio Tauati took over his father’s post as Gatekeeper of The Dead at seventeen years of age. Twelve years later, he’s become the strongest god of his ancestral lineage. To challenge him is a death sentence and, for the most part, everyone understands the rules.   For the most part...
  • Somebody's Husband by Robbi Renee

    Somebody's Husband by Robbi Renee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A grieving doctor and a nurturing professor join forces on a potentially groundbreaking medical study that sparks a profound connection neither saw coming in this unconventional romantic drama, perfect for fans of Briana Cole, Tia Williams, Kennedy Ryan, and Mary B. Morrison. Dr. Dresden Xavier moved his family back to his hometown of Monroe City after an unfortunate tragedy...
  • Unhinged by Dreia Wells

    Unhinged by Dreia Wells

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Everything I thought I knew about my life was a lie.With all the revelations about me coming to the surface, I just need time to figure it all out. Trying to navigate my day-to-day life with four soul tethers, a fated mate, and my betrothed is a challenge within itself, but time is not on my side. When I think I can settle into my new normal, my world turns upside once more...
  • Elias The Wicked by K. Alex Walker

    Elias The Wicked by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    I, Kerah Moss, was on the fast-track to becoming the first veterinarian in my family. Academics - check. Accolades - double-check. But then, a drop of forbidden passion entered my life, and like with all things forbidden, trouble followed and trapped me in the relationship that led to the near-fatal car accident that ended my veterinary career.Five years later, my life is mostly back on track...
  • For Her Safety by Dria Andersen

    For Her Safety by Dria Andersen

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    For seven years Silas Knight has been focused only one thing: finding his daughter. He didn’t have time for relationships, and he certainly wasn't looking for a mate. But see… fate was a tricky thing. The one thing he’d been avoiding was the one thing he would have to do to keep his daughter with him...
  • Saint and the Queen by Desiree .

    Saint and the Queen by Desiree .

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Eve Noelle has been tortured by her mother's careless dreams and delusions her entire childhood that her absent father is actually Santa Claus. The real Santa Claus. She despises Christmas, the music, the children, and anything to do with the holiday but then one day.
  • Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon

    Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 175 ratings
    Eve had one job. Kill Adam.But when her mark for the night turns out to be a gift-wrapped omega, Eve can’t resist delaying the job and enjoying the opportunity before her.One bite is all it takes.That’s what Adam is counting on. One bite and he might live till morning.Success is complicated when the trap he lays catches one bad alpha...
  • Wolf and Soul : [50 Loving States, Oklahoma] by Theodora Taylor

    Wolf and Soul : [50 Loving States, Oklahoma] by Theodora Taylor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Book 3 of the Amazon Bestselling Alaska Princesses Trilogy is finally here! Tu Ataneq and Grady Wulfkonig are the last two shifters on the face of this earth who would ever get together. They're complete opposites--him an uptight former sheriff and her a former party girl. Plus, they have history--ugly history that Tu doubts she'll ever be able overcome...
  • Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker

    Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their 1st home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. But when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and eventually, her dreams.Jonah’s so real, she can touch him. He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love...
  • Day One by JanJan Untamed

    Day One by JanJan Untamed

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Some of us will not be returning home. This is a one-way trip to nowhere. A kamikaze mission for the brave and stout of heart. And the chance of a lifetime for an explorer like me. In my last email, I encouraged the team to make sure their affairs were in order. See to their wills and appoint a power of attorney. I suggested they hug their parents and kiss their offspring...
  • A Witch's Touch by S.E. Smith

    A Witch's Touch by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    As the darkness spreads, help comes when she needs it the most… Marina Fae never considered herself a powerful witch or dreamed that she could make a difference in the fight to save her people, but when the Sea Witch’s magic swept across the Isle of Magic, Marina led a group of children to safety in the dense mountain forest, and it was the only the beginning of what she discovered she can do...
  • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

    Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 151 ratings
    After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies...
  • Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

    Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 93 ratings
    The shadows have risen, and the line is law.All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new:A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion.But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak...
  • The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

    The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 112 ratings
    The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin.THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night...
  • Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 55 ratings
    A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world...The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on—especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence...
  • Jasora: An Alpha's Queen by Natavia

    Jasora: An Alpha's Queen by Natavia

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Discover what happens when destiny plays its hand, and souls connect across lifetimes. Their fiery connection ignites memories from a past life, reckoning them to a love that cannot be denied. Brace yourself for a thrilling ride filled with passion, deceit, and the undeniable power of true love in this urban paranormal romance...
  • The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 73 ratings
    If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare. Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death...
  • Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    I was supposed to be a Light Guardian.My whole life was mapped out and I was going to proudly follow my ancestor's footsteps. So why did the Angels reject me? I trained for years to become one of the Elite in the Angels fight against the forces of evil. When the time came for me to attend Caelum Academy, my invitation never came...
  • The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Damali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon. Cain, the son of Eve and the new chairman of the Vampire Council is amassing an army of creatures like no one has ever seen before...
  • The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan's Consort sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman.  She raises all the dark covens—calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding.  Her goal is to distract the team members, while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth...
  • Burning Embers by Katie May

    Burning Embers by Katie May

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 30 ratings
    The only way to survive the flames is to become one with them. Since my parents died when I was young, I’ve been bounced from foster home to foster home. Some have been great. Others…not so much.My social worker, Amanda, assures me that this new home will be my final one.New house. New school. New life...
  • The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique

    The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 51 ratings
    When having to decide between spending her afterlife in hell or as the Grim Reaper’s Lawyer, it's not even a hard choice for Joyce Parker. Of course she’d choose hell.Joyce thought her prayers were finally answered when her client killed her. Yes, she knows, it's morbid. But, so is being a lawyer. Now dead, Joyce thought it was blue skies, angel wings, mimosas and Jesus...
  • The Shadows by L.A. Banks

    The Shadows by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Antichrist has been injured and the fourth biblical seal has been broken. Yonnie and Val, a strange combination of a daywalker and an angel hybrid, have joined Damali and Carlos's team. And the two new Council-level vamps, Elizabeth Bathory and Lucrezia Borgia, are still in recovery from their last mission...
  • The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed...
  • The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The final story in the now cult favorite Vampire Huntress series.   The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America's most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House...
  • The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power...
  • Definitely Not Paid Enough For This by A.J. Sherwood

    Definitely Not Paid Enough For This by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    “Company policy forbids me from accepting power from customers in exchange for any product on the shelves, my blood, my soul, or my firstborn child…” When Ross started working night shift at a lonely gas station in Salem, he expected quiet nights. Instead, he found himself face to face—quite literally—with the supernatural...
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