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LastRock by Phil Tucker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsScorio has won his vengeance. His foes lie vanquished, his skeptics silenced. Yet, as the powers of hell watch eagerly, Scorio and Naomi spurn those who would recruit them, and venture into the untold depths of hell in search of the enigmatic Herdsmen... -
The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it... -
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Dungeon Diving 301 by Bruce Sentar
Ken and company come back from summer break after arduous training for their third year at Haylon. No longer are they the fresh adventurers that once didn’t know the right end of the sword. Instead they have settled into Star City among the Orkai and are thriving deep within the dungeon and even locating trails for the class to get powerful new abilities. Things in the dungeon are never so simple... -
Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Fire is the third book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you. "To avoid spoilers, I will not be writing a blurb for this book. If you have read Ruin, you will know that this next story is about Thor...Categorized as:
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Twisted Devil by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Royal Bastards MC is mine. My club. My family. My salvation. And I will do anything to protect it. I'm brutal. Crazy. Ruthless. And I won't apologize for it. I never believed I would love anything as much as being SAA and taking the Devil's Ride. Becoming a Reaper and patching in with the RBMC were the best decisions I ever made. Until I met Nylah. The feisty nurse owns my black soul... -
Princess of Death by Penelope Barsetti
The Death Series continues with the next generation of dragons and Rothschilds. .. the ultimate enemies-to-lovers romance. Twenty four years have passed since Talon and Calista defeated Barron and his sons. The dragons were freed of their mental imprisonment and now they soar proudly in the skies above the Southern Isles. Twenty four years of peace...Categorized as:
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Papa Noel by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey call me Papa. A tough and rugged old biker that's never been tamed by any woman. I live by the code of my club and stand by it. No matter what. Hell, I'd die for my brothers and the MC we fought so hard to build. In fact, I nearly did. Loss has tarnished my soul and left me a bitter man. I’ll never be anything else. When a young kid goes missing and his single mother shows up on my doorstep,... -
Token of the Blessed by Cebelius
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt is the mettle to proceed that matters . .. The Labyrinth behind him, Terry and company arrive on the Eastern Steppes in the midst of a carnival, and a fateful decision puts him under a dire curse. Stripped of his bond powers and exiled to the dreamlike Wildervast, he must find and free the ultimate witch, then kill an invincible man... -
Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLong summer nights, the rustle of leaves and flowers in full bloom. It’s the perfect time of the year to live life the fullest, plan for tomorrow and forget about yesterday. But what happens when the shadows come out to play? After all…you won’t see it coming until it hits you in the Shadows in Bloom... -
Hunter's Kiss by Veronica Douglas
I can’t escape the truth. I broke out of the Dark Wolf God’s realm, but I know he’s always there, watching me from the shadows. I should hate him, but I can’t deny that I’m drawn to the ruthless beast, and the heat between us is only growing stronger...Categorized as:
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Herald of Shalia 4 by Tamryn Tamer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSebastian Frost created a territory where demihumans lived peacefully. Whether they were a snake-haired gorgon, a colorful slime woman, or a fifteen foot tall Oni, they were free to live peacefully in Pluma Territory... -
Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWeapons don’t weep…. Calypso is only trying to make it through life, raising her little brother and taking care of her ailing mom. She doesn’t have time for fairytales or pipe dreams, so when two men show up at her door talking about Wonderland, she sends them on their way. But life has a way of taking trips down rabbit holes…... -
The Devil You Know by Erin M. Evans
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the long-awaited finale of her riveting Brimstone Angels series, Erin M. Evans thrusts her signature character Farideh into an epic battle of good versus evil, rife with deception and intrigue, where the question is as much who is evil, as how they can be defeated. The stakes have never been higher, and the fallout will shake the Hells, and through them, the Forgotten Realms... -
The Omega Project: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse by Roxy Collins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe things I’m willing to do in the name of science…. I’m a PhD student struggling to get by when I meet a powerful alpha with an impossible-to-refuse offer. Finn Visser, the owner of the most elite security firm in the country, wants me to help him with a top-secret project...Categorized as:
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Venus by Marilena Barbagallo
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHo guardato a lungo quella fotografia, chiedendo a me stessa cosa potrei mai offrire a un uomo come Taurus Leclerc. La sua anima è troppo oscura. La mia luce non basta per combattere le tenebre da cui proviene. A quanto pare, mi sono illusa di poter essere speciale per lui. E adesso, con le lacrime agli occhi e il cuore straziato, ho il dispiacere di invitarvi al mio matrimonio... -
Venomous by Nicole M. Rubino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo save him, she will destroy everything…. I survived my first year at Alystair University. Barely. Now, I’m haunted by nightmares that blur the line between waking life and dreams. An ache in my chest serves as a constant reminder of the friends I failed to protect. Letting Nick go was the only way to protect him, but my plan backfires as Nick's own monster surfaces, threatening to consume him...Categorized as:
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The Devil and His Sparrow by Sylver Michaela
Iyla. I've always lived inside the cage that was built for me. It's safe there. Easy. But one night, I decide to step outside. Just for a moment. That's all it takes to get stuck with a demon, but maybe it won't be so bad. He has the power to save my sister, and . .. he just might have the power to save me, too. Zagan. Sex. Pleasure. Music... -
Sweet Azalea: A Short and Spicy Monster Romance by Adrian Blue
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWorking the graveyard shift at a roadside diner, Willa Grace has grown numb to her dead-end life. But everything changes the night she discovers something monstrous has been watching her every move. The creature that emerges from the Appalachian darkness is massive, predatory, and utterly inhuman, yet his touch ignites a hunger she never knew existed... -
Four for a Boy by Louise Collins
The compromise is working. They’re happy…. Chad thinks. But when Romeo reveals his fantasy to Chad, their carefully crafted life comes undone. Romeo wants Chad to kill their next victim, but it’s a line he can’t cross, being the killer, not just enabling one. That’s a step into the grey that he’s not prepared to take... -
A Vampire’s Mate: A Dark Protectors/Rebels Novella by Rebecca Zanetti
There’s nothing Jasper Maxwell likes better than a good chase. He is patient and cunning, and he is known as one of the coldest hunters in the immortal realm. As a vampire with a hint of demon blood in him, he stands out even amongst the finest trackers in the shifter world... -
One Fateful Night Bleeding Hearts, #2 by Michelle B.
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAMAZON TOP 30 BEST SELLER! He was everything my mom neglected to warn me about, and I was everything he hated about his mother. I spent one reckless, lust filled night in the back of a man’s SUV in the alley behind my job on a whim. A revenge tryst in retaliation against my husband for his brutal sins against me turned into more as the hours passed between us. Months later, we met again... -
Midnight Monsters by Rory Miles, Harper Frey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou're going to lose. Those four words meant nothing when I first heard them, but now they feel like a dark prophecy. My power has been bound, my mate bond broken. My mother demands Dane's death, while the witches call for Bastian's head. Valen is the only one who might be safe, but the threat from his father looms over us like an angry storm cloud... -
Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds
I’ll claw down the walls around her heart, if it’s the last thing I do. My angel of death succeeded in killing me, but I didn’t count on her bringing me back to life. My resurrection unleashed every monster and god ever slain by the Blade of Bane, including my immortal enemy...Categorized as:
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Insatiable Hunger by C. Hebert
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInsatiable Hunger - Living Nightmares Book Two. When a group of friends investigate the rumored ghost hauntings of a notorious cemetery, the band of complicated friends never expected their late night adventures would lead them to stumble into the hunting grounds of an ancient evil lurking nearby, enslaved by an unnatural fleshly craving. Everything and everyone that they know is not as they seem... -
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Insatiable Hunger by C. Hebert
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a group of friends investigate the rumored ghost hauntings of a notorious cemetery, the band of complicated friends never expected their late night adventures would lead them to stumble into the hunting grounds of an ancient evil lurking nearby, enslaved by an unnatural fleshly craving. Everything and everyone that they know is not as they seem. . -
Violence in the Void by Alice Stanco
That day at the Armantrea market was the same as any other, until a tall, beautiful stranger appeared and snapped his fingers. In an instant, my world disappeared, replaced by his strange land. I’m suddenly surrounded by foreign accents, mysterious, magic-wielding Astrales like Xander, and powers I never knew existed. Except, in Xander’s eyes, I belong here... -
Magnus's Defeat by Airicka Phoenix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe swore to end her. All Magnus had to do was pick up a package and get his brother’s child back. A simple task that any Caster worth his salt could have done in his sleep, except nothing had been that simple for him in years. For centuries, Magnus relished in the slaughter and annihilation of the demon race. Ridding the world — and hell — of every last one was an oath he was determined to keep... -
Riot by R.K. Pierce
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter a breakup with my ex nearly tore our band apart, I swore I'd never date another musician. Who has time for romance when they're on their first nationwide tour anyway? However, that all changes when I find myself swooning for the guitar players of Rhage, the masked metal band we're opening for... -
Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters? That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year! Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places. Featuring new, original stories by:. Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling Author. Cassia Briar. Cara Bryant. Rachel Callahan. J. E... -
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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Hookah Smoking Caterpillar by Beatrix Hollow
I’m falling down the rabbit hole into Cheshire’s Den of Debauchery. I’m obsessed with my deviant desires and only one thing can bring me satisfaction—Caterpillar. Whether by luck or misfortune, he can be bought. I only need to make a deal with Cheshire. .. and his deals have the tendency to go sideways. They say curiosity killed the cat but I’m the one in trouble... -
Feral is the Beast by Nisha J. Tuli
The Feral King thinks he'll break me. But I will break him first. I’m a 400-year-old witch covered in tattoos—the source of my magic—but I’ve been hiding them for years, trying to escape my past. After spending centuries at the mercy of royals who thirst only for power and the desire to make up for their less impressive "assets," I refuse to be used as a tool for evil ever again...Categorized as:
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Her Vampire Hero by Nicolina Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDon’t go looking for the monsters in the shadows. They will find you. The young doctor in the ER thought she saved my life. I repaid her kindness by stealing her away from everything she knew. I fought the devil in me, but I have lived too long, and am too lonely to deprive myself of her. She will be my perfect submissive. My pet. My true north... -
Pandora's Box by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Reverse Harem Fantasy. While trying to fix what Shax's has broken with my Kingdom, I'm thrown into a maelstrom of events that not only lead me to the box I was seeking but a whole lot more. I realize that there are things about my brother that I never even knew and that I don't think I can accept... -
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Ruined by the Dragon by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final book in the Crown of Thorns and Sins duet. Ryder. I thought the gods’ curse made me feel this insatiable bloodlust that turns my heart black. I assume I live only for the next hunt. But all this time, I’ve been looking for her, waiting for her, and craving her...Categorized as:
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Circle of Freaks by Delilah Croww, Carmen Rosales
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince I was a little girl, I fell in love with the circus. It's all I ever wanted to see up close or be a part of. There was no room for things like that where I grew up. There was no room for anything except bad memories and bad expectations. Every year around Devil's Night, since we moved to Stockbridge, the Circle of Freaks paranormal circus comes to town... -
Anna's Heir by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Hell burns down around me, my daughter is born into the chaos that follows. Struggling to find my place in her life, along with the aftermath of the almost-Apocalypse, not only am I missing my Super-Alpha more than I can bear, my Incubus has a secret that becomes blindingly obvious. I also have the newcomer to Hell to deal with... -
Three Bears: The Complete Duet by Colette Rhodes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was a young girl named Goldilocks, who innocently wandered into a home owned by a family of bears…. Okay, my name is Ria. And I may have broken in, but I was high and it was cold outside. Oh, and the bears were actually shifters. Potayto, potahto. The point is, I’m kind of a wreck...Categorized as:
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Pride by T.L. Hodel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat happens when a group of the most elite soldiers the Canadian armed forces wanted you gone? They’d find away. That opportunity came when I walked in on something I wasn’t supposed to see. Two calls later and I was being shipped back home, but I wasn’t going to go down that easy. I’d fight my way through hell and back to get that spot on Joint Task Force 2... -
Haunted Field of Love : Part 1 by Des Sweet, Tasha Creed
The Scarecrow doesn’t just walk at midnight. Don’t run little bird, he loves a good chase through the cornfield. Come a little closer and he just might steal your heart. On the dark October Eve. The field ‘twas filled with many screams. Cries for help, rang o’re the corn. And the wind went whispering through the leaves. A smile crept across his lips. Love at first sight. Sealed with a bloody kiss.Categorized as:
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Haunted Field of Love Part 2 by Des Sweet, Tasha Creed
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Scarecrows and Slick by V.T. Bonds
Silly little city girl. The corn maze is no place for fancy little morsels like her, especially on Halloween. Monsters creep among the stalks… and we’re starving. My mortal enemy and I have never been properly paid for our services. That changes tonight. We’ll take our payment from the lost little human wandering through our field. We’ll feast on her slick. Revel in her fear...Categorized as:
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Malin by Crea Reitan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’m haunted by a childhood of abuse. Ten years ago, the Van Dorens rescued me from a megachurch cult where the leader kept me as his. I’ve spent a decade trying to escape my past. But that past refuses to let me go. The cult leader’s voice lingers in my mind and his figure is always there in my peripheral vision... -
Midnight Prey by Adrian Blue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorking the night shift at an abandoned office building, security guard Renee Carter expects nothing but empty rooms and quiet hallways. But when a violent storm reveals something lurking in the shadows—something with glowing red eyes and an inhuman form—her lonely nights take a dangerous turn... -
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Stitches by Amanda Meuwissen
Created by the alchemist Braxton, Levi was “born” fully grown and spends his early days learning about the monster-filled kingdom he calls home. Even though he is just a construct pieced together from cloned parts, Levi longs to fit in with his mythical neighbors, but more than that, he wishes he could say two words to the Shadow King without stuttering... -
The Sheep in Sheep's Clothing by Rune Hunt
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFreedom is earned. Right? Except for the past twenty-one years of laying low, keeping my head down, and doing what the human king of Angevin requested of me, I've received nothing. Freedom is a far cry from what he gave me, flipping everything I've come to know upside down. A mother figure betrayed me. Snatching the soft rug called freedom from underneath my feet alongside the king of all people... -
Bleed for Cupid by Aiden Pierce
Roses are red, violets are blue. Hide your heart, little bird. Cupid’s Arrow is coming for you. Callum is more than the CEO of Cupid Inc. , the company that manufactures “love” potions and sells them to mateless supernaturals who want to take “fate” into their own hands. He’s an angel. Literally. But even the devil came from Heaven... -
Her Vampire Rebel by Zara Zenia
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'M KEEPING HER. The sweet psychology student with a troubled past. Her ex is stalking her, but I won't let him hurt her again. I'll finish him if he even tries. Because I love the way she submits. Her sweet soft yes, sirs. The way she gives herself over to me. I should let her go--she has her whole life ahead of her. But I can't. I'm buying her a collar and making her mine. Mine alone. -
Love & Monsters Vol. III: A Collection of Monster Romance Quick Reads by Adrian Blue
A collection of beauties with various beasts, the Love and Monsters Anthology, contains nine tales of passion, romance, and everything that goes bump in the night. Between these pages, you will find a treasure hunter who becomes part of a lustful dragon's hoard, a miner who finds love in the deep dark, and a reclusive woman's fairytale romance. Buckle up. Here there be monsters... -
The Labyrinth: A Dark Monster Romance by Torri Heat
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen sleeping with monsters, only the strongest will survive. The Labyrinth is a dark romance. Please start the book from the first page, and see additional content information on Torri's website.Categorized as:
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