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Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里
One day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam... -
Grim by Joe Arden, D.J. Krimmer
We thought death was the end, turns out it’s just the prologue. RUE. I died, briefly. Then I came back. Now I’m determined to make the most of every minute I have left. Only problem is I’ve been saddled with supervision. Kane Deveraux is handsome, smug, and cold as a tombstone. So why does he make me feel something more powerful than death? KANE... -
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The Monsters We Hunt by Katie May
Life hasn’t been kind to me. Combined with the world ending, storms ravaging the coast, and zombie-like creatures attacking, I’m not able to catch a break. But this time? The world took it too far. Separated from two of my men and grieving a third, I will stop at nothing to make our fractured team whole again... -
The Devil's Masquerade: The Remedy by Jennifer Loren
Nick Jayzon is now a Savage, a part of Asmodeus’s army. Kayla has been threatened, cornered and tempted to run and hide, leaving her true love to fight on his own and be forever under the control of the greed hungry devil. However, she meets a mysterious ally that she never knew she had until she needed her the most and that ally encourages Kayla, to stay and to fight... -
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Hunt Me by Heather Hildenbrand
I’m at a bar trying to poison a mark like the professional I am when I see him. Straight from Tartarus, they say the shadow dragon called Legion has slayed entire armies single-handedly, and the intense way he looks at me suggests every rumor I’ve heard about him is true. I should be terrified. Instead, I’m drawn like a moth to a flame. The moment he touches me, everything changes... -
Lovely Wicked Things by Trisha Wolfe
The third and final installment of the Hollow's Row series. Halen:. I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild...Categorized as:
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Memories of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
The girl I met when we were nine is now the woman who said “yes” to being my wife. But Josie’s not planning our wedding; she’s too consumed by things that happened over a century ago. She has terrible dreams and unrelenting visions of the unspeakable. I believe her, but I don’t understand her. If I can’t understand her, I can’t stop her. If I can’t stop her, I can’t save us...Categorized as:
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Judicium by Natalie Bennett
Tick tock…it’s time for judgment. The blood we spilled came after the riddles. Betrayal followed by those we trusted. There are so many things we could have done differently, saving ourselves from future heartache. Now, it’s too late to recast the die. By everything tainted and maleficent, we’re forever bonded. Every tragedy has an origin. This is where ours begins... -
Alexander by Karla Nikole
Alexander Kendrick has been dumped. Everyone knows, and the humiliation is nothing compared with the heartbreak and disappointment. Eden’s most eligible purebred vampire is back on the market. Broken. Daniel Lim hates purebred vampires. He would be perfectly content to never interact with another purebred again—even if it means existing in subpar health for the rest of his life... -
Jaded Hollow: The Complete Collection by Alex Grayson
Now you can get the entire Jaded Hollow Series in ONE Complete Collection! Dark memories, horrific events, brutal kidnappings, and heartbreaking lies and deceit. Welcome to Jaded Hollow, where you’ll learn just how jaded love can be. Bailey’s running from her abusive past, while Jaxon stops at nothing to save her from the terrifying monster committed on destroying her...Categorized as:
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Chasing Ebony by Tessa Stone
A young teacher's life is turned upside down when Fate brings her face-to-face with the massive bear shifter she's destined to be with forever. TristianAs a bear shifter, I never expected to find my fated mate in a radical human bar, but one whiff of her sweet vanilla scent and I knew she was mine...Categorized as:
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Hex: An MC Romance by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe’re all going to die one day. But I’m not dying today. I’m choosing to live. New Orleans is full of spirits, but now something sinister has settled over the city. The ghosts are all gone or hiding from me. I have to find a way to help. Track down any spirit willing to talk. When I meet Juliana, she catches me off guard. I feel seen for the first time... -
Craving Darkness by R. Sullins
The long awaited sequel to Lovely Darkness by USA Today Bestselling author R Sullins! Kallista had always known she was different. The shadows had always called to her. She craved to be held safe in their cool depths. To escape her parent's methods of attempting to rid her of her demons. Valen was destruction. Everything he touched crumbled. Everywhere he went, pain followed... -
Ruse by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThis is a companion prequel short story to Cruel Intentions. Only available via a link in the back of Cruel Intentions. This book will not be published on Amazon or any other retail store. Although it's a prequel story it gives spoilers to the main story hence why it is listed as #1. 5 in the series as it should only be read AFTER reading Cruel Intentions. -
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Twisted Truths by P. Rayne, Sabastian York
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMy life changed forever the day I saved Obsidian Voss from drowning in the ocean. When my father lands himself in trouble, I take a job working for Obsidian, one of the country’s most famous billionaires. It doesn’t take long for me to realize that there’s more behind the façade he presents to the world—a darker, more dangerous side. Still, I’m drawn to him...Categorized as:
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Zephyr by Amara Rae
Greer and Aleksandr's story. Blurb coming soon. Note: Zephyr is a deliciously dark and steamy paranormal romance. It features fated mates (rejected mate, knotting), a dirty-talking and alpha shifter hero, and a badass heroine who brings him to his knees. Each book in the Immortal Coven series has an HEA for the couple, but the series has an overarching plot.Categorized as:
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Axel: Moon Burrow Bears, Book 2 by Fel Fern, Aleks Esquire
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJulian is trapped in a nightmare of his own making. Can a protective biker bear give him a new lease on life? Hope. Julian lost that last winter after the merciless decimation of his flock. No longer able to shift, Julian lives a bitter half-existence. Keeping his head above the water isn’t easy, especially when a scary but sweet biker bear disrupts his life...Categorized as:
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The Unseelie Exile by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
One desperate night. Three forbidden seals. And the ruthless fae exile who will claim her soul. .. Ava Cole thought rock bottom was losing her mother and being cast out by her father on the same cruel day. Until she followed enchanted lights into the midnight woods—and walked straight into the claws of the Unseelie. Now she's trapped in a prison between realms... -
Another Damned Darling by Myka Bound
They say there’s a thread of truth in every story. What no one tells you is what happens when you pull on that thread. My great-grandma, Wendy Darling, wasn't some sweet, innocent girl. She murdered her own brothers and tried to pin the blame on a demon with a deadly shadow. Yeah, no one believed her crazy ass, but it was a hell of a way to start a family legacy...Categorized as:
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Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings💀STYGIAN IᔕᒪE💀. The devil disguises himself as an angel of light. That illusion doesn’t change who he is—Draven Alistair. The man I’m madly in love with. He presented me with a flawless charade, masquerading as all I ever wanted. But there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, and when the truth is revealed, its too late for me to run... -
Undying Thirst by Allie Santos
After being on the run for so long, I’d finally felt like I belonged, but it was a big, bloody lie. The vampires turned against me in a blink of an eye. As soon as I had the chance, I was leaving the vampire infested city . . . Except they wouldn’t let me... -
Half Truths: Then by Elena M. Reyes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’M A BEAST. UNTAMED. WILD. I have no need for a mate, much less a witch. Her kind is untrustworthy and cruel, yet this one beckons me and the pull is near volatile. My wolf thirsts for her pinned beneath us while my teeth break flesh—mark her as ours. Rejecting her is right, but at what cost? It’s the first time the animal and I are at odds. A KING does not bend the knee...Categorized as:
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A Touch of Gold and Madness by K.L. DeVore
Fairytales are for the naive. Princess Assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for starting a war that threw the world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another, while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one thing on her mind: vengeance... -
Dark Flame by M.L. Philpitt
Harlow. I’m the last witch of my bloodline. Since the night my parents were killed, my magick ceases to function, shadows torment me, and a stranger’s voice in my head is driving me to lose what little will to survive I’m clinging to. I’m about ready to hand myself over to the vampires who stalk me when one appears in my bedroom—one who sounds identical to the voice in my head. Alec...Categorized as:
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Finding Grace by Rhea Rhodan
Two haunted souls seeking peace, find each other instead. Kidnapped by human monsters, Grace Thorne was ripped from her quiet intellectual life and left deeply scarred. She’s hidden herself for five years, but there’s no escape from the nightmares of the past, or visions of the future... -
Lynx by Annabelle Jacobs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn MM paranormal biker romance. An alpha president with a pack and a club to protect, a human looking for a place to belong. Lynx. I want him. I need him. But I can’t have him. Not without jeopardising everything I care about. Morgan Webb is as dangerous to me as any silver blade, and a club of shifters is no place for a human, especially when he has no idea we even exist...Categorized as:
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My Boyfriend Is a Vampire 3-4 by Yu-Rang Han
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy Boyfriend is a Vampire is an all new shoujo comedy series in the vein of Vampire Knight, presented in two-volumes-in-one omnibus format. Seven Seas will release the entire angsty series across seven low-priced omnibus editions. Being beautiful is never easy, especially if you€™re an eighteen year old boy like Ryu who is constantly mistaken for a girl because of his delicate good looks... -
Bloody Bargain by Etta Pierce
Ancient, enslaved, a hunger worse than death. .. D'abel has been trapped for centuries by the time a human woman kills his guard. And the moment he sees her, he needs her. Her flesh within his python fangs, her blood on his scales, her tongue tangled with his. .. He will have all of her. Her violence, her hate, and her soul. Compulsive, dangerous, a ticking time bomb. . -
Frankie's Funhouse by Beatrix Hollow
Desperation for cash has led me down a rainbow painted hallway to Frankie’s Funhouse—a children’s gambling casino. Or as my boss likes to call it, a pizza arcade. The coworkers are strange, the patrons are disturbing, and the animatronics are possessed. Which I was willing to put up with until my boss died. Well, he was murdered, actually... -
Broken Fate by Willow Winters
From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Willow Winters comes a fast paced and sizzling fated mates standalone romance in her best selling paranormal world. Fate never prepared me for seeing my mate with the claiming mark of my enemy. She doesn’t know she’s my mate. She doesn’t feel the burning pull between us. The desperate need to love and be loved by me as I feel raging inside me...Categorized as:
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Broken Omega by Romy Lockhart
Brooke Corvina has been at Goldcrest Omega Academy forever. Resistant to all attempts to match her to suitable Alphas, she’s a ‘special project’ for the head of the school. She knows her father wants her to grow up and start making babies with a wealthy Alpha, but that’s not the life for her. After an unusual incident at the academy, she begins to see her escape route...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Savages by Steph Macca
You can't say we weren't warned. .. Growing up, pack elders drilled it into us to prepare for the worst. But nothing bad ever happens, so we all just stay focused on finding our fated mate when we turn 21 and our pack status. As my 21st birthday approaches, I'm living life as normal. Until suddenly, packs start vanishing and becoming extinct one by one... -
A Vampire's Submission by L.E. Wilson
She deserves a hero. Too bad she found a villain instead. Humans are only good for food…or entertainment. And after jumping from a plane and crash landing in the desert, vampire Dante Gabor desperately needed the former. Without large prey to feed on, his injuries would never heal. Then he found her. Laney Moss should’ve been nothing more than a sweet meal...Categorized as:
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Jonik by April Kelley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJonik is a very good assassin but can he be a good mate to a man who needs a gentle touch? Jonik’s new assignment should have been easy. Especially for a rare shifter like Jonik. When he sees his fated mate entering a fight ring, the situation becomes complicated. But it doesn’t matter because no one hurts his mate and lives to tell about it. Wren has been held captive for three long years...Categorized as:
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Death, Unwinding by Sarah Bailey
It started when I died. Not many people can say they woke up dead. Even fewer people wake up as ghosts. Guess I’m the unlucky one since no one can see or hear me, and I have no recollection of how I ended up like this. I thought I’d spent the afterlife alone… until him. The solitary man who stumbled across me during my restless wandering of the Scottish Highlands. He doesn’t want me around... -
Ocean of Sin and Starlight by Karina Halle
PRIEST. PIRATE. MONSTER. From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes Ocean of Sin and Starlight, a dark-fantasy romance with morally gray pirates and monstrous sirens, a standalone spinoff of A Ship of Bones and Teeth. I wasn’t always a monster. Once upon a time I had a family, a home, dreams... -
Caged by Fallen Crows : Part One by Ava Larksen
Living together? That's a war Graysen was never trained for. Imprisoned in Graysen's tower, Nelle Wychthorn finds herself ensnared by something far more dangerous than chains. The sway is awakening. His tamer influence bleeds into her thoughts, seizing hold of her will—and he doesn't even know it. If he ever discovers the hold he already has… she's lost. Escape is her only chance...Categorized as:
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À La Folie by Nova Kane
THIS IS A EROTIC HORROR CIRCUS ROMANCEI don't say DARK lightly for this one. This book will be HEAVY. Be sure to check the TW before reading. You're mental health matters most. Indie Conners, stared my demons in the eye and smiled. She fell for everything I hoped she'd fear, and now she's making me feel things I don't want to feel...Categorized as:
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Magpie by Parker A. Garner
Some houses don’t just haunt you—they claim you. Maggie isn’t sure when she started to feel it—that slow drift into numbness. Her passions feel like distant memories. Her friendships are fading. Her own life feels like something she’s watching from outside her body...Categorized as:
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Keeping Her Close by Luna Knight
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndrea. I committed treason. Now I'm on the run from my old pack, denying my wolf her freedom in the process. Unsure of what my next move will be, I fall into this new life. That is, until he enters my life and makes me question everything. Now I have to know. .. will I see him again? And why does he affect me the way he does? Damien. I was sent here on a job. To hunt down a woman and erase her... -
Petal by Lexi Ray
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI was betrayed. Burned. Tattooed from head to toe. Because of one night, four years ago. Because of the girl who took my heart in her gentle hands and never let go—Callie Mays. I thought she was my curse. But I was wrong. Four years later, my dirty broken heart is still beating. And still beating hard for her. She is my cure. My one. My world. We lost our families. And we only have each other...Categorized as:
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Queen of the Dome by Amizah R
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCade was born on the outside. His life was simple, monotonous, until he lands himself in the Dome and on trial for a crime he didn't commit. He expected death, he was ready for it, but the harsh Queen had something else in store for him. Deianira had been Queen of the Dome for over a hundred years and her experience had taught her many things. Like when there is rebellion on the horizon... -
Prey for Rabbit by Aiden Pierce
The silver wolf thinks I’m his prey. Little does he know, he’s mine. The rabbit shifters and the werewolves have had a truce for centuries. Our burrow sets three of our kind loose in the woods on Easter to be hunted, to be slaughtered like the prey we are. Then, the wolves leave us alone for the rest of the year...Categorized as:
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The Unwanted by Shiloh Walker
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Novella Of The FBI Psychics. She doesn’t want him. He doesn’t need her. Like hell…. Destin Mortin’s psychic gift comes with an ugly twist—she excels at tracking down violent rapists. But it’s rough on relationships. Once, her partner Caleb was her everything: filter, shield, rescuer, lover. The only man who didn’t think her a freak. Then he walked away... -
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Untamed Mate by Callie Rose
Warning: the blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Rejected Mate. *. They broke the bond. But they didn’t break me. Although they left me with a gaping hole in my chest, Kian, Malix, and Frost did me a favor when they shattered our bond and left me alone in the mountains. For a moment there, I'd started to trust them... -
Taming Savage by R.S. McKenzie
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbel. After the death of our parents, I was taken in by my brother, who has been taking care of me more out of obligation than love. When he doesn’t come home from a job—if burglary can be considered a job—I discover he’s been taken by a beast of a man with soulless eyes. Even with his scars he’s hot as hell, but his cold eyes chill me to the bone...Categorized as:
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Kiss of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Memento Mori. Remember that you will die. Too bad that death is all Marguerite can recall. Marguerite has no problem remembering death. She can remember dying again, and again, and again. The issue is that the impossible visions of her life coming to gruesome and terrible ends are the only things she can remember...Categorized as:
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The Hungering Dark by Adrian Blue
Travel vlogger Amelia Sinclair's dream expedition to Antarctica turns into her darkest nightmare when she falls into a crevasse and encounters something ancient and inhuman beneath the ice. Marked and claimed by a creature that defies explanation, she finds herself torn between revulsion and a forbidden desire that consumes her very soul... -
King of Fire and Flames by Juno Heart
Arrowyn Ramiel, the King of Storms and Feathers. Fae scum. Liar. Unforgivable betrayer and breaker of fragile hearts. .. . Or is he? LEAF:. Trapped in the Sun Realm, I have no choice but to accept King Azarn’s offer and fight for a chance to survive. Only then can I turn my vengeful eye upon the fae who crushed my heart—the betrayer, Arrowyn Ramiel...Categorized as:
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Auctioned to the Alpha by Trent Evans
I wasn't up for auction. He acquired me anyway. My job was to hunt down runaway omegas and deliver them for sale to the shifter clans. Then one day an alpha wolf ignored the girl on the auction block and demanded someone else instead. Me...Categorized as:
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