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Tenacity by Auryn Hadley, A.H. Hadley
WAR, HEARTBREAK, MORE WAR…AND A NEW FRIEND In the fifth epic of the Rise of the Iliri, Auryn Hadley interjects a compelling sci-fi action fantasy with a heart-warming tale of everyday community and the heart-wrenching reality of war—and the loss it mandates... -
Instinctual by Auryn Hadley, A.H. Hadley
The Black Blades are the best special operations unit in the Conglomerate of Free Citizens, but none of them are free. They're iliri, a race of humanoids specifically designed to be the perfect soldiers. No one can remember where they came from, but the histories say they were made to kill - and it's what they do best... -
Resilience by Auryn Hadley, A.H. Hadley
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN IS NEAR…BUT WHO IS THE REAL ENEMY? Auryn Hadley’s sixth action-adventure in The Rise of the Iliri fantasy series asks how far mankind will go to protect their pride. Because it seems they’ll guard it at the expense of all else... -
Havoc by Auryn Hadley, A.H. Hadley
HISTORY DECREES SHE MUST DIE—OR LOSE HER MIND The world has waited a long time for the Kaisae—Salryc Luxx, leader of the iliri and commander of the allied forces. Kaisaes before her have died or gone mad. But now that they are so close to finally winning the war and finding peace for her species, either option is unthinkable! She's still needed... -
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Shadow's Savior by Cassie Cole
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAlyssa's Quintelaide stands disgraced.After a violent confrontation forces them to flee the capitol, Alyssa and her Quintmates struggle to cope with the fallout. Warrior Jaxon focuses on their path forward, while Frost Mage Arthur contemplates their place in history. Alyssa doesn’t know how to feel about her decision to disobey the Archon, and whether to blame herself for the events that followed... -
The Wicked Sting: Codename: Scorpius by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI used to be that girl.Before loving you.The daydreamer who believed in fairytalesAnd I knew I was right to have faith when a moment of serendipity led me to both of you.The three of us were blissfully happyUntil your lies were exposed and the dream fadedNow I know that falling in love was just the point of impact,A single moment when life veered dangerously off course.Now I’m that girl...Categorized as:
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Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair
I would go to war to protect the nightmares I loved. War was at our doorstep threatening to kill my father, and with him were enough humans that if battle ensued, it would make national headlines. Ones that would only further divide and enhance the hatred between humans and nightmares.War had to be defeated, I just didn’t know how... -
Knot Your Problem by L.A. Clyne
For an omega in hiding, one moment, one breath, can change everything.Lexie is a survivor. She’s built a life for herself exactly the way she wants it. Rescuing abused women and hiding in plain sight from a corrupt world, she relies on no one. Lexie has convinced the world, including herself, that she’s a beta. Until the Crash... -
Shadow Bonds by Rumer Hale
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDeath was supposed to be my end. Instead, it was just the beginning.I woke up in someone else’s body, inside the Shadow Academy, a school for elite warriors. Now they think I’m someone I'm not, and until I escape, I’ll have to play along.But things get complicated when strange powers awaken inside me, along with forgotten memories... -
Power of Draken: A Fated Mate Fae Romantasy by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe next generation of the bestselling Power of Five must find their fated mate—and Kai’s just happens to be human... and his sworn enemy.ROWANI’m an alchemist, not a soldier. But when your mother is an ambitious war hero and your rare magic is the key to defending the kingdom from draken-riding fae, you don’t get a choice... -
Ranger's Risk by Cassie Cole
A young Pyromancer teams up with five sexy soldiers in this action-packed Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance. Alyssa’s Quintelaide is getting another chance to test the Tinker superweapon.And this time it’s against a real Silithik hive... -
Knot Your Possession by L.A. Clyne
To save the people she loved, Ava sacrificed everything and became the Palace’s perfect omega. For a decade, isolated and alone, her every move watched, she waited to be rescued. Yet freedom came from the most unexpected of places. With electricity gone and the world plunged into darkness, the Crash brought danger but also new possibilities... -
Whispers Beneath the Deep by Aleera Anaya Ceres
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaisie never expected to care about the most notorious criminal of Thalassar. But with the Black Blade on the brink of death, she must decide if she’s going to assume her role as princess and watch him die… or risk everything to save his life.With danger lurking around every corner, no decision comes easily... -
Clever Witch by Nikki Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHide your magic. Don't tell anyone you're dating your TA, and now maybe your handler, too. Don't tell anyone about the jaguar in your room, or secret lab under the dorm. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer... -
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Mated to Team Shadow: A Military Shifter Reverse Harem Romance by Jade Alters
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI’ve never been so scared in my life. Even managing to escape somehow lands me in more danger and in a stranger place than I ever knew existed. Yacht party. Sounds good right? Nobody told me that Pirates were a possibility. Nobody warned me that even my saviors could be more dangerous than my captors. But dangerous in a different way. Like, not in a life-threatening way... -
Dragon Trial by Debbie Cassidy
The stories say that the dragons saved humanity, but all they left were ashes, cinder, and a new breed of human. Welcome to the Outlands, where nobody cares if you scream.Rogue, Fighter, survivor. I have many roles, but my only purpose is to protect my loved ones and make a better life for them. It’ll take one more job to make my dream a reality...Categorized as:
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Caresses Between the Sand by Aleera Anaya Ceres
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe secrets of the kingdom are finally unravelling, and now that Maisie knows the truth of why Kappur and Thalassar are at war, she will do everything she can to make it right. Starting with finding out where the missing royal is.To do that, she’ll need to retrace Princess Odele’s every move, and she knows she can’t do it alone. Not with the queen monitoring her every move... -
Harmless by Crystal Ash
Messing with me is one thing.Tearing me away from my men? That’s an act of war.Just when Torr and I had our first passionate night together, our undercover mission went t*ts up. For all I know, he might be lost to me forever. So after staggering alone through the desert, I’m calling on reinforcements for help.Dead or alive, I’m avenging Torr... -
Remnanix by Luna May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHave you ever had a dream where it felt so real, that it leaves you questioning reality when you wake up? Yeah, well…welcome to my world.After almost dying like a noob in my last boss fight and having serious heart to hearts with NPC’s, the wires between reality and fantasy are starting to blur... -
Hopeless Sacrifice by A.K. Koonce
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWar is hell. A war built from reckless fae magic is total annihilation. Even the gods are turning their backs on the dwindling race of mortals. But Kara and her friends refuse to let the world crumble without a fight. An unlikely friend offers them one thing. The mysterious gift might be their last hope. There will be destruction. There will be bloodshed. There will be death... -
Feral Skies by Penn Cassidy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBook One of the Hell's Apocalypse SeriesYou learn a lot about people when the $#!* hits the fan. You learn who to trust, who to rely on... who to watch out for. Me? I learned not to get too close to people, because one day I'll probably have to put a bullet between their eyes.My friends and I got lucky... if you could call it that... -
Curtain Call by Crystal Ash
I have my men. I have my powers. But are they enough to stop an evil we can’t see? Arjun’s world has been turned upside down, but he’s shoved his pain away to train me for our biggest, most dangerous shifter rescue we’ve ever done. He says we’re doomed to fail, but I can’t turn my back on the helpless. And even while he’s pushing me away, I can’t give up on us...Categorized as:
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Crazy Witch by Nikki Dean
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHide your magic.Hide your boyfriends.Hide your real power.Mallory Serra is in over her head. Finals are coming up, Christmas is around the corner with two and a half boyfriends to buy gifts for, and the Defense Department is still trying to kill them all.Oh, and she might be a murderer on top of all of that. Fun stuff... -
Finding Truth Beneath the Lies by C.C. Masters
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnna is back with her pack, but she didn't come back alone... While a new enemy targets the pack from within, Anna is focused on learning how to use her magic to protect those she loves. Balancing her relationships, pack responsibilities, ties to the human world, and dedication to discovering her past isn't easy. Add in her need to keep her magic under control and something has got to give... -
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Equipoise by Crea Reitan
Fight or f*ck. That’s how the Eschats live.What started with unsolicited d!ck pics that led to an @rgy has resulted in the end of the world. While I’m happy in my new life with the seven Brothers of Eschat, living in their underground world of Manaalanian, there are questions left unanswered... -
Zombie Queen by Mary Martel, Brandy Slaven
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe beginning...The beginning is always the best place to start when reflecting on what has been.Thinking back on it, my life had been perfect.Middle class girl in high school with a happy home life.My life had been full of nothing but promise.Life was good.Everything was great.And then my whole world went to shit. In one day.The disease came first.Then the dead...Categorized as:
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Protecting Their Omega by Jasmine Fox
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI survived it twice but failed at the third hunt...Prisoned in the same room for the last nine months, I was the only Omega who didn't surrender.And I would never.Because I burdened not only my life but my little sister's.The belief that my long-missing sister was not dead but waiting for me somewhere supported me to be the only Omega who remained unclaimed for two huntings... -
Taming Her Bears: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Jade Alters
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne party gone wrong. Drugged and captured, Natalia found herself stranded on an island with the wrong type of people. With no experience surviving in the wild, she was ready to accept her inevitable fate. Until.. A team of four gorgeous bear shifters come to her rescue. From the moment they lay eyes on her, they become vulnerable and at risk in more ways than imaginable... -
Neverwith by Crea Reitan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIra is a Fixer, a child raised and trained to “fix” broken fairy tales by an organization the Fixers refer to as DeadEnd. Because once you enter a fairy tale, there’s no getting out.Ira has been assigned to Neverland. You know Neverland, where Peter Pan lived because he didn’t want to grow up. Neverland, with fairies and pirates...Categorized as:
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Claiming Her Beasts 2 by Dia Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLive by his rules or die by them…The city fell. Help never came. Now our lives depend on playing by Dominic’s punishing rules. But the icy-cold sergeant’s brutal tactics and questionable motives make him just as dangerous as the monsters outside.Even worse, my visceral attraction to Dominic and a deadly shifter is pushing Reed further into insanity... -
Deathless by Crystal Ash
Deathless is the third and final book in the Vengeful Gods MC series! Full description coming soon... -
Jump through Fire by Crystal Ash
I need to save the tiger shifter before it’s too late-- but I have my own fires to jump through. Every burn on his paws, every poke and prod from his cruel masters, I feel as if it were my own. I also feel his anger and his thirst for blood. He’s even more of a predator than Hunter or Razvan. There’s a danger about this tiger shifter I’ve never experienced before...Categorized as:
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Winter Huntress by M. Sinclair
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Standalone Reverse Harem Novel.Did you know that wolf shifters could have human mates? Me neither. Not until I find out that I’m the local alpha’s mate. Perhaps it would have been the perfect eighteenth birthday present to find the supposed other half of my soul…but the guy rejected me... -
Tainted Blood by Ellabee Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI don’t fear the walking dead like most people, but that may be because I grew up playing Red Rover with them. Once they begin to decay, they’re not very fast, but they’re guaranteed to break through the clenched fists of the other team when they run through them. Sometimes they break those fists off completely... -
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Oath of Betrayal by Olena Nikitin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was broken, but even a shattered blade can kill...Tormented by grief and powerless after the loss of the men who anchored her magic, Annika fakes her death, seeking refuge in a secluded town. For years, she hides her identity until a chance encounter with a dragon exposes her unique power to the Lord Commander of the Dragon Riders... -
Unveiled by A.J. Anders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPulled deeper into the world of the Surmata, Evie works hard to prove she belongs. Evie must navigate her way through her growing feelings for the men of the Shadewolf Kaveri while dealing with her supernatural classes, new friendships, resistance members, and the ever-growing violence with her father’s right hand, Dominick... -
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...Categorized as:
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Bond & Protect: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Laura Wylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFour Fated Mates. My Protectors. My Primal Guides.A numbness has spread through me like cancer.My memories float beyond my reach.The only memory I have is waking up to four infuriating, ex-special forces wolf shifters standing by my side.They make me crazy - in more ways than one. And it doesn’t stop there.One day I have a stalker. The next, I’m accused of murder... -
Her Beary Sexy Christmas by Theodora Taylor
I’ll admit I had no business crying over my dumpster fire life while driving through a narrow pass in the Canadian Great Claw Mountains. But in my defense, that snow drift came out of nowhere.One moment, I was losing consciousness, pretty sure I was going to die...Categorized as:
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Tightrope by Crystal Ash
Do I save my siblings or keep all of the men I love? Hunter thought he lost his pack for good, but his brothers have reappeared. The pups are overjoyed at seeing their uncles again, and we’re all relieved to know some of his pack members survived. The only problem? His brothers hate humans. Which only adds to my confusion when I hear they have a shaman like me...Categorized as:
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Claiming Her Mates by Dia Cole
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree Lykos shifters swore to protect Havana. But who will protect them from her? With everyone bailing on my holiday party, I didn’t think the night could get any worse. Then three scorching hot men storm the club and demand I come with them. Thinking they’re cops, I run only to discover the flu vaccine is turning people into monsters. Now my survival depends on Mason, Gabriel, and Liam... -
Claimed by the Pack: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Jade Alters
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree hot, protective wolf shifters want to claim me as their own… they’re going to have to learn to share. When I caught Ridge staring at me across the room in that busy nightclub I could feel his desire piercing right through me. He was tall, chiseled and by far the hottest guy in the room, but I could feel there was something forbidden and dangerous about him... -
Angels of Chaos by May Dawson, Alexa B. James
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was raised to fight the war between demons and angels. Earth is their battleground, and half-angels like me have one job:Live for Heaven, die for Earth.But I’ve never been big on following the rules. When I steal an angelic relic to save my dying best friend, I find myself facing down my ex-boyfriend – the worst of the angels – on a dark city street... -
Her True Mates by Laura Wylde
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA forced marriage is the last thing I want.I’m a runaway bride.A rebel Lycan Queen. Stuck in small town Twin Lakes.I have my own mind, my own desires, and my own ideas about what love is.Dylan isn’t it.And right now, I want them.My protectors.Dimitri—a military bear-shifter and bad-boy alpha with a mysteriously dark past...Categorized as:
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Abra Cadabra by Crystal Ash
Something is watching me. I can’t tell if it wants to hurt or protect me. Is the howling at night real or is my mind playing tricks on me? What about the flashes of white fur I see out of the corners of my eyes? And who is the beautiful, pale man haunting my dreams? As carnival performers, it’s always on to the next show... -
Freak Show by Crystal Ash
Who knew cages and freaks would set me free? Growing up in trailer trash hell, the carnival was my only happy memory as a child. I held onto the magic of that memory until I could finally escape. And like Alice down the rabbit hole, I entered a world beyond my wildest dreams. A world with a shiny, colorful exterior, but filled with rot and corruption underneath... -
Knot Broken by Alice Clyde
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArrogant, entitled, and utterly spoiled by everyone.That’s who I was, a typical omega who was born to a rich, influential father.I took every good thing in my life for granted until the alpha I was madly in love with sold me to an underground terrorist group.I’m caged, beaten, starved, and abused... -
Caged by Mona Black
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinding out I am an omega in a world ruled by betas is only the beginning of my troubles…Alphas and omegas are considered non-humans. We're considered animals, some of whose traits we share. Furry ears and tails, anyone? Oh, and also mating cycles.That's right.Fun.Not something I thought I had to worry about. See, I thought I was a beta. I thought I was human. I thought I was safe...Categorized as:
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Shadowlands Sector, One by Mila Young
They call me an outcast, weak. I’ve fought my whole life for survival, running from an attack on my family I ended up hiding with the Ash Wolves. This one move might be my biggest mistake of all. And I’m the queen of mistakes… I let them believe I’m broken, let them believe the lies. I let them believe anything they want…as long as it isn’t the truth...Categorized as:
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Ignited Soul by Reverie Hargrove
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsGetting her brother away from their abusive household and leading a peaceful existence: that's all Violet wants. Growing up powerless in a town mostly inhabited by Supernaturals made her life a living hell, but now she's ready to leave it all behind and start fresh.But then a wounded man stumbles into her bookstore and dies in her arms, passing her a power that wasn't meant for her..Categorized as:
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