I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking quite a few as I prepare these posts LOL). 

‘AB’ denotes audiobook and the Amazon buy link.

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STAR CRUISE LUCKY CHARM by Veronica Scott

VS Note: 

This 35K word novella first appeared in the Pets in Space® 10 anthology, which is no longer available. I have added 1300 words relating to the MMC’s backstory but there are no other changes.

Dahlia Vale is a floater on the interstellar cruise liner Nebula Zephyr. She fills in wherever she’s needed and loves the life. She hopes she can land a permanent spot on the crew roster and she and her alien rescue pet Petal can secure their home aboard the ship. Then one night she gets called to take a waitress position in the casino and a high society guest decides she’s his lucky charm after winning huge at the roulette wheel by betting on her casual suggestion. Life becomes a whirlwind for Dahlia and she’s not sure she likes the attention. Fortunately her pet gave her a special token of good luck that she carries all the time. Casino Manager Mike Remington isn’t happy to have an unknown floater assigned to the casino on such a big night but he’s impressed with Dahlia despite himself. He wants to get to know her better which is a challenge since he’s the boss but maybe the way to her heart is to help find answers for her ailing pet. Amidst preparations for an upcoming gaming competition Mike finds time to spend with Dahlia. But he’s got everyone from the interstellar mob to the upper echelons of society on the ship to deal with. When Dahlia is endangered thanks to her reputation as a so-called ‘luck puller’ for the avaricious gamblers engaged in the championship games, she needs her own lucky charm and Mike’s help to avoid disaster. Can their growing attraction survive the chaos?

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AQUATIC ENTANGLEMENT by Holly Hanzo

Marine biologist Cordelia never expected her research dive to end with her being sucked through an underwater vortex to an alien planet. She definitely didn’t expect to meet Olin, a powerful alien warrior who’s part man, part jellyfish, and all dominant male. With her oxygen running out and death seconds away, Cordelia faces an impossible choice: accept Olin’s claim as his mate, or die in the depths of an alien ocean. But survival comes with a price. Transformed to breathe underwater and bound to Olin by an unbreakable mate bond, Cordelia must navigate a society where humans are considered property and female submission isn’t optional – it’s survival. As she struggles to maintain her identity while adapting to Tiere customs, she discovers Olin is more than just the alien who claimed her. He’s patient, protective, and willing to challenge his own people’s traditions for her sake. When rivals threaten to tear them apart, Cordelia must choose between the independence she’s always valued and the mate who’s captured her heart.      AmazonKU

STARFALLING (IT’S DEFINITELY NOT ALIENS BOOK TWO) by Elle DeYesso

He fell from the stars. Now she’s falling for him. Raven did not sign up for this saving-the-world crap. But after unlocking a galactic map, surviving an attack from the deadly robotic Enil, and kissing her alien coworker, she’s officially on the run—with the fate of planets possibly lodged in her brain. Now the Enil are hunting her. So is the government. And, because the universe has a sense of humor, Raven’s stuck in close quarters with the undercover alien who’s determined to keep things strictly professional. Which would be fine…except, as Raven and Sky race to stay ahead of their enemies and track down his elusive partner, Bast, the unresolved tension between them crackles hotter than Sky’s spark powers. She’s not sure what’s more dangerous at this point: evil robots from outer space, the star map and what it’s doing to her, or the feelings she’s developing for Sky. The bad news? It’s definitely aliens. The worse news? She’s falling for one of them.     AmazonKU

YESTERDAY’S WAR (THE LADY BANE BOOK THREE) by Rachel Ford

VS Note: FF SFR.

The shot heard round the Union. Maggie, Kay, and crew came to Kudar to placate a grieving king and prevent a war. Then everything went wrong. Now, Sydney is accused of attempted murder, of masterminding a failed assassination plot. The planet is in flames. King Alkulard is angrier than ever. The Kudarian supremacy movement has never been stronger. And war? War seems all but inevitable.
At this point, it will take a miracle just to get out alive, never mind pull off the mission.   AmazonKU

VANGUARD: A DARK POST DYSTOPIAN ROMANCE by Karina Halle

Her kiss may be deadly, but he’s indestructible. Erasmia “Mia” Baxter is her agency’s most lethal operative, genetically engineered to have poisonous saliva. But having the kiss of death is hell on her social life. Her future holds no romance, no family, no intimacy of any kind—only killing for her country. When her special ops group hears rumors that America’s first enhanced soldier—Vanguard—may be more deadly weapon than savior, Mia is tasked with infiltrating his inner circle to investigate. What she finds is a former military asset with a hidden dark side—and the only man she can kiss without consequence. Intoxicated by the obsessive passion rising between them, Mia falls deeper into lust with each new sensual encounter. But the closer they become, the more she realizes there might be truth to the rumors. Vanguard is changing—becoming more violent, more devious, less…human. And the truth of her identity might push him over the edge entirely. In a world where heroes and monsters are separated by the thinnest of lines, Mia must decide: Is the man she’s falling for worth saving? Or is he the weapon he was created to be—one that will destroy her first?       Amazon

TAKE ME AWAY ALIEN REJECT (ANYWHERE BUT HERE BOOK THREE) by Sybur Phyre

Imari – I always dreamed of traveling the universe, meeting new alien life, and using my skills to advance Earth’s biotech so that we might help more species rise above the ailments of their homeworlds. I never expected my humanitarian missions to lead me to a gifted, brutish alien named Torius and his special tactics team. Apparently, there is someone in their region of space doing the opposite of me, and it’s tearing worlds apart. On a routine mission, our outreach vessel is attacked, and I’m captured and thrown into an experimental chamber by a crazed organization just to see if my theoretical mutagenics actually work. As my body changes, I’m left in my cell, alone, abandoned on a distant planet to the fate I designed. Just when my hope has run out, Torius finds me. The brooding alien breaks me free, but his life comes with its own challenges. Getting him to talk to me is the first. Surviving the war against his kind’s powerful enemy is the second. Torius is fractured inside. But what he dreams of, what he can create, and the scorching desire in him that burns for me when we’re alone make me fight to find a way to heal him, even if it turns me into something I swore I’d never become. Torius – I was banished before I was born. ..(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU

ALIEN WAR-COMMANDER’S MATE (LATHARIAN MATE PROGRAM BOOK SIX) by Mina Carter

She wanted a fresh start. She got an alien War-Commander instead. Harper is drowning. Broke, exhausted, and dragging her irresponsible cousin through life, she sees the Mate Program as her only escape. A signing bonus and a fresh start, what could go wrong? Then her cousin blows the money and crashes their flyer. Harper thinks they’re done for… until seven feet of patient, protective, irritatingly handsome alien warrior pulls her from the wreckage. Now she’s in his quarters. Under his rules. Going nowhere. Until the Mate Program decides they don’t want her, and they’re going to send her home. Unless the warrior who saved her gets his way…He didn’t become a War-Commander by giving up. She doesn’t stand a chance. When War-Commander Kirr M’Aab pulls the fierce little human female from a crashed flyer, he knows she was always meant to be his. He’ll burn down the program, the station, and anyone who tries to take her from him. She’s prickly, defensive, but also the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen. The more she pushes him away, the more he wants her. When her past threatens to destroy everything, he will have to prove that his protection—and his heart—are hers for keeps.

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EDGE OF KNIGHT by Megan Derr

VS Note: LGBTQ SFR.

FURY’S KITTENS: GALACTIC CATS PREQUEL NOVELLA by Evelyn Lederman

AGE GAP SPACE CRUISE (SMUTT BOOKS SHORT ALIEN ROMANCE BOOK SEVEN) by Deiri Di

TINHEART (MARS CHRONICLES BOOK TWO) by C J Dragon

Vs Note: MM SFR.

Carl Walker, 35, is a man whose heart is buried beneath layers of caustic wit and earned cynicism. He sacrificed everything for the one person who mattered, and he paid the price by being cut off from his wealthy family. Now a physician’s assistant on the frontier of Mars, Carl’s only defense against the world is his spectacular ability to insult anyone who crosses his path. Ezra Nolan is his antithesis: relentlessly sunny, quick-witted, and a dozen years his junior. An ambitious former heavy machine operator, Ezra crashes into Carl’s life with a request Carl can’t refuse–mentor him through his nursing training. But Ezra doesn’t shrink from Carl’s venom; he tosses insults right back, confusing the veteran PA and slowly chipping away at his defenses. Their attraction is electric, hidden beneath layers of professional protocol and biting snark. Carl is convinced he’s too old, too damaged, and too much Ezra’s superior to ever cross that line. Does Ezra’s easy optimism conceal a deeper pain, and is Carl prepared to admit he wants the one person who sees past his fortress?       AmazonKU

ALIEN’S BARGAN (ALIEN WOLF TALES) by Honey Phillips

OOPS! I SUMMONED A NIGHT DEMON by Tiffany Roberts

When she wished upon a star, she never thought the universe would manifest him. Ember has always worked hard to achieve her goals. Move to the city? Check. Start her own boutique? Check. Buy a Victorian house? Check. Find love? Absolute failure, and it’s not for lack of trying. So she does something she hasn’t tried yet—she makes a wish upon a star. It’s just a silly, hopeful gesture. What can it hurt? With a literal bump in the night, Nyte appears. He’s ethereally gorgeous, with dark skin that glitters like the starry sky, wings formed of otherworldly shadow, and eyes that glow with all the beauty, depth, and mystery of the universe. The moment Ember sees him, she can’t help but think her wish has come true. What does it matter that he’s not human? He’s her monster-loving fantasy brought to life. The problem? He had his heart stolen by his freaking ex. Thanks to the spell that inadvertently summoned him, she has a month to prove that she’s the one for him. That she’s worthy of his love. But is his wounded heart able to give it?      AmazonKU

HOLLOW KINGDOM by Shana Galen

Once the world was composed of five kingdoms, but that was before the red vein virus turned those it infected into monstrous Hollows. Twenty-two-year-old Mara has never known a world where the Hollows weren’t a threat. The princess has been trained since childhood to protect her kingdom of Earsleh by hunting the dead creatures that feed on humans. Life is precarious, so when Mara and her half-sister are suddenly recalled from their hunt to the castle, they fear the worst. The reality is much stranger. The kingdom of Zulen was overrun by the Hollows—at least that’s what Mara had been taught. That belief is upended when a Zulenii prince arrives in Earsleh to demand the Claiming Rite. The prince will choose a princess, and if he defeats her in hand-to-hand combat, he may claim her as his own and take her back to Zulen. Mara has little fear she will be chosen. She’s nothing special among her sisters. But when she sees Taio, she almost wishes he would choose her. He’s tall, tattooed, and perilously handsome. Her traitorous heart races every time she sees him, even though their interactions are laced with animosity. But when Taio’s arrival reveals to Mara that everything she held sacred has been a lie, and she has the power to save the world from the monsters that ravage it, she’s faced with an impossible choice. With monsters on her every side, is there anyone or anything she can trust?

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A FLAME OF DRAGONS AND GODS by G Bailey

It’s been twenty years since the Dynasty war that nearly destroyed our world, and nine months later, I was born to the Moon Dynasty king and queen. Only, I was born with a strange mark on my chest, and powers I cannot control. My father calls me god touched. My mother tells me stories of dragons and deities…but nothing prepares me for him. A stunning brute of a man with dark powers walks out of the sea on my birthday and opens a portal before knocking me out. I wake up in a world that mirrors my own, but here, the dragons rule with an iron fist and they do not take riders…unless you’re a god. Fae are disgraced enemies and they hunt them for sport. The deities here are called gods… and they play deadly games for amusement while they rule on their cold thrones. If I lose the game, I die. If I win, I could go home. Even if my kidnapper, the Game Hunter, is sneaking into my heart and setting it aflame.     AmazonKU

EMPIRE (DRAGONTOWN BOOK THREE) by  K A Riley

Guess who just woke up. Ynarra—weakened, exhausted, and accompanied by Arson and her Horde—embarks on an epic quest through the Cursewoods and the Scarlet Mountains in a dangerous search for the fabled Apex Dragon. As they close in on their goal, they find themselves pursued by a band of enchanted, supernatural hunters, who are determined to finish them before they can finish their mission. An old empire has fallen. A new empire is ready to rise. Even if the bonds broken five-hundred-years ago can be restored, no one is prepared for the power about to be unleashed. The very thing Ynarra and her friends are searching for has a small chance of saving their lives and a big chance of destroying their entire world. It’s a no-win scenario. And Ynarra has no intention of losing.   AmazonKU

FATED INK by Katy Manz

VS Note: MM PNR.

Sometimes, you need a little magic…And ink. When I decided to get a magically infused tattoo that would lead me to my mate, I didn’t foresee getting abducted from a rest stop and ending up in a fox rescue. But sometimes fate has a sense of humor. When my mate finds me trapped in my fox form at the animal rescue he volunteers at, he immediately recognizes me as his mate. The wolf paw tattoo on my forearm has done its job and led me to my fate. Now, the real adventure begins —life as a bonded pair, with a stalking ex, a twin pregnancy, and friends who have a secret of their own. Let the fun begin!      AmazonKU

ALPHA WOLF’S FORCED BRIDE (ROSE HOLLOW WOLVES BOOK FOUR) by Lyra Atlas

I’m forced to mate with the new Alpha. And then he knocks me up. I’m an outcast even among outcasts—unable to shift, bullied, and a hidden witch. Now my name is drawn in a lottery to become the black ops Alpha’s mate. I want to escape, but I’m forced to marry him. And before I know it, I’m pregnant…I’ve been helpless and vulnerable so often, just a secret witch among cold, cruel wolves.
This time, the lottery delivers me straight into his strong Alpha arms. I’ve always been intimidated by black ops guys like him. He’s powerful and rough. He’s a brute who will make my life hell. And there’s nothing I can do about it. He acts like he possesses me, and I try telling him I’m not his property. But my body is betraying me by losing all control around him. I’m ashamed of the way he makes me blush when he touches me. I’m ashamed of the way I crumble in his arms and forget to resist. Will the Alpha claim my heart and my pregnant belly?     AmazonKU

SPLINTERED VIGIL: NEW PROTECTORATE FRACTURE: BOOK ONE by Abigail Kelly

Finders keepers. Sloane knows he shouldn’t watch her. A predator trained from childhood to do what no one else will, his specialties are murder and torture, not protection. Certainly not any of the things a mate should be. He’s no good for anyone — most especially the soft human woman he stalks day and night. Losers get a bolt in the head. Cecilia Warren is a waitress with dreams of being a teacher. She’s soft, sweet, and blessedly ignorant of the bloodshed he deals in. When she’s attacked, the plan is to rescue her, not keep her. But everything goes awry when he finally gets her in his claws. Instincts blur loyalty. Need makes letting her go impossible. If they want to take her, they’ll have to kill him first. The mission objective shifts when he goes from protector to captor, secreting her away and going AWOL from his squad, the terrifying shadow unit known as Fracture. He won’t give her up and he won’t back down — even if that means destroying himself to keep her.      AmazonKU

HEARTS AND HEXES (HOLIDAY HOLLOW MYSTEROES BOOK THREE) by Paula Lester

In Valentine Vale, love is in the air. Unfortunately, so is murder. Hollis Merribell is just a courier—she delivers packages, keeps her head down, and absolutely does not solve crimes. But when she finds beloved listener, emotional linchpin, and professional heart-holder Liora Ashcombe dead at her own tea table, Hollis is suddenly way over her delivery quota. The official verdict? A peaceful passing. Hollis’s verdict? Absolutely not. With the help of her miniature reindeer familiar (dramatic, judgmental, and allergic to nonsense), Hollis starts asking questions the Cupids of Valentine Vale would rather ignore. Why was a calming charm still active? Why did half the district feel entitled to Liora’s time? And why does everyone seem more concerned with keeping Valentine Vale romantic than finding out who sat across from Liora… and watched her die? As heart-shaped décor gets vandalized, secrets spill faster than enchanted tea, and “love” starts looking a lot like motive, Hollis must untangle obsession, entitlement, and weaponized calm—before the killer decides one meddling courier is one heart too many.       AmazonKU

DEVIL’S MATE (LOVERS OF THE DAMNED BOOK FOUR) by Colette Rivera

VS Note: MM PNR.

Love’s price is redemption. Happiness isn’t for Lucifer. He chose to be the villain and no matter his initial motivation, he embraced being bad. Now he can’t even make amends. Luc will never have the life he fell to Earth to find. Luc doesn’t deserve his fated mate, and yet there he is, strolling into a bar. Dex Colt’s life has been on hold for years. It’s time to move on, sell the home that feels like a tomb, and take back his life. Starting with the gorgeous guy asking to join him for a drink. Usually, Dex would say no to more than a quickie, but there’s something special about Luc, and there’s no harm in agreeing to a date. Right? As it turns out, harm doesn’t begin to cover it. Dex’s best friend drops the bombshell that magic exists, and reveals that Luc isn’t the sweet man he appears to be. He’s the Devil. It’s no surprise Lucifer’s mate is the best friend of the man he once tried to kill. A mate who hates him is the universe’s retribution. But Dex inspires a better world. If Luc can mend all that he’s destroyed, he could give Dex a gift even greater than his love. And if Dex will have him, together they might truly have it all.       AmazonKU

MY PROTECTIVE ALPHA (THEIR ALPHA MATES BOOK FOUR) by Rianne Burnett

Laney chases headlines, not love. Then an Alpha werewolf saves her life and calls her his mate…A respected journalist, Laney Phillips is moments away from clinching the most explosive story of her career. Then it all goes to hell. Her source leaves her in the clutches of the very men she’s trying to bring down. As her life flashes before her eyes, she’s saved by the unthinkable: an Alpha werewolf who is determined to protect her at all costs. Laney is sceptical, even if she has trouble fighting their undeniable attraction. When she learns more about the secrets of the werewolf community, though, she realizes that fate may have handed her more than just a mate. They have a story worth telling–if she can help them navigate the threat of their fae enemies. But will her dedication to the truth come at the cost of the love her heart has been missing?       AmazonKU

RAVEN’S SONG: DRAGONIS ACADEMY YEAR ONE (DRAGONIS ACADEMY THE SECOND GENERATIONB BOOK ONE) by Serenity Rayne

What happens when your mother is the Queen of the Marzana Empire and your father is a legendary war drake? Simple—everyone expects the world of you. Raven thought she could blend into the background at Dragonis Academy, living the “normal life” her royal parents desperately wanted for her. But normal doesn’t exist when you’re dragon royalty at a school where shifters train for war, and ancient feuds simmer beneath polished academy halls. When a long-dormant enemy resurfaces and kidnaps her sister, Raven’s carefully hidden power explodes into the open. No one threatens her family and lives to tell about it. But unleashing her true strength means painting a target on her back—and everyone she cares about. Between navigating deadly trials that could kill her before breakfast, discovering her destined mates among the academy’s most dangerous students, and uncovering a brewing war that threatens everything she holds dear, Raven faces an impossible choice: stay hidden and lose everything, or embrace her birthright and burn down anyone who stands in her way.   AmazonKU

CURSEBOUND (WAR BRIDE BOOK THREE) by Sylvia Mercedes

Though their hasty marriage began as a matter of convenience, Taar and Ilsevel have discovered a love worth every risk, every hurt, and every obstacle standing before them. Newly heart-bound to one of the sacred unicorns of Licorna, Ilsevel hopes she will at last find her place in the world, while Taar seeks only to protect his spirited young wife from the prejudice of his tribe. But when they return to face the consequences of their actions, they meet with a cruel reality. “Cursebound,” the people whisper, convinced Ilsevel is a human mage who has ensorcelled both their king and the unicorn she rides. Her death is demanded by all. Taar, however, believes in his wife and the miraculous connection she shares with her unicorn. He convinces the elders to let her undergo a dreadful ordeal—a ritual used to prove the validity of a contested bond. More dangerous than any terror Ilsevel has yet faced, it is now her only hope for survival. With the threat of war looming over their heads, and the knowledge that Taar may soon be summoned to fight, can Ilsevel prove she belongs among her husband’s people? Or is harmony impossible between two such different worlds?   AmazonKU

MARKED BY HER BEAR: FF BEAR SHIFTER ROMANCE  (THE MONTANA GRIZZLIES BOOK FOUR) by Ariel Marie

One cabin. One storm. One chance to melt the coldest winter. When her car skidded off a snow-slick mountain road in the middle of Montana, Liana English came to the conclusion that she had the worst luck imaginable. Stranded in a blizzard, injured, with no cell signal, her trip to visit a friend has turned into a nightmare. Until a towering, gorgeous stranger lifted her out of the storm and into the heat of her cabin fire. Eddie Fane wanted one week alone—no clan politics, no responsibilities, no expectations. But when her bear heard a crash off in the distance, her instincts roared to life. rotective. Possessive. Hungry. Snowed in and forced to share close quarters, sparks ignite between Eddie’s desperate need to care for Liana and Liana’s stubborn refusal to be helpless. But danger lurked in the woods, and something feral caught Liana’s scent…When Liana disappeared into the storm, Eddie’s bear rose—and this time, she won’t hold back. Because once a bear shifter marks her mate…She’ll fight the world to keep her.       AmazonKU

SERAPH’S BLADE (ANGELFALL SERIES BOK TWO) by Anna Evernight

Do not trust outsiders. Do not disobey the precepts. Do not listen to handsome men. Lilith has spent her whole life straining for perfection to please the elders of her restrictive religious community. When she’s thrust into a conspiracy involving handsome, otherworldly angels who claim to be Heralds from her god, she’s skeptical. Despite her wariness, one angel in particular is charming enough to thaw her icy walls. Castiel, a warrior angel, Fell from the sky and into Lilith’s world. For fifty years he has searched for a way home, and his first clue comes from this cold, beautiful woman and an ancient manuscript hidden by her cult. He strikes a bargain: he’ll pretend to be a messenger from her god, snatch the book, then return to his fellow warriors, and in return shore up her precarious position as a beautiful, single woman in a patriarchal cult by providing a veneer of holy approval. As they search for the book, Castiel realizes he longs for Lilith in a way that can only mean one thing—she’s his fated mate, even though a human and a seraph together seems impossible. When suspicious elders uncover their deception, suddenly more is at stake than a broken heart or hidden manuscript. If Castiel and Lilith can’t escape the elders, they’ll lose Castiel’s chance at returning home—and even their lives.       AmazonKU

THE TRUTH ABOUT JUSTICE (SCALES OF JUSTICE) by Laura Greenwood

Rera knows it’s only a matter of time before her secrets can no longer be hidden…With more people learning the truth about her Ma’at Blessing, Rera has to decide whether to tell the one person she thinks will never understand, or to keep hiding it from him. But with no way of knowing how Zet might respond, she worries about the consequences. At least matters of the heart seem a little more settled for her…until she realises that being back in the world of the temples means a whole new set of pressures, especially those that come with dating a Legacy Blessed. With the pressure mounting, Rera has to decide which of her allies can be trusted. The Truth About Justice is book five in the Scales of Justice series, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and set in the same world as The Apprentice of Anubis. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple politics, slow-burn workplace romance, and a world where the gods are real, then the Scales of Justice series is for you!

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THE HUNTRESS: A DARK BRIDE HUNT ROMANTASY by Bec McMaster

Beauty and the Beast meets Labyrinth in this spicy and addictive bride hunt romantasy—where a desperate huntress realizes the beast she swore to destroy, has been hunting her all along…Nine years ago, the Beast of Kerawan snatched my sister from the Labyrinth, and I swore a blood oath to destroy him. I volunteered for the Bride Hunt, sacrificing myself to the Knights of Malus to enter this twisted game where women are hunted like prey and men become monsters. With nothing but my knife and a lifetime of rage, I’ll carve my way through this maze to find the beast who stole everything from me.
But then I’m thrown into a cell with him. A hunter, just like me. Dangerous, amber-eyed, and infuriatingly arrogant, Bael’s not human, and his enormous body was crafted for war. I should kill him. Instead, I find myself forming an uneasy alliance with this warrior who moves like shadow and fights like death itself. He saves my life. I steal his blade. He promises to help while igniting a fire within me I cannot control. I should hate him. I do hate him. Yet with every heated glance and forbidden touch, the boundaries between hatred and desire blur until I can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. As we battle through the deadly Labyrinth, facing slavers and monsters alike, a terrifying suspicion grows. The way he watches me. The secrets he keeps. The primal hunger in his eyes when he thinks I’m not looking. What if the monster I’ve been hunting has been hunting me all along? But here’s my little secret…I am not prey. I am not a prize. I am their ruin, with fire in my heart and defiance in my soul. I am the Huntress, and I will have my revenge—even if it means destroying my own heart in the process.       AmazonKU

THE MAIDEN: A DARK PRIMAL BRIDE HUNT ROMANTASY by E V Mitchell

I lived a quiet life as a temple maiden, my days defined by duty and subservience. Until the Trickster God shattered my world. He ripped me from my temple of healing and sacred vows, casting me into his twisted Labyrinth where women are hunted like prey. The rules are simple; run and hide, or be claimed—a brutal choice between forced marriage and eternal torment. These hunters see me as nothing more than a rose ripe for the plucking. Then he finds me. Rooke. A charming rogue with a wicked smile who promises protection and asks for nothing in return. It’s a dangerous offer from a man who moves through the shadows with deadly grace, yet touches me with unexpected kindness. My instincts scream danger. I should fear him. I should run. But his touch has become a spark in the darkness, his kiss, a taste of rebellion. Do I dare trust him? Or must I finally learn to trust myself? It seems even the gentlest rose can have thorns.      AmazonKU

****VS Note: There is a third book in the shared world series but the reviews were mixed on it and it’s VERY dark. THE QUEEN by Lana Percherczyk. Check content warnings.****

ZAC’S BEAR MATE: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE  (THE MATES MOTEL BOOK TWO) by Lorelai M Hart

I checked in with a broken car and no way back to the desert. I checked out with my future. Buy a new car, they said. It’s better than getting a used one that might break down on you the first time you drive it, they said. You won’t regret it, they said. They had never been more wrong in their life. And by they, I mean my so-called bestie I had just put on probation for getting me stuck in the middle of nowhere. The last place I want to be is a dated motel that rents rooms by the month, week, day, and even hour. Nope. I want to be back home in my comfy bed and saltwater pool. Yet here I am. Might as well make the most of it, right?       AmazonKU

SILVER LAKE: A MERMAID MYSTERY (ALEXIS SILVER BOOK EIGHT) by J R Rain and Matthew S Cox

Beneath the surface, the dead are waiting…When mermaid private investigator Alexis Silver is summoned by her CIA handler for a “quiet favor,” she expects another classified errand. Instead, she’s flown to rural Oregon, where a long-forgotten reservoir hides a drowned town, and a Cold War listening post built to monitor something the Agency still refuses to name. But the lake holds more than secrets. As Alex dives into the sunken streets of Haskell Springs, she finds spirits drifting through ruined storefronts and ghostly figures glaring from the windows of submerged houses. Some plead for help. Some want justice. And some want vengeance. The deeper she goes, the more Alex realizes the truth: the dead are growing stronger, bold enough to reach into the world above and kill the innocent. When Alex learns that the spirits plan to destroy a vulnerable family, she races to intervene, only to discover the haunting is tied to something far older, stranger, and more powerful than restless ghosts. To stop the killings, Alex must navigate spectral politics, ancient magic, government secrets, and a mystery buried since 1952. But saving the living means confronting a force the CIA once tried to hide at the bottom of a lake… one the spirits won’t let go without a fight.   AmazonKU

DARK ALCHEMY: CATCH 22 by I T Lucas

She was captured and enslaved. He was freed only to be conscripted. Both are trapped. On an inescapable island, Dimitri struggles to break free from the compulsion enslaving his mind, even as the drugs he is forced to create for the enhanced ones tighten his invisible chains. Mattie hunts for any means of escape, collecting secrets and searching for cracks that don’t exist. The bond growing between them is a risk neither can afford, and neither can resist. Meanwhile, across the globe, Annani faces an impossible bargain that demands the unthinkable. Welcome to Catch-22.     AmazonKU

VALENTINE FOR THE LONE WOLF (ARRHYTHMIA TEXAS HEARTS BOOK ONE) by C D Gorri

Love was never part of the plan—but in Arrhythmia, hearts have a mind of their own. There’s nothing normal about the hearts in Arrhythmia, Texas—trust me, I’m Sheriff Owen Randall, and I’ve seen it all. For fifteen years, I’ve kept this little town of supernatural outcasts from tearing itself apart. We’ve got grumpy Dragons, brawling Yetis, Witches with too much attitude, and one Garden Gnome who really needs anger management. Me? I’m a Lone Wolf—literally—and my other half isn’t the romantic movie kind. He’s the kind parents warn their kids about. Still, I love this place. It’s home. It’s peace. It’s the one thing worth fighting for. Then Agent Megan DiNapoli blows into town with orders from the DPCA to evaluate us. Translation: She’s here to decide if Arrhythmia gets shut down for good. She’s sharp, gorgeous, and determined to do her job. And I’m just stubborn (or desperate) enough to think I can change her mind. Maybe even win her heart. Problem is, this Lone Wolf’s starting to fall for the one woman who could destroy everything he’s sworn to protect.

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SHE CAME FOR THE PACK (DEMONS AND DREAMERS: SAPPHIC MONSTERS BOOK FOUR) by Darva Green

“We tend to forget that the first wolves were witches. The Omegas inherited the Moon Goddess’s gifts, and the Alphas were supposed to use their enhanced strength to protect them.” As a daughter of one of the ancient werewolf houses, Sheila was born with a rare ability to see past the veil. But these days, she’s being haunted by more than lonely ghosts and strange dreams. After ten years of running from her past, the Alpha who overthrew her pack wants to bring her back to the ceremonial altar where she left him.When Quinn—the packless she-wolf Sheila rejected as her mate—volunteers to keep her safe, she reluctantly heads to her remote cabin, where they agree to work together to figure out the trouble brewing in their territory. Quinn is determined to keep things friendly, but the lines between them begin to blur as they stay up late, unraveling pack secrets and exploring Sheila’s strange gifts. The mate bond between the two women might be broken, but fate keeps pulling them back together. How can they remain friends when they can’t resist each other’s touch, taste, and scent?    AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE PIRATE: A LITTLE MERMAID AND PETER PAN RETELLING WITH A TWIXT by Nickli Chapelway

A siren with no song – A lost boy who accidentally grew up – It was supposed to be the perfect story… not her reality. Vera is a screenwriter at the end of her rope. She has always wanted to write a story that will bring a villainous twist to two of her favorite fairytales, but if her producer asks her to make one more edit to the script, she might just lose it. However, when she wakes up in the world of her script, she begins to think she has already lost it. Forced into the role of her main character, a vengeful siren by the name of Moira, Vera finds herself having to live through the story of the Little Mermaid… but as the villain of the tale. Struggling with how to get by with fins is bad enough, being doomed to get her heart broken in a love triangle of her own making is worse. But none of that compares to the fact that by some twist of fate, it seems her producer James is also in this story. And he is filling in the role of the notorious Captain Hook. James blames Vera for the fact that he is currently missing a hand and being hunted by a monstrous crocodile. He is also not too happy that his nemesis is a childlike force that is creepy beyond all reason. Now Vera finds herself having to get herself and her producer back home safely as she struggles to survive her own story and not fall in love with either her producer or the guy she made up. But as the plot progresses, she starts to wonder if she should have been kinder to her own characters. And maybe she should have written a happy ending after all.       AmazonKU

THE BABY DRAGON BOOKSHOP BOOK THREE by A T Qureshi

Emmy has an enemy, and his name is Luke. The good news? She rarely sees him. The bad news? When she does, she (and her pet dragons) are reminded just how handsome he is. Besides, Emmy is too busy focusing on her dragon-fuelled business to have time for love. But when both she and Luke approach the same local investor for funding, she’s suddenly unable to avoid him. The kookie investor insists they must compete for the cash by working at the local failing baby dragon bookshop to prove their magical business knowledge. Determined to win the funding, Emmy dives into the task. But making a very flammable bookshop fit for baby dragons is no small feat, and it seems these rivals may need to join forces. Could Luke and Emmy’s fiery animosity spark something more between them?   AmazonKU     AB

A FOREST, DARKLY by A G Slatter

Deep in the forest lives Mehrab the witch, quietly battling her demons. One evening, a young woman arrives at her door pursued by god-hounds, who wish to destroy all those practising magic, and Mehrab’s solitary existence is disrupted. Together they forge a cure for their isolation with heartbreaking consequences… Meanwhile, in the local village, children begin to disappear. Sinister offerings appear on Mehrab’s doorstep, and a dark power pursues her through the trees. As the villagers turn hostile and the god-hounds close in, Mehrab finds herself at the centre of a struggle to save the soul of the forest, the life of an old love – and her own new-formed family.
Set in Slatter’s bewitching gothic Sourdough universe, this is a haunting, gripping tale written with wit and heart. A book to both savour and devour.       Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

ACCIDENTAL MAGIC  (DAMNED MERCENARIES BOOK TWO) by Mika Nix

VS Note: MM PNR.

Gargoyles are immune to Mage Magic, so why can I feel Rune in my veins? Ever since the snarky mage kidnapped one of my fellow mercenaries, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him. It’s like he’s under my skin somehow… or rather, under my stone. Why did I have a dream about him being abducted if I’m not meant to save him? The problem is, the list of Rune’s enemies is a mile long, and no one else is all that broken up about his life being in danger. I’m going to rescue him one way or another, even if it means getting myself caught in the process, even if he doesn’t really want to be saved, even if it’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever had. The more I get to know him, the more I’m starting to think his sarcasm and bite is just a cover for the truth… he doesn’t trust anyone, and he has good reason not to. As far as I know, gargoyles don’t have fated mates, and neither do mages, but the pull between us is undeniable. Maybe it has something to do with his magic or maybe fate has plans for us after all… but we need to find a way out of this prison before we can start to think about Happily Ever Afters.       AmazonKU

THE FOUND OBJECT SOCIETY by Michelle Maryk

For twenty years, Greta Davenport has lived with the guilt of surviving the accident that killed her parents. She’s tested the limits of her own mortality ever since, but little gives her the dopamine rush she craves. Not until the night she almost drunkenly crashes her car into a tree, and a peculiar blank card slides under her front door—an invitation to the Found Object Society. What she discovers there is beyond comprehension: an opulent, subterranean playground filled with aisles of objects from different eras and regions of the world. Pick an object and go on a voyage to relive the final moments of the person who died holding it, along with an unparalleled, irreplicable high. Greta’s hooked, but she can’t quiet her questions about the society and its enigmatic creators, the answers to which have implications far beyond her growing dependence on the voyages. Death is addictive, and what she uncovers will put her entire life into question. A fever dream of a novel with episodic, time-traveling chapters told from multiple points of view, The Found Object Society examines the depraved whims of the ultrarich and the breadth of unresolved trauma—all while asking how grief and the choices we make in its aftermath can change the course of our lives. Michelle Maryk’s wholly original and ambitious debut opens an impeccably wrought speculative world of greed, power, and destiny.

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HEIR OF ILLUSION: VERRAN ISLES SERIES BOOK ONE by Madeline Taylor

She is not the pet they tamed. Blessed with the power of illusion, Iverson Pomeroy has many tricks up her sleeve. However, none of them are a match for the enchanted collar at her throat that keeps her bound as assassin and mistress to a ruthless king. Forced to play the role of his obedient pet, she plots in secret to destroy him and claim the freedom she has always been denied. She is the beast they let inside. When a mysterious reaper, Thorne, arrives in the city with his sights set on the same weapon Ivy needs—the only artifact that can remove her collar—she must decide how far she’s willing to go.
And she will show no mercy. With a tenuous alliance tying them together, Ivy learns there is more to her reluctant companion than meets the eye… He sparks her curiosity and ignites dangerous desires within her. But will the secrets they harbor destroy each other? And does it even matter, when anyone who so much as touches Thorne dies?      Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

MUSCLES AND MONSTERS: LEVIATHAN FITNESS BOOK ONE by Ashley Bennett

After a wedding cake catastrophe on the street, local baker Tegan lands in the most unexpected place—a solid wall of fur and fangs named Atlas. She’s never met anyone like him and finds herself enamored by his wolfish charm. After their sweet encounter, Atlas invites her to his gym anytime she needs his cake-lifting services. However, Tegan is through with being a damsel in distress. She signs up for a membership with Leviathan Fitness, determined to build her strength…and if she sees the handsome wolven again, it’s a win-win scenario. Atlas can’t believe his eyes when Tegan walks through the doors of his gym, and nearly goes snout-over-paw to offer her personal training. Shared glances over the barbell and accidental touches at the water fountain set Atlas’s heart racing in a way he swore it couldn’t again. Primal desires emerge as Atlas and Tegan test just how much their new love can lift. Could Tegan be the unexpected mate of Atlas’s dreams?       Amazon        AB

ALPHA BOSS’ BABY SERVICE: MM MPREG ROMANCE (BABIES FOR BROKEN DADS BOOK FIVE) by Anna Wineheart

Alpha Wolf + Single dad cat shifter – Twin Buns needs help. To revive his dwindling bakery business, alpha wolf Titan comes up with a new plan: Selling his own “cream filling.” – Surprisingly, the Baby Service is a hit. Orders start pouring in, almost too many to fill. Then everything goes sideways: Both of Titan’s arms are injured, and his cream production grinds to a standstill. Enter Mathlin: a single dad adrift with his baby, needing shelter and protection. Titan hires him. But Mathlin is keeping secrets; there’s something strange about his baby. Not to mention Mathlin’s constant disappearances. It doesn’t matter. As soon as Titan’s arms are healed, Mathlin will be on his way. Just that Titan’s instincts keep howling: Mathlin needs to stay.      AmazonKU

EYE SEE YOU by Lizzie Strong

Greys Anatomy but with a floating tentacle monster who has a peeping tom fantasy. It felt like fate that Lelianna found the best help wanted request…EVER! Help wanted: Let me pay you to be naked in a hotel room where I can watch. Problem is, after an extraordinary night with her peeping Tom, who just wants to stick his tentacles everywhere, she can’t shake the feeling she knows him. Low and behold her Tom is none other than Healer Syniz Vizglyat. The perfectionist perveyour, surgeon with the complex and general social recluse. Plus, the only person at work she’s constantly flirting with. She just can’t help it, and apparently, neither can Syn. Agreeing to be his sugarbaby seemed like the natural next step. But as they explore their spicy relationship, she begins to ask herself… why weren’t they already doing this? Because she’s pretty sure Syn was made for her.      AmazonKU

PERFECT SCENT MATCH by Emily Antoinette

Three scent matches, two blind dates, and one accidental first heat. Ruby is done pretending to be the perfect omega. If that means her odds of finding a pack that won’t bristle at her boldness are astronomically low, then so be it. When she finds out she has a scent match, though, fate might be on her side. Beau isn’t looking for a pack. He’s been there, done that, and has the broken heart to prove it. But when his sister signs him up for a scent-matching service, even he can’t say no to meeting his match. Archer is sick of letting his fears control him. Screw worst-case scenarios of what an alpha might do to him as an omega, it’s time for him to finally have some knotty fun. Too bad his nerves didn’t get the memo. When two blind dates collide, will their hopes for a Valentine’s Day miracle be dashed? Or will these three lonely hearts be set ablaze when things unexpectedly heat up? Perfect Scent Match is a spicy, fast burn MMF why choose omegaverse romance featuring a confident, plus size omega FMC, a burly loner alpha MMC, and a bubbly, nervous omega MMC. Expect plenty of spice (with sword crossing), along with emotional, cozy vibes.      AmazonKU

FATES THAT BIND (BRIARHOLLOW SERIES BOOK ONE) by Ashtyn Kiana

Most of Renata Blackthorn’s life has been spent hiding–avoiding her mother’s cruelty, ashamed of her powerful spirit magic, and dreaming of escaping from her childhood home. As the only gray witch in a family of green witches, she’s always been an outsider. But the Blackthorn family curse, which afflicts those born with spirit magic, only makes her feel more isolated. When a letter arrives from a late great-aunt, Renata inherits the eerie, crumbling Dreaming Willow Inn… Alongside it comes a warning: she’s the only one who can end the madness. There are many places she has dreamed of running away to, but the inn where the curse started was one she hoped to avoid in every lifetime. Until it becomes a beacon of hope. Once she steps foot on its grounds, fate stirs. So do the ghosts of her family’s past. Renata quickly learns how the curse affects more than just her bloodline and its ability to give her everything she’s ever wanted—or take it all away, including her newfound coven and the man she never expected to meet in person, Archer Vexley. After a decade of only finding him while sleeping, Archer is in Briarhollow with just as many ancestral ties to the Dreaming Willow Inn as she has. Not only that, he’s determined to learn more about the woman from his dreams. Renata never thought she would meet him in person, or have a coven of her own. Now that she has everything, she won’t let fate rip it away.       Amazon

WELL HUNG SHELVING: MM FANTASY ROMANCE  by Callie Colby

Everyone jokes that the local big-box Swedish furniture store is a maze. They don’t know that the bedroom department is literally built on top of a shifting Fae Labyrinth. I just wanted a bookshelf. I took a wrong turn at the meatballs, walked through a display wardrobe, and ended up in the Deep Fae Realm. Now I’m lost in an endless corridor of flat-pack boxes and confusing arrows, hunted by shadow beasts. My only hope of survival? Grael, the Fairy-Fae Guardian of the Maze. Grael is seven feet of winged, muscle-bound terrifying. He’s also hopelessly lost. He’s been wandering these aisles for centuries, trying to find the exit because he really, really wants to try a cinnamon bun. He thinks the store map I grabbed at the entrance is a sacred scroll. He thinks I’m a powerful wizard because I have an Allen wrench. And he’s decided that his sacred duty is to protect me until we find the checkout. But when the lights go out and we get trapped in a display bedroom for the “night,” things get complicated. Grael has never seen a memory foam mattress before. He’s very big, very curious, and he wants to test the structural integrity of everything. Including me.     AmazonKU      AB

DEMONIUM REX AKA BUTTERCUP (DEMON ENTANGLEMENTS SEVEN) by Stephanie Burke

Win is a writer with a new house, a new life, and a rapidly approaching deadline. She doesn’t have time for the voices in her head to be demanding attention. She just wants to finish her book and maybe get laid. But what will she do when the character her subconscious dreams up starts becoming corporeal? Demonium Rex is the undisputed king of all sexual demons, but when his people come to him with a mark who refuses to crack, he takes action. Now he is stuck in a non-corporeal form while the woman he needs to seduce is too stubborn to just let it happen. And even worse, she sticks him with a stupid name. But in the end, he will show her who’s the real King — or his name isn’t Buttercup.       Amazon      Apple Books       Kobo

SECONDHAND LUCK (THE SHADOW AGE BOOK TWO) by Kim Harrison

It’s been months since Petra Grady bonded with the shadow Pluck. With the help of researcher Benedict Strom, she has made a place for herself at St. Unoc University as the first weaver to use shadow magic in a thousand years. But some are not happy to acknowledge the new shadow/weaver pair, and Petra and Pluck aren’t surprised when they’re blamed for every recent trouble. When a new weaver is drawn to St. Unoc, Pluck quickly realizes the novice magic user has not come alone. Trailing her is Thoth, a devious shadow responsible for betraying his own kind and setting mage against weaver thousands of years ago. His goal hasn’t changed, and when Thoth turns both the mage courts and the university against Petra, she and Pluck must risk everything to uncover a truth that even Pluck has forgotten. Shadows, though, have earned their terrifying reputation, and if Petra can’t prove her and Pluck’s innocence and capture Thoth, any hope of balance will be gone—taking Pluck and her with it.      Amazon      AB      Apple Books       Kobo

THRONE OF NIGHTMARES: A NOVEL (PRINCE OF SIN BOOK THREE) by Kerri Maniscalco

“Beware of waking the gods, their dreams are often our nightmares …”  A prince who prefers games of the head to those of the heart. Prince Sloth hates leaving his enchanted library, but when a forgotten deity threatens the very fabric of the Underworld, he’s thrust into a race against time. He must find the Book of Nightmares—an ancient artifact that has the power to break worlds—before it unleashes a deadly game to free its master, the Goddess of Night.  When a betrayal leaves him marked, and desperate, his path collides with a young woman who possesses the legendary Phoenix Tear—a portal stone unlike any other.  A librarian who is all sweet sunshine … until she burns. Lore Brimstone has always loved getting lost in a book—but she never meant literally. Yet, after visiting a traveling caravan, she quickly finds herself transported to a terrifying but oddly familiar world—with the worst, twisted prince at her side. Realizing they are living out her favorite novels one by one, they face off against an increasingly dark magic as they try to survive the story. A twisted tale that means they can’t trust themselves—or their hearts. As Lore and Sloth navigate the pages of her beloved novels gone wrong, she must channel her inner main character to defeat the Book of Nightmares before the wall between the gods and mortals comes crashing down, dooming them all.        Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

YOU & ME AND YOU  & ME AND YOU & ME by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees

Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future looks, well, boring. Then Adam stumbles across a box of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses “Play” …and the unbelievable happens. With the power to travel back in time, Jules and Adam can recapture the headiness of falling in love. But they soon realize that visiting the past could be as dangerous as it is addictive, because the temptation to change just a few tiny things is irresistible. As the consequences start to spiral out of control, can they find a way back to their messy and imperfect, yet glorious, real life? Or will they lose each other forever?

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HITCHED TO THE HELLHOUND (MONSTER MATRIMONY FILES BOOK TWO) by Evangeline Priest

The Sanctuary said she needed protection. What she got was a 7-foot hellhound with smoke in his eyes and a body made to burn. When Tamsin agreed to the Monster Matrimony Protocol, she expected a scaly lizard, maybe a bear-man. She did not expect to be claimed by a hellhound general from the volcanic borderlands—part ancient god, part flame-wreathed warrior, all muscle and menace. Her new husband, Soranus, doesn’t speak much. His version of courtship involves silent guarding, heated stares, and growls that vibrate in her bones. But as the bond settles and the heat builds, Tamsin realizes something dangerous: She might be falling for the monster she married. And he’s already on fire for her.       AmazonKU

HAUNT PURSUIT (HAUNTD EVERLY AFTER MYSTERIES BOOK 16) by ReGina Welling

When strangers show up for an event in Mooselick River, so does trouble. Two men and a woman check into the Marlow Inn for the town library fundraiser, but only one checks out—and Everly Dupree is once again caught in the middle of a mystery that refuses to stay neatly on the page. Between keeping the event on track and enjoying a visit from her favorite cousin, Nell Pemberton, Everly has her hands full. But nothing is ever easy in Mooselick River. Before the event is over, the first of two bodies will fall, and Everly will need all of her wits (and maybe a little help from the other side) to keep the past from rewriting the future.      AmazonKU

WITCHY WOMAN (VAMPIRE QUEST BOOK ONE) by Tina Donahue

A witch who’s ditched sorcery…a down-on-his-luck vampire…and one fateful encounter between them that could be pure magic. Bored with getting whatever she wants whenever she wants it, Wren’s now earning things the mortal way—through hard work… specifically erotic dancing. As a newly turned vampire, Roman dreads eternity until he chances upon Wren at a Las Vegas strip club during her nightly show. Desire sparks. Lips meet. Trouble brews from the vamp who turned Roman, and also from the vile warlock who’s determined to make Wren his…forcing her and Roman to battle dark magic and blood lust to turn a disturbing future into their shared paradise. As they embark on their Vampire Quest.       AmazonKU

ONE BITE STAND (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 96) by Milly Taiden

Winslet Ward is officially done with “charming.” After discovering her high-society fiancé is actually a ruthless crime boss, she’s spent six months on the run and looking over her shoulder. Now, his goons are closing in, and Winslet needs a miracle—or at least a very remote GPS coordinate. Enter Gerri Wilder, the sassiest matchmaker in the paranormal world, with a one-way ticket to Alaska and a promise of protection. Korrak Volkov is the Alpha of the Icefang clan, a man as hard and unyielding as the Arctic tundra he protects. He’s built his life on cold precision and zero distractions. No mates, no drama, and definitely no humans. But when Gerri waltzes into his territory with a curvy, green-eyed brunette in tow, Korrak’s inner polar bear doesn’t just wake up—it roars. The moment their hands touch, the sparks don’t just fly; they ignite a mating hunger that threatens to melt the permafrost. He might be devastatingly hot, but Winslet isn’t looking for a new master. Korrak is ready to tear the world apart to keep her safe, even if it means bringing his entire clan into a war with the human underworld. With a deadly storm howling outside and death creeping across the ice, they need to decide if this is a temporary “bite” stand, or have they finally found someone worth fighting for?     AmazonKU

HEIR TO THE SECOND LINE: PART TWO by Grace McGinty

Boellium War College had fallen. Avalon had done the only thing she could: she reset time and went back to a moment before everyone she’d loved had died…again. Resetting time had its own consequences, and none of them could return back to Boellium again. Their element of surprise was gone and all that was left was to try and gather allies before the Baron of the First Line caught up with them and squashed their rebellion before the Second Line could return. Worst of all, the family they’d created was crumbling at the edges as secrets are exposed, guilt eats away at trust, and Avalon was no longer sure she could survive what was coming with her heart intact. This is Part Two in a Three Part book. If you haven’t read DAUGHTER OF THE NINTH LINE, it’s strongly suggested you do that first.   AmazonKU

FREEDOM’S FURY (BROKEN SOULS TRILOGY BOOK THREE) by Melody Joanne

Some part of me thought being murdered in front of my mate was rock bottom. It was the delusional part. Because I didn’t stay dead. Instead, I woke up tethered to my psychotic ex who still insists we’re soul mates. I insist he seek immediate medical attention. To top things off, my actual mate will stop at nothing to get me back – even if it costs him everything. It’s a good thing I don’t have anxiety issues, or this might be terrible for my mental health. (Sarcasm). My captors think they can control me, but they have no idea how far I’ll go to keep my loved ones safe. After all, it’s amazing how many options open up when you have nothing left to lose. He wanted to carve me into his perfect, obedient wife. Instead, he cut away the last threads of my sanity. And I’ve never been more dangerous.     AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE BEAST KING by Alessa Thorn

Every shifter, man, and fae has a beast living inside them. Scratching for survival, to be heard, to be loved. Delphi’s beast is about to meet its master. In the shadow of the cursed Mistwood, where magic bleeds through ancient trees and mist devours the unwary, Delphi hides her forbidden magic behind healing tonics and herbal remedies. She’s survived her father’s cruelty, poverty’s bite, and the constant threat of burning at the stake—all while dreaming of escape to a life of books and freedom. But the Mistwood has been watching. And its king has been waiting. Tenebrys isn’t just a beast—he’s vengeance wrapped in fur and fangs, imprisoned for thirty years by those who feared his power. When Delphi’s father offers her as payment for his own dark bargain, she becomes the key to the Beast King’s freedom… and the target of his obsession. Trapped in a crumbling château where shadows breathe and magic pulses through every stone, Delphi discovers that her captor isn’t the real monster she should fear. Ancient fae are stirring. Witch hunters are closing in. And the fire burning in her veins calls to the darkness in his. He claims she belongs to him. She swears she belongs to no one. But when desire meets destiny in a world built on blood and magic, even beasts can become saviors, and queens must learn to rule. A dark, spicy Beauty and the Beast retelling      AmazonKU

THE ICE TYRANT’S FATED MATE (HOLLOW EARTH ICE DRAGONS BOOK ONE) by Riley Storm

In the Ice Kingdom the strong rule, and the weak end up in cages. At the top are the Elites, cruelest and most powerful of all dragons. Below everyone else are my friends and I. The Wing-Clipped. Dragons too weak to shift or claim a fated mate. We’re who the cages and illegal markets were made for. Until the man with green eyes who smells like forever awakens my dormant dragon. It should be impossible. It is impossible. Because Clippys don’t have fated  mates. Ever. Everyone knows that. Everyone except my dragon. She’s staking this one out as hers, and she doesn’t care what he or I think. It only gets worse when I discover who she calls our mate. Somehow she’s decided the Ice Tyrant is all ours. The strongest, most ruthless dragon in Hollow Earth … and me? Never gonna happen. Even if I had a dragon to shift into, and even if I could claim another as my mate, it would never be him. Not just because it’s his kingdom and his rules that put me in this cage. But because he left me to rot in it…Casimir – My kingdom isn’t ready for me to claim her. I am. Civil war and threats to my throne? That’s nothing compared to bonding with my mate. I’ll destroy anyone who threatens her or our future. But before we can have eternity, I’ll have to win her over and show her I’m not what the legends say. Somehow. Because hiding at the center of every rumor, there’s a dark truth.      AmazonKU

HIS IN THE FIRE by W Winters

Ripped away from Olympus to the Underworld was a hell of its own making, but so is returning. Leaving behind Hades and my rightful place as Queen of the Underworld caused an agony I’ve never known before. What’s worse is that the war has not come to an end and my place in Olympus is questioned by all because of Hades’ demands. My mother will stop at nothing to have me safe with her and neither will Hades. I’m left torn between life, Olympus, my mother and the throne I was always meant to have beside my lover, the King of the Dead. I miss him dearly, I crave his touch and I need the love I felt so strongly in his presence. What brings me the most fear though, is my own thoughts and my own power. The threat of losing what I had is enough to make me question my sanity. My mother would starve the world for me, Hades would burn it. But myself… What I’m willing to do as the suffering intensifies is blasphemy and terrifies me to my core. There’s no going back and in this place I must find peace and balance before it’s too late. I know one thing for certain: after dark, there will always be light. If that wasn’t true, the dark would not have a name…And I crave both. Please note: His in the Dark must be read first.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

FATE AND FANG (THE BOUCHERS BOOK THREE) by Nicole Jacquelyn

He’d do anything to protect her. She just wants him to stay. Daniel Boucher has waited over a century to find his fated mate. The moment he hears Rosemary Whitlock’s voice, he knows—she’s it. Smart, capable, and already entangled in vampire affairs, Rosemary is nothing like the fragile human he expected. But with mates being hunted and war brewing in the shadows, Daniel will do whatever it takes to protect her, even if that means keeping her at a distance. What he doesn’t see is how much that distance is tearing them apart. Rosemary isn’t new to this world. With mated vampire-human godparents and a lifetime of witnessing what real bonded partnerships look like, Daniel’s sudden disappearances feel less like protection and more like rejection. She’s not the type to sit back and wait to be rescued—and she won’t let herself be left behind. As the Bouchers close in on a deadly truth, love and loyalty are tested from every side. And if Daniel and Rosemary can’t bridge the growing rift between them, their bond may not survive what’s coming. Is fate enough to hold them together when everything else is pulling them apart?      AmazonKU

WICKED ONYX (THE VERITAS LEGACY) by Debbie Cassidy

You don’t graduate Nightsbridge Academy—you survive it. Born into a sorcerer bloodline, cursed, and cut off from my power, I was accustomed to being an outcast. For generations, my bloodline carried the weight of a crime committed by our ancestor. But my mother’s death changed everything. She left a clue that could prove our innocence: an ancient text hidden deep beneath Nightsbridge Academy. The Academy is a fortress of power, housing the most dangerous incantors and sorcerers, conscripted to keep Horrors and Echoes at bay. And as the last surviving Onyx, I’m owed admission. My plan is simple—find the book and expose the Imperium as the liars they are. But I didn’t plan for the whispers that haunt my dreams. Or the complication of feelings I shouldn’t be capable of—stirred by two men bound to the very institution I’ve come to destroy. One sees too much yet says too little. The other is steady, protective, and always in my corner. I can’t have either. Yet when I’m in their presence…my curse begins to crack. If they discover my true purpose, I’m dead. But some truths are worth dying for. The Imperium cursed my bloodline. Stripped us of our magic. Branded us as traitors. And now they will pay.       AmazonKU       AB

ELDRITH MANOR by Lee Rivers and Avina St Graves

The Ghost – What happens when someone accidentally summons a demon? They die and become a ghost. I didn’t believe in Heaven or Hell. I thought the pain would stop, and I’d taste sweet oblivion. But I was wrong. Hell does exist. It’s not just a place, but a person too. His name is Lynx. Night after night, day after day, I try to escape and break free of the cage I’ve been damned into. I can’t hide from him, and he can’t outrun me. I’m trapped in the manor with the monster who killed me. The Demon – Be careful who you steal from. They might just come for your soul. They called me a sinner, then stuck a blade through my heart and cursed my soul to an eternity in flames, turning me into the demon they claimed I was. For centuries, I suffered and screamed. Made other souls wish they were never born. It was an endless cycle I couldn’t break until one day, she called me forward. A little human who played with someone else’s toys. I thought I could get rid of her, but I was wrong. I can’t escape her no matter what I do. At least, I know one thing for certain. Sable looks pretty for a dead thing.      AmazonKU

THE ALPHA’S CAPTIVE by Reece Barden

Carla – Three weeks in a monster’s basement, and now my wolf is screaming one impossible word at the man who brings me food. Mate. Billy Lennox is the son of the bear holding me captive. He has no idea what we are to each other. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way. Because if his father discovers my secret, senses how my body is about to betray me, he won’t just ruin my life. He’ll destroy Billy too. Billy – Something about the wolf in my father’s basement gets under my skin. She’s fierce, defiant and hiding something behind those green eyes. I’ve looked the other way my whole life. Done things I’m not proud of, but watching my father break her isn’t something I can stomach. Getting her out means betraying everything I’ve ever known, but after one night trapped alone together, I know I’ll burn it all down just to make sure she’s safe.     AmazonKU

KNOT ON YOUR PUCKING LIFE: SNOWVALE HOWLERS OMEGAVERSE NOVEL by Heather Long

Wren Foster plays by her own rules. As the PR manager for the Snowvale Howlers—the league’s most brutal pro hockey team—she’s the only omega in a den of alphas… and no one is supposed to know. Her secret is held together with black-market suppressants and sheer willpower. But suppressants fail. Instinct doesn’t. When a dangerous heat hits, Wren escapes to a remote cabin to ride it out alone. No bonds. No witnesses. Except three already know her scent. Her stoic captain. A dangerously charming goalie. And an ice-cold beta with secrets of his own.They follow her into the storm—masked, feral, and primal. What begins as a heat becomes a hunt. And survival means choosing more than just herself. Because being claimed by three isn’t about surrender. It’s about choice—and the fiercest kind of love.      AmazonKU

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR K-9 IS A DEMON by Trista Ricketts

She went to adopt a K-9 partner. She did not mean to adopt a demon. Officer Kelly “Chuck” Charles thought choosing her new K-9 would be straightforward. Obedient. Loyal. Not possessed by ancient evil. She was wrong. Her new K-9 partner growls in dead languages, smirks like he’s plotting world domination, and reacts to holy water like it personally insulted his ancestors. Because Malachi isn’t just a dog. He’s a centuries-old demon trapped in a canine body — morally black, dangerously clever, and very annoyed about it. The problem? Chuck doesn’t know any of that yet. She’s just a cop trying to survive long shifts, bad coffee, and a partner who may or may not be judging her soul. She definitely doesn’t know she’s part angel. And she absolutely isn’t prepared for the supernatural chaos headed straight for her life. When a well-meaning witch gives Malachi his body back, everything goes from “weird dog behavior” to full-blown celestial disaster. Redeem him. Banish him. Or fall for the demon who was never meant to have a heart.     AmazonKU

REAPER WOLF (RETURN TO FATE MOUNTAIN BOOK EIGHT)  by Scarlett Grove

She’s a weapon. He’s a song. Together, they’re unstoppable.Grizzly shifter Reed Bright’s perfect small-town life playing folk songs at Fate Mountain Brewery shatters when his ambient recording captures a murder. Terrified and hunted by forces he doesn’t understand, he finds unexpected hope when he matches with Reaper Wolf on a shifter dating app. When she responds to their 100% match with “Not the right time. Sorry,” he thinks fate has rejected him. Until the dangerous operative walks out of the back office at Steel Protection, and discovers he’s the witness she’s been assigned to protect. Siren Cross has spent fourteen years convincing herself she didn’t need anyone. The ex-military intelligence officer has earned her callsign in blood. She sleeps alone behind walls no one has breached. The mission is everything. But when a protection job brings her face-to-face with the gentle musician, her wolf recognizes what her armored heart tried to reject: her fated mate. Now Reed has become a target, and the conspiracy he stumbled into threatens everyone he loves. Siren must protect the man she pushed away while hunting those who would destroy their community. One bed. One van. Weeks on the run with the mate she rejected—and his patient, steady devotion slowly dismantling every wall she’s built. He falls first. He falls hard. She teaches him to master the beast inside him. As the threat escalates and the mate bond grows impossible to ignore, Reed must decide if he can trust the wolf who rejected him. Because when the stakes are life and death, the mate who almost threw their chance away might be his only hope for survival.       AmazonKU

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I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking quite a few as I prepare these posts LOL). 

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FALON by Jennifer Julie Miller

Edie – He’s everything I hate in a male: cocky, walks with a swagger, thinks his poop doesn’t stink, and that every woman within arm’s length should fall at his feet. A man-whore who goes through women like they’re a bag of chips to be enjoyed until he’s had his fill. He corners me one day, calling me his Little Morsel, getting mad when I try to escape his massive arms and alluring smell. I touch his arm accidentally, triggering something neither of us saw coming. I run, doing everything in my ability to avoid him, but he follows, putting his life in danger simply to be with me, and it takes him giving it his all before I can see the man behind the sins.  Falon – If I cannot have a mate like my brothers, I will simply enjoy the females that are throwing themselves at me. That is what I told myself as I was jumping from bed to bed, but oh, how I came to regret that decision when the God of Ruk put my mate within reach. The soft touch of her hand triggers a bond so powerful that I follow her across the cosmos, knowing if caught, I will be sentenced to death. But then one rising disaster appears in the space around us, and I know this is the true test. I sit her down, buckling her into the chair so that I know she is safe, and turn around with the full intention of sacrificing myself to save her and the others. Will their Lord of Light intervene and give me a chance to prove to them my worthiness and the time to make her MINE?! Or will my sins finally demand their due?       AmazonKU

THE ALIEN’S STOLEN RIVAL (STOLEN HEARTS BOOK TWO) by Leslie Chase

Penny – I didn’t come to the galaxy’s most exclusive art show to flirt—especially not with an infuriatingly hot alien rogue who’s after the same prize I am. Varok is arrogant, lethal, and exactly the kind of distraction I can’t afford. I have a mission, a deadline, and no room for desire… no matter how his piercing gaze makes my pulse race or how his presence sets my body on fire. Varok – I planned the perfect heist. The only thing I didn’t account for was Penny—a brilliant, stubborn, and utterly irresistible human thief. As soon as I see her, I know fate marked her as mine, but claiming her could mean sacrificing my escape, my heist, and maybe my life. Trusting her is dangerous. Letting her go might be impossible. With enemies closing in and the prize of a lifetime on the line, we have to decide what matters more: the treasure we came to steal, or the bond neither of us saw coming.   AmazonKU

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (YOU’VE GOT ALIEN MAIL BOOK SIX) by Lara Roth

ZOLA: I came to document safety violations—not get biochemically bonded to the galaxy’s most accident-prone courier. But Crash Maxone doesn’t match his file. His reflexes are lethal. His survival rate is impossible. And every piece of my equipment panics when he’s nearby. I suspect contamination. I’m not wrong. When his past catches up in the form of a seven-foot Exoscarab gladiator, Crash’s combat secretions collide with something far worse—Velogian mate-recognition pheromones. Now we’re bonded, unable to be more than ten feet apart without severe physical consequences. My objectivity is shot. My instruments think he’s a compatible partner. And my body is learning exactly what “hazardous materials” means when it craves an alien warrior who moves like liquid death and smells like starlight and sin. CRASH: The safety inspector was not part of the plan. For three years, I’ve stayed ahead of Thek-Ka—the gladiator hunting me across the sector to finish our championship death match. My “accidents” aren’t clumsiness. They’re survival. My biology is designed to repel humans. Zola doesn’t recoil. She studies me. Challenges me. Stays. When my defenses fail and we bond, she thinks it’s temporary. That she can science her way out of fate. She doesn’t understand that when she chose me—when she saw worth instead of danger—she sealed it. I will protect her. I will claim her. And I will show her exactly what happens when a Velogian warrior finds his mate. Mine to guard. Mine to keep. Mine.       AmazonKU

AMBUSH OF TIGERS (PROJECT THERIANTHROPE BOOK TWO) by Eve Langlais

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THAWED GLADIATOR: DRACO (AWAKENED FROM THE ICE BOOK SEVEN) by Alana Khan

From ancient Roman gutters to glittering Manhattan mansions…Draco has always known how to survive. Once he relied on sleight of hand to steal his way through Rome’s slums—later he fought for his life in the arena. Now, after two thousand years frozen beneath the Norwegian Sea, he wakes in a world as strange as any illusion. But the greatest danger he faces isn’t hunger, hardship, or discovery—it’s Charity Pembroke, the sheltered heiress who discovers him trespassing on her estate and offers sanctuary instead of calling the police. She embodies everything he’s been denied: safety, privilege, and a world untouched by blood and sand. A woman ready to burn for him…Charity has lived her life wrapped in silk and rules, but one look at the dangerous stranger hiding on her property and she’s ready to risk everything for a taste of freedom. Draco sees past her polished exterior to the woman aching to break free, and suddenly her greatest fear isn’t scandal—it’s how fiercely she craves his touch. When fire meets ice…To survive, Draco hides in plain sight, transforming his old tricks into dazzling underground magic shows while stealing forbidden moments in the shadows with Charity. But when passion explodes into headlines, they’ll discover the most dangerous magic isn’t the illusions on stage—it’s the forbidden desire that casts a spell strong enough to consume them both.   AmazonKU

STOLEN IN DEATH by J D Robb

ERION (BLADES OF ARRIS BOOK SEVEN) by Starla Night

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FIRST LADY DOWN (COZY TALES OF THE APOCALYPSE) by Mary Jane Owen

Former First Lady Helena Barrett could use a vacation. Since her husband’s death, Helena has been happy to serve her country. That comes to an abrupt end after she calls the current administration’s policies idiotic during a televised climate conference in Paris. Oops. Finally ready to chart her own life as a free woman, Helena jumps at the opportunity to spend a few days at a lovely inn nestled in the French countryside. She is charmed by the locals, captivated by the scenery, and tolerant of the other guests. The humans are annoying, the fainting goats are distracting, and the resident cat is a menace. The zombies…well, they’re downright terrifying. Armed with her signature dry wit and a cast iron frying pan, Helena must hold the line against the infected. Despite her best intentions, she has become attached to this quirky cast of characters and will do her best to ensure they all survive. After dealing with politicians for nearly thirty years, what are a few zombies?       AmazonKU

ALOTL LOVE TO SHARE (PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN) by Holly Hanzo

Grace Moretti never expected the dating app to match her with the one perfect guy for her. Problem is, he’s not only a guy – he’s an extraterrestrial. But when Zyx’s profile pops up, the Jersey girl’s curiosity gets the better of her. In their first few conversations, Zyx is adorably awkward, earnest and romantic for someone who looks like a gecko crossed with an axolotl. He’s got shimmering scales and feathery gills – just what her Mafia Don father wouldn’t approve of. Zyx’s bioluminescent stripes and frills pulse with color whenever Grace laughs, betraying emotions his species was never meant to show.. When he asks Grace to be his mate according to ancient customs, Grace faces an impossible choice: the comfortable life she knows, or a love that transcends species.     AmazonKU

HOME, HOME ON THE STRANGE (A PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN STORY) by May Fuhrst

Riding horses is easy. Riding ET? Sounds like an out-of-this-world good time! Having bucked her way through every local bronco, Sally Rider is ready for a change. She’s looking for a better 8 second ride, so when her best friend jokingly makes Sally a profile with H.E.L.P, the new online alien dating app, Sally doesn’t stop her friend’s fingers from hitting the ‘submit’ button. Meanwhile, on the distant planet light years away, Xenoth’s brother is dying and the one person who could save him, his peoples’ last remaining Queen, has gone crazy. Desperate for survival, Xenoth needs another Queen, a female who can handle his peoples’ unique mating rituals.What he finds is the slimmest of hopes in a sassy, flummoxing, red-haired human female. When offered the opportunity to shake off her obligations and start fresh, Sally’s ready to ride off into the sunset and become a U-F-HO if it means helping the beautiful creature on the other end of their thoughtful late-night messages. But when she arrives and begins tending to his peoples’ naughtier needs, Xenoth is surprised to find himself jealous of her affections! Can these two Lone Stars reconcile their growing feelings, save Xenoth’s people, and take their relationship from U-F-OH-NO to U-F-HELLO?      AmazonKU

GOING BATTY FOR YOU: A PLANET WLN269 NEDS WOMEN STORY by E K Darnell

Robin Leclair has had enough of Earth. From obnoxiously in love roommates to misogynistic coworkers, everything seems to remind her of how lonely she is. But when she signs up for the Human-Extraterrestrial Liaisons Program on a whim, maybe it’s time for her luck to turn. “You have matched with Phyllorak!” Phyllorak’s life changed forever when the Andromeda Galaxy was destroyed. His homeworld? Gone. His species? Almost extinct save for the few other males on the mining planet that is both his haven and his prison. As the months tick by, his ruts grow more extreme, until he signs up for H.E.L.P. in the desperate hope of winning the affection of a human female. After months of late-night messages (what exactly does helping with a rut entail?) and flirtatious exchanges (she teaches him how to write spicy texts), Robin is ready to take a leap of faith with a sweet bat-like alien she has never met. And Phyllorak is no less eager for a chance to woo the intriguing woman he has come to know. Will Phyllorak’s ruts be too much for Robin? Or is an acrobatic love ritual exactly what she needs?     AmazonKU

FILLING THE VOID WHILE ALSOBEING FILLED BY THE VOID: A PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN STORY by Ginger Kane

Earth men are garbage, and Viv is tired of taking out the trash. Finding a guy who can handle a hot tempered, musclebound mechanic from Jersey is no easy feat… but after aliens from WLN269 enter the chat, Viv decides to find out if Mr. Right could be waiting for her somewhere in a galaxy far, far away. Cue the H.E.L.P. Program…and Xietor. The last of his kind, a strange species born of dark matter and cosmic coincidence who definitely shouldn’t be desiring a biological mate… but Xietor has always wanted more than he was meant to have. And when the lonely astrobiologist gets matched with a strong and sexy human like Viv, he finds himself wanting more—much, much more. Can the unlikely pair make it work as mates, or will their love get lost in the void?      AmazonKU

TAKEN IN BY THE ALIENS: A PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN STORY by Sabrina Cross

riar needs a way out of her life. The Human-Extraterrestrial Liaison Program may be her only hope. For twenty years, Briar has done what she’s told and helped care for her siblings. But her father has gone too far this time by arranging her marriage. She knows she doesn’t have many options for escape without a formal education, work history, or money. So when the newly-discovered aliens start looking for mates, Briar signs up. Her only hope for reclaiming her future may be found among the stars. Sury is the leader of his village and it’s up to him to set an example. His people are nervous about the humans and many are skeptical about their suitability, but they’re desperate. They need the human women to help bring balance to Planet WLN269. He may have not planned on mating, but the human is the future for his planet and he’s determined to make it work. Briar and Sury both have selfish reasons for signing up for the program but they might just be what the other needs.   AmazonKU

THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME by Jasmin Kirkbride

VS Note: A scifi release of note. Not a romance.

Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the last human alive, in a laboratory on a polluted island with nothing but tiny robots and an untrustworthy AI for company. Both women suffer from amnesia, but when they fall asleep, their consciousnesses transcend time and they meet in their dreams. Together, they start to uncover their past – but soon discover the past threatens humanity’s survival. If Echo and Hazel have a chance of changing the future, they must remember to forget.     Amazon     AB      Apple Books     Kobo

BONDED IN WAR AND STARLIGHT  (CLAIMED BY THE MORRAK BOOK ONE) by Leanne Ryans

Humanity’s only hope lies in the Morraki, but the alien warriors are fueled by primal instincts and demand bonds of flesh. Serenya Hale, obedient daughter of a powerful general, never agreed to be offered as a bride, But when she’s summoned to the Morraki Selection Gala, defiance isn’t an option. Protection has a price, and she’s been chosen to pay it. Commander Kael Vorran, ruthless leader of the Morraki fleet, suspects deception. General Hale’s political ambitions reek of betrayal. Choosing his daughter as his mate is a calculated risk…Kael never expected to be so entranced by her soft skin and generous curves. Wanting her is dangerous, but their bond is essential to the alliance. If he submits to his feelings, they rewrite the fate of a species. If she resists the loss of control, he loses a vital alliance. Can mutual trust be their salvation? Or will rebellion and betrayal claim them both?   Amazon

REDEMPTION ARC (SHADOW ZONE BROTHERHOOD BOOK FOUR) by Dalia Davies

Maybe You can’t manifest an alien abduction, but if your otherworldly safety net turns out to be three men willing to die for you.       AmazonKU

AN ALIEN SPY FOR SEPTEMBER (ALIEN ABDUCTION OF THE MONTH) by Lindy Moonhill

SEPTEMBER – All I want is to go home. After surviving the destruction of an alien city, I’m one step from freedom—until a smooth-talking alien drugs me and sells me into the interstellar slave trade. Now I’m trapped on a slave ship, imprisoned by the scarred alien enforcer assigned to deliver me to a galactic auction. I should fear him. I should hate him. But when Baelor looks at me, I feel protected instead of prey. Desired instead of disposable. Claimed by the very alien who’s supposed to sell me. Falling for my captor could cost me my freedom. Trusting him could cost me my life. BAELOR – I’m an undercover alien spy inside the slave guild. For three brutal years, I’ve hunted slavers from the inside, earning a reputation soaked in blood so no one suspects the truth. My mission is simple: deliver the human woman to the auction and protect my cover at any cost. But September isn’t just another captive. She’s brave, defiant, and far too easy to love. If I save her, I expose myself and lose any chance to destroy the slave trade. If I sell her, I destroy the only good thing left in me. By day, I’m her captor in a galaxy ruled by slavers. By night, I’m the alien warrior who would burn down empires to keep her safe. Every stolen touch and whispered secret pulls us closer to discovery, to war, and to a choice that could damn us both. If my cover breaks, she’s sold into slavery. If the truth comes out, the slave guild wins. And if we give in to this forbidden love, neither of us may survive.    AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN HUNTSMAN (CLAN OF TH FORGOTTEN TUNDRA BOOK ONE) by Leona Windwalker

VS Note: MM SFR.

Getting abducted by aliens was not on my bingo card. Marketing pre-packaged sandwiches was not an exciting job, but it paid the bills. Okay, actually I hated it and it barely covered the basics. Long drives down rural highways to gas stations and minimarts in one and two stoplight towns across a two state area made for a terrible commute. I wanted out, but I’d thought I’d start looking for a new job closer to my apartment. Not get kidnapped along with a whole bunch of other humans by one set of aliens only to crashland on an inhospitable planet inhabited by yet another set of aliens. Seriously, when the other survivors voted that it would be me to venture out of the wreckage to see if there was somewhere safe for us to go, there was a whole lot of nothing but white, more white, and oh, even more white frozen landscape as far as my eyes could see through the falling snow. This Florida boy was not a happy camper, let me tell you. Then, he appeared. At first, I thought I was about to be eaten by an alien Yeti thanks to the furs he wore. Instead, when he shed them to wrap me up, I was stunned to find a seven foot plus tri color tabby cat man with a disconcertingly human-like face and body. A very ripped one that under very different circumstances would have had me drooling. He picks me up and hauls me off, not understanding a word I’m trying to get across about the others. I need to get him to understand, so we can save them.The way he looks at me as we spend more time together? Some other things don’t need words to be universally understood. This planet might be frozen, but things are definitely heating up.      Amazon

GRUMPY ALIEN VALENTINE (ASEMSA BOOK THREE) by Liz Paffel

Tora has no desire to take a human mate like many of the other retired Majaki warriors in Asemsa have. He doesn’t trust humans in his territory and seldomly interacts with them or wears a translator to understand their harsh language. There’s no room in his heart for trust or love, not after the horrors he’s seen. But when a delivery takes him to the local human school, one look at the radiant teacher has his inner predator snarling, mine. When another male offers to accompany her on a hike to the frozen pink waterfalls, Tora nearly flings her over his shoulder and carries her away. Instead, he insists on taking her himself. Jasmine just wanted to bring a little Valentine’s magic to her students. She didn’t expect to be collecting heart-shaped ice from the waterfalls with a grumpy silver fox alien who can’t understand her. He’s silent, imposing, and looks at her with a hunger that makes her Valentine’s Day desires go crazy. He might think Cupid’s “arrow through the heart” is barbaric, but he’s already been struck hard—and he’s not letting her go.      Amazon

EARTH IN-LAWS ARE WARY (EARTH FATHERS BOOK THREE) by Lyn Gala

VS Note: LGBTQ SFR

Max and Rick are travelling space with three children and one human friend they’ve promised to take home. They’ve overcome language barriers, confused surrogacy contracts and attacks from hostile aliens. And that includes political attacks and prejudice in addition to pirates boarding their spaceship. But now the children want to see their home planet and Rick is getting stranger every second they draw near the Hidden world. Max knows his belchy husband well enough to know something is wrong, but nothing would prepare him for the political and familial disaster waiting for them. This time, circumstances may pull their little family apart at the seams.

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SECRET WAR (THE STARFIGHTER CLUB BOOK ONE) by Michael Lucas

VS Note:  SciFi but not a romance, although there is apparently a romance, might not be an HEA?  One reviewwer mentions an unrequited love. More books planned in the series.

An interstellar war kept hidden from Earth. A dangerous girl with deadly secrets. Two college students and an enigmatic country club against an invasion no one knows is coming. Unknown to all but a brave few, a secret war has raged for millennia across far-flung star systems—and now it threatens the quiet suburbs and university quads of Earth. Devin Harrison dreams of more than lectures and cross-country practice. Then he meets Becca Conley. Magnetic, dangerous, and more than a little stuck-up, she pulls him into the mysterious Firelion Club—a front for an interstellar alliance battling the terrifying Unworlded, sentient virus-entities devouring system after system. Becca is a starfighter pilot, and immune to the virus—because all humans are. At least, they’re supposed to be. When a rogue scientist offers Becca’s cancer-stricken mother a forbidden cure, Devin and Becca stumble into a conspiracy that could shatter human immunity forever. Now two college students must stop an invasion that’s already begun—and to save humanity, Devin must first earn his place in the Firelion Club.     AmazonKU

CUPIDLY ABDUCTED (PROUVIANS ON EARTH) by Rachel Nova

Nutella. Horror movie. ‘Personal time.’ That was Annabel’s plan. The dying alien behind the dumpster was not. One very spicy emergency rescue later, she’s accidentally bonded for life to a seven-foot Prouvian who reorganizes her entire apartment and then asks her to explain Valentine’s Day. Now she has to convince herself that her new alien roommate with zero personal boundaries is just a temporary situation. She wasn’t looking for forever. He was. Sometimes one alien’s trash is a human woman’s unexpected treasure. Cupidly Abducted is part of the Prouvians on Earth novella series. Each book features a different couple, and there is no continuity between the stories. You do not need to read them in order to follow the stories, but you might catch a few minor references if you do.   AmazonKU

ECHOES BENEATH: A PROJECT ENTERPRISE SHORT STORY by Pauline Baird Jones

VS Note: A re-release.

A routine mission turns into a planetary crisis. Geologist Miles Walker travels to a remote world to inspect an old seismic sensor. He finds unexplained tremors, missing research, and Lira, an archaeologist searching for her missing father. When a major quake reveals signs of an ancient alien presence, the danger escalates fast. Systems fail, sabotage surfaces, and something powerful begins to stir beneath the planet’s crust. Lira’s loyal and very opinionated space bird, T’Korrin, is the first to sense the threat. Miles and Lira must combine science, courage, and trust to stop a disaster that could destroy more than one world. Falling for each other only raises the stakes. Echoes Beneath is a science fiction romance adventure in the Project Enterprise universe, filled with alien secrets, high stakes danger, and heart.

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ALIEN’S FAKE FIANCEE (COSMIC CONNECTIONS ALIEN DATING AGENCY ROMANCE STORIES BOOK THREE) by Emerald Cox

WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM by Veronica Scott

FAT PREGNANT MATE (SILVERCREEK LOTTERY MATES BOOK FIVE) by Layla Silver

I’m forced to mate with a wolf shifter I can’t stand. And now I’m pregnant. I’m a plus-size psychotherapist running from my abusive ex when I get stranded in a small town. An annoyingly hot guy tells me to stay but doesn’t mention that people shift into wolves here. He doesn’t tell me about the mating lottery either. Until it selects me as his mate. He says he doesn’t believe in my therapy bs, all the while checking me out. He believes in other things, like fate and mates, and says my little human mind needs to catch up. When I tell him I refuse to be his mate, he says it’s the only way he can protect me. And when I fight him, he throws me over his shoulder and marches me to the mating ceremony. They tell me being mates isn’t some kind of prison sentence, but what do they know? He takes my wrists and tells me to stop fighting, that he knows what I really need. He makes my curvy body go limp in his arms and puts me up against a tree. The things he does to me are unspeakable, and I’m ashamed that I only want more. Will my forced mate be the baby daddy I need him to be?   AmazonKU

THE DEMON’S BEAUTY (GRYM HOLLOW BOOK FOUR) by Tati B Alvarez

Isabelle would do anything for her sister—and she proved it. She will never regret seeking justice, even when fleeing her inevitable fate means accepting an unbreakable contract with Grym Hollow’s Guardian and becoming betrothed to the beastly Demon King in a loveless marriage. Because that’s all it will ever be. She’ll make sure of it. Oziel has seen three kings before him fall and then rise against their enemies with their wives—but he won’t succumb to their end mistakes. Pride is a demon’s specialty, though he knows when to pick his battles, and all his little human bride needs to do is break the terrible curse turning his subjects to stone. But love is worse than any curse, with no place amongst depravity and sin, and the spitfire who waltzes right into his kingdom is making him feel something dangerous. Not for long, though. The rules are set, guaranteeing their freedom once they’re safe. But with the magic dwindling—and a traitor in their midst—they’ll become the only other person they can trust…and the only one they can turn to once all hell breaks loose.   AmazonKU

THE MIRROR OF BLOOD AND MADNESS: ALICE IN WONDERLAND RETELLING (DARK EVER AFTER FAIRYTALES BOOK TWO) by M Guida

My magic has never been stable, and the coven is one mistake away from casting me out. Banished. Alone. Vulnerable. So when the mirror materializes in the Nightshade Crypt and breathes those same haunting words, every instinct says to run. I don’t. The moment I touch the glass, it shatters into a portal and drags me into the Elder Dimension—a realm of twisted magic ruled by a queen who wants me dead and the man she failed to break. Darius Acosta. The Mad Hatter. A vanished Golden Demon with silver eyes like fractured moonlight and a mind unraveling by the second. He doesn’t trust me. I shouldn’t crave him. But something dangerous binds us together—and in this realm, he’d burn everything before letting anyone else lay a hand on me. A dark, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers demon romance featuring a mysterious mirror, a witch on the edge of losing control, and a silver-eyed hero who will destroy anything that threatens her.     AmazonKU

LOVING PROUDLY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER LOVE FOR QUEER RIGHTS by Various

Celebrate queer love in all its many forms with over thirty brand new stories from queer authors across genres. From monsters to myth, sweeping landscapes to cityscapes far and wide, you’ll find something that tickles your queer fancy. Featuring beloved names in romance and new names you’re sure to follow from here on out, these stories profess love, lust, struggle, and the art of living as your authentic self. You’ll see nearly every type of dynamic represented with tales that lean from sweet to spicy to scary and back again. All proceeds from the anthology will go to the ACLU in support of queer individuals and their legal battles in the US, as the need to protect their rights becomes increasingly important.       Amazon

LORD OF LUST: HELL’S LADIES BOOK ONE by Margaret Couplet

Hell has been sealed for over four thousand years. What happens when the demons come home to roost? Cherry’s life isn’t great, she’s living in the backrooms of a bar with four other women as she struggles to pay off her mother’s hospital bills because even with Hell now firmly on earth medical debt waits for no one. Until one fateful night when she makes an insulting comment about one of the Princes on her normal street corner and a demon overhears her. With that one encounter her world is thrown off its axis as Cherry is offered the opportunity of a lifetime as Prince Asmodeus’s personal secretary. A position that promises to pay off her debts, make a real change in the world, and, maybe, a romantic relationship worth pursuing. Lord of Lust is the start of a five book LGBT+ series and contains two bisexual disasters trying to make the world a better place      AmazonKU

COLD COMFORT (THE AFTERLIFE FILES BOOK FIVE) by Paula Lester

When shipping magnate Allisia Jordan is found dead beneath the docks, Honeyvale calls it a tragic accident. Wren Grimm calls it a problem. Wren can feel how the dead died, and Allisia’s final moments were angry, deliberate, and definitely not clumsy. Unfortunately, Wren is also running a funeral home staffed by a dramatic vampire, a blunt ghost, a fire-proof coworker, and one extremely judgmental cat—and hosting her skeptical best friend Mara, who definitely did not sign up for a murder investigation. Someone turned murder into an accident. Wren just has to prove it without alarming her human guest—or becoming the next “oops.”      AmazonKU

DRAGON’S GAP: CONVERSATIONS AT THE GAP by L M Lacee

Where the quiet moments matter most. Conversations at the Gap returns to the world of Dragon’s Gap through the quiet moments that have shaped—or are still shaping—the lives of our friends at the Gap. Snippets out of time. Conversations easily forgotten, laughed about, or remembered just as one is falling off to sleep. Intimate exchanges captured between familiar characters—mates, Shadows, friends, rivals, and family. This stand-alone companion volume offers glimpses into relationships beyond the main storyline, illuminating moments that happened between chapters—or might never have been witnessed at all. Whether you are revisiting beloved characters or discovering new sides of them, this volume invites you to slow down and listen. Perfect for longtime readers who want to linger a little longer in the world of Dragon’s Gap, Conversations at the Gap is a celebration of character, connection, and the power of simply being heard—a quiet gift for fans who believe that sometimes the most powerful magic happens in a simple conversation.      Amazon

INTRINSIC INKS: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE by Colbie Dunbar

He waited eight years, but I didn’t know he existed. I inherited a house and came to this small town to figure out my life. What I didn’t expect was a contractor with green eyes to show up with a toolbox and a tattoo identical to mine. The tattoo appeared when I was eighteen, and I barely remembered getting inked with flames and scales. I thought it was just a tattoountil I met Dray. He breathes fire and says the universe chose us, but I don’t believe in destiny. I don’t want fate choosing my life, but walking away from Dray means denying something ancient and powerful burning inside me. And I’ve never been good at resisting fire.      AmazonKU

SIBYLLINE by Melissa de la Cruz

Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember. But when the magical ivy league rejects them, the friends’ plans of a future together studying the arcane begin crashing down. Until they decide to steal an education. Getting jobs on campus, they sneak into lectures and swipe forbidden texts, dodging the administration’s watchful eye. In the quiet of night, in the thrill of secrecy, their magic awakens. And so do long-buried attractions that turn their friendship into something more. But like magic, love can create, and it can destroy. As unrequited feelings and resentment threaten to fracture their bond, the trio discovers an insidious magic that has sunk its claws into Sibylline, killing students and corroding the very bones of the university. Now the three intruders may be the key to saving the institution from wreckage . . . if they don’t wreck one another first.

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WITCH IS THE LAMEST EXCUSE EVER (WITCH P I MYSTERIES BOOK 52) by Adele Abbott

Who has discovered Flatley’s true identity, and will Jill be able to protect him? Jill is also determined to find out what happened in Middle Tweaking that eventually led to Myrtle Turtle’s untimely demise. Meanwhile, at the office, Winky has a new friend, but Jill is convinced he may not be what he seems to be.     AmazonKU

DRAGON’S SECRET BABY (DRAGON SECRETS OF PARKHURST COLLEGE) by Serena Meadows

Three years ago, he walked away without a word. Now fate has put him back in her path. Walker Price never stopped wanting Maddie—but wanting her was dangerous. As a dragon shifter bound by ancient rules and rival clans, loving a human nearly destroyed everything he was sworn to protect. So he did the unforgivable… he disappeared. Maddie rebuilt her life without him. Stronger. Wiser. Carrying secrets of her own. When they’re forced back together at Parkhurst College, the attraction is still there—raw, undeniable, and more dangerous than ever. Especially with a rival watching from the shadows, determined to take everything Walker cares about. As jealousy ignites, old wounds reopen, and the bond between them begins to awaken, Walker must decide whether protecting Maddie means staying away… or finally fighting for her. Because this time, walking away could cost them both everything. Some bonds can’t be broken—no matter how hard you try.      AmazonKU

CANDRIN AND HIS THREE BEARS: POLY MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE by Lorelai M Hart and Colbir Dunbar.

Fairy tales aren’t real…or are they? After omega Candrin’s father dies, making him an orphan, he’s thrust from wealth and privilege to abject poverty when most of his inheritance is given to a brother he never knew existed. Approaching homelessness, he rents the first room he’s offered. Now living in a house with three smexy alphas, Candrin’s world spins off its axis when he discovers shifters are real, true mates exist, and three knotty bears are better than one. Available for the first time as an ebook, Candrin and His Three Bears was originally released as a serial mpreg shifter romance on multiple platforms.       AmazonKU

WITCHES WITH BENEFITS (NIGHTSHADE DETECTIVE AGENCY COZY MYSTERY BOOK ONE) by Amanda M Lee

Freya Holmes is unique in an already eccentric city. New Orleans may be a paranormal mecca but even in a world where every type of shifter and witch is commonplace, a vampire-witch hybrid is something to worship … and fear. Freya has never been interested in her parents’ opulent world. She finds her power in magic, which is why she formed Nightshade Detective Agency in the first place. She’s interested in helping people … even when that help might come at the cost of her life.
Knox Cullen grew up on the poor side of New Orleans. His shifter genes allowed him to climb out of poverty and embrace a certain lifestyle as a paranormal bounty hunter. He can take a punch and throw one. He’s not ready for Freya, though. When a local mobster ends up dead and the culprit appears to be a supernatural assassin, both Freya and Knox are on the case. Unfortunately, they have no intention of working together and two hard heads don’t make for a soft landing. Freya has her hands full. In addition to Knox, who is hiding something big, there’s a paranormal investigation unit seeking a partnership that takes advantage of her hard work and their impressive reach. The Legacy Foundation has quite the reputation, as do the two people—Charlie and Jack—who approach her with an offer she might not be able to refuse. Can she trust them? Can she trust anybody? The clock is ticking. Freya needs to save the French Quarter. Sadly, she might lose herself in the process.   AmazonKU

THE CUPID CLAWS (FERALLY F*CKED BOOK THREE) by B Grimm

Blossom was kicked out of the official Cupid Union after too many infractions. She’s now been given an assignment as her last shot at being reinstated and getting her magic back by matching the untouchable pop idol Clawdia. Her client’s soulmate is close, she can feel the signature pull. But no name, no magical link, no lock-and-key flare. She’ll have to get creative to make this work. Havrek is very familiar with Blossom and her antics and he’s not about to let her cause chaos on his clients tour, as Clawdia’s head of security his job is to keep everyone safe. Even from Cupids…especially from Cupids. They can’t stand each other. But they can’t stay away.     AmazonKU

YOU MAY NOW BITE THE BRIDE (WITCHFULLY WED BOOK ONE) by Ava Ross

I craft joy-infused magic for a living, but my new vampire husband rules a kingdom that’s forgotten how to smile. When my grandmother arranges my marriage to the vampire king to form a treaty, I expect a political alliance with a brooding stranger. I do not expect to marry Kieran, the man who kissed me breathless at a magical festival six years ago, then vanished without a trace. Now he’s all formality and frowns, ruling a kingdom full of vampires who make funeral directors look festive. And while his court thinks I’ve bewitched him, the truth is far more complex. We might still have feelings for each other…Then his advisors announce that we have thirty days to convince the court our marriage is real, or the fragile alliance between our people will shatter. I should guard my heart. But when Kieran’s careful control slips and my magic flares under his touch, I start to suspect the real magic isn’t in my enchantments. Maybe there’s more to my vampire husband than meets the fang.   AmazonKU

NOT EVEN CLOSE by Lisa Oliver

VS Note: MM PNR.

Why can’t everyone just accept that I’m a broken f**king wolf and be done with it? Connor, beta wolf and second for the Davis Pack, could hold his own in any fight. He was a fair man, who dealt with all people equally, accepting who they were, and helping them where he could. His larger than average size meant that most other wolf shifters accepted his ways, but deep inside Connor always knew he was broken. Which wasn’t a problem, until he met his mate at a pack get-together, and realized his ‘differences’ could impact someone else. I knew what I’d been signing up for. I told Connor I would wait, and that I understood. Alpha Leyden was a typical alpha wolf shifter – he fought when he had to, cared for his pack, and enjoyed intimacies with anyone willing who crossed his path. It was the wolf way, and he never saw anything wrong with the way he lived his life. Until, one night he scented a huge man who seemed immune to his appeal – a man who when confronted with who they were to each other, ran away. “I still intend on biting you, Connor, and I want for you to bite me. So we’ll be mates, regardless of whatever else happens,” Connor was determined to stay away from Leyden for his own good. But when he learns Leyden is in trouble, he can’t ignore it and goes to help. The two men came to an agreement, and Connor accepts Leyden’s bite. But a lot of pack wolves didn’t agree with Connor and Leyden’s new reality. Were Connor and Leyden strong enough together to make the positive changes they both believe in, or would the old ways win out in the end?

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YOU’RE MY FAVORITE by Sophie Stern

Every vampire needs a pet. Holland Smith has a problem. In the three years since she left Clearwater Cove, she’s struggled to find her footing. She throws herself into her work, obsessing over every meeting and slide deck until she finally reaches a breaking point and throws it all down the drain. Only, Holland didn’t count on the fact that the head of her company is also a 200-year-old vampire with a penchant for human pets. He takes her, claiming her as his mate, but other girls have come before Holland. She isn’t the first, but she might be the last. After all, she’s his favorite.     Amazon

A LEGACY FORGED (BLOODLINES LEGACY BOOK THREE) by Rose Garcia

A princess without her past. A dark prince bound to fire. A reckoning that will decide a realm. Avalynn awakens in the Frost Vale with no memory of who she is or what she’s lost. Taken in by a hidden mountain village, she believes she has always been one of them and begins training as one of their warriors. But when dreams of a dark prince begin to haunt her, she realizes a terrifying truth: war is coming from the south—and she will be called to face it. Far beyond the Vale, Mateo has become the queen’s greatest weapon. Consumed by dark magic and bound to a dragon’s power, he leaves behind everything he once was—including the love he abandoned and the family and friends he once fought for in the Sublands. Now, he must prove himself worthy of the crown and solidify his place as future king—even if it means burning everything in his path. With the prophecy slipping out of reach, Avalynn must rediscover who she is before it’s too late. Because the bloodlines that shaped them are stirring—and if Avalynn doesn’t rise, Mateo may fall beyond saving. In a war of bloodlines and dragons, will love survive the fire—or will Avalynn and Mateo destroy each other first?

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A DEATH SO LOVELY (KISSED BY DARKNESS BOOK TWO) by Harper A Brooks

I never asked for this. Lucian Vale stole my life when he gave me his blood. I should hate him for it, but now that I’m a vampire, every day is a battle between loathing him and wanting him. Between freedom and surrender. The pull to him is stronger than anything I’ve ever known. At first, I despised what I had become—the hunger, the shadows, saying goodbye to my old life. But the more I fight it, the more it owns me. The more he owns me. Secrets at VMR run deeper than I imagined, and the answers I’ve been chasing are finally within reach. But Lucian’s past has returned with a vengeance, and an old rival is determined to drag us both into a war I’m not ready to face. This time, Lucian can’t protect me from what’s coming. But I’m not scared. Because with him, even death can be a lovely thing.      AmazonKU

DEAD LETTERS (COLD CASE PSYCHIC BOOK 40) by Pandora Pine

VS Note: MM PNR.

When psychic Tennyson Grimm receives a ransom-style letter with block printing and no return address, he thinks it’s a joke. Opening the message, Ten realizes the contents are dead serious. The anonymous author claims Ronan has fallen off the wagon and is breaking his wedding vows. Angry, bewildered, and feeling lost, Ten hides the letter, hoping that the author has gotten their kicks and will not make further contact. Detective Ronan O’Mara has so much on his plate that he fails to notice something is bothering Tennyson. In between working cold cases, he’s helping Jude recover from his accident and training a new member of the Salem Police Cold Case Unit, Greeley Fitzgibbon. When Jude mentions Cope is struggling with something, Ronan promises to get to the bottom of it, never imagining Tennyson is caught up in the same nightmare. Receiving a second anonymous letter, Ten knows he needs to tell someone what’s going on. He calls a meeting with the West Side Magick psychics and learns all of them have been receiving poisoned pen letters accusing their spouses of being unfaithful. Worst of all, Cope’s letter intimates that Jude’s accident was nothing of the kind and accuses him of pushing his husband down the stairs. As the meeting ends, both Ronan and Jude burst into the office, angry, waving similar letters and demanding answers. Who is writing the letters? Why? What does the anonymous author want? More importantly, who’s next?      AmazonKU

CAESAR (WERE ZOO BOOK 23) by R E Butler

Alpha lion Caesar has everything…except a mate by his side. Then jaguar shifter Sera arrives with danger on her heels, and his animal snaps to attention with a single demand—mine. After sacrificing everything to help her daughter escape a forced mating, Sera is only looking for safety at the safari park. But Caesar is impossible to ignore—powerful, protective, and so tempting it hurts. When the jaguar alpha shows up with plans to use Sera to retain control of his people, Caesar will show him why alpha lions are the most dangerous males on the planet when their soulmates are threatened. All hail the king.

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VOWS AND ROWS (AMETHYST’S WAND SHOP MYSTERIES BOOK 16 by Laura Greenwood and Arizona Tape

With Stacey’s wedding approaching, almost everyone has marriage on the mind…except for those thinking about murder, and this time, it isn’t Amy. Join Amy and Ambrose as they embark on their latest case. Can they solve it before their friends’ wedding day? Vows and Rows is book sixteen of Amethyst’s Wand Shop Mysteries, an urban fantasy murder mystery series featuring a quirky witch, a serious detective, a slow burn m/f romantic subplot and a standalone crime.

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THE ONLY WITCH IN THE SEA (A WITCH ON THE RCKS COZY MYSTERY BOOK 13) by Lily Harper Hart

Shifter politics have never been Gray Hunter’s thing. Now he has no choice but to embrace them because representatives of almost every shifter pack in the state of Florida—that’s wolves, alligators, snakes, and sharks for the curious—are gathering in the Everglades to talk about the future of pack politics. Gray only wants to form a council for his former pack, then walk away. He just needs to survive one week to make it happen—or so he hopes. He won’t be embarking on the biggest adventure of his life alone. Hali Waverly knows nothing about pack politics. She’s gung-ho to help her fiancé, however, so when Gray suggests she tag along, she’s more than happy to offer her emotional and magical support. The only problem is nobody wants a witch involved with pack business. When the wife of one of the pack elders shows up dead, Hali and Gray have an even bigger problem to deal with. If one pack is responsible for the death of a member of another, it means war. If somebody within the pack killed her, then it’s a different sort of battle entirely. All Hali wants is for Gray to get the peace he deserves. That might not be in the cards. Pack antics, murder, and past alliances are about to collide in fiery fashion. Who will live to tell the tale?      AmazonKU        AB

APPARENTLY SIR CAMERON NEEDS TO DIE by Greer Stothers

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen. All his life, Sir Cameron has stayed as far away from danger as possible. He is quite frankly too handsome to die a pointless death in battle. But then the Church hands down a prophecy to his fellow knights: the only way to defeat their nemesis, the mad sorcerer Merulo, is to kill Sir Cameron. Short of ideas, Cameron throws himself on the mercy of the one person who now actually wants him to survive: the mad sorcerer. Merulo isn’t thrilled to be babysitting a spoilt, attention-seeking knight, but transmogrifying him into a vulture is at least entertaining. Cameron, meanwhile, is on a voyage of self-discovery. It turns out he’s really, really into surly sorcerers who lock him up and tell him what to do. Who knew? As a legion of knights surround their stronghold, the sorcerer’s poisonous ambitions draw ever closer to fruition. Cameron is quite invested in not dying, but he finds he’s also invested in Merulo. And sometimes, supporting the sorcerer you care about means taking an interest in their hobbies. Even if that hobby is trying to kill God. Even if it might get you killed, too.

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FORTUNE’S CURSE by J C Yeamans

Frustrated, longing for love, and…cursed. With the help of her arrogant Morkie familiar, Fortune Whittle is a single woman in her forties straddling two worlds—the Unremarkable world of humans and the hidden fae realm that has invaded her city. But she’s not just an ordinary woman. She’s a cursed witch, hiding her secret and struggling to control her magic without the help of a charmed copper band. Should she submit to Nana’s demands to join the local coven for help, or continue her quest in solitude? After the tampering of a portal in a local lagoon, Fortune begins to question everything. Two gorgeous men—one a local Unremarkable detective from England and the other a Tylwyth Teg fairy—compete for her attention while she races against time to uncover the cause of a mysterious series of drownings.     AmazonKU

THE MERMAID IN THE SHOT GLASS (GROOM AND DOOM BOOK THREE) by Hailey Edwards

The time has come for Ana to conquer her doubts about her heritage and discover her inner dragon. Her lessons begin with summoning fire on the shore at Lendman Park, placing a buffer between her fledgling powers and town. Her flames prove eager to please, leaping to her fingertips, but a sudden burst of magic topples her and Rían into the lake. A lake one of the locals swears is inhabited by a mermaid. Too bad the mermaid lore isn’t the only story making the rounds in Brentwood. Rumor has it that Mercer Bates has challenged Carmichael Sartori for control of the Sartori pack. Ana doesn’t want to care whether Carmichael lives or dies, but our hearts don’t always listen to our heads. And that proves doubly true when someone Ana considers a new friend reveals her true loyalties in an explosive betrayal that shakes the foundation of the Walsh clan.      AmazonKU

NOT SO BAD (PINE RIDGE UNIVERSE) by S C Principale

Jasper Wainwright is one of Pine Ridge’s most eligible bachelors. He has a Hollywood smile, thick hair that could launch a thousand shampoo commercials, and he looks like Superman’s shaggier brother. So why does love always seem to evade the sexy werewolf? Well, sometimes you just have to let good things come to you. At least, that’s what Jasper tries to tell himself as he stares down another Halloween night—alone. Loretta is very good. So incredibly good. She’s been the perfect wife, so it makes no sense that she can never seem to please her abusive husband. Maybe it’s the long hours he works. Maybe it’s the drinks that are becoming more frequent. Maybe it’s because her body is flabby after the arrival of their daughter. But maybe Halloween is the perfect time to take a risk and escape from his tight web of control. But where can a desperate Red Riding Hood and her bundle of sweet joy go to escape a monster who is becoming ever more unhinged? Why, into the arms of a big, not-so-bad wolf, of course.     AmazonKU

NIGHTSHADE AND OAK by Molly O’Neill

VS Note: Sapphic fantasy.

When Malt, the goddess of death, is accidentally turned human by a wayward spell, she finds she’s ill-equipped to deal with the trials of a mortal life. After all, why would a goddess need to know how to gather food or light a fire? Unable to fend for herself, she teams up with warrior Bellis on a perilous journey to the afterlife to try to restore her powers. Frustrated by her frail human body and beset with blisters, Malt might not make the best travelling companion. But as animosity slowly turns to attraction, these two very different women must learn to work together if they are to have any hope of surviving their quest.

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LABOR WOES AND DEADLY FOES (MYSTICAL MIDLIFE IN MAINE BOOK 19) by Brenda Trim

I never signed up for magical parasites trying to steal my triplets’ powers, but here we are. Pregnant with three magical babies who each have their own divine gifts? Hard enough. Add in my psychotic enemy Lyra creating parasitic connections to drain their powers before they’re even born, and this mama is living a supernatural nightmare of epic proportions. My husband Aidon’s shadows can only defend us so much, and with my entire family working overtime on protection spells and battle plans, we’re racing against a divine deadline. Because of course Lyra would time her ultimate power grab to coincide with my labor. Throw in a mysterious woman named Thalia with a connection to Lyra that nobody saw coming, Forgotten Ones attacking our property, and my unborn children developing powers strong enough to create weather events and magical maps—and I’m having the pregnancy from hell. Literally, since my father-in-law Hades is now involved. As the celestial alignment approaches and my contractions intensify, I’ll need every ounce of my Pleiades magic and the support of my supernatural family to ensure my babies aren’t just born—but born free from the parasitic bonds that threaten to make them magical batteries for a power-hungry madwoman. Turns out these triplets have plans of their own, and Lyra has no idea what she’s awakened. Grab this thrilling paranormal women’s fiction novel featuring a pregnant heroine with attitude, powerful magical triplets, and the family willing to tear apart dimensions to protect them today!      AmazonKU

KENDRICK (VALLEYOF WOLVES BOOK TWO) by Kathi S Barton

Sharon Taylor never expected a trip to the hospital to change her life forever. After a terrible accident at work leaves her badly injured, the quiet, hardworking woman meets Kendrick Valley — a charming doctor with kind eyes, a gentle smile…and a secret that changes everything. Kendrick isn’t just a doctor. He’s a wolf shifter. And Sharon is his destined mate. What begins as pizza, shy smiles, and careful conversations quickly turns into something far deeper when Kendrick’s touch mysteriously heals her wounds — proving that fate has already chosen her place at his side. When Sharon suddenly loses her job and her home on the same day, Kendrick opens his doors — and his heart — without hesitation. Welcomed into his powerful, ancient family, Sharon must adjust to a supernatural world filled with immortal wolves, deep loyalties, and a love that promises protection, devotion, and forever. She’s never belonged anywhere before. Now she belongs to him.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

CLAIMED BY THE STORM (A TWISTED FAIRYTALE COLLECTION) by Renee Rose, Katherine Deane and CaseyMcKay

When a blizzard traps three women at an enchanted lodge, surrendering to fate might be their only way out—or their greatest undoing. Jillian sought refuge from a wolf attack, but the mysterious lodge owner who saved her—Bertram, a powerful shapeshifter—awakens desires she’s spent years denying. In his world of pleasure and discipline, she must choose: keep running, or trust the alpha who sees past every wall she’s built. Coral fled the sea witch who owns her debt and the emotions she’s buried deep. But Jake Hill’s commanding presence strips away her defenses, demanding she surrender everything she’s kept hidden. When the witch comes to collect, Coral faces an impossible choice: her freedom or the only man who’s ever made her feel truly alive. Faye’s spell went disastrously wrong, binding her to her landlord until she can break the enchantment. Under his firm guidance and watchful care, the inexperienced fairy discovers a hunger that threatens both her powers and her heart. But some bonds are written into fate—and breaking them may cost her everything. Three darkly twisted fairy tales. Three women discovering their true power lies in surrender. Three alphas willing to risk everything for the mates fate delivered to their door.       Amazon

SAVING KIT (VAMPIRE VOWS BOOK FOUR) by Fel Fern

VS Note: MM PNR.

Kit Mercer used to be one of the Guild’s best, until the man he had admired, his mentor, betrayed him and chose a vampire over him. Now he is burned-out, barely hanging on, taking the easy jobs, and trying not to think about all the lives he has taken. Simon is a fledgling vampire, barely hanging on and desperate just to survive. He should fear Kit, but instead, he finds himself drawn to the hunter who spares him. When their worlds collide, Kit must choose between the Guild and the man he cannot stay away from. Simon must trust a human with his life, even as danger closes in from all sides. Somewhere between guilt, desire, and survival, they realize they were meant for each other, and neither can face the world alone.      AmazonKU

MONSTER IN THE MOONLIGHT (MOSTER HUNTER MYSTERY BOOK FOUR) by Annalise Ryan

When a dead body turns up along a lonely country byway in rural Wisconsin, rumors of The Beast of Bray Road, a werewolf-like creature that is said to inhabit the area are reinvigorated. For years locals have reported sightings of the terrifying creature, but this would be its first verified attack. Marks on the dead woman’s body indicate a mauling by some kind of large animal. The wounds plus deep scratches on the victim’s car convince the community that the legendary beast is not only real but responsible for this brutal killing. If the police have any hope of solving this crime, they’re going to need an expert—enter cryptozoologist Morgan Carter. She’s investigated sightings of eerie creatures throughout the upper Midwest. If anyone is going to track down the killer, it’s Morgan, but she may find that the Beast is not the worst thing lurking on Bray Road.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

VALENTINE FOR THE BAD DRAGON (ARRHYTHYMIA TEXAS HEARTS BOOK ONE) by Julia Mills

Love wasn’t supposed to happen—but in Arrhythmia, Fate doesn’t take no for an answer. I just wanted to serve my ninety-year sentence and get the hell outta here. I only had six months, six days, and six hours left, and I would’ve been a free man. Then Bernadette happened. Was I mad that she slipped past the wards I was sworn/sentenced to protect? Well, yeah. Was I ready to grab her up by the nape of her cute little neck and throw her out on her keister? Yep, you could say that. Did I lose my ever-lovin’ mind when she opened the Hellmouth to ask her dead momma a question? Let’s just say I wasn’t thrilled. But when I found out that she was not only the daughter of the man who’d put me here, but my Fated Mate, I was ready to spit fire. Now, the Denizens of Hell have flooded the streets, and the SOB’s are lookin’ for love. Bernie doesn’t know how to close the door to Hell, and all my Dragon King can think about is completing the Mating Bond with the prettiest Necromancer there ever was. Love wasn’t supposed to happen in Arrythmia, but it did–and it might just be the death of us all.         Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

CRUSH (UNHINGED HOLIDAYS BOOK THREE) by Alyson Archer

VS Note: MMF.

I wished for my best friend. He wished for me. And then Cupid showed up…to claim both of us. When in Rome, right? Even though it might be silly, I flipped a coin into a fountain, with one hope: for Cole to want me as much as I want him. I didn’t expect Cole to make the same wish. And I definitely didn’t expect our mutual, secret crushes to summon Cupid. Yes, that Cupid. The god of love and desire, who looks like a fantasy come to life. He says he’s here to help us find our way to each other. For one night, he can guide us. Tell us what to do. And then he’ll leave us to our newfound bliss. But the way he looks at us? The way he watches me touch myself while he’s on his knees for Cole? He wants us both. And we both want him, and each other. Now Cole and I just have to figure out how to convince him to make all of our wishes come true. Because keeping Cupid is against the rules…Crush is a magical MMF novella with a flirtatiously possessive Cupid, a shy librarian with a filthy side, and the woman who wants them both.      AmazonKU

ACCIDENTALLY MARRYING THE PROFESSOR by Alyson Archer

My research trip to do list: study ruins, take notes. Try not to drool over my insanely hot professor. Then Professor Vale and I stumble on an ancient altar in the forest. There’s chanting.
There’s glowing. There’s… accidental marriage. It’s magical and apparently legally binding according to local laws. Yep. We’re bonded. Spiritually, magically, and, um. Very, very intimately. Now we can’t stop thinking about each other. Or touching each other. Or sneaking off into the forest to “research” each other under the stars. It’s fine. Everything’s fine. Except that Rowan wants to break the bond…and I don’t. Accidentally Marrying the Professor is a spicy instalove novella with ancient magic, zero angst, a geek in the streets/freak in the sheets professor, one sweet grad student, and a magical marriage that insists on being consummated, over and over again.      AmazonKU

A HEART WRAPPED IN THORNS by Megan Derr

VS note: MM PNR short read.

When he was fourteen, Aurélien’s mother insisted a particular spell be cast on him and his siblings, and commissioned a famed mage to do it. Instead of what his mother demanded, however, the mage instead gave Aurélien what he most wanted: a spell of thorns so that none could touch him without his permission, and those who tried would suffer immense pain. Now he waits, alone and despairing, for the one destined to burn the thorns away.     AmazonKU

THE APPLE AND THE PEARL by Rym Kachacha

As dawn breaks on All Souls Day, the lingering mists part to unveil an unending vista of serried gravestones. Between them looms a theatre like a haunted house and the sleek iron carapace of a steam train – the Pearl. On board are the cast, orchestra and crew of a travelling ballet company, performing The Apple and the Pearl. As he stumbles toward the restaurant car the lighting director, Zach, asks the new recruit, Lara, “Have you ever worked in ballet before? “Have you had any contact with the supernatural?” Everyone from the principal ballerina to the first violinist, from the wardrobe mistress to the newest members of the corps de ballet, have committed their lives to the perfection of the show. But every night they must also confront the malevolent glamour of their audience of Fae creatures only too eager to snatch them away into the Otherworld.

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DAWN OF THE NORTH: THE ASHEN SERIES BOOK THREE by Demi

The lost Volsik heir has finally returned to the people of Íseldur, and even with the warrior who’s captured her heart standing by her side, Silla’s task is monumental. She must earn the loyalty of the northern jarls to drive Ivar Ironheart from the throne and restore peace in the kingdom. But the secret she vigilantly guards threatens to ruin all her plans: A shard of a god lives in her mind, twisting her thoughts and deeds to His will. Meanwhile, held captive on the mysterious isle of Zagadka, Saga Volsik fights to return to her sister in Íseldur. But when King Ivar sets his sights on the Zagadkians, she’s forced to make an impossible choice: fight for the man who stole her—and is now hell-bent on marrying her—or let the innocent people of his kingdom die. As a poisonous mist threatens the realm, the sisters will delve into the unknowns of their magic to battle against evil. Return to the land of ice and fire, where a god awakens, a queen finds her power, and sisters must unite against the darkness threatening their realm.

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THE HEIR AND THE SPARE (OF FLESH AND BONE BOOK FIVE) by Harper L Woods

SPOILER WARNING: This book is overflowing with spoilers and should only be read after devouring What Sleeps Within the Cove. Once, I’d spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains. Now, I’m bound to a husband I didn’t want. My mother waited centuries to find me on the other side of the Veil of Flesh and Bone where the Lunar Witches hid me. She sent her greatest weapon, the God of the Dead, when the Veil finally fell. But I never expected to love his human mate, Estrella, the way I did–to feel the sisterly bond between us as if it had never been interrupted in our lifetimes spent apart since a rogue witch took her away. But Mab sees love as a weakness, and she uses my bond with Estrella to manipulate me into a betrothal I never desired. This marriage is a cage, a means of control that goes against everything within me. But when Estrella is banished into Tartarus, I am left no choice but to journey to the Summer Court and take my place as a bride and a queen. No matter what I leave behind.      Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

FYRE FLY: BOOK TWO OF FRIENDLY FYRE by

VS Note: LGBTQ Fantasy.

Becoming queen of the Fyrethians was never on Fyre’s to-do list, but at least she doesn’t have to do it alone. Co-ruling the Fortress is more manageable with Mirzayael at her side—and needed, given all the new problems that come with piloting a flying city. They may have left the Jorrian zealots behind, but now they have new nations, treacherous terrains, and budding relationships to navigate. Not to mention, a flying city is bound to draw the attention of the gods. The clock is ticking, and Fyre needs to find a place to land their floating city before anyone decides to knock it out of the sky. Fyre’s cozy kingdom-building and magical experimentation continues in Fyre Fly, the second instalment of Friendly Fyre. The final book of the trilogy will release in 2027.     AmazonKU

THE LIES THAT SUMMON THE NIGHT by Tessonja Odette

From the art of liars, the monsters came . . .Ever since art gave life to bloodthirsty shadows, creative works have been forbidden and talented creators sacrificed to the Sinless—the immortal royals who feast on human blood in return for their protection. Inana’s secret storytelling nearly got her killed once, and she’ll be damned if she’s ever caught again. With a bounty on her head, she keeps to the city’s dark underbelly, where she earns a meager living from thrill-seeking patrons desperate to hear her illicit fiction. Until Dominic, a Shadowbane, catches one of her performances. Dominic is a half-Sinless monster hunter as fearsome as his prey. But to complete his hunt, he needs an artist to summon the shadows . . . he needs Inana. Dominic delivers an ultimatum: Serve him or he’ll claim her bounty. When survival is all Inana has left, the choice is clear—at least until she can betray him and leave him for dead. As their tense alliance leads them into the heart of danger, dark secrets unravel—about each other, their world, and the threats they face. But the greatest risk of all is the desire growing between them. There’s something more sinful than lust at play, and it could bring the world to its knees.

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ROMANTASY REBELS: A FANTASY ROMANCE ANTOLOGY OF STANDING UP AND PUSHING BACK by Various

Lose yourself in over 800 pages of rebellion, resistance, and unapologetic feminine rage – while fighting book bans and censorship. When all is darkest, these heroines refuse to stay silent. From stubborn academics to dissident witches, and from village outcasts to ambitious queens … These romantasy rebels challenge tyranny, defy expectations, and reshape their worlds by fighting for love rather than hate. This FaRo Society charity anthology features 26 rebellious short stories and novellas from a diverse line-up of authors, including USA Today bestsellers. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to PEN America, a charity advocating against book bans and defending writers around the world. Romantasy Rebels will be available until February 28th. Every purchase helps us keep books on shelves – so get it now, and make a difference!

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GAME OF CAPTIVES (FIRE AND FANG BOOK THREE) by Lindsay Buroker

After her coronation, Queen Syla Moonmark must lead her people against the stormers and their dragon allies to drive them out of the kingdom. That would be easier if she’d managed to bring home the rare magical components that would allow the rebuilding of the sky shielder that was sabotaged early in the war. Without that protection, keeping dragons away from her people’s islands is impossible. As she battles the kingdom’s enemies, worries about usurpers, and learns what it means to be bonded to the persnickety red dragon, Wreylith, Syla plans to capture and interrogate the dragon rider, Captain Vorik. By questioning him, she might learn where the crucial shielder components are—and how to get them. The problem is that Vorik is charming, handsome, talented, and keeps saving her life. She might even be falling in love with him. To make matters worse, Vorikhas orders to capture Syla. If she can’t outmaneuver him, she could end up in an enemy camp, being tortured and interrogated for secrets with the power to destroy her entire kingdom.   AmazonKU

CATCH ME BEFORE SUNSET: A SAPPHIC FAE GODSTOUCHED ROMANCE SERIES BOOK FIVE by Ali Williams and Ellie Rose

In Ireland, freed after being trapped behind the Veil, the fae are reasserting their powers and indulging their desires…I’m completely unremarkable. An ordinary woman in an ordinary life. And yet Mebh still wishes to submit to my touch, to fall to her knees and worship me, the way that so many worshipped her. There’s one night left of summer, and if I can catch her, everything could change… Catch Me Before Sunset is a sapphic opposites attract romance, where Queen Mebh falls – and kneels – for a mortal.      AmazonKU

A CROWN SPLENDID AND SHATTERED (AGE OF FAE ROMANTASY SERIES BOOK THREE) by Amy Patrick

Captive to the Beast…The Kingdom of Avrandar believes I’m dead. I thought it was the end as well until I awoke in an unfamiliar castle far from home. After being crushed in a dragon’s talons, it’s a miracle I’m still alive. And then I learn the bad news. My host, my savior, is none other than my archenemy, the man I thought I loved—until he betrayed me. Pharis Randalin. The powerful Fae prince is back to being growly and secretive, and now I know better than to fall for his wicked charm and dangerous allure ever again. Trapped on his remote estate by his arduous “conditions” for release, I dream of the day I can return to my family—and the gentle and kind Crown Prince who loves me. I know Stellon is searching for me and that he’ll never stop. And I do want to be found. I think. Though Pharis’ palace is my prison, it’s also full of wonders and unimaginable beauty. His doting staff spoils me and treats me like a princess. And every once in a while during my captivity, I get a glimpse of the carefully concealed longing that simmers just beneath his guarded surface, and I wonder… could this beast be conquered?       AmazonKU

CURSE OF BEDLAM (BEDLAM MOON BOOK FOUR) by Kathy Haan

All of Bedlam has whispered about why Royal Guardsman Bellamy Nightblade never claimed his High Queen. After five long years of silence, Bellamy’s time has run out. Now, he and Lana must face an impossible choice: let him die, or attempt the Ritual of Vowkeir—an ancient rite so lethal it is almost certain death for them both. Stripped of their magic and separated from Lana’s other mates, they must survive four grueling trials. The ritual first lulls them into a false peace, then tests their physical limits, and finally traps them in an alternate life that feels more real than their own. In the end, they must face a hunger so intense it could turn their bond into an execution. If they fail, they die. But the trials are only part of the nightmare. A secret five thousand years in the making is unraveling, and the truth behind Oz’s vampire curse is finally coming to light. Lana will do anything to save him, but the cost of his freedom may be the souls of two other men she loves.     AmazonKU

LEGEND OF THE WITCH  by E L Rose

VS Note: MM, MFM, cliffhanger.

Astrid has always felt like she didn’t belong in this time. She preferred being in the museum with everything old and dusty, even though she knew something was missing. A viking exhibit. She longed to see that world, to immerse herself in a life she only ever dreamed about. When a handsome benefactor comes to the museum with so much rich viking history Astrid is overjoyed and also strangely drawn to this man. When he makes her an offer she can’t refuse her life changes overnight. Him and his best friends fly her to their house and she begins to step into a world that she only ever dreamed about. What she doesn’t expect for her dreams to start to feel like memories. Her heart starts to wither with every memory and dream, even though love is surrounding her. Her magic is getting stronger. Old wounds start to open and intentions turn dark. Even with the love flowing the guys can’t stop Astrid, and the people who are involved do not know what is coming to them.    AmazonKU

MARRIED TO THE MOB (WIFE): MM SHIFTER ROMANCE by Lance Roddick

Oliver listens to way too many true crime podcasts. So when he meets Roman—a man with custom suits, mysterious scars, and intense conversations about “territory” and “loyalty”—he knows the score. Roman is definitely in the Mob. And honestly? Oliver is so ready to be a mob wife. He’s baking lasagna. He’s establishing alibis. He’s pointedly not asking why Roman comes home at 3:00 AM with shredded clothes and dirt under his fingernails. Roman is confused. He’s just a wolf shifter trying to keep his pack in line. He has no idea why his sweet, librarian mate keeps asking if he needs help “bleaching the evidence” or “burying the bones” in the backyard. But he’s not complaining. Oliver’s ride-or-die energy is the hottest thing he’s ever seen. But when Oliver tries to bring a baseball bat to a “turf war,” Roman has to come clean. He’s not a made man; he’s a made wolf. And he’s about to show Oliver that the only thing more dangerous—and delicious—than a criminal kingpin is a primal Alpha in the bedroom.       AmazonKU      AB

VENGEFUL DOVE (INSTITUTE 13 BOOK THREE) by KC Kean

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice … I’ll never trust the same again. Not after I was finally beginning to let him in. I have enough on my plate with The Sanctum, their Institute Games, and generally trying to stay alive. I certainly don’t need to be worried about a shameless golden retriever, a silent enigma, or a guardian asshole. My magic doesn’t haunt me like it once did, but it should now The Sanctum aren’t the only ones intent on using me as a weapon. Every turn I take is warped with secrets that unravel, only to reveal another layer of unwanted surprise. I’m walking a fine line between death and… death. Everywhere I turn, someone is trying to take something from me. Well, I have nothing left to give. All I have is me, myself, and I. Elodie Blackwood. Loner. Survivor. Scythe.   AmazonKU

OF PIXIES AND PEKOE (OWLS, TEA SHOPS AND OTHER MAGICAL  NUISANCES BOOK TWO) by Shari L Tapscott

Welcome to Merriweather Tea Shop, where the tea is piping hot, gossip flows like Earl Grey, and a family of gnomes has inconveniently moved into the back garden. My name is Kit, and I’m the new proprietress. I know next to nothing about tea, but that’s all right, because I’ve hired my owl to help. Except Rowan isn’t an owl anymore, and our friendship isn’t as simple as it used to be. But that’s the least of my concerns right now. My focus is on my business ledger, which apparently isn’t supposed to be negative. I’ve quickly discovered that running a business is expensive, especially when I can’t touch my aunt’s fortune for another three years. So, what’s a smart pixie to do when a mage with questionable intentions shows up on her doorstep with a dust pendant and a generous proposal? Well, I don’t know about a smart one, but I know what I did… And maybe it wasn’t my best idea…Owls, Tea Shops, and Other Magical Nuisances is a rom-com style contemporary fantasy. The perfect lighthearted escape, this story is sure to delight readers who enjoy cozy magic and humor. The books in this series feature smoldering-but-sweet, closed-door romance. (Passionate kisses and some innuendo, but no spicy scenes.)       AmazonKU

WISH OF DEATH (KARA HILDER MYSTERY BOOK 17) by Jenna St James

A Valkyrie with Haphazard Magic – A Fallen Angel Seeking Redemption – An Unlikely Crime-Solving Duo ***Cross-over series from the A Witch in the Woods series with Shayla Loci and Alex Stone! It’s Kara’s birthday, and Zane is whisking his new fiancée away for a romantic weekend in Glacier Peak…a paranormal small town tucked in the Alaskan wilderness. With glass domes to watch the Northern Lights and hot springs to soak away their worries, it should’ve been the perfect getaway. Too bad someone forgot to mention the dead bodies. Now, instead of birthday cake and champagne, Kara and Zane are chasing a killer through the snow…and their romantic weekend is about to get murderously cold.      AmazonKU

THE BARGAIN OF DRAGONS (THE AELFYN ARCHIVES BOOK FOUR) by Samantha Amstutz

Dragon fire remade them—yet the coming storm may still shatter what remains. After surviving an encounter with a race long thought extinct, Serenna, Jassyn, Lykor, and their companions rise as druids, bearing a boon powerful enough to tip the balance of a dying world. To wield it, they must first master the power of Cinderax’s gift before setting their sights on the next imprisoned dragon—Skylash, chained within the Crackling Maw, where lightning devours the sky itself. But across the world, the king hasn’t been idle. His armies march through the newly uncovered realms, hunting the remaining dragons. If Skylash falls, her elemental might will belong to the crown. Her freedom becomes a desperate race against war, ruin, and a tempest gathering fast enough to imprison them all.      AmazonKU

QUEEN TAKES DARKNESS 2 by Joely Sue Burkhart

As her power grows, Helayna Ironheart Calls more Blood to her side. But this time, it’s not Darkness who answers…With only three dark alfar Blood, Helayna almost lost the Ironheart cabin in the sunfire attack. Luckily, Aima warriors begin answering her Call as they move to a new nest in Iceland. It’s not an easy adjustment for her dark alfar Blood. They barely understand human concepts like pizza and clothes, let alone Aima court life and the Triune. Yet they never hesitate to give their vampire queen every drop of black blood in their gargoyle bodies. In Iceland, Helayna hopes to learn more about the Ironheart legacy and her mother. But the more she learns about her past, she begins to realize her mother lied to her. Repeatedly. Long before Helayna awoke trapped in Hel, her mother kept her in the dark about everything. Her heritage. Her power. Even the identity of her true father. As her power grows like mighty Yggdrasil, more Blood answer her Call on both sides of the World Tree. But the hurt of her mother’s betrayal dampens everything. She needs to know the truth. Even if it destroys the last few precious, tattered memories she has of her childhood.   AmazonKU

VENGEFUL FIRE by Mikala Ash

Heat rages out of control as the pub burns. The only thing hotter is the woman watching the flames. Diana Kendall just had an argument with the owner of Cornwall’s Pub. Now Cornwall’s is burning to the ground. Diana’s an enigma, an artist, beautiful and intelligent, but strangely aloof. How can Mike resist? But when he wakes up the next morning, Diana’s gone. It’s not until Mike sees a naked woman disappear into an art gallery with a wolf at her side that the real trouble starts. The woman looks incredibly like Diana. But what is the mysterious apparition trying to tell him — does Diana’s fiery past tell the story, or will Mike get burnt by Vengeful Fire?

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DARKEST DESTINY TRILOGY BOOK ONE by Pepper Winters

For twenty years, Lucien Ashfall has been caged by the very men who profit from his blood. He’s dangerous, uncontrollable, and deadly. He’s also the only one carrying his bloodline and they need another. Every six months, thirty girls are sent into his prison and tasked with one goal: Make him create an heir by any means necessary. But everyone who goes in, never comes out. Until Rook Snowdon is thrown into Cinderkeep by mistake. She isn’t a seductress. And she certainly isn’t there to save anyone. In fact, she only has three goals in life: One, hide her true identity for as long as possible. Two, nap and self-medicate with wine. Three (and most problematic) ignore the fact that stress is slowly killing her. Lucien only has one goal: escape and burn everything to the ground. Unfortunately, everyone has their secrets and these two have many. They just don’t know it yet. Because she might be the key to getting him free. But if he gets out, it’s not the world that will burn. It’s him.     AmazonKU

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KNOTTED BY THE INCUBUS: AN OMEGAVERSE MONSTER ROMANCE by Imani Joy

his Valentine’s season, Cupid’s playing for keeps! When fate decides it’s time for our omegas to meet their mates, there’s no escaping the call. Growly alphas, hulking monsters, or something deliciously other, each of our heroines is about to discover that true love comes with a bite-mark 😉 Click now for a series of standalone romances filled with alpha scents, nests, heats, and all the knotty love! He feeds on lust… but he’s starving for love. For months, Destiny has been dreaming of a shadow lover. Faceless, nameless. The best sex of her life, and he’s not even real. At least, that’s what she thinks…Rahel is an ancient incubus who stopped feeding because no one compares to the omega in his dreams. He doesn’t know she exists. He’s starving, but he’d rather die hungry than settle for less than her. Then, on Valentine’s night, he catches her scent: chocolate, brown sugar… the woman who’s been ruining him in his sleep. She’s real. She’s HIS. And this grumpy alpha biker is about to break down her door and show his sunshine girl exactly what happens when fantasy becomes flesh. One taste, and he’ll never let her go.       AmazonKU

REJECTED BY THE ALPHA QUARTERBACK (CROSSING THE LINE BOOK ONE) by Jasmine Fox

RILEY – Zander Cross—The kind of star who commands the field and steals hearts. Five years ago, I was a nobody intern with a stupid crush. One reckless night, he touched me like a promise.
And the next morning? He iced me out like I was nothing. Now I’m back in his stadium—mic in hand, walls up. Network Sports Today wants a post-championship interview. I came for answers, not love. 
But when the cameras cut, his wolfish gaze pins me, breath hot on my skin. I don’t flinch anymore. Because this time… I didn’t come back alone. And he’s about to find out. ZANDER – I’ve been hit by 300-pound linebackers. I’ve bled for my pack. Nothing has ever wrecked me like Riley Matthews. Her father died because of my world. I swore Riley would never be next. Now she’s back. I answer like a pro, but my wolf tracks every breath she takes. Until I catch a scent I shouldn’t recognize. A little boy is hiding behind the curtain. He smells… familiar. Like mine.      AmazonKU

TEST OF TYRANTS (VEILBLOOD ACADEMY BOOK TWO) by Clara Wils

Izzy was the only name I’d ever known my entire life, but I’ve just found out my true name is Isolde (talk about old fashioned) and I’m the lost princess of a magical world. Only the current princess can’t find out, or she’ll probably kill me, she’s insane like that. Also, I’m an elf, well, a half-blood elf, and that’s another mark against me, since elves hate anyone muddying the bloodline. But since I’m the real heir to the throne I have few options. I’ll always be hunted, always on the run, but since running isn’t in my nature I’m going to stay and fight. But first I need to learn about my new elven powers (as well as my nymph powers which I still haven’t fully grasped yet) not to mention the fact that I have no clue how to rule anything. Luckily, I have people to help me. Myel, my beautiful, mate-bonded, Goth, vampire, shifter. I know it’s a mouthful, but it’s all true. He’s as dedicated to me as they come, but he can’t hide away with me or people will get suspicious, which means he has to go back to the constant danger of his job. Vyns, a literal angel who saved my life, after I saved his. Even though he used to serve Saldrea, the other princess, I trust him implicitly. We’re bound in spirit, even if we’re still getting to know each other, but I know he’ll be there for me when I need him. Rook, the sex demon, with whom I have a stilted, off-again, on-again relationship. Right now, we’re… (more blurb on ebook seller’s page)      AmazonKU 

HEART OF ROYALS (ROYAL ICE DRAGONS BOOK FOUR) by May Dawson

The king of the ice kingdom terrorized Kaelan, Dare and Thorne while they were growing up. Now as I fight the goddess within me—sometimes an ally, sometimes an enemy—the four of us return to the ice kingdom. To destroy an evil king. To protect a kingdom. To start a new life in the shadow of the ruins. The four of us are united. Now, we have to win together. Or die together. Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion of the Ice Dragon Royals series!       AmazonKU

OBSIDIAN SKY (RIFTBORN SERIES BOOK ONE) by Jill Aster

Thaelyn Marren enters the Asgar Training Academy wanting nothing more than to prove herself amongst the other cadets, where she must endure life-threatening trials in the hope of manifesting air, water, fire, or earth magic. Not to mention, a lucky few will pair with dragons who select their riders with ancient instinct, answering only to those whose souls burn bright enough to match their own. When Thaelyn’s power stirs in ways no instructor can explain, she draws the attention of the crown, particularly Prince Thorne Dareth, a renowned warrior and a dragon rider. Hardened by discipline and haunted by a kingdom he was born to serve, Thorne sees Thaelyn as a danger to the realm and yet is charged with her training. And amidst clashing personalities, an undeniable pull forms between them, potent enough to awaken dark forces that once tore the world apart. Now rift-born creatures thought to exist only in nightmares are slipping through the cracks of their reality. And as they push the realm toward open war, Thaelyn may be the only one able to stop what’s coming. That is, only if Thorne can choose between loyalty to his crown or the girl whose power could either save their world or bring it to ruin.       AmazonKU

BITTER KING VICIOUS WINGS by Morgona Allis

On the eve of my execution, I sealed my fate by signing a dark pact with Ilyatria’s accursed king. My reprieve was short-lived; now I’m in a race against time, rotting from the inside out due to a hidden clause. To end the pact, I have to kill my father—the monster who ordered my death. But our kingdom’s twisted magic protects him, and I’ll need an undying dragon’s power to do it. Yet every hour has me sickening further; I can’t bond a merciless dragon alone. With no other options, I turn to Aelen, one of my people’s enemies and the strongest dragon trainer of Ilyatria—or so he says. He’s brooding and spiteful, armed with sharp ears and a venomous tongue almost more vicious than the dragons themselves. Despite our truce, he’s a constant thorn in my side, even sabotaging my training. He’s insufferable—and all too irresistible—but without him I’m dead. My protector. My nightmare. He’s more than he’s letting on: an enigma hiding sinister magic and a fixation on keeping me with him, and away from completing my pact. The further our lives intertwine, the more his lies unravel. And the more his dark obsession grows.       AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE WINGED WITCH by Sarah Beran

Lindy never wanted to get married or have children—especially not seven stepsons old enough to be her brothers and a doddering royal husband. Just when it seems like things couldn’t possibly get any worse, the king suddenly dies, and her sinister reputation for casting curses means that all eyes and fingers are pointed at her. Rather than support their new mother, her stepsons seem determined to do everything they can to make her life miserable. When the youngest fills her room with water fowl as a prank, Lindy finally decides to take things into her own hands—and everything goes wrong. Atlas lives with his head in the clouds, and he likes it that way. His ancestral home is hidden away so high in the mountains that it’s practically inaccessible. But somehow the secret has slipped, and he keeps chasing away unwanted visitors. After the latest break-in ends with his prized goose missing, Atlas is forced to do the one thing never wanted: climb down the beanstalk. Unfortunately, the scoundrel who took his goose is now a swan, and the only way to get him to tell Atlas where she is is to help the witch who cast the curse in the first place. The nettlesome woman won’t give him the time of day, refusing to speak until the sun goes down. When she does, it’s to instruct him in the most ridiculous task he’s ever heard of. But Atlas really wants to get his goose and go home, and if knitting is the way to achieve that, so be it. If only the task didn’t threaten to knit his heart to hers in the process…Falling for the Winged Witch is a combined retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk and The Wild Swans      AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE TRICKSTER: A REIMAGINING OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN by Lucy Tempesty

Ottoline has had enough. After years of enduring Princess Gertrude’s cruelty, the maid’s patience snaps during their voyage to the foreign kingdom of Orcage, where the princess is to marry the crown prince to settle a royal debt. There, she crosses paths with a silver-haired, silver-tongued man with a penchant for deals and deception. Cunning and ambitious, fae nobleman Lord Roderick von Ravenstock offers Ottoline the opportunity of a lifetime: to switch places with her tormentor and claim the life of a princess. With a snap of his fingers, she is set to live the life she had dreamed of at the glimmering court of Orcage…until its superstitious king demands she fulfill her kingdom’s debt by turning everything into gold. Trapped by her own masquerade, Ottoline turns to Roderick again, and he offers to save her, in exchange for a kiss. One kiss. One favor. One step closer to ruin. As the king’s demands escalate, so do Roderick’s bargains, each adding another layer to his plot against the royal family, and drawing her deeper into a deadly game of magic and court intrigue. But when the king’s greed spirals beyond control, Ottoline has no choice but to escape into Faerie where she falls from one monster’s grasp into the next. Risking his plans, Roderick saves her and, as she recovers under his watchful gaze, the forced proximity begins to crack their defenses, revealing who they are underneath their roles as the trickster and the fraud. Villains in the lives of others, but heroes of their own stories. Together, they plot one last con to bring the king to his knees. But nothing ever goes to plan, especially when hearts are on the line.      AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE DOOMED BRIDE: BLUEBEARD’S TALE by C K Beggan

Treasure-hunting pirate Jax the Bluebeard has fallen under a curse that only his bride can break. Each of his wives has failed and been doomed by the curse, filling Jax’s days with death and hardening his heart. Yet the curse compels Jax to keep searching for new brides that can win him the deadly treasure he desires. Fortunately for Jax, he just raided the ship of a cunning sorceress. Unfortunately for him, she just might be the woman of his dreams. Sofie, a fairy godmother of the realm, is fleeing the kingdom after cursing a newborn princess. All she wants is to return to the safety of her wintry homeland. Instead, Sofie is tricked into becoming Bluebeard’s next bride…but not before she curses him to endless slumber if he pricks his finger on a splinter of wood—a true challenge for a man who lives aboard an empire of wooden ships. Can Sofie beat the curse of Bluebeard’s wives and save herself and Jax? Or will these two villains do anything to avoid the warm feelings growing in their hearts—even if it means dooming each other? Falling for the Doomed Bride combines the villains from Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard’s Wives in a no spice romantasy adventure where the characters trade both kisses and curses.        AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE WOLF KING by Delta James

I was given to the Wolf King to repay a blood debt. Stellan Varen is ruthless, feared, and built of ice and instinct. I expected a captor, not the truth hidden in my blood. I’m an Omega. His perfect match.
His greatest temptation. As my suppressants fail and my heat ignites, the bond between us becomes impossible to deny. But surrendering to an Alpha means losing my freedom or claiming a power I never knew I had. And the Wolf King will burn the world before he lets me go.      AmazonKU

BEYOND THE HUNT: EVERMERE BOOK ONE by Mary Ann Weir

For too long, lunar witch Serafina Bell has been trapped in a cage of servitude to her cruel stepmother. But when she’s offered up in a marriage contract as part of a truce agreement, she seizes the chance to turn it into a key—one that might finally set her free. To princes Casimir, Zane, and Koa Cimmerian, the assignment is simple: Uncover what their unwanted bride’s step-crone is plotting. In return for saying, “I do,” the dhampir half-brothers will gain an estate, a fat treasury, and, most importantly, their freedom from the vampire court. They expect an easy arrangement with a disposable bride. What they get is Seri. Battered, bruised, and left for dead on their doorstep, she is nothing like they imagined. Especially when she opens her eyes… and the truth is revealed.      AmazonKU

HUNTING THE FIRE (DRAGONBLOOD DYNASTY BOOK EIGHT) by BE Brouillard

The man who killed my mate is asking for sanctuary. In my home. Under my organization’s protection. And I have seventy-two hours to decide if I should end him. Jericho Allon was a Syndicate tactical commander. He gave the order that killed the man I loved. Watched him die and called it acceptable losses. For five years, I’ve lived with that grief. Carried it like a stone in my chest. For five years, I’ve imagined what I’d do if I ever found him. Now he’s coming here. Traveling under guard. Claims he wants to defect. Claims he has intelligence worth protecting. Claims he’s not the man he was. Our leader says his information could save lives. Stop attacks. End the war sooner. The council says sanctuary is the price of that intelligence. My wolf says he doesn’t deserve to draw another breath. I have seventy-two hours before he reaches our protection. Seventy-two hours to intercept him on the road. Seventy-two hours to decide: justice or revenge. Duty or desire. The living or the dead. Jericho says he’s changed. The Syndicate’s hunting him for reasons that go deeper than defection. And the secrets he’s carrying might be the only thing standing between us and total war. But none of that changes what he took from me. None of that brings back the man I lost. None of that makes him anything other than the enemy who’s getting too close. Turns out the hardest choice isn’t killing the man who destroyed your life. It’s deciding whether letting him live makes you weak…or finally free.       AmazonKU

DAMAGED BY MOONLIGHT (WOLF SHIFTERS OF CALLOWAY COUNTY) by Sara Wind

I was found by an Alpha laying in the woods and he took me back to his pack to nurse me back to health. Even though he had sworn never to allow a witch in his territory. Roman Ironside, the fierce grumpy Alpha of the Ironridge pack, stuck me in this home despite the ire of his pack. No one could tell me why. Soon, our closeness turned into fire and desire that neither one of us wanted to admit. His body made me almost pass out with the heat radiating off his muscular frame. But we had more pressing concerns. A stalker, pack factions and danger from another pack had to grab our attention first. Not to mention a bump on my belly! Oh, oh! If we admit our love and trust each other will we survive the turmoil, or if we don’t will we lose our love, and our lives.        AmazonKU

STRIPES DON’T LIE (SHIFTER MATES OF HOLLOW OAK BOOK FIVE) by Kala Aster and Millie Taiden

Everyone in this cursed little town thinks I’m the problem. Sure, I’m a shadow witch. Yes, my magic sometimes moves without asking. And okay, fine—things have been exploding lately. But I swear on my black lace panties, I’m not the one summoning evil doppelgängers in the snowstorm. Enter Officer Growly. Six-foot-four of tiger-shifter muscle, military brood, and tactical scowls. They send him to watch me. Guard me. Possibly kill me. But instead of turning me in, he turns me on. And when a creature wearing my face tries to ruin my life? He bares his claws. Stands between me and a mob with torches. And drags me into a safehouse where he definitely, absolutely should not be letting me ride him like a broomstick. Oops. I told myself not to fall for the tiger. Then he bit me.     AmazonKU

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SANCTUARY BASE (SHATTERED STARS BOOK 20) by Viola Grace

Born William the Third had never been her favourite part of the family inheritance. When her grandfather passes away on the inventor hub of Bellen, she leaves and heads for the stars. There is no one left to miss her or worry over her. Well, no one she is related to. She takes the shuttle and the small warship she has been given and heads to the stars with a few possible locations in mind. While travelling, she changes her name to Trin and goes looking for a place to call home. Things are going fine until the raiders give chase to get a hold of her very nice ship and the AI that she designed to control it or anything else. She drops through the sky of a frozen world and finds a base under the ice. It is a Hmrain base with one occupant and now one visitor. Birun is surprised when he wakes to find a new being in a restoration tank, but the AI named Boss fills him in. He learns who she is, where she’s from, and that Boss has his voice. From that small connection, he looks to build a life with her, and he has just the base to make it happen.       Amazon      Kobo     Apple Books

TALEN: SVESTI FATED MATES BOOK EIGHT by Wavy Martin

Thirty years ago, the Zuvgran released a virus that killed most Svesti females and rendered the remainder infertile. The Svesti initiate first contact with Earth when their scientists discover that humans and Svesti can interbreed. Humans may be able to save the warrior species that has been protecting Earth’s region of space for a century. After her husband’s death, Krista is raising her two daughters alone and definitely not looking for another man, but she’s tired—so very tired. When the opportunity to go to another planet and still do the work she loves arises, she decides her family needs a change of scenery to heal. A bum leg took Talen from the full-time warrior ranks. His position as head cook on the Invictus keeps him busy even if he’s not completely fulfilled. He quickly realizes that Krista and her daughters are the missing components of his life. But can he convince her?   Amazon

THEIR HUMAN RECEPTIONIST (WHISPERS FROM THE IMPERIAL CAGE BOOK THREE) by Oylmpia Black

I never signed up to leave Earth. But here I am—five hundred light-years away. I never wanted to be a freedom fighter. But when I saw what these aliens do to humans, I couldn’t stay silent.    AmazonKU

FIRE: GALACTIC CYBORG HEAT SERIES by Jessie Rose Case

Fire. Named for what he was known as. The warrior of scorched earth. He was feared amongst the humans with good reason. Cyborg. The leader of his men. Sent to deal with the most dangerous and deadly. And he did his job well. Until the programming failed. Became faulty and he could think for himself. Hundreds of years of making choices. Keeping humans away. Until he saw her…..He must be faulty again……. She called to him….. Challenged him….. Something that would only call to him more….She was a tempting morsel. One that belonged to him!      AmazonKU

I AM KAL: FF OMEGAVERSE DFR ANTHOLOGY (THE ALPHA GOD BOOK 11) by Lexa Luthor

An anthology of Kal’s short stories, which are told from Kal’s point of view and span over the length of The Alpha God series. Dive deeper into the series and into who is Kal. Each novella has their own blurb and are meant to be read between their respective novels. The anthology includes:
I, Alpha, Book 2.5    I, Finna, Book 3.5      I, True Mate, Book 4.5     I, High Commander, Book 5.5
I, Sumner, Book 6.5       I, Kalatas, Book 7.25       I, Family, Book 7.75  I, Wife, Book 10.5                                 Amazon

MISTRESS OF THE RED DRAGON (MATED BY FLAME) by Evangeline Anderson

Valen – I’ve been chained like a beast for a year. Collared. Muzzled. Left to rot in a dungeon beneath the palace of my enemy. But when his sister, a curvy little princess, offers me freedom in exchange for a favor, I listen. She needs a dragon to fly her across the Poison Desert to save her dying mother. And I need her blood to Shift. But not just any bite will do. I have to sink my fangs into her inner thigh—right next to her untouched, forbidden heat. And when I do… she moans. She tastes like magic…feels like destiny…and smells like MINE. Now we’re bound together on a dangerous quest full of cursed forests, wicked witches, and ancient trials that force us closer with every step. She was supposed to be a means to an end…But now I’d burn down kingdoms to keep her. Irena – They said the beast in the dungeon was dangerous. They were right. But I’m desperate—and the only way to save my mother is to make a deal with the terrifying man in chains. He’s not just a man—he’s a Drake Shifter with claws, fangs, and eyes that glow like embers in the dark. He says he can fly me across the desert…But first, he demands my blood—and not from anywhere innocent. He bites me on my thigh, and the pleasure is like fire licking across my skin. Now I can feel him inside me… even when he’s not touching me. I thought I was just using the beast to save my family. But the longer we travel, the more I realize—he’s not the monster in this story. And I’m not sure I want to be saved.

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ALIEN PATIENT (MOTHERSHIP BOOK THREE) by Eden Ember

She’s spent her life saving others. Now she needs to save herself. Trauma surgeon Bea Santos survived a deadly crash, a burning planet, and being stranded in an alien galaxy—but the hardest thing she faces is standing still. Working endless shifts in Mothership’s medical bay keeps the nightmares away and the guilt at bay. She doesn’t need rest. She doesn’t need help. She definitely doesn’t need the infuriatingly patient Chief Medical Officer watching her every move. Zorn has treated countless species across the Shorstar Galaxy, but he’s never met anyone quite like Bea—brilliant, relentless, and determined to work herself into the ground. The human healer is magnificent in a crisis, but she’s slowly destroying herself. When a colony outbreak forces them into dangerous proximity for days on end, professional boundaries shatter, revealing the wounded woman beneath the controlled exterior. But when a rescue mission goes catastrophically wrong and Zorn’s life hangs in the balance, Bea must confront the truth she’s been running from: you can’t heal others if you won’t heal yourself. And the alien male who’s been trying to save her might be the only one who can teach her that surviving and living are two very different things. Some scars run deeper than flesh. Some healers need healing too.     AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN MERCENARY (MONSTER MERCENARY MaTES BOOK EIGHT) by Robin O’Connor

She’s the mission. He’s the monster everyone fears. His claim might destroy them both. Dani – I came to Radin chasing a miracle cure hidden in a flower. I never expected to become prey. Days of captivity leave my empathic senses burned out, my power little more than an ache beneath my skin. Then Jaxin arrives, silent, shark-eyed, built for violence. When the rescue goes awry, he hauls me over his shoulder and runs. Alone in Radin’s humid jungle, survival means pressed bodies, shared breath, and heat that has nothing to do with the heat of summer. As my empathy recovers, I feel what he hides. Control layered over hunger. Possession strangled by discipline. A truth he refuses to face: he feels more than he’s allowed. Jaxin – Emotion is forbidden. My people, the Rummicaron, suppress it for a reason. But the jungle strips restraint bare, and my true nature claws its way to the surface: to claim, to protect, to possess a mate. Dani doesn’t just tempt me, she awakens something ancient and dangerous. As Radin’s giant closes in and a crime lord tightens her grip, I must choose between duty and instinct. And if I choose wrong, Radin will kill us both.     AmazonKU

SONGS OF THE CELESTIAL DEEP (TIDES OF THE WANDERING STAR BOOK ONE) by A R Reynolds

VS Note: LGBTQ SFR.

He spent his whole life hiding what he was. They crossed the stars to claim him. Callum Wilder has a secret. By day, he’s the perfect event coordinator aboard the luxury cruise ship Celestial Dawn—charming guests, solving problems, making everyone feel seen. By night, he fights an impossible longing for water, for transformation, for a truth about himself he’s spent fifteen years suppressing. When a pirate attack forces an emergency landing on an uncharted alien world, Callum discovers he can no longer hide. The planet’s waters call to him with an ancient song, awakening abilities he never knew he possessed—abilities that transform him into something breathtaking, impossible, and infinitely precious to beings who have been searching for someone like him for generations. The Velathari are beautiful, powerful, and utterly convinced that Callum belongs with them. To them, he is not a man but a miracle—a Songshaper whose voice can heal wounds that have festered for decades. They will cross any distance, break any rule, to bring him home to their world. Kethan, heir to a noble house, has spent thirty years suffering under an ancient curse. When they hear Callum’s voice for the first time, they feel something they had forgotten was possible: hope. But …(more blurn on ebook seller’s page)        AmazonKU

A POLITICAL MARRIAGE (CHRONICLES OF THE FALL BOOK 20) by Pam Uphoff 

Lord Kalev Meknikov a young noble in a high tech civilization . . . Lady Aurora Denhart a young lady with a father in politics . . . and you’d think in such a high tech society that political alliances wouldn’t require silly things like marriages between young members of the families . . .But here they are . . .A somewhat silly and sweet romance within a Science Fantasy Universe.     AmazonKU

BOUND IN ASHES (THIS IS NOT A TEST BOOK TWO) by Kaye Blue

My uncle’s farm was supposed to be a sanctuary. But the dead aren’t the only monsters circling. Jackson Thorne promised to protect me. He kept his word. What he never promised was to stay. Without him, the farm won’t hold. And neither will I. “I’ll burn the world for you,” he swore. I just didn’t expect to be the kindling.     AmazonKU

BE MY BAD GUY by Kate Prior

VS Note: Superhero.

Lacey Vigil has been trying to break up with her city’s resident billionaire superhero, Steel Heel, for a while. It’s not easy when she keeps getting kidnapped by his enemies. When her ex is late to the rescue, an evil henchmen swoops in to save her instead (he only drops her once). Lacey might have expected the scary blue mutant with wings and a tail, but not his ice coffee addiction or fanged, devil-may-care smile. Ellis is an unethical lab experiment, a bit of a slacker, and honestly kind of a fuckboy. It wasn’t his idea to join the family business, but he wants to see his dad’s work restored to him. He’s always had a thing for the reporter from Channel 6, but when Lacey asks for his help investigating where the mutants are coming from, he …(more blurb on ebook seller’spage)   AmazonKU

CHAMPION: MM SFR (FROM THE ASHES BOOK TWO) by A V Shener

A year has passed since the fall of Las Vegas and the destruction of the New-Humans. In the safety of the Hive Unity, Finn is treading carefully between his work for the assembly and his dark past as a Raider. When his ex-lover, Caden, returns to the Hive after losing his squad in battle, it becomes clear that a mysterious new force is rising in Denver, threatening the fragile balance between Colorado’s factions. Finn and Caden are tasked with recruiting a powerful new ally, but an unexpected betrayal tears them apart. Running for his life, Finn stumbles down a rabbit hole of dark discoveries that reach all the way back to the day the world ended. If Finn is to face the governor of Denver and stop his diabolical plan, he must rely on old friends and unexpected allies, but with Caden’s life on the line, time is quickly running out.     AmazonKU

MIDNIGHT MIST ( THE FEVER BROTHERS BOOK FIVE) by Michele Mills

VS Note: A re-release with three added chapters.

Three things I know about the planet Timbur: It’s home to the most famous miners in the four sectors. My best friend is married to one of them. If you take off your gloves and touch an unmated male, you could trigger a mating bond. So when I attend the Dark Moon Costume Ball, I keep those gloves ON. I also keep my distance from the brooding male in black who’s been staring at me all night like I’m his next meal. Sure, he’s devastatingly handsome and my body lights up like a supernova every time he’s near. But I’ve watched him make females cry with his harsh words, and I’m done with pretty men who treat people like garbage. Then midnight strikes. Strange mist floods the cavern. The Xylan crumple around me. And when I wake up, my glove is gone and my bare hand is clasped in his. Oh no. “You’re mine,” he growls.      AmazonKU

DETOUR: A NOVEL by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart

VS Note: A scifi release of note, not a romance although several characters have romantic attachments (though not to the other crew members). It was very well done, fast moving but this book sets up the series and does not tell the entire story. Cliffhanger ending. I am looking forard to the next book in the series. I’d love to see it as a mini series, maybe on Apple+ someday!

A space shuttle flight crew discovers that the Earth they’ve returned to is not the home they left behind in the first book of this emotional, mind-bending thriller series from the creator of the hit Netflix show Manifest and the bestselling author of The Warehouse. “If The Martian and The Twilight Zone had a baby, it would be Detour—a thriller that messes with your head as you scramble to piece together what’s really going on.”—Steve Netter, Best Thriller Books – Ryan Crane wasn’t looking for trouble—just a cup of coffee. But when this cop spots a gunman emerging from an unmarked van, he leaps into action and unknowingly saves John Ward, a billionaire with presidential aspirations, from an assassination attempt. As thanks for Ryan’s quick thinking, Ward offers him the chance of a lifetime: to join a group of lucky civilians chosen to accompany three veteran astronauts on the first manned mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. A devoted family man, Ryan is reluctant to leave on this two-year expedition, yet with the encouragement of his loving wife—and an exorbitant paycheck guaranteeing lifetime care for their disabled son—he crews up and ventures into a new frontier. But as the ship is circling Titan, it is rocked by an unexplained series of explosions. The crew works together to get back on course, and they return to Earth as heroes. When the fanfare dies down, Ryan and his fellow astronauts notice that things are different. Some changes are good, such as lavish upgrades to their homes, but others are more disconcerting. Before the group can connect, mysterious figures start tailing them, and their communications are scrambled. Separated and suspicious, the crew must uncover the truth and decide how far they’re willing to go to return to their normal lives. Just when their space adventure seemingly ends, it shockingly begins.

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REAPER’S WARRIOR WIFE by Athena Storm

I don’t do protection. I do control. Power. Precision kills. But the moment she walked into that courtroom, spitting fire like she could burn me back into the void—I knew I’d never let her go. She thinks she can survive me. She doesn’t understand. I don’t want to hurt her. I want to worship her. Claim her. Fill her until her body forgets who it used to belong to. They came for her once. So I sang the old Reaper war song and turned the station into a graveyard. Now they want to take her again? Let them try. She’s not mine because I said so. She’s mine because the galaxy already bowed. She touches my scars. I teach her to scream in my tongue. She breaks the law. I crown her my wife. And when the Nine come to end us? I sharpen her throne. She wanted peace. So I burned the world quiet. Read on for alien mafia obsession, courtroom corruption, and a monster who never learned how to let go.      AmazonKU

HEIR TO THE STARS by Athena Storm

They thought I died on Rhavadaz. They buried my name in the wreckage. Left the woman I loved to raise our son alone. And let Spectra hunt him like a prophecy with teeth. But I didn’t die. I bonded with something deeper than code. Bigger than pain. I carried the Meld in my blood—until it broke me open and made me hers all over again. She doesn’t trust me. Not with her body. Not with our boy. Not even with the truth. But I’m still his father. And I’m still hers. I’ll burn through mechs, monsters, and the mistakes I made to protect what’s mine. The war’s not over. The prophecy is real. And the woman I love? She just walked back into the cockpit. You think dying is hard? Try folding tiny laundry with my claws.        AmazonKU

GEARS OF THE BLOOD MOON: SAPPHIC OMEGAVERSE REVERSE HAREM BIKER ROMANCE by Evan Conrad

She can fix any engine, but she can’t fix the hunger in their eyes. Roxy prefers the logic of machinery to the chaos of people. But when a freak storm tears reality apart, she is ripped from her garage and thrown into “The Rust”—a dying world of black sand, undead horrors, and a bleeding moon that hangs forever in the sky. Surviving the wasteland is impossible alone. Being found might be worse. Captured by the Valkyries, a lethal pack of biker warriors, Roxy is dragged to their fortress. They don’t just want a prisoner; they want a mechanic to keep their iron horses running. But as Roxy works off her debt, the biological laws of this new world begin to take hold. She isn’t just a survivor. She is an Omega. And she has fallen into the den of three powerful Alphas: Jax: The stoic President who offers safety and commands absolute surrender. – Vesper: The feral Enforcer who wields pleasure like a weapon. Hera: The deceptive Road Captain whose gentle hands mask a terrifying possessiveness. As the Heat fever breaks and the undead “Hollows” breach the gates, Roxy must choose. She can remain a captive mechanic, or she can embrace the monster within, claim her pack, and become the Queen of Gears.       AmazonKU

A PET FOR THE COMMANDER (LOVE’S OBSESSION) by Sienna Zini

Dawn – I have only two options: stay on Earth and die, or volunteer for the Alien Trade and bear the offspring of the Kharoi. The choice is simple. I’m just not prepared for my designated partner, Commander Asterion.Cold. Controlling. Unyielding. And yet, beneath his discipline, he makes me feel seen—cared for—almost cherished… until he reminds me of the truth. To the Kharoi, humans are pets, not mates. When he releases me, I think I can start over. I’m wrong. Asterion made enemies among my own kind, and now I’ve become their leverage. Asterion – My species’ arrogance nearly destroyed us. Now the survival of the Kharoi rests on the one race I despise most: the deceitful, emotional, greedy humans. As commander, the first human volunteer for the Alien Trade belongs to me. I vowed I’d never betray the memory of my lost mate, and Dawn should be nothing more than duty, but she’s an anomaly. Her tears are not a ploy. Her emotions are undeniably real. She is a disruptive force, tearing down the walls around my heart. Releasing her is the only way to stop myself before I ruin us both. I am a fool. I underestimated the depth of human treachery. Now Dawn is trapped in a lethal power struggle, and when I reclaim her, there will be no more restraint. No more denial. This time, I will not let her go—even if claiming her fully costs us everything.     AmazonKU

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ELIJAH (SEVEN DEADLY SINS BOOK ONE) by N J Walters

Bounty hunter and werewolf, Elijah Sin lives by one rule: Stay away from other werewolves and pack politics at all costs. Known as the seven deadly Sins, he and his brothers are outliers living on Sin Mountain in Kentucky. Her daddy’s death has sent Kinley Wright on the run from her former pack to avoid a forced mating. Desperate for help, she tries to hire Eli, only to discover he’s a wolf, like her.
Under threat from her former pack, there is only one place Eli and Kinley can turn for help—his brothers. Blood will spill and lives will be lost. Trust is fragile between them, but the attraction is explosive. Even if they survive the coming storm their love might become a casualty.

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CALLIOPE (SPEED DATING WITH THE DENIZENS OF THE UNDERWORLD BOOK 40) by Ariel Dawn

An artist without inspiration. A man with a broken heart. A masterpiece in the making. For a muse like Calliope, there is no life without the beauty of art. So when Callie finds herself with a case of artist’s block following the loss of a successful patron, she isn’t quite sure she’ll ever find someone to inspire again. That is until a stunning man in a Zorro mask walks into the speed dating masquerade at the DeLux Cafe and leaves her breathless in more ways than one. Can one night of passion stoke Callie’s embers and light her fire for all eternity? Or will the magic between her and her mystery man be the very thing that breaks the muse for good?

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CHANT OF CHEATS (HEIST OF HEARTS SERIES BOOK THREE) by E A Winters

Bound by a curse they never chose, Grigg and Adelina’s hearts beat as one-even when torn apart. And now a bond they cannot break may be the one weapon no one counted on. Imprisoned in the nightmare fortress of Himmelhain, Grigg is forced into the Jester of Fates’ cruel experiments-his daily companions a cursed plant and the beasts he must battle to survive. Every lash of pain he endures sears through Adelina as well through the magical link they bear between them. Adelina may have gained distance from the Jester for now, but freedom is no victory. To rescue Grigg, she must master forbidden magic, outwit the Queen of the Sea, and bargain with the mysterious King of the Wind-rumored to devour all who cross him. If they fail, the Jester will break free, the Queen will rise, and the world will drown in their war. And if Grigg and Adelina succeed, the very chains that bind them may unravel their fates forever.       Amazon

STEEL AND SILENCE: MM VAMPIRE ROMANCE (HUNTING HEARTS BOOK THREE) by TJ Nichols

He wants everyone to learn the truth…Trent Fox learned the hard way about vampires. Now, a decade later, he’s even more determined to expose the crimes of the Orlan vampire family. He wants them to suffer the way countless humans have—but he knows nothing of the other vampire families.Garrick Reid is the eldest son of the current Reid matriarch. His job has always been to protect his sisters and his family. His life is valued by how useful he is, how trustworthy…and it is a very nice life where he wants for nothing. Nothing except to be wanted for who he is, not what he can do. Silencing Trent before he exposes vampires to humans is Garrick’s new order. But Trent’s research runs deep, and his fear of vampires deeper. If they can work together, they may turn the tide in the vampire war that almost ended the Hadley family.

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TELL THEM THAT I’M COMING (SOMBRA DEMONS) by Sarah Spade

I swear, if I never hear the word ‘prophecy’ again, it’ll be too soon. My whole life, I’ve known that I was the child of prophecy. Half human, half demon, I was only four months old when I supposedly saved the world. Twenty-five years later, I strive to have a future when I’ve already done what I was born to do. And that’s when I overhear my parents discussing a second prophecy about me…Each halfling in Sombra has their own gift. Mine has been my ability to wield the shadows that make up my father’s home world. Along with my soul-pet, Binx, and my best friend, Rafe, I can visit all of the neighboring realms. Except for one. Noctavara isn’t home to demons. The human realm has no contact with the warded world, either. It’s a gilded cage for the fae—and the plane where I’m meant to find my future. But, first, I have to find Rafe. Sold to a slaver in Noctavara, I’m determined to get him back any way I can… which would be a lot easier if I didn’t get caught by a fae bandit who has his own reasons to help me reach the Gilded Court. And me? When I realize who he is, I have my own reasons to escape his golden gaze and blinding smile… but Thane Aurex is more persuasive than he should be, and now Binx and I have a new fae companion. As we journey together through a world unlike the one I left behind, I have one message for the cruel Court that thinks they can steal from Alana of Sombra: Tell them that I’m coming.      AmazonKU

WE BORROW THE LIGHT (BLOODSTONE ACADEMY SERIES BOOK TWO) by G Bailey

Every generation of the Daygan family went to Bloodstone Academy, but it was all a lie. I was taken as a baby, manipulated and used, my memories and time stolen. Now they want me to marry Hemlock Mercury. Over my dead body. Mazikeen Lycidas, Kane Ardian, Black Ashveil, and Valeron Drexan are my bonded. More than that, they are my fated mates—and I am half dragon, fire and fury incarnate. I will burn through every barrier to bond with them this year—again—and this time, I will not have my memories taken from me. No one will tear us apart. Spells are going to save us, the Umbral Authority is going to fall, and shifters will be freed. Vengeance will be mine. This is my fourth year at Bloodstone Academy, and it will be my last. I remember—and I won’t forget. And neither will they.   AmazonKU

RAINING CATS AND CURSES (ELLA BLOOM MYSTERIES BOOK FIVE) by Sarah Noffke

When the storm of the century hits Gloamington, killer weather isn’t the only thing to worry about. A renowned cryptozoologist arrives in town to study Gloamington’s magical creatures. Instead of discovering new species, he becomes the latest casualty when his body is found during the worst storm in decades. Malcolm Fawkes and Ella Bloom must navigate a web of suspects while battling hurricane-force winds. From rival researchers to protective locals, everyone had a reason to want the controversial scientist silenced forever. The cryptozoologist had made dangerous enemies with his groundbreaking research. His latest discovery could have won him another prestigious award—or gotten him killed. While Ella battles to control her mysterious powers and Malcolm desperately seeks the memory that could restore everything, Agent Cage from the Department of Defense circles like a vulture, ready to shut down the Gloaming forever. But as the storm intensifies and political pressure mounts, finding the truth becomes a race against time. Can Ella and Malcolm discover what happened to the cryptozoologist and save Gloamington before winds, murder and politics tear it apart?       AmazonKU

HEXES AND FOES (AGENTS OF SPELL BOOK ONE) by CD Rachels

VS Note: MM PNR.

He was the boy I couldn’t stand in sorcery school. And now he’s the only man who can help me stop a dark threat. I take pride in being one of the lead agents tasked in protecting the magical world. It’s not an easy job to put our lives on the line keeping mortals and mages safe. Slaying extradimensional monsters is a regular day for us. But new threats are emerging, and my new partner is the one dude I thought I’d never see again. My old schooltime rival used to get under my skin, and clearly, that hasn’t changed. Still, he’s just as proficient as he was all those years ago. While we work together, secrets emerge, and when we aren’t bickering, we learn to protect each other. As dark threats rise to power, I need Taz to back me up in the art of breaking hexes and saving lives. It’s entirely possible he and I have had a sizzling chemistry that burned deeper than teen rivalry. We’re men now, and we need to protect the magical community―that is, if we can stop being at each other’s throats for five minutes.
The only thing scarier than hating my foe, is falling for him. Being an agent of SPELL just got more complicated.      AmazonKU

A KISS FROM A GARGOYLE (KISS FROM A MONSTER SERIES) by Charlotte Swan

Willow is unlike all the other pious Sisters that live within Thorncatcher Monastery. Adopted by the One True Faith as a baby, she has lived a humble life inside the religious order, all the while harboring a reckless and wicked spirit. These urges she feels push her to explore beyond the walls that have caged her. Feelings of love and lust swirl inside her until she snaps by kissing a local boy in full view of her congregation. Now she must be punished, and the lecherous Father Knoll, who’s always had an eye on Willow, knows just the place she’ll beg for forgiveness. Remanded to Shadowveil Church, it is a crumbling structure, worn down by years of disuse. For three days, she will reside there: naked, hungry, and in prayer, beseeching God to forgive her for her sins. Willow soon learns that there’s more than meets the eye as the church conceals a dark secret from the One True Faith’s past. A gargoyle, trapped in a prison of marble, resides atop the dias, unmoving. But not for long. The moment Baezal hears the cries of the small human woman locked inside his church, the bounds of his curse are released, freeing him from the century he spent as a statue. With his newfound freedom, leaving the church is the last thing on his mind as he takes in Willow. One look at her and he knows everything has changed for him. She needs a protector—a guardian, the very thing he was created for. And, God willing, a lover who will take him into her bed. Willow’s curiosity about the creature before her is piqued the moment she sees him. The wickedness flares to life within her, and for the first time, she has the chance to satisfy all her wanton urges. Will she finally be about to please her fiery soul? Or will their night of passion burn too hotly to last?      Amazon

FATED TO THE ALPHA BEAR (BEAR PROTECTOR BOOK TWO) by Reece Barden

EMMA – My brother’s gambling debt made me collateral. My grumpy bear shifter rescuer is about to make me his. One minute I’m living my quiet life; the next, I’m taken by dangerous men who want to use me as leverage. Then he shows up. Bodhi doesn’t do conversation, but the longer I’m under his protection, the more I see what he’s hiding. A man running from his past. An alpha avoiding his throne. And a hunger in his eyes that makes me feel anything but scared. BODHI – She’s trouble. A target with my enemies’ crosshairs painted on her back. She’s also mine. Now she’s making me feel things I buried years ago. Tempting me to claim what my bear insists is ours. I left my clan to escape my father’s legacy. Swore I’d never go back. Never lead. Never let anyone close enough to hurt me again. But Emma’s awakened something I can’t control, the destiny I tried to avoid, and the beast I swore I’d never be.      AmazonKU

WICKED CHILL (WICKED EVERMORE BOOK THREE) by Ines Johnson

Once upon a time, a ruthless Snow Queen gets her happily ever after. Ravenna rules her frozen court with a heart locked in ice and a will sharper than any blade. Feared for her cold magic and whispered beauty, she has spent years untouched, unmoved, and unimpressed—until the day she sets her sights on Prince Charming, the golden boy promised to Snow White. Stealing a prince should be child’s play for a queen like her. But it’s not the pampered prince who intrigues her most—it’s the loyal Huntsman. When the Snow Queen’s wicked gaze falls on him, he doesn’t flinch. He challenges her, melts her defenses, and tempts her with a fierce, slow-burning passion that no magic can control. In a kingdom where loyalty can be bought, true love is a dangerous gamble. One icy queen. One defiant huntsman. One story rewritten.      AmazonKU

PUCK IN TIME: MM HOCKEY SHIFTER ROMANCE (PUCKS, PACKS AND PREGNANCIES BOOK ONE) by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelai M Hart

Fate doesn’t care about fame—only the mate I walked away from. I plan my life one goal at a time—win a hockey scholarship, crush my division, go pro. And I do it. Full ride to my dream school. Team captain as a sophomore. And my roommate, Stan, owns my heart, even if he has no idea. Then a scandal kills the entire hockey program overnight. I’m forced to choose: give up my dream or transfer. When a college recruiter promises me everything I’ve worked for, I take the deal and leave Stan behind. Years later, I’m a pro athlete, a household name, and the wolf-shifter hero kids look up to. But none of it matters to my wolf. He wants Stan, the omega we walked away from. I tell myself Stan has moved on. That I already lost my chance. One moment of distraction while crossing the street later and I wake up in the hospital with him at my bedside. Maybe I didn’t lose everything after all. Maybe fate just handed me the second chance I’m done pretending I don’t want.     AmazonKU

AT FIRST BITE: THE RELUCTANT VAMPIRE SLAYER by Lauretta Hignett

A brutally-hot philosophy professor, a brainiac newborn vampire, and a fortune-telling demon walk into a bar…The rift is open. That’s what Raisin Toast Ronan Bishop calls it, but in my head, it’s the hellmouth. I just wish it were vampires coming out of it. Vampires I can handle. But these demons are something else; something unknown, something unpredictable. Ronan’s got a demon database — and you know I love a database — but he needs help with the monster hunting. Which is a tad ironic, since research is my speciality and I still don’t know how to fight. Imagine my surprise when I discover that this particular demon was summoned out of the hellmouth specifically for me. I’ve made a powerful enemy without realizing it, and now, she’s coming for me.      AmazonKU

VAMPIRE LORD: BOOK ONE by Jessie Rose Case

He’d been alive for hundreds of years….. Hundreds of years making his world……He was one of the Vampire Lords. One of the oldest left on this world. One of the few that hadn’t gone mad with time. One with a reputation that was envied. They kept a fine balance with the humans. Now in the light, the world knowing of them, they were legitimate. Were public. Went to events and mixed with humans. His businesses were successful and made plenty of money. Both human and Other flocked to them. He offered it all legally. And looked after his staff. There was no reason not to. A lesson learned early. Look after your people and they looked after you. He paid his taxes. Played the human game and stayed out of Other politics. He had wealth and a large family. Picking his children with care. Back then, they were always at war. He needed warriors not uncontrollable nightmares. And learned from his own experience of being turned, to do it better. Men came to him for a number of reasons. And none of them, for immortality, for power, for dominance. If they did, he turned them away…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)       AmazonKU

DANCING WITH THE DRAGON (FERNDALE FALLS FOREVER BOOK THREE) by Krista Luna

My misbehaving magic traps me in a spicy romance book with the grumpy dragon, and we have to act out the plot! The growly dragon is stuck playing my lovestruck boyfriend until we finish the book and win its dance competition. And did I mention that it’s a spicy book? Hoo boy! I’ve gone from competent librarian to mistress of magical mayhem with my very first spell. Luke keeps me in his castle, demanding I figure out how to break the spell using his magical library… with him hovering over me the entire time! The fact that he’s so gorgeous makes it downright unbearable. Because every time the book’s plot takes over and Luke sweeps me into his strong arms for a dance, I crave the heat sizzling between us. Even worse? The romantic in me wants all his sweet words of love to be true, which has got to be my biggest mistake of all.       AmazonKU

BEARLY INKED by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM PNR.

Sometimes losing a bet has you winning everything. After a shitastick day at work, I call my bestie for an omega night out. Far too many shots in, I make a bet sober me would never agree to. One missed bulls-eye, and my fate is sealed. The wager? Loser gets a tattoo of the winner’s choice. I wake up the next morning with a headache the size of a small planet and video reminder of my bad decisions. Could I back out? Absolutely. I’d hear about it for the next decade. Better to suck it up and get some ink. It’s not like he’ll pick a clown tattoo on my forehead. Right? Worse, he chooses a mystery tattoo from their capsule machine. Please don’t let it be something boring. Please don’t let it be ugly. Please don’t let it change my life. Too late.        AmazonKU

PHANTOM QUEEN (OUROBOROS ACADEMY BOOK THREE) by J B Trepagnier

So, the brilliant part of our group is stuck as a jackal as we try to figure out the Forsaken Ones and how to kill them. Whatever Morgana and the witches did seems to be preventing them from hurting people for now, but Morgana said it’s just a bandaid. Nearly anyone else wouldn’t be able to undo the binding spell if they found it, but someone with Void powers could just suck the magic out of it. We’re narrowing in to who the other Forsaken is in this life, but we also have to figure out how to do what the old gods couldn’t and get rid of them for good this time.      AmazonKU

BOUGHT BY THEWILD ROC: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKET by Lia Frost

A bride auction. A Roc untouched for two hundred years. A nest he builds around her while she sleeps. WREN – When my uncle’s creditor raises a paddle to claim me, I do the only reckless, impossible thing that might save me. I choose the monster in the shadows instead. Tavrin is nothing like the horror I braced for. He fills my room with books I’ve whispered about only once. He brings me tea before I know I want it. He watches me like I’m a treasure he’s spent lifetimes searching for. But I can’t curl into safety. Not yet. TAVRIN – I bought her to free her. Now I’m the one undone. The mate bond snaps into place, and the change follows. Wings splitting skin, instincts narrowing to one command: claim, protect, keep. But her past threatens the only family she has left. And to save them, I must choose between two impossible things: Let her walk away. Or risk tearing myself apart to bring her and her sister home.      AmazonKU

RESCUING REBECCA (PARANORMAL SECURITY SERVICE BOOK TWO) by J Thompson

Ten years ago, Scott Hayes walked away from the only woman he ever loved. When his wolf awakened, he fled the New Forest and joined the Paranormal Security Service, learning to control the beast inside him while burying the bond he never claimed. Rebecca came home to open her dream veterinary clinic, not knowing the forest she loved was hiding something lethal. When animals begin turning up slaughtered and glowing eyes stalk her from the trees, danger is closer than she realizes. But protecting Rebecca shatters every rule he lives by, because she isn’t just his past. She’s his mate. As a violent rogue hunts her for his own twisted claim, ancient magic stirs in Rebecca’s blood, awakening a power tied to her family and the forest itself. With the pack watching and the PSS closing in, Scott must choose between duty and destiny. Because this time, he won’t run.   AmazonKU

BOUNDLESS VENGEANCE: A DARK SAPPHIC VAMPIRE THROUPLE ROMANCE (BLOOD ROYALE BOOK THREE) by Elle Mae

Vesper- I didn’t know what was worse. Getting kidnapped by the vampire council or being forced to serve a random vampire family. No, wait, it was my bonded going off and getting married while I could do nothing about it. Cedar and Atlas may have gotten me out, but I’ll stop at nothing to save Aurelia from her doom. Aurelia – I can save myself. Once I deciphered what the seer was saying, I knew exactly what I had to do, the thing I was born for. It will save us all, so why can’t they understand? They know my heart and soul better than anyone else, but if they insist on trying to ruin my plans, I might just have to teach them a lesson or two. Cedar – Getting involved with them might be the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done. Being thrown between powerful vampire families and a bastard vampire heir was definitely not on my to-do list. But I couldn’t let them face it all alone. Maybe I would have been better off rotting in the coven, but they showed me a world I never thought was possible. I’ll bring us back to our happy little life together, even if it means getting my hands dirty.      AmazonKU

THE MOON RAVEN by Grace Draven

Disaris jin Gheza’s rare gift for code-breaking means she must flee a conquering army and a fanatical cult, or become their prisoner and pawn. To evade capture, she will cross perilous territories and sorcerous borders, her aim, two-fold: rescue her sister from captivity and stop a goddess bent on remaking the world through destruction and bloodshed. But she won’t be facing danger alone. The battle mage known as the Moon Raven travels by her side. Once Disaris’s best friend and lover, Bron is now an uneasy ally with a death bounty on his head for desertion. Bound together by memories and a bond that they both believed broken, the two fugitives must outrun a deadly tracker, save a kingdom, and crush a savage deity – all without dying in the effort. A tale of loyalty and longing.   Amazon

FEAST OF THE VALLEY (APPRENTICE OF ANUBIS BOOK 19) by Laura Greenwood

The celebration of the dead has arrived. With the Beautiful Feast of the Valley around the corner, Ani has her hands full. Between meetings where she feels out of her depth and complicated preparations that have to be done precisely right, there’s a lot of pressure on her. And it only gets worse when she has to deal with another Blessed who wants to do anything other than listen to Ani’s instructions. Does she have what it takes to make the festival run smoothly? Feast of the Valley is book 19 in The Apprentice of Anubis, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and featuring an established couple, a jackal familiar, and the duties of an embalmer. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple politics, slow-burn workplace romance, and a world where the gods are real, then start the Apprentice Of Anubis series today with Apprentice Of The Dead.      Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

OOPS, I SUMMONED A DEMONIC MERMAN (WITCHES LOVE MONSTERS) by Naomi Lucas

One moment I’m within my domain in the abyss, and the next…She’s in front of me with a steam cleaner in her hand. Her name is Grace… but I’m in no threat of falling, feeling hexed…With her, I’ve ascended, on land. Now she wants to get rid of me, saying I’m an accident. Unfortunately for her, I have no intention of leaving without a taste. I plan to stay until she’s flustered, wet, and bent out of shape. Then maybe I’ll give her a reprieve, after I’ve had my fill of the chase. -Sepher, Duke of Hell     AmazonKU

THE GIRL WHO BIT ME: SPICY SAPPHIC VAMPIRE ROMANCE by Valerie Hunter

Six hundred years of immortal friendship. One bite that changes everything. Ancient vampires Aster Castelmar and Sylvia Maroven have been inseparable for six centuries. They’ve survived inquisitions, wars, collapsing empires, the industrial revolution—but now they face their most challenging obstacle yet: New York City rental prices. With only a week left in their last apartment, the broke best friends hatch a bold get-rich scheme: enthrall a billionaire. With Sylvia’s charm, Aster’s raw strength, and a dash of vampiric hypnosis, the plan should be foolproof. Then Sylvia bites Aster. It’s meant to be a joke, a fleeting thrill between lifelong companions. But instead, the bite awakens an ancient bond reserved for soulmates, forcing them to face feelings they’ve spent centuries denying.   AmazonKU

BALLAD OF THE BONE ROAD by A C Wise

Port Astor is a city of ghosts. Once home to the beautiful, brutal courts of the fae, forty years ago they vanished without explanation – and Port Astor decided to forget. Brix and Bellefeather are paranormal investigators, working to keep Port Astor’s wraiths and spectres from consuming the city. Both have hauntings of their own: Belle shares her body with a demon, Belizial; Brix has trapped the soul of his dead fiancée in the world of the living, unwilling to let her go. While investigating the glamorous and notoriously haunted Peony Hotel, Brix and Belle come across a young couple tangled up in one of the city’s most infamous tales. Jimmy Valentine, silver screen idol and one-time favorite of a fae queen, has returned to haunt the Peony. But Jimmy is no mere ghost, and Brix and Belle soon realize his return is more intimately tied to their own hauntings than they could ever have imagined. The fae have not forgotten that Port Astor once belonged to them. And their Hollow Queen won’t give up her kingdom so easily.

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ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN (QUEENS OF VILLAINY BOOK TWO) by Stephanie Burgis

Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who’d do anything to keep her people safe, including kidnap the empire’s most famous hero. The virtuous high general Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity. They’re opposites in every way, but when they’re swept up together in a grand–and deadly–fae tournament, they discover all of each other’s most hidden truths–and how perfectly they might be suited for each other after all.

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BURDEN’S MOON: NEW PROTECTORATE STORIES:  2025 HOLIDAY SPECIAL by Abigail Kelly

On the darkest nights, true warmth can be found with those we love. Celebrate the New Protectorate Universe’s most special time of year with thirty short stories! Some feature characters we already love, while others introduce us to new people and places. From harpies ready to leave the nest to snowball-throwing shifters and orcish royalty, join the citizens of the NPU for celebrations, quiet nights, a battlefield romance, family drama, and some really good food. This collection features some spoilers for several books in the series and is best enjoyed as a companion piece to the main stories.   AmazonKU

THE CRIMSON CODEX (THE MAGE AND HIS BRUTE BOOK THREE) by Ava Marie Salinger

VS note: MM PNR.

Some secrets are buried for a reason. But what happens when someone is willing to kill to unearth them? Duke Evander Ravenwood is barely back on his feet after the catastrophe at the Royal Institute when he is dragged before Parliament to answer for the chaos that followed. But political scheming is the least of his concerns. The elusive mastermind he and Viggo Stonewall have hunted for months continues to tighten his grip across Europe—and their new mission to track down the legendary Crimson Codex is about to thrust them straight into his path. From the gilded salons of Paris to the shadowed archives of Prague, from the opera houses of Vienna to the royal courts of Brussels, Evander, Viggo, and their loyal team must navigate a deadly web of conspiracy, royal intrigue, and dark mages who will stop at nothing to claim the Codex’s power.     AmazonKU

LOVE (LITERALLY) BITES (CHAOTIC PARANORMALS BOOK ONE) by Corina Bair

Nothing sucks more than being assigned to work with a (probably) murderous vampire in this new paranormal romantic comedy. Raya Merritt has no control over her chaotic shifting. Rabbit ears? Check. Mouse whiskers? Yep. Cheetah spots? Sure, why not? After a year of randomly transforming body parts–and with another full moon approaching–Raya is quickly losing hope of figuring out how to prevent these unwelcome changes, let alone live in harmony with her inner animal. Asher Sullivan is perfectly content on his own. He has a semi-friendly cat, a blood bank down the street, and a steady income. His life is boring and predictable, just the way he designed it. Until a relentlessly optimistic shifter shows up one day and upends it all. She invades his work space, transfixes his thoughts, and blinds him with cheerful smiles. When they’re forced to share a room on a work trip, Raya and Asher are thrown into each other’s orbit in a way that can’t be undone. Asher’s fangs ache to taste her, and Raya’s inner shifter responds differently to him than anyone else. It may be easy to ignore the dangers of their budding relationship while on a trip, but reality comes crashing back in when they return home to Portland, Oregon. Little do they know that their lives are on the line, and they’ll need each other to make it through.     AmazonKU

HER EVERY WISH (DARK FAIRYTALES BOOK TWO) by Ami Wright

A deliciously dark and spicy why-choose Aladdin re-telling – Princess Yalina was born to rule, but to claim her throne, she must marry to cement her kingdom’s standing with its powerful neighbours. Caught between duty and her desire for freedom, she escapes the palace for one forbidden night of passion, only to awaken something inside herself she can’t deny. Now she must somehow choose between the three who would claim her—or be claimed by her: Kaelun, the darkling street thief, one with the shadows, always one jump away from disaster. Charming and reckless, he’ll do anything she commands, but does that include sharing? Jah’ruud, the ancient wish spirit bound to Kaelun, but longing for freedom. Clever, seductive, all that leashed power ready to break free. Prince Arelion, the possessive dragon shifter who scents Yalina and knows she belongs to him. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Can Yalina tame her monsters before they destroy each other and her kingdom? And why should she choose just one when her heart calls her to claim all three?     AmazonKU

MOONSTONE by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

Magic and Moonlight in the Superstition Mountains…There is magic in the Moonstone necklace Jenny wears… if she will only believe it. It will take a gorgeous man who is also a werewolf to point this out and make Jenny believe in Miracles.

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BEWARE THE NECKROMANCER (IMPERFECT SHIFTERS BOOK ONE) by Lilo Quie

VS Note: MM PNR.

Life as a half giraffe mage, a hybrid on the fringes of society, has its positives and drawbacks. Greginald lives a simple life with his apothecary shop selling the odd herbal tea and spell for enhancements for certain kinds of men. Together with his whispering books and poltergeist that haunts the kitchen, he lives a fancifully dull life—until Esmeray comes along. Esmeray is working his way up from the bottom in his father’s law firm to prove himself worthy of the Faust name. The only problem is a certain mage who has earned the ire of the church and society at large. Well, that and his sentient demon shadow. Defending the mage means defending his life as well. They’ll do anything to ruin Greginald.      AmazonKU

SHE DOESN’T MIND: A FEMALE MONSTER SHORT by Elliot Ason

He came to the woods to find a cure. He found his fate instead. 
Alder has one mission: find the rare sparkweed to save his dying grandmother. He knows the local legends—that the forest is haunted, that it hungers, that people who go in rarely come out. But desperation makes men brave, and Alder steps into the trees believing he is the hunter. He’s wrong. With every step, the air grows heavier. His legs turn to lead. His thoughts begin to dissolve into a sweet, terrifying fog. And the predator waiting in the shadows isn’t a beast. It’s Eden. She is the guardian of these woods, and her methods are… unconventional. She’s watched Alder from the start, admiring his determination, waiting for the poison to take hold. Eden doesn’t mind that he’s struggling. She doesn’t mind that he’s scared. In fact, she prefers it. Because once the fog clears, he’ll belong to her. She Doesn’t Mind is a darker monster romance short story (approx. 5k words). It features a dominant female monster who isn’t afraid to take exactly what she wants—and neither is he.      AmazonKU

VALENTINE’S ANOTHER VAMPIRE by Heather Graham

Valentine’s Day is coming up! Adam Harrison has made arrangements for Jackson and Angela Hawkins Crow to head to New Orleans for the holiday, a bit of a romantic getaway for a couple usually working all kinds of crazy hours. And, in New Orleans, it’s also Mardi Gras Season. What fun . . .Except, of course . . .That means that they happen to be there when a Valentine’s vampire strikes. Argh! Another would-be vampire! But they know the city well, and naturally, yes, they’ll be working with the police, trying first to determine how a young lady who survived an attack can believe that she’s become a vampire herself, and then . . .Well, a savior is on the move. One ready to give her own life. And even in death . . .Lend a hand when needed, with a spirit as pure and sweet as ever that of a long-ago St. Valentine!     AmazonKU

THE WITCHING HOURS (THE CROWS) by Heather Graham

Skye McMahon sees things. Good and bad, the past unreels in her mind’s eye like a movie. Such is Skye’s uncanny life. That’s why she’s been summoned by Special Supervisory paranormal investigators Jackson and Angela Crowe, to help solve a mystifying murder and kidnapping on the outskirts of historic Salem. Alicia Bolton discovered her grandfather-in-law murdered, her nanny and her young son have both vanished without a trace, and her infant daughter was found terrified and crying in her playpen. Skye, partnered with the intriguing Zachary Erickson, a charmer with a psychic touch, is at first beset only by visions of Salem’s witch trials and the tragic, paranoia-fueled executions. Then she sets foot in the Boltons’ house. What Skye sees is not another innocent from the 17th century swinging from a noose. What she sees is a bona fide crone, pointed hat and all, preying on the family like something from a children’s nightmarish fairy tale. And when another local woman and her daughter inexplicably vanish, Skye has a second vision—that same wicked witch creeping up on her new victims on a lonely Salem road. It’s impossible to believe. Yet Skye’s visions never lie. As Skye and Zachary put their otherworldly abilities to use, and grow closer with each revelation, they’re lured into an ominous mystery enveloping Salem like a fog. Navigating suspects, whispers of a cult, and a sinister history that threatens to reignite in the present, with Zachary’s help, only Skye can see the way to find the missing—but first, she may have to dance with the devil himself.     Amazon     AB

STRAY MAGIC (GUARDIANS OF BOSTON BOOK TWO) by Zile Elliven

VS Note: MM PNR.

Clayton: The utterly unremarkable and forgettable assistant for the Boston chapter house is having the best/worst day ever, and it just keeps going! He’s either getting a monster boyfriend or getting eaten by one, and neither of them is sure which one they want more. Throw in some missing kids, a mysterious, sentient tree, and a boat that refuses to sink, and Clayton has what he’d call a regular Tuesday. Mal: The monster inside him just wants to eat people in peace and not get sucked into some bullshit wannabe guardian drama getting between him and a proper meal. Unfortunately for him, not only is Clayton’s misfiring magic constantly dragging Mal into his world, but the little asshole has the audacity to be attractive while doing it. Also, why do kids keep following him around like ducklings? A monster has his dignity, okay? This book can be read independently from any other book in the series because the author is a psychopath with no ability to follow traditional series rules. Perhaps one day they will, but so far, not so much.       AmazonKU

SILVER AND BLOOD by Jessie Mihalik

There’s something in the woods…When a vicious beast begins attacking her fellow villagers, Riela reluctantly agrees to enter the forbidden forest and kill the monster as she’s the only mage available—or so she thought. Untrained and barely armed, Riela is quickly overwhelmed when one beast turns into two. She fears her death is at hand until the unexpected arrival of a scarred, strikingly handsome man with gleaming moonlit magic changes her fate—and provides a rare opportunity to learn more about her own fickle power. After being rescued and healed from the beast’s poison, Riela awakens in a magical castle complete with a gorgeous library, a strange wolf, and the surly man who saved her life. She soon learns Garrick is both more powerful and far deadlier than a mere mortal mage—but thanks to a century-long curse, his powers are weakening. Trapped in his castle and surrounded by the treacherous woods, the spark of attraction between Riela and Garrick slowly ignites into fiery desire. But the more they discover about Riela’s magic, the more suspicious Garrick grows of her identity. As they unravel the secrets and lies connecting Riela’s past to Garrick’s, the tenuous threads of trust between them start to fray. Because Riela’s life—or her death—might be the key to regaining everything Garrick has lost.      Amazon     AB       Apple Books      Kobo

TO RIDE A RISING STORM: THE SECOND BOOK OF NAMPESHIWEISIT by Moniquill Blackgoose

Anequs has not only survived her first year at Kuiper’s Academy but exceeded her professors’ admittedly low expectations—and passed all her courses with honors. Now she and her dragon, Kasaqua, are headed home for the summer, along with Theod, the only other native student at the Academy. But what should have been a relaxing break takes a darker turn. Thanks to Anequs’s notoriety, there is an Anglish presence on Masquapaug for the first time ever: a presence that Anequs hates. Anequs will always fight for what she believes in, however, and what she believes in is her people’s right to self-govern and live as they have for generations, without the restrictive yoke of Anglish rules and social customs. And fight she will—even if it means lighting a spark that may flare into civil war.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

WE WHO HAVE NO GODS by Liza Anderson

Vic Wood has her priorities: scrape by on her restaurant wages, take care of her younger brother Henry, and forget their mother ever existed. But Vic’s careful life crumbles when she discovers that their long-missing mother belonged to the Acheron Order—a secret society of witches tasked with keeping the dead at bay. What’s worse, Henry inherited their mother’s magical abilities while Vic did not, and he has been chosen as the Order’s newest recruit. Determined to keep him safe, Vic accompanies Henry to the isolated woods in upstate New York that host the sprawling and eerie Avalon Castle. When she joins the academy despite lacking powers of her own, she risks not only the Order’s wrath, but also her brother’s. And then there is the imposing, ruthless, and frustrating Xan, the head Sentinel in charge of protecting Avalon. He makes no secret of wanting Vic to leave. As she makes both enemies and allies in this mysterious realm, Vic becomes caught between the dark forces at play, with her mother at the heart of it all. What’s stranger is that Vic is beginning to be affected by the academy—and Xan—in ways she can’t quite understand. But with war between witches threatening the fabric of reality, Vic must decide whether to risk her heart and life for a world where power is everything.

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SHATTERED THRONES: AN EPIC SAPPHIC FANTASY (ARCADIAN SKIES BOOK TWO) by Annathesa Nikola Darksbane

Jonelise fell to her death. Her revolution might follow. In her absence, her lovers struggle to hold the line. Adrienne, with borrowed faith and stubborn courage. Esmeralda, with violence and reckless abandon. Samantha, with convoluted schemes and a willingness to execute anyone in her way. But hope burns low as the world Jone fought to save tears itself apart. Meanwhile, Jonelise wanders an endless Abyss where the only way out is to confront herself, her mistakes, and the enigmatic spirit that shares her mind and soul. A spirit that may not be content to share them much longer. To fight her way back to the women she loves, Jone must survive capture, betrayal, and impossible opposition. She must decide how far she’ll go, how much she’ll sacrifice, how many lines she’ll cross to keep her rebellion and her lovers together, even as old wounds threaten to tear them apart. Because to save her home and those she loves, she’ll have to kill a woman who cannot die, and slay a Dragon…twice. Revolution is bloody. Survival is brutal. Final battles. Impossible choices. Found family tested by dragonfire. And a polyamorous love that refuses to break—even after death.     AmazonKU

AN EXCHANGE OF HEARTS by K L Noone

All Princess Celia has ever wanted is to be left alone. She’s built her own enchanted tower out of glass and thorns, where she can keep the world outside while exploring her magical gifts, far away from royal expectations and an arranged marriage. But she’s woven her protections too well — and even though she’s finding her tower lonely after so long, she can’t undo her spell alone. Stefan only agreed to accompany his brother in order to provide magical help. After all, rescuing the princess of the glass castle is supposed to be Crown Prince Garald’s quest, not his magician’s. But the quest has already claimed lives, and Stef can’t let his brother face the peril alone. Besides, he likes a challenge. Unlocking the spell will require Stef and Celia to use all their power and find the key in an exchange of hearts.       Amazon

TALK ORCY TO ME by Zora Black

I came on this dating show to save my bakery. Now I’m trying not to climb an orc like a jungle gym on national television. The producers said fall in love. They didn’t say anything about him being seven feet of tusked, growly, bakery-fixing chaos with a warlord stare and a cinnamon roll addiction. Korgan is not boyfriend material. He’s more like… final boss meets small-town disaster husband. He fixed my oven, lifted me onto a counter without asking, and growled at the health inspector. Now the network wants us to fake a love story. Too late. I’m already writing our vows in buttercream. But when they turn the cameras against me, when the trolls come for my shop, my sanity, and my orc? He burns the whole script. He showed up with tusks, trauma, and a mixer attachment. Now he’s my favorite kitchen appliance.     AmazonKU

A DEMIGODDESS’S GUIDE TO LOVE by Jennifer Peel

She wrote the rules of love. He’s about to make her break every one. Demi Blake never asked to be the daughter of Eros, god of love. She’d rather hide behind her black muumuu and bureaucratic rulebook than embrace her divine destiny. As director of the Bureau of Affectional Affairs, she’s made it her mission to regulate mortal relationships with ruthless precision—and with zero tolerance for cinematic romance tropes. But her father and great‑grandfather, Zeus, think it’s high time she fell in love herself—and used her divine gifts for good. Their solution? A quest. Demi must join the cast of Love Unscripted. The dating show—hosted by Roman Archer, son of Cupid, single dad, and walking violation of everything she stands for—is a glittery nightmare of grand gestures, slow‑motion kisses, and love at first sight. And now she’s contractually obligated to be its reluctant star. To make matters worse, she and Roman share a complicated past. They loathe each other—or at least they pretend to. Because deep down, Demi knows the truth her goddess side whispered to her years ago: Roman isn’t just her rival. He’s her soulmate. Her fated match. As the cameras roll and the gods meddle from above, Demi begins to realize the biggest threat isn’t public humiliation—it’s the possibility that Roman might actually be worth falling for. Will Roman recognize that he’s held the key to Demi’s heart all along, or will fate’s cruel timing tear them apart once more?     AmazonKU

FROST AND IRON (THE ASHLAND CHRONICLES BOOK ONE) by Edale Lane

VS Note: FF FAntasy.

A hunter from the marsh. A queen forged by duty. A bond neither expected. Lark Sutter has never feared the wilds of Saltmarsh Reach. Raised by her iron-willed grandmother and tempered by wild weather, loss, and hard survival, she’s become a hunter and fighter who protects her own. But when a raider attack leaves her friend on the brink of death, Lark is driven to the last place she ever thought she’d go: Verdancia’s gleaming capital, demanding aid from a queen she has no reason to trust. Queen Azaleen Frost is no stranger to sacrifice. Crowned young, she rules Verdancia with a steady hand and a heart kept tightly guarded. Duty rises above all—until Lark storms into her hall, mud on her boots, fire in her eyes, and desperation in her voice—shaking Azaleen’s resolve in ways she cannot ignore. As Verdancia edges toward open conflict, fate binds Lark and Azaleen in an uneasy alliance. Threatened by war hawks, cultists, looming shortages, and scheming politicians, the two women must stand together if they hope to save their people and fortify the kingdom for what lies ahead.   AmazonKU

ARACHNID HOLIDAY (BETAS IN WAITING BOOK 33) by Viola Grace

Rache is having a fun night out at a dance club when she meets a man with dark eyes and smooth moves… and then she meets her ex-friend. Being friend-zoned that hard leaves a big mark, but she can still dance. The next day, she gets a call from her friend Eden, and Eden has a plan. She is going to deliver the surrogate child that she is carrying and make sure that it’s legally with its parents, so her brother can’t sell it to the highest bidder. It isn’t the first child that he has done it to. The moment she is able, Eden and Rache are on the way to the islands, meeting a new friend on the way, who is stuck in her elf form. Moira is a designer who was born on Emerald but is heading to Wonder. She needs a place where being hard to miss doesn’t matter, and as she can’t look human again, she wants a place where strutting her stuff won’t gain attention. Together, they head for the islands, one for refuge, one for a new start, and one who just wants a vacation.

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WICKED WITH WANDS by Kim Richardson

I freed my ninja-butler. In my defense, he deserved it. Unfortunately, freedom comes with side effects. After surviving a reality-eating parasite, saving my husband, and keeping my family alive through yet another magical catastrophe, I thought things might finally calm down. They did not. Big surprise. The town wards are acting weird. Davenport House feels… twitchy. And something deep in my family’s magical foundation has started noticing that I changed the rules. Turns out House was never just a butler. He was part of a very old, very serious system designed to keep something quiet. And now it isn’t. With Hollow Cove still recovering, magic behaving badly, and my son sensing things I’d rather not explain at bedtime, I’m stuck cleaning up a mess I didn’t even know existed. One buried beneath centuries of Davenport magic. Saving the world once was exhausting. Saving it again, when the problem lives under your own house and has a long memory, might actually kill me.         AmazonKU

THE HAUNTING OF ORPHAN MANSION by Skylar Finn

Emily thought inheriting her great aunt’s house would solve her money problems. Instead, it reveals the truth about her disappearance. She was murdered, and the killer was never caught. Now the house is haunted by ghosts who know what happened, and they are running out of time. To survive, Emily and her husband must uncover the truth before the killer silences them for good.   AmazonKU

CALMING A GORGON (CRYPTID ENFORCEMENT BUREAU BOOK TWO) by Shelby Rhodes

VS Note: MMM MPREG PNR. Cliffhanger.

Ender Imorus here, to share a startling development in my very dead love life. My portion of this backwards story begins when I feel an odd urge. I thought about ignoring it, but what those blasted Fates want, they usually get, so why bother? Don’t suppose I could’ve guessed it would lead me right to Cyrus Grimm and Killian Neftlem, two people I should stay far away from. Mainly as I’d prefer to remain free and at large, instead of charged and imprisoned. But meet, we did, and some dramatic things happened, which ended with those two wonderful, authoritative, law-abiding cryptids donating into the bank of Ender. After which…tada, pregnant! An accident, yes, but it’s also my chance at a family again. And it is my chance, as they are mine! That Fate and Siren are acting like they want more, but I can see through it! Call me paranoid, but no one is taking my babies from me. I won’t let it happen, and I know they will try! Does part of me want to drop my paranoia and let them in? Not really. I’m quite happy with my paranoia. I let it flourish, and it keeps me safe! But—and it’s a very small but—there’s a possibility that the two ain’t faking, and are my chance to start over. The question is, do I want it? Nah—paranoia all the way! Okay…an itty-bitty part of my elderly butt wants all they’re offering, but what are the chances those two are being serious?!      AmazonKU

WICKED IS MY CURSE: WICKED FAE REALMS BOOK FIVE by L A McGinnis

Three sworn enemies. One hundred years of betrayal. A prophecy inked in blood. Assassin. Executioner. Traitor. Lyrae Antares has worn many masks to keep herself alive. Under Queen Anaria, she finally found her place—as Dreadwatch General and the queen’s most trusted blade—until the Royal Seer foresees a threat rising from the Shadowlands, where an ancient prince rules from a fortress of mist and bone. They call him the Dark Prince of the Shadowlands. And no one leaves his realm alive. No one…except Ryland Storme—the mercurial career criminal who broke Lyrae’s heart and left a scar that never healed. To cross the Shadowlands, Lyrae must join forces with Ryland and Varian Kronos, the bounty hunter whose treachery sentenced Lyrae’s only sister to the executioner’s blade. Sent to collect three dangerous Fae relics, forced to collaborate with the two men who betrayed her, Lyra discovers the prince isn’t the deadliest threat they face. And falling for her nemesis definitely wasn’t part of the plan.     AmazonKU

THE UNKNOWN DAEMON (OMNIS BOOK TWO) by M M Parks

A new path…After Ena’s bold decision to join Ty in the Underworld, she must navigate her status as the only witch in a society of daemons. Charged with posing as his witch-slave for her own safety, she learns to embrace her dark side, all while grappling with the guilt of her decision to leave her sister and Coven behind. A growing love…After waiting for nine years, Ty finally has what he’s always wanted—Ena. As their trust and bond grows, Ty must grapple with his many conflicting responsibilities to his people, to Ena, and to himself. Can he have everything he wants or is hope for the future only a delusion? An unknown future…As Ena and Ty work together with daemon and witch allies alike, they must find a way to break the bond to Iblis, setting right that which the witches broke centuries ago. But as they uncover more about the amulet, the ritual, and the very Gods they worship, they find that everything is not as simple as it once seemed. Together, can they forge a new future, for their peoples and themselves, or will their differences forever keep them apart? The Unknown Daemon is the second book in the Omnis series, a spicy dark romantasy series based on Greek mythology with forbidden romance and unique magical cultures.      AmazonKU

KNIGHT’S FIRE (KNIGHTS OF ENAR BOOK THREE) by Juliette Caruso

She’s the hostage of an enemy knight… yet she’s safer than she’s ever been. Lady Ayla of Blackfell has spent the last three years living in fear of her cruel husband, surviving through quiet, daring acts of resistance. But when a traitorous knight conquers the castle, Ayla finds herself the personal hostage of a warrior far deadlier than the one she married. Niel doesn’t care whether his father’s rebellion succeeds, but he’ll gladly use the war to exact his own revenge against the nobility. There’s just one problem: right as he’s about to ransom the castle’s lady back to her lord, he sees the bruises covering her arm. Now he refuses to let her go. With the Queen’s army surrounding castle Blackfell, they’re trapped together for a long, cold, winter siege. Ayla doesn’t want to return to her old life. But if Niel wins, his father’s armies will destroy her country, and if he loses, he’ll be put to the sword. If she can’t forge a path to peace between Niel and the crown, she’ll have to choose between her homeland and the knight who, despite his treachery, has begun to claim her heart.       AmazonKU

CORBIN (DRAGON GUARDIANS BOOK THREE) by Minerva Howe

VS Note: MM PNR.

Dragon fae shifter Corbin has been watching over the fae man he rescued from vampires for months. He’s had to fight to keep Evander safe, to let him sleep and heal and not be carted off to the land of summer to be healed, or worse, executed. He knows Evander will wake soon, and when he does, he will be the mate Corbin has been waiting for. Evander wakes, relieved to find the vampire attack didn’t change him from the hunt lord that he knows himself to be. And he immediately knows Corbin is meant for him. But there’s danger in the land of summer, and in the human world, that the guardian house will have to face. And when his mate Corbin gets pregnant, Evander is determined to protect Corbin and his brothers at any cost. Can he and Corbin eliminate the vampire threat and still have a future together? Corbin is a dragon fae mpreg romance with vampire fighting, lots of kid time, and family drama with hunt lord, dragons, and one pissed off fae queen mother.       AmazonKU

THE WOLF AND THE CROWN OF BLOOD by Elizabeth May

A princess and a war-weary god met in the ashes of a broken city, forging a pact in blood and sacrifice. Now, centuries of fragile peace are on the brink of collapse…Bryony Devaliant was born to die — again and again. In Vartena, royal blood is the currency of peace, with every monarch sacrificed and resurrected to appease the gods. But when rebellion stirs, the god-king sends his deadliest weapon to restore order: an immortal assassin known only as the Wolf. Evander has perfected the art of killing over centuries — until his latest target becomes the one person he cannot destroy. When forbidden desire burns between the assassin and the sacrificial princess, their connection threatens the fragile boundary between gods and mortals. And when that boundary shatters, empires crumble. Because when gods fall in love with mortals, mortals are always the ones to break. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Eros and Psyche…        Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

KING OF RAVENS (UPON A BROKEN THRONE) by Clare Sager

He’ll do anything to keep her. She’d do anything to escape. Rhiannon is dying—of what, she doesn’t know. Kept protected by her family in their remote seaside cottage, she spends her days searching for a cure. Her world is torn apart, however, when a fae King of the Dead invades her home. Cold and cruel, Drystan offers her a choice: descend to the underworld as his bride or watch her family die. Trapped in a twisted bargain, Rhiannon is thrust into a world of withered gods, scheming courtiers, and ancient magic, but she refuses to be a pawn in a game she never agreed to play. She attempts over and over to run away, until Drystan offers her a new bargain: escape his deadly labyrinth, and he will set her free. Fail, and become his bride. But in a court where every promise has teeth, Annon must make an impossible choice: return to the home she’s always loved or claim her place in a world where she might finally belong.       AmazonKU

BOUND IN BLOOD by Jesi Donovan

I was never supposed to matter. Just another null-blood foster kid waiting to disappear. Then the Ashworth Academy came for me. Dragged through a portal and locked inside a school that trains monsters, I’m told I’m not powerless, I’m necessary. Four dangerously unstable students need an anchor. A stabilizer. Someone to bind them before they lose control. Caine is a vampire who feeds on fear. Ronan hides his cruelty behind charm. Dagon is fire barely contained in human skin. Bastian wields shadows and secrets. They don’t want me. They don’t trust me. But the bond doesn’t care what any of us want. If I fail, they burn the world down. If I succeed, I lose myself to four monsters who were never meant to love. And if I try to run? Ashworth always collects its debts. Bound by blood. Trapped by magic. Claimed by ruin.       AmazonKU       AB

STITCHED IN FATE: PITTSBURGH VAMPIRE VOL 30 by B A Stretke

VS Note: MM PNR.

He was a man living on the edge of exhaustion. Now, he’s a man living on the edge of a supernatural world he never knew existed. Myles Fisher is drowning. Between his work schedule and parents who treat him like a personal ATM, he’s one bill away from breaking. He’s spent his life playing it safe, but safety hasn’t kept the bruises away. Then Flint Marsh walks into his shop. Flint is everything; powerful, sophisticated, and dangerous. As a high-level security professional for the mysterious Hadden Corporation, Flint moves in circles Myles can only dream of. But from the moment their eyes meet, Flint doesn’t just see a shop clerk—he sees his beloved, the one soul he has waited lifetimes to claim. For Myles, a coffee date with Flint feels too good to be true. For Flint, it’s a race against time. In a city where shifters wage a hidden war, Myles has unknowingly become a pawn in a deadly game of blackmail. When shadows come to snatch Myles from the light, Flint must unleash his darkest instincts to save him. In a world of ancient bloodlines and fated bonds, can a human tailor find his perfect fit with a vampire protector? Or will the threads of their new life be cut before they can even begin? New beginnings. Fresh starts. And a love that defies the laws of nature.      Amazon

SWIPE RIGHT ON FATE by Roxie Ray

He’s a vampire who never fit in. She’s a werewolf with no wolf. He’s lonely. She’s done settling. And for once, a human dating app feels like a level playing field. Then ByChance throws them together as a “PERFECT match”… and fate immediately starts getting in the way. But when their first date goes sideways and his “normal guy” act melts away, they’re forced to face the truth: love doesn’t care if you fit in. It cares if you’ve finally found someone who sees you.      AmazonKU

FORGET ME by T  S Joyce

Lance Denison is doing everything in his power to ignore Valentine’s Day. He hates the holiday and is ready for February 14th to be over. When his best friend offers him an all inclusive three-night stay at his inn to celebrate UnValentine’s Day, Lance has to admit, he’s curious. The week has a few rules: no romance, no flowers, no chocolates, and no mush whatsoever. Sounds like a good week to him. When a bite-sized woman runs into him at check-in, Lance doesn’t know what to do with the little tornado. He can’t tell if she’s rude or funny, but he does know one thing—he wants to find out more about her. Birdie Grenadine has eyes that glow like a shifter’s, but she’s being secretive about her shifter animal for reasons that don’t make any sense to him. Usually, Valentine’s Day week is his least favorite of the year, but this year is different. This year…he has found a beautiful distraction. Birdie Grenadine has reserved a cabin at the Woodpecker Inn for one reason, and one reason alone—to meet another rare shifter named Ava. When she asks a handsome stranger for directions, he grates on her nerves immediately. Humans are a lot, and this one keeps pestering her. The more she gets to know him though, the more she wants to spend time with him. Humans and shifters aren’t supposed to mix, but what harm could a little vacation fling do? In three tiny days, she will head back to her real life, but for this short snowy UnValentine’s Day vacation? Maybe she could have a little fun. Too bad her animal is misbehaving, and now everyone gets to have some of the most unforgettable moments of their lives as they realize what she really is.      AmazonKU       AB

DO YOU EVEN SHIFT, BRO? by River Ramsey

Breaking my bond with Kyle’s coven should be easy, right? Except the ritual requires dragon’s blood (supposedly extinct), a mysterious professor who makes my wolves want to commit murder, and me trusting four alpha wolf himbos enough to let them mark me permanently. No pressure. Killian, Sean, Micah, and Rowan are everything Kyle wasn’t. Protective without being controlling, generous without keeping score, and convinced my scars make me more beautiful, not less. They’re also chaotic disasters who’ve been banned from half the buildings on campus and think “lasers, nukes, and chainsaws” is a reasonable decision-making system. But the coven isn’t done with me. The threatening texts keep coming. And when I finally let the pack bond snap into place, something else wakes up.      AmazonKU

TROPES AND TENDERNESS (BLUE RIDGE CHARM BOOK TWO) by M A Innes

VS Note: MM PNR.

Klynn – Humans. Klynn knows that humans come in a variety of shapes, colors, and personalities. What he isn’t expecting is to find a human mate. A stern mate who glares and doesn’t talk about diner nonsense or mate business in public. He’s perfect. The only problem? How to tell the human that he’s Klynn’s mate. Agent Murphy – Aliens. Agent Murphy knows aliens—dragons especially—come in all shapes, colors, and personalities. What he isn’t expecting is to find one rational, perfect man in a sea of ridiculousness and inappropriate questions. Klynn is private, serious, and not into talking about diner nonsense. The only problem? How to figure out what kind of diner nonsense his boy is actually into. When a passionate reader finds the main character of his dreams, two unconventional men will write a story that bridges the stars.     AmazonKU

HER BEARY FRESH START by Theodora Taylor

Vacant Little Thing. That’s what I became to survive my abusive marriage. Empty. Compliant. Subservient. I escaped once. Sent my ex to prison, got the divorce, rebuilt my life, and my relationship with my daughters. Then he got out of prison and found me. I took him back. Happily. At least, that’s what I told my daughters. They think I’ve lost my mind, choosing to return to a toxic relationship. They don’t know I’m trapped again, protecting them the only way I know how. By staying silent. By disappearing into myself. By abandoning all hope of ever escaping again. Until him. Actually… until them: a grumpy smokejumper with burning blue eyes that see through every convenient lie I tell, a retired Mountie who quietly gets to fixing anything that’s broken—even if it’s me, and an erudite teacher who makes me remember all the things I wanted for myself before my ex came along. I’m fifty-six years old, but maybe it’s not too late for a Beary Fresh Start after all.      AmazonKU

LEARNING TO LOVE…BOOK ONE SHADE by M L Knight

Shade Mallory has spent her life cast aside, cursed, and treated as nothing more than a servant in her own pack. Hope feels like a cruel joke—until Alpha Caelan Kendrick opens his Choosing Ceremony to outsiders. Pressured to find a mate, he’s resigned to duty over destiny. But when Shade steps into his world, fate refuses to be ignored. Sparks fly, secrets stir, and a bond neither expected begins to form. Yet, with shadows of the past looming and enemies watching, one question remains—will their connection be their salvation or their downfall?      Amazon

THE BILLIONAIRE AND THE GIRL IN THE SHADOWS (HEART AND SOUL SERIES BOOK THREE) by S E Smith

The promise. Greek billionaire Nikos Aeto always keeps his word—even when it costs him. This time his promise to repay a debt has landed him on a blind date that spirals out of control and leaves him questioning his sanity. The touch. Kiki Reese has spent her adult life avoiding people. Born with unique ‘gifts’ that bring nothing but heartache and trouble, she’s learned the hard way it’s safer to stay in the shadows. When her soft-hearted neighbors blackmail her into a blind date, she knows instantly that trouble has found her again.The past. Kiki’s warnings about the deadly threat stalking Nikos sound impossible—until her visions start coming true. Now, hunted by shadows from both their pasts, Nikos must decide if he can trust the woman who sees too much… or risk losing the only woman who has ever truly captivated him. Step into the shadows and discover a romance where danger and desire collide.       AmazonKU

UNWANTED (DEVILISH BOOK FIVE) by Charity Parkerson

VS Note: MM PNR.

Two entities have Fen on their radar. He only knows about one. That’s a blindness that might get him killed. After Fen’s abduction, Celeste wiped his memory. He has no idea what happened to him after Jörmungandr snatched him in the middle of his shift, guarding the town’s healer. But a beautiful voice keeps caressing his mind, demanding Fen do things he doesn’t even understand. All he knows is the flawless wolf he can’t shake makes the voice go away. Fen has his sights on a gorgeous unmated wolf, Kyrie. He has no clue if he can win Kyrie or if he should bother while his head is such a mess. It’s possible his time as a prisoner broke his mind. He has a bad feeling the hallucinations are real. Fen has an even worse suspicion that truth might break him.Kyrie has… secrets, to say the least. He also has a problem with occasionally dropping dead. He’s working on both. The last thing he needs is a sexy Scottish vamp in his life. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t want him. Kyrie simply needs a miracle if he hopes to keep him. Surely, that’s not too much to ask, especially when he has an open line straight to the Gods. Well, one God, and it’s destroying his life.Unwanted is the fifth book in Charity Parkerson’s Devilish series where vampires, Weres, demons, gods, and all manner of the supernatural live together beneath the noses of humankind.       AmazonKU

DRAGON’S BLOOD (POPPY’S POTIONS) (HAVEN HOLLOW BOOK 45) by H P Mallory

Poppy has always known she was different. Being a gypsy witch with a talent for alchemy is one thing. Having an actual goddess whispering in your mind is another entirely. When a freak accident reveals the power coursing through her veins, power that can heal, transmute, and even command, Poppy is thrown headfirst into a world of volatile magic and supernatural politics. Suddenly, she is no longer just the town’s eccentric gypsy. She is a favored daughter of the goddess, expected to protect life itself, even when it tries to bite her. With a son to raise, a store to run, and her own budding relationship with her soulmate, Poppy doesn’t exactly have space on her calendar for magical disasters. But when a strange and terrifying creature is unleashed, Haven Hollow erupts into chaos, and Poppy is the only one with the power to stop it. Now she must master abilities she barely understands, navigate witches’ coven drama, outwit supernatural enemies, and figure out why the goddess chose her in the first place, before something ancient and hungry tears apart everything she loves. Welcome to Haven Hollow, where the monsters are real, the magic is unpredictable, and the alchemist next door might be the only one who can save you.     AmazonKU

ALPHA’S RUIN: KNOT THEIR MATE (HAVENWOOD WEREWOLVES BOOK ONE) by Ravenna Cross

I’ve been running for five years. From packs. From the Wolf Council. From the truth of what I am. I’m a Luna—goddess-marked, forbidden, nearly extinct. We’re hunted because our power can bring alphas to their knees. I hid my wolf to survive. My parents died for it. When an alpha tried to force a mating bond as my only way to “serve” the pack, the power I’d buried erupted. I didn’t mean to kill him. But now every pack in North America wants me dead—or collared. Three months on the road brings me to Havenwood. One last stop before freedom. That’s when Silas Veylor finds me. Rogue alpha. Leader of the Nocturne Pack. His wolf is fractured—split from the twin brother he was never meant to survive without. He scents the mate bond before I can run.Then my first heat ignites. I bolt into the woods—straight into Malachi Veylor, alpha heir of the rival Blackthorne Pack. Controlled. Lethal. The bite he gives me doesn’t just claim me. It breaks everything. One bond. Two rival brothers. A single wolf split between them—never meant to coexist. The Wolf Council is closing in. Luca Holt—the beta who’s protected me since childhood—is demanding answers I’m terrified to give. I thought survival meant running. Now I’m learning it means choosing who I’m willing to burn the world for.        AmazonKU

DUKE IMMORTAL: GOTHIC REGENCY VAMPIRE ROMANCE  (MIDNIGHT BRIDES) by Claire Karloff

Leonard Greystone, Duke of Harwood, has spent decades avoiding the living—and for good reason. Cursed with immortality and bound by honor, he survives by strict restraint, hiding his nature behind shuttered doors and unyielding control. Desire is a danger he cannot afford. Miss Eliza Radcliffe has never had the luxury of fear. When her family faces ruin, she accepts an extraordinary offer: marriage to the reclusive duke of a notorious estate. Harwood Hall whispers of shadows and secrets, but Eliza is determined to secure her family’s future—no matter the cost to her own heart. What begins as wary conversation becomes a dangerous intimacy neither expected. Eliza’s presence tests Leonard’s discipline, awakening a yearning he has long denied—not for blood, but for companionship, faith, and a future he believed forever lost. Yet the closer they grow, the more perilous the truth becomes. Because loving a monster is easy. Surviving his secrets is not.       AmazonKU

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NOTE: I’m doing my best to avoid listing anything generated from use of AI but it’s sometimes tricky to detect from the resources I have available. As far as covers go, I list the Amazon cover whether it’s AI or not. 

I do NOT cover every single new release in SFR/FantasyR/PNR. I never have. That would be an impossible task for any human! I assemble my list by hand every week based on various informal inputs, and I do curate the list to some extent…

Some authors aren’t in KU but still don’t list books with Apple or other platforms. This report is very time consuming to prepare so I’ve always had to limit myself and cannot go and look up every book on all the platforms. If an author gives me their other buy links, I include them here but generally I develop the post on my own, not from author-supplied information. I curate and prepare this post individually every week to help connect readers/books/authors and I have to be very careful not to give it so much time as an activity that I don’t write my own novels! Thanks for the feedback and happy reading!

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EVADING MIRAN: HISSA WARRIOR SERIES BOK 10 by RK Munin

Sold to be an exotic attraction on a traveling entertainment ship, Novia Null grew up among other carnival workers. Even though she is a slave owned by the ship, she was cared for by her fellow acts and even considers a few to be her family. When several strangers show up to buy her, she’s prepared with an escape plan. There’s no way she or her “family” will let her be sold. What she doesn’t expect is for these strangers to keep chasing her. One of them proves to be more determined and resourceful than the rest. This Hissa named Miran might manage to catch her, but there’s no way he’ll be able to keep her. She’s much too cunning for him, or anyone, to hold her for long. Unless she wants to stay captured. The more time she spends around Miran, the more she questions the merits of escaping.    AmazonKU

FORCED PROXIMITY SPACE CRUISE  (SMUTT BOOKS SHORT ALIEN ROMANCE BOOK SIX) by Deiri Di

Jess is down for anything. Which is how she ended up on a singles cruise to outer space, sightseeing the solar system and maybe meeting the alien love of her life. Or maybe just having some fun. She didn’t expect to get hauled in by the Courtship Mediation Office for flirting. Apparently, batting her lashes and slapping an alien on the arm means something very different to him than it does to her. She was giving him… permission. Nosi is playing by the rules. Sort of. Humans react unpredictably to Noscaryn mating rituals, which means he has to wait for his new mate to formally agree before things get intense… even though she’s already given him a perfectly clear signal. But Jess is making it very hard to be patient. She’s stunning, unbothered, and completely unaware of how close he is to losing his grip. The moment she gives the word, he’s done pretending to be chill. He’ll spend every second of this cruise showing her just how serious he is with his firm, relentless, thoroughly devoted… attentiveness.       AmazonKU

JUNKYARD RIDERS (JUNKYARD CATS BOOK FIVE) by Faith Hunter

VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note.

Shining Smith returns, taking on the “Dark Riders,” a paramilitary group motorcycle gang searching for Gov. political power, military connections, and alien tech. The Dark Riders are closing in on Shining’s secrets and, while she would rather nest in her new roadhouse, Shining must protect her own, once again taking the battle to the enemy. Unfortunately, CAIT, the original AI on the junkyard’s crashed spaceship, has its own agenda buried in the ship’s code and choses this time to implement it. There is nothing Shining can do to stop it, except what she does best – plot an offensive, get her people in place, and hope Jolene can outsmart the virtual alter ego. But the cataclysmic snowstorm crashing in with all the power and subtlety of Mateo in his WarBot suit could be the end of them all.

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MAGIC REWRITTEN by Harlowe Frost

VS Note: Despite the title the book is listed as SFR (aliens). FF. Cliffhanger.

It’s only been a few weeks since everyone on Earth learned that not only are aliens real but so is magic. Pillar Betsy Doeth has spent as much time as she could in front of cameras answering questions to the general population, only less awful because she gets to spend time with the chanziian liaison Major Violet North. Despite her and Violet’s efforts, new magic users have decided to learn their own truths. Some have turned to religion, others the university and scientists, and some are off on their own. It all boils down to personal choice until reports come in of missing people. Since magic is dangerous, the Pillars have offered resources to any and all who ask, but with their website sponsored by the government, several other sites have put up warnings, boycotting them. Meanwhile, one person in particular has gone missing, the daughter of the Mayor of Oz, the town of magic users. Betsy knows this girl, and her unexplained disappearance triggers something deep in her. She wouldn’t have left on her own and there’s no traces of a kidnapping. If she was collected by one of the scientific studies, well, eleven years old is too young to consent to be a scientific study subject. This family has become more than just friends to Betsy, and she will see the girl brought home safely. There is no stone on Earth Betsy won’t turn in her search. The problem is, no one knows where she was taken. Will Betsy be able to find the child in time? And can she balance her other responsibilities with her desperate mission to save the child?      AmazonKU

DAKEN ROWE: CYBORG GUARDIANS BOOK THREE by Christine Myers and Clarissa Lake

He was built to fight. She was forced to lead. Together, they might rebuild a world worth living in. When Marrick’s raiders threaten the last surviving enclaves of the Black Hills, Selene Kane does what she’s done her entire life—she stands between her people and the dark. Command is all she’s ever known… until Guardian cyborg Daken Rowe arrives with a single mission: Protect the enclave. And protect the woman fate designed for him. Daken was engineered for war—deadly, disciplined, and genetically aligned to only one mate. The moment he sees Selene, something ancient and undeniable awakens in him. But Selene didn’t ask for a genetically bonded protector—or the fierce, unshakable devotion that comes with him. As Marrick’s augmented army closes in, Selene and Daken must stand together to defend their home. But the deeper their bond grows, the clearer it becomes: They’re not just fighting to survive. They’re fighting for a future—one built from fire, trust, and a love powerful enough to reshape their world.     AmazonKU

ETHEREAL ENTANGLEMENT by Holly Hanzo

Dr. Juniper Waincroft came to the planet Otroc for scientific research. Instead, she found herself trapped in a pollination center, a pretty name for a nightmare for human women where pleasure is harvested for drug creation. When she escapes into the forest, lost and poisoned, the last thing she expects is to carve her initials into a tree that bleeds golden sap. Because it’s not a tree at all. Damek is an Arborium, a sentient plant-being who’s spent years gathering intelligence on the criminal operation destroying his world. He should bring Juniper to his people for questioning. Instead, he finds himself bonded to her through an intimate encounter that saves her life and changes his forever. Now Juniper must use her scientific expertise to create an antidote that could dismantle a galaxy-spanning drug empire, all while navigating a village that sees her as the enemy. Damek must choose between his duty to his people and his growing devotion to a human who’s already carved her way into more than just his bark. But when the pollination centers discover one of their most valuable assets has escaped, and an elder within Damek’s own village decides Juniper is too dangerous to live, being together might cost them everything. In a world where humans are commodities and trust is rare, two unlikely allies must root themselves in each other, or watch everything they’re fighting for burn to ash.      AmazonKU

ALIEN COMMANDER’S LOST DAUGHTER by Cara Stone and Athena Storm

She stole my bloodline and buried it in silence. Now I’m awake, rebuilt, and ready to burn the stars she hid beneath. Rynn Sorala vanished after the war — took my name, my past, and the child I never knew existed. But I see it now. In the shape of the little girl clinging to her leg. In the golden eyes that match my own. Our daughter. Five years old. Half human. Half Vakutan. Powerful enough to start wars. Precious enough to end them. The Alliance wants her caged. My enemies want her weaponized.  They’ll have to go through me. I’m not the man I was when Rynn left. I’m harder. Meaner. Built from scars and metal and rage. But one thing hasn’t changed. I claim what’s mine. I will burn command chains, break planets, and rewrite law before I let anyone touch my child —or the woman who tried to carry this alone. She thought she could hide my blood from me. She forgot one thing. I always find what belongs to me. She ran with my daughter. I brought the galaxy to its knees to bring them home.   AmazonKU

VIRAL DESIRE (ROGUE ANDROID ROMANCES BOOK ONE) by Lynell Miles

Ophelia is a woman of simple needs: she has a job she likes, a fiance she loves, and an apartment that’s her refuge. Her life is turned upside down by the revelation that her fiance is not so content. In a bid to spice up their sex life, he brings home a state of the art android. Sam is just a machine. A machine that seems strangely invested in her love life, her mental health, and her sense of fulfillment in life. She’s sure it’s just a quirk of his programming that he comes across so possessive… at least, until he does the impossible by telling lies and refusing commands.     AmazonKU

HER IMPATIENT ALIEN DOCTOR  (LOVE AT HOT MESS STATION BOOK FOUR) by Mina Goodwin

Rhonda Sturgeon is an OCD-precise compliance officer sent to Kepler-896 to catalogue violations, issue citations, and—if necessary—shut the whole mess down. She believes in rules, order, and properly labeled emergency exits. Dr. Orris, the brooding alien chief medical officer, believes in patient care, medical ethics, and exactly zero of Rhonda’s clipboards. Orris guards his med bay like a sacred temple and treats Rhonda like a walking hazard report. Unfortunately for both of them, the station’s license—and its people—are about to implode, forcing them into constant proximity, shared decisions, and far too much eye contact. A medical emergency proves they’re devastatingly good together. Late nights turn into lingering touches. Arguments turn into heat. And a nosy station AI offers entirely unhelpful commentary on their escalating tension. With an official inspection looming and the station one bad system failure away from disaster, Rhonda and Orris must decide whether sticking to the rules is worth ignoring the one thing that actually works.      AmazonKU      AB

HOSTILE AWAKENING (ENEMY DEVOURED BOOK ONE) by E V Cross

I’ve been shot, stabbed, and tortured. I’ve held out through interrogations that broke better soldiers than me. None of that prepared me for the alien who killed everyone who tried to touch me. Name’s Lissa. Spec ops. Currently: screwed. Captured by the Thelvathi on a milk run gone sideways. Fine. I’ve trained for this. What I didn’t train for was my body deciding to betray everything I am—or for every warrior on this station to lose their minds trying to claim me. Fyzar was supposed to break me. Instead, he slaughtered his own people. Murdered the mentor who raised him. Committed treason for a human woman he’d known for three days. Now we’re running. Two governments want us dead. My body’s doing things I can’t control. And every time he gets close, I want things I shouldn’t. I’m a weapon. I don’t do feelings. Too bad nobody told him that.      AmazonKU

THE ENEMY’S CLAIM: CAPTIVES OF THE VORPYR BOOK ONE by Angelique Far

They call the Vorpyr ruthless predators. But the most dangerous of all is the one who claims me. 
I was a desk-bound cultural researcher until a field mission to an alien world promised escape. I knew the risks. I knew the Vorpyr were feared across the galaxy. But the mission ended in chaos. We were ambushed. My team scattered. And I was taken by the deadliest male among them. Arrazyl is everything the warnings promised. He is absolute power. A living weapon. My captor. He should have killed me on sight. Instead, he takes me to his breathtaking city and everything I thought I knew begins to fracture. His world is cruel and beautiful. But beneath the savagery is honor. Beneath the ferocity is a passion that scorches every lie I cling to. His touch burns through me with an irresistible, forbidden heat. And the longer I remain his prisoner, the harder it becomes to remember which side I belong to. Because in this war, the greatest danger isn’t losing my life. It’s realizing I’ve already lost my heart to the savage alien who claimed me.      AmazonKU

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THE SERPENT’S SIN (BLOODLINES BOOK TWO) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

To destroy the vampires who killed her family… she must become one of them. Nadi is trapped in a deadly alliance with Raziel Nostrom. After a honeymoon soaked in blood and desire, they make a pact—to take down his criminal family together. Now Nadi is at the heart of the Nostrom empire, pretending to be a vampire. If her act slips even for a moment, they will tear her apart. Raziel holds Nadi’s life in his hands. And her heart… His wicked smile sets her body aflame, drawing her closer and closer. Still, he is a born killer—alluring and utterly ruthless. He could turn on her in an instant. But Raziel is not the only one in his family with a taste for betrayal…When his brother and sister approach her with proposals of their own, Nadi faces a desperate choice. Will she stand by Raziel, as the world turns against him? Or seize the perfect chance to destroy his family forever?   AmazonKU    AB

THE GLASS UNICORN PART 6 (THE GLASS WARS) by Yasmine Galenorn

When Erenye Green, an editor at a small publisher, and several of her gaming friends find themselves stuck within the fantasy world of Abarria, they must learn to navigate the realities of what it really means to battle monsters, zombies, and all manner of creatures, now that the stakes are life and death, and no longer a simple roll of the dice. Part 6: Erenye and the others leave for the Cryptic Marshes and get waylaid by a mysterious guardian along the way. Notes: This is a LitRPG serial.   Amazon

A BOND OF TRUST (SHIFTER CITY FATED MATES BOOK FOUR) by Jaymin Eve

Just when we thought the fight was over, there’s a whole new battle on the horizon. Our last battle might have ended in victory, as we defeated one of our enemies, but it also opened the door for a much bigger danger. It gave power to a witch who is determined to take control of all shifters before the next full moon. We are now cursed, and there’s limited time to put a stop to it. With my pack by my side, I will have to race against the clock to learn about my heritage. Together we must embrace our full quintet power, laced with magic I never asked for. But it could be exactly what we need to survive. Especially when we go up against the most powerful witch in the world. And her allies. My five alphas might disagree, but I know that sacrifices might have to be made to save shifters. Sacrifices that could cost us everything.      AmazonKU

MILES’S PACT: MM OWL X DUCK SHIFTER SMALL TOWN ROMANCE (HEIS OF MISTVALE BOOK THREE) by Stella Rainbow

Miles always thought he’d find his mate before his twin. What he didn’t expect was for Mateo to be the one to introduce them… or for his mate to be a duck. Miles – When I sent Mateo to pick out a pet for us from the local shelter, I expected to come home to a cat or dog. Instead, he introduced me to a duck who wasn’t just a shifter, but also my mate, and refused to shift into human form. Winning over someone who wouldn’t shift wasn’t easy, but I didn’t give up. With my twin, my family, and my clan behind me, I was determined to make Duckie feel safe enough to trust me. Duckie – It had been ages since I’d been around other supes, let alone in a town full of them. But no matter how kind everyone was, I couldn’t bring myself to shift. It was too dangerous—at least, that’s what I kept telling myself. But Miles wouldn’t give up on me. Mateo made me laugh. And Mistvale, with its dragon protector, felt like the safest place I’d ever known. Maybe, just maybe, I could finally belong.     AmazonKU

BOUGHT BY THE WYVERN: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKT by Cara Wylde

I’m a creature of possession. What is mine, remains mine. Forever. Years ago, a servant girl fled my palace after a… let’s call it “regrettable incident”. Tonight, I find her standing on a bride market block, selling what’s left of herself to the highest bidder. An amusing turn of fate. The other monsters never stand a chance. A wyvern always reclaims his property. I pay an obscene fortune, and when she looks at me with delicious defiance in her eyes, I tell her the simple truth: I’m not buying a wife, I’m buying a servant to return her to her rightful place. Now she’s trapped in my gilded cage, and her hatred is the most exquisite torture. She thinks she’s my prisoner, but she has no idea. Having her hate me under my own roof is a luxury I’ve earned and a pain I plan to savor.      AmazonKU

BONDS OF WINGS AND FURY: THE TWO-FACED GOD by I T Lucas

n a world where dragons dominate the skies and colossal worms tunnel through mountains, three nations teeter on the brink of war. Like every Elucian, Kailin must brave the perilous pilgrimage to Mount Hope’s summit, where an ancient shaman will decide her fate. A select few are destined to bond with dragons, and for most, it’s the ultimate prize. Not so for Kailin, who is hiding a paralyzing fear of heights and would rather sketch the magnificent beasts than ride them. Alar appears to be a privileged Elurian seeking the glory and immortality of dragon riders. Yet beneath his aristocratic facade lies a secret agenda that could disrupt the delicate alliance between the reclusive Elucia and the cosmopolitan Elurian Federation. When Kailin and Alar cross paths, sparks fly, and as they ascend the perilous mountain, hunted by shadowy assassins and tested by ancient rites, their unlikely bond deepens. Defying a thousand years of tradition, an impossible selection puts the star-crossed lovers at the center of an ancient prophecy. But in a world where dragons have their own agendas and even the gods aren’t what they seem, the greatest threat may yet come from within.    AmazonKU

WHEN FATE IS CRUEL: A SHORT STORY COLLECTION by LJ Andrews

What if the villain in every tale is fate itself – Welcome to a special short story collection from the worlds of LJ Andrews. Part 1: The Ever Seas – Erik Bloodsinger never wanted to live in a cruel kingdom that was desperate to shape their scarred, young king into someone ruthless. But fate is cruel sometimes. Perhaps vengeance for his fallen father is what drives the young Ever King, but there are secrets Bloodsinger and his crew keep in the shadows to survive the cruel twists of fate in the Ever Seas. Enjoy the backstory of a boy king forced to bear the burden of a crown too soon. This story reveals events from the death of King Thorvald up to the days after the earth and sea fae war.  See more of Bloodsinger, Gavyn, Tidecaller, Heartwalker, Sewell, and even some secret allies in the mists of the sea and the lands where songbirds sing. Part 2: Broken Souls and Bones – Roark Ashwood rose in power behind the walls of the royal fortress of Stonegate, even as an orphan from the enemy clan. He’s formidable, ruthless, and the only remnant of his lost voice is the scar across his neck. But what vicious twists of fate brought the Sentry of Stonegate to enemy gates? What was his life before he fell into silence and bloodlust? Enjoy the backstory of Roark Ashwood in the months leading up to the melder raids that left him bleeding and dying at the gates of Stonegate, only to survive by the mercy of a mischievous prince. Fall into the Realms of Stìgandr and the dark secrets of Roark Ashwood. Amazon

SUCH A STRONG OMEGA (HIS ALPHA DESIRES BOOK 12) by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM shifters.

I made a promise to myself after leaving my harem to never get mated again. My harem was supposed to love and cherish me. Those were their pretty words in the beginning. Soon their so-called love twisted into abuse and exploitation. It happened so slowly, I barely noticed the evolution until one day I looked in the mirror and no longer recognized myself inside or out. Love was for fools and victims. That wouldn’t be me. Never again. Still, an omega needs some fun once in a while and I heard there is a new club in the city called Crowned where I can go and explore without the chance of falling in love. Only falling in want. And that’s what I do, until an alpha, one of the owners, catches more than my attention, he threatens to capture my heart.      AmazonKU

MY GOLDEN EVER AFTER by Erin Bedford

A hilariously delicious Beauty and the Beast retelling with a vampiric twist. Mara came to Candiopolis chasing wonder. Instead, one desperate bargain chained her to Rumpelstiltskin for life. But everything changes the day she accidentally saves Blackthorn—the most feared vampire in the Candy Forest. He steals her away to his licorice palace, calling it protection. She calls it kidnapping. Now Mara is torn between the people she spent years protecting…and the monstrous, clueless vampire who would burn the forest down just to keep her. Choose him and lose abandon the ones who have no one else. Walk away and lose the only love she’s ever tasted.       AmazonKU

DRAGON AT MIDNIGHT: MONSTERS IN UNIFORM ROMANCE by Bella Blair

I swore I’d never fall for a man in uniform. Then a dragon shifter pilot claimed me under the lantern light. Berlin, 1948. The war is over, but the city is still starving. I’m Inga Weber—eighteen, German, and raising my little brother in the ruins. By night, I work in a bar for American pilots. By day, I stand in ration lines and pray the Soviets don’t come back for what they already took. Love isn’t an option. Survival is. Then Gideon Griffin walks in. He’s dangerous in a way that has nothing to do with his uniform—scarred, controlled, watching me like he’s holding something back. When Russian soldiers corner me in the dark, Gideon steps in with a fury that feels ancient. Inhuman. Because Gideon isn’t just a pilot. He’s a dragon shifter—one bound by fire, secrecy, and a mating instinct he can’t deny. And somehow… I’m his. As Berlin becomes a battleground again, Gideon’s enemies close in, and the bond between us tightens—hotter, deeper, impossible to escape. He wants to fly me out of the ashes, claim me as his mate, and build a future far from war. But loving a dragon comes with a price. If I stay, I risk my life. If I leave, I lose everything I’ve ever known. And if Gideon fails to protect me… the city will burn.     AmazonKU

FOR BETTER OR FOR CURSE (MAD KINGS DAUGHTERS BOOK ONE) by Tanya Bird

The future must be seen to be believed. And theirs will ignite an empire. Aisha knows what becomes of women born with gifts. She watched her mother burn for hers, leaving her kingdom broken and her father drowning in grief. Now the Emperor is tightening his grip on Avanid, and Aisha and her sisters vow to reclaim power the only way left to them—through marriage. Enter the Crown Prince of Gruisea, a man of quiet intensity with secrets of his own. But falling for her husband was never part of the plan. As political tensions sharpen and feelings grow, Aisha must master her gift before it destroys everything she loves. Tariq has built his life on loyalty and duty to the crown. But now that crown bows to the Emperor, and the kingdom he’s sworn to protect teeters on the edge of ruin. His betrothal to Princess Aisha is more than a political bargain—it’s a chance to secure Gruisea’s survival. Yet the more he gets to know her, the more he realises this is no longer just about politics. With rebellion stirring and enemies pressing in, Tariq must figure out whether Aisha’s gift will be Gruisea’s salvation—or its undoing.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

CRYSTALS AND CORPSES (MAGICAL MISFIT MURDERS BOOK ONE) by Jacki James and Lori Ames

VS note: MM PNR mystery.

Magic, murder, and a whole lot of coffee—welcome to Ravenstone! Declan Hawthorne is just your average caffeine-addicted guy—until a visit to his grandfather reveals: magic is real, witches exist, and apparently, Declan’s one of them. Now he’s getting to know Ravenstone, a supernatural small town where the coffee is strong, the monsters are quirky, and someone just murdered a vampire at the first annual Magic Festival. His ally? Gideon Blackwood—a gorgeous wolf shifter who can’t shift but still manages to growl in all the right ways. He knows he can’t be Alpha, but that doesn’t stop him from protecting everyone else… including one reckless new witch who doesn’t know when to quit. Between magical cookies and cakes, a bunch of meddling misfit monsters, and a lot of spilled coffee, Declan and Gideon have their hands full. But if they want to catch a killer—and maybe fall a little in love—they’ll have to trust their instincts and maybe their magic. Because in Ravenstone, coffee solves most problems. The rest? Magic and a hot wolf usually do the trick.      AmazonKU

MISTRESS OF WAR: BOOK TWO (THE EBUROSI CHRONICLES BOOK 16) by R A Steffan

Everything I thought I knew about Emperor Kaeto was completely wrong. Well… not quite everything. He’s still a bitter, acerbic bastard with a chip on his shoulder the size of a continent. He still fascinates and infuriates me in equal measure. But my quest to retrieve the stolen dragon eggs has somehow morphed into a quest to return Kaeto to his stolen throne. And by doing so, I’ve put those I care about in mortal danger. Our flight to safety in my aunt and uncle’s kingdom of Utrea succeeded only in bringing spies and assassins to my family’s doorstep. As we struggle to stay one step ahead of Brucius’ Alyrian mercenaries, a new, more primal threat may hold the key that changes everything. We just have to stay alive long enough to make use of it.

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A BAKER’S GUIDE TO WERE-BEAR CARE (HONEYTHORN HOLLOW HEARTS BOOK TWO) by Juno

She’s been in love with her grumpy were-bear regular for five years. He’s been secretly pining right back. Neither of them has made a move. His body is about to force their hand. ELLA – I’m sure about three things: My cinnamon buns are the best in Honeythorn Hollow. The massive, growly were-bear who walks me home every evening is absolutely, devastatingly off-limits. And I’m completely fine just being his friend. Really. I’m fine. But staying “fine” is hard when you’re in his home, in his space, seeing him vulnerable in ways he’s never let anyone else witness. SILAS – I’m a man who doesn’t assume anything. So I know that: Ella deserves better than a man 14 years her senior and still haunted by the past. Keeping her safe physically while keeping my distance emotionally is the best thing to do. Years of ignoring my body’s need to hibernate is not going to catch up with me. Definitely not. I’m fine. But I didn’t expect the town to elect her to care for me. I didn’t expect her to hold secrets that rival my own. And I didn’t expect a month together to burn through every wall we’ve built.   AmazonKU

ALPHA’S MATE (BAD BOY BEARS BOOK TWO) by Renee Rose and Lee Savino

Fate brought my fated mate right to Bad Bear Mountain…and made her untouchable. F*&% me. Maisy is human. Too young. Too sweet. Too breakable. I’m a Bad Bear. Ten years older. And I play rough. I’m an animal–in bed and out. She walks into my clinic, and my bear growls mine. But I can’t claim her. So I take Moon Cure to keep my beast caged. Tell myself I’ll wait. Then her scheming father tries to sell her future, F*&% that. I marry her on the spot—a fake wedding to save her from a real nightmare. To protect her, I can handle sleeping in the same bed without touching her. But she’s looking at me like she wants to learn every filthy thing I can teach her. My control is cracking. The Moon Cure isn’t working anymore. And this Bad Bear is done pretending he doesn’t want to devour his wife. She might be innocent. But she’s mine. And I won’t share.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

THE DRAGON KING’S FOUNDLING (DRAGONS OF SERAI BOOK 19) by Amy Sumida

VS note: MM Fantasy

A broken wing. A patient king. A love strong enough to heal them both. Eliel should never have survived Lord Bara’s cruelty. Enslaved, silenced, and controlled, he escaped with his life—but not without scars that make him believe he no longer belongs anywhere, least of all among his own people. Taken in by Raventar, the Dragon King of Tabaa, Eliel expects protection at best… and captivity at worst. Instead, he finds a ruler who asks rather than commands, who guards Eliel’s boundaries as fiercely as his borders, and whose quiet kindness is more dangerous than any blade. But the shadows of Bara’s crimes are not finished with them. A new enemy rises—one who has twisted forbidden magic to create altered warriors and who wants Eliel for himself. As Raventar and his Dragon Dread hunt the truth through fire, stone, and blood, Eliel is forced to confront what was done to him—and what he still carries inside. In the crucible of battle and tradition, trust becomes devotion. Song becomes power. And love becomes a choice neither man can walk away from.   AmazonKU     AB

THE ELSEWERE EXPRESS by Samantha Sotto Yombao

You can’t buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, it’s a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging.
Raya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead. One day on the subway, as her thoughts wander, she’s swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q, an intriguing artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world. Together they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car that’s also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds. Over the course of their long, strange night on the train, they also discover that it harbors secrets—and danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. But in investigating the stowaway’s identity, Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life’s true purpose—and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?       Amazon    AB     Apple Books      Kobo

THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao

In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves. Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel heir of the beautiful and brutal Azalea House. But in a twist of fate, the palace stands on the knife-edge of civil war with Wei trapped in its center…at the side of a violent prince. To survive, Wei must harden her heart, rely on her wit, and become dangerous herself. Even if it means becoming a poet in a world where women are forbidden to read—and composing the most powerful spell of all. A ballad of death…and love.

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THE TWICE WANTED WITCH  (THE MCKENNA ELLERBACH SERIES BOOK TWO) by Katie Hanrahan

When secrets are what protect you, can the truth really set you free? It’s been six months since McKenna Ellerbeck killed her second Archdemon, saved Arcadia Commons, and earned a spot on the Witches Council. Things should be good, right? Instead she’s overworked, underpaid, disrespected by her fellow Council members, all while fighting demons on a regular basis and suffering through having her mother as a roommate. At least she has her friends–minus Bastien, her ex who told her to get the hell out of his life months ago. When her friend Brooke is put on trial with the Council and may lose her magic, with Bastien reappearing to lead the charge, McKenna readily volunteers to represent Brooke. Then just when McKenna has hope there’s more to Bastien’s involvement and that they might reconcile, he goes missing, leaving a trail of clues and mystifying secrets: a strange new spell he’s working on with an unknown partner, a secret demon research project, a ring filled with corrupted magic, and a literal demon hiding in his closet. With an epidemic of demon-induced blunt honesty sweeping the town, hints of another Archdemon making plans to invade, her mom’s mysterious and possibly criminal old flame showing up, time is running out for McKenna to find Bastien, figure out who’s keeping which secrets, how dangerous they are, and decide whose side she’s on: the powerless or the powerful.       AmazonKU

HOW TO REAP A SOUL (AND FAIL MISERABLY): MM FUNNY PNR ROMANCE (SOUL MANAGEMENT BUREAU BOOK ONE) by April Kelley

Grym – I’ve reaped souls for three hundred years without a single mistake. Until Elliot Coyne. I’m supposed to ferry him into the afterlife, not bring him back to life and turn him immortal. Now HR is threatening me, the world is acting like it might explode, and my reaper brothers are stress-snacking like it’s Armageddon. Even worse? My soul insists Elliot is my beloved. Reapers aren’t supposed to have those. Are they? Regardless, it’s wildly inconvenient. Elliot – So I die, wake up immortal and able to walk between realms, not that I know what those actually are. The guy responsible is an annoyingly hot reaper who apparently broke the universe just to keep me breathing. We’re suddenly stuck together, hunted by his supernatural bosses, and if we fall for each other it might tear reality apart.  Love isn’t supposed to end the world. Yet here we are.      AmazonKU

FISH & CHIP: NINE LIVES, ONE DEAD BODY (HUCKLEBERRY HOLLOW THEME PARK COZY MYSTERIES BOOK TWO) by Addision Moore

VS Note: Author states these are her actual cats on the cover. No one tell my Jake or he’s going to want to be a cover model too!

After ditching my cheating ex-husband and accidentally becoming the proud owner of Huckleberry Hollow Wonderland (long story involving cats, murder, and a dollar bill), I figured I’d finally hit my stride. The rides are mostly functional, my feline mascots Fish and Chip are Instagram famous, and Detective Dexter Drake has been making my heart do loop-de-loops that put our roller coaster to shame. This week I’m rolling out the red carpet—well, the pumpkin-spice welcome mats—for the Sweet Season Spooky Symposium, a weeklong baking event run by viral grandmas turned baking tyrants, Sugar & Sass. In exchange, they’re helping me launch our Fright & Frost Halloween merch line. Ghost-shaped mugs, glow-in-the-dark hoodies, skeleton spatulas—you name it, it’s got a price tag and probably glitter. But when one half of Sugar & Sass turns up dead—face-first in a black velvet coffin cake—I’ve got a dead diva, a killer on the loose, and a snarky socialite trying to get me arrested. And did I mention the murder weapon came from our exclusive merch table? Plot twist of the century? The prime suspect is Detective Dexter Drake’s ice-queen mother, who already thinks I’m about as classy as a gas station hot dog. Now she might be a murderer, which really complicates my winning over the future in-laws strategy. Nothing says family dinner awkwardness like discussing alibis over appetizers. Okay, fine so the hot detective and I are still in the shallow end of the relationship dating pool but a girl can dream. Nevertheless, his mother isn’t my biggest fan. With a suspiciously flirty baker, a steaming pile of secrets, and a whole lot of frosting flying, I’ll need to figure out who’s behind the murder before someone ices me next. And have I mentioned that I can read the minds of animals? Yeah, that too.     AmazonKU

IVAN (HOUSE OF FRAZIER BOOK FIVE) by Kathi S Barton

Serenity Ranger’s life has just exploded. In a single afternoon, she inherits billions of dollars, multiple homes, and a mountain of responsibility — along with the very real fear that her dangerously unstable mother will do anything to get her hands on it. What she doesn’t expect…is to meet a wolf-shifter veterinarian who claims she is his destined mate. Ivan never planned on finding his other half during a simple steak dinner — but the moment he sees Serenity, his wolf knows the truth. She belongs with him. And more importantly… she needs protection. Because Serenity’s mother isn’t just greedy. She’s violent. And she’s already threatening her daughter’s life. Now Serenity is caught between an inheritance that makes her a target, a family secret that could destroy her, and a powerful wolf shifter who swears to guard her with his life — even if she isn’t ready to believe in fate, mates, or the supernatural. She wanted peace. Ivan offers protection. And destiny has other plans.

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A WHISPER OF TRUST (THE LEGACY SERIES) by Sandra R Neeley

It’s not that Angelle didn’t want a mate, it’s just that she’s always thought it wasn’t in the cards for her. And that was okay, because being alone is what’s always made her most comfortable. She’s never been at ease around anyone but her immediate family, and even then it was too much some times. She’s always been a little different from everyone in her shifter clan, and not just because she was human. She’s never quite belonged — anywhere. She passed her days camping, fishing, reading, sketching — those were her ideas of a good time. Sure, if the right person ever came along, who knew? But she wasn’t fooling herself… it was unlikely she’d ever find any male that would not be bored out of his mind on meeting her. Shifters needed excitement, they needed fire and passion. And none of those things described her. Alone. That’s all she’ll ever be. Boon has spent all his life wishing for a mate, even as a young male. Now a mature Gargoyle he’s sullen and resentful, he’s tired of waiting. None of the females in his generation are his mate, and he’s got no chance of going out to find her wherever she is. He’s obviously not human — horns, wings, exaggerated musculature, silver hair and skin. So, he spends his days hunting, fishing, and camping — it’s the only thing keeping him sane. But still his loneliness eats away at him. Once, years ago, his sister, who has a unique gift for seeing the future, told him he did indeed have a mate, and to be patient…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page…)   AmazonKU

THE DRAGON’S REPORTER BABY (FIRE RIDGE DRAGONS MM MPREG ROMANCE BOOK FIVE) by Ashlyn Dupree

I came to Fire Ridge for a story. Nothing more. A tiny mountain town. A volunteer firehouse with rescue numbers that don’t make sense. Exactly the kind of mystery a reporter like me is supposed to dig into. Then I met Kael Blackscale. He’s quiet. Watchful. Always showing up when I least expect him. He tells me I should enjoy the mountains and leave… but every time I try, he’s right there, looking at me like he’s afraid I won’t come back. My hawk goes still around him. Like it already knows what he is to me, even when I don’t. I’m not supposed to get attached. I’m not supposed to want a man who feels this permanent. And I definitely wasn’t supposed to end up carrying his baby. Now staying means risking everything I’ve always kept separate —my work, my freedom, my heart. But Kael’s dragon knows one thing. I’m his. And dragons don’t let their mates go.     AmazonKU

LOVE, LIES AND LEY LINES (THE FAST AND THE FAE BOOK ONE) by Jeffe Kennedy

It’s been years since the infamous smuggling team of Bandit and Goldilocks thumbed their noses at the fae authorities, running the priceless magical pixie dust desired by everyone from hedge witches to the storied magic academies. No one in the human principalities controlled by the fae can work even the simplest spells without the stuff. And without fae magic, humans will find themselves back in the dark ages of disease and fast mortality. But the enigmatic fae keep a tight grip on their monopoly of pixie dust, charging extortionate prices at their whim. Bandit has been doing her best to get by on her racing wins and the quick thrill of one-night stands while her former partner and best friend, the powerful sorceress known as Goldilocks, is off playing house and having babies. But when Bandit gets the offer of a lifetime, she convinces Goldilocks to come out of retirement for one last, hugely profitable gig. And if the Bandit picks up a mysterious and seductive hitchhiker fleeing his wedding, well that just adds a bit of spice to the job. When he refuses to tell her his name, she dubs him Prince Charming and only regrets that she won’t have time to find out more about her enticing companion—and what he looks like under those fancy clothes. As the Bandit and Prince Charming run distraction for Goldilocks and her precious haul, they face untold dangers penetrating the arcane fae realms. All for gold, glory, and maybe even true love.

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CLAIMED BY WOLVES (COVETED PREY BOOK 13) by L V Lane

The night the raiders came, everything changed. The wolves don’t guard us out of mercy. They claim what they desire. This time, they desire a mate. And that mate… is me.      AmazonKU

DRAGON BOUND (DRAGON RIDER ACADEMY BOOK ONE) by Sam Hall

Who needs a handsome prince when you have a dragon and the courage to choose your own destiny? When Lady Fern defies her parents plans to marry her off to a cruel noble, she earns herself exile instead. But Fern has no intention of fading quietly into the background. With her queen dragon, Auren, she enrolls at the Royal Rider Academy, the one place where strength, skill, and bond matter more than bloodlines. Life as a cadet is not as carefree as she imagined. There are few queen dragons left in Nevermere and that means every man and his dragon are focussed on Fern. Including them. Silver dragons have been extinct for a thousand years, yet now they have appeared on the horizon. Their riders descend with one purpose: to claim Fern and Auren. Caught between rival cadets, awakening powers, and three mysterious riders who insist she belongs to them, Fern must decide what kind of rider she wants to be… and whether freedom means flying solo, or daring to trust the ones who burn for her.      AmazonKU

IN THE LAND OF DEMONS AND GIANTS: MMM MONSTER ROMANCE by Avery Archer

It’s not every day you find out your boyfriend is a demon. Dylan thinks he’s found the love of his life! Then he wakes up in another realm, and his new boyfriend is now a red demon with horns. Turns out there are a lot of worlds that exist alongside his, and demons are very good at jumping from one world to another. Usually, they visit to take goods home with them, but sometimes they decide to collect a human. Kel claims to love him and promises that Dylan will come to love him back. Even if that’s true, Dylan’s first task is simply surviving the demon court and the sudden arrival of the orc envoy.   AmazonKU

TAKEN BY THE LADY OF THE LAKE (TAKEN 12) by Megan Slayer

She’s an urban legend. He’s adrift. With a little magic, they’ll discover their fates are entwined. Amanda Fortune never expected to be left in the lake, but after her murder and subsequent dumping, that’s exactly where she is. She’s become an urban legend, her ghost seen only by a very few. She longs to have a second chance at life, but that’s not possible when you’re dead. Is it? With the right circumstances, anything is possible. Sawyer Gibson doesn’t know what he’s meant to do in life. He has abilities to read the Fates, but his talents aren’t needed in the town of Eerie. Everyone here has magic. He’s nothing special. But Aunt Chloe is dying, and she knows more than Sawyer ever thought possible. Amanda is — was — her best friend. So Aunt Chloe sends Sawyer on a chase to find Amanda’s killer. But Amanda’s a myth. A ghost. And ghosts can’t be seen, right? The moment Sawyer lays eyes on Amanda, he’s smitten. There’s the tiny problem of her being a ghost… but that detail won’t stop Sawyer, even if someone else thinks it will.

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ACCIDENTAL GODDESS: A MONSTER BRIDES ROMANCE by Angelica Grymm

Fleeing a menacing creature through New York’s Central Park at midnight is not Alli’s idea of fun. Neither is plummeting through a dimensional portal and awakening on an unknown world upon the brink of war. After being chased, an enigmatic human patrolman aids her. She escapes into the forest and is astonished to find herself confronted by a figure from a forgotten mythology, an elf. Taken into their fold for asylum, her true identity is revealed—their lost goddess, thought long dead. D’Artan can’t stop thinking about the woman he saved, but she is fae and forbidden by the gods. Thrown together again when magic goes awry, he must find a way to keep her safe and get her home before his father, the king, returns. With tensions between humans and elves at breaking point, the races divided by hatred and fear, Alli and D’Artan know they can never be together. Still, he cannot forget her. And from the shadows, an ancient menace watches. Biding its time; waiting to strike.   AmazonKU

SNIPS, SNAILS AND HELL DOG TAILS : DEATH’S DAUGHTER AND HER HELLHOUND BOOK ONE by Wendy Sparrow

VS note: From DEC 15.

Falling in love is one helluva ride. Conscripting a hellhound to help reap a demon is a huge rite of passage for a ferryman’s child, so Drea Roth is determined to do it right. Take the ancient silver coin given to her by Charon, mythical ferryman and father, to a backwoods bar in Georgia. Check! Find the really intensely hot and protective guy who can shift into a hellhound and who was forged in the fires of Hell. Check! Slap the coin on his palm to conscript him. Uhh, okay, that could have gone better. Drag him off on a mission to destroy a demon—without losing her heart or getting them both killed. Okay, the first bit is impossible, and fingers crossed on the second. Malik Smith has been beholden to demons for centuries—ever since he found himself on the mortal plane. So he doesn’t trust the attraction he feels when Drea conscripts him—at first. The hound inside him is giddy at finding its mate, but the dog is all instinct. After less than a day, Mal is all in. But, how does Mal convince the daughter of Hell’s ferryman to take a chance on an old dog who’s willing to learn a few new tricks?       AmazonKU

UNHINGED (MALUS VAMPIRE FAIMLY SERIES BOOK TWO) by Emily Goodwin

She used to hunt monsters. Now she’s married to one. Wren Malus never expected to fall in love with a seven-hundred-year-old vampire…especially the powerful, dangerous man she was forced to marry. But Xavier Malus has become her protector, her partner, and the one person she trusts more than anyone in the world. As the city edges toward chaos and old enemies close in, Wren fights to keep vampires, werewolves, and humans from turning on each other, knowing the fragile peace depends on her. But when a deadly secret threatens everything she loves, Wren must choose between the life she swore to leave behind and the man she can’t bear to lose.      AmazonKU

TIMELESS MIST by Terisa Wilcox

A dream she can’t escape. A love she shouldn’t want. A past that’s about to become her future. Kristianna Campbell, a 21st-century romantic who’s given up on being truly seen, thinks the Highlander haunting her dreams is a sign she’s finally lost it. But a trip to Scotland puts an antique pocket watch in her hands. An artifact that doesn’t just prove her dreams are real—it plunges her back four hundred years into a world of savage beauty and brutal clan warfare. She’s rescued by Laird Iain MacGregor, the very man from her dreams. But her name is Campbell, and to the stern, wary laird, that makes her his sworn enemy. Torn between a dangerous pull he can’t afford and his duty to his clan, Iain is convinced she’s either a spy or a sorceress. To survive, Kris must prove she’s not a threat. But the longer she stays, the greatest danger isn’t the 17th century—it’s that this impossible man in this brutal time might be the only one who can truly see her, and the only place she’s ever belonged.   AmazonKU

SILVER STORM (STAR TOUCHED WITCH BLADE BOOK ONE) by Michelle Madow

Jade Harrington had her future all mapped out: Yale Law, a prestigious career, the perfect life her parents demanded. But when her plane goes down and she wakes up with silver electricity sparking across her skin, she learns everything she believed was a lie. Welcome to Blaze Academy—a hidden school for witches where magic is tied to fire and emotion. Where one wrong spark could expose Jade as an anomaly the mysterious Witch Council would kill to control. The only person who can help her survive? Logan Ashford. Fourth-year proctor. Devastatingly beautiful, impossibly powerful, and hiding secrets darker than the black flames that burn at his fingertips. He saved Jade’s life during the academy’s initiation trial. He knows what she is. And he’s willing to become the monster everyone fears to keep her safe—even if it means teaching her to control the storm inside her and breaking every rule he’s sworn to uphold. But when a student is murdered and an ancient goddess chooses Jade as her champion, survival becomes more than just hiding forbidden magic. Because Jade has to navigate deadly challenges, uncover conspiracies that run deeper than she imagined, and decide whether the man who holds her heart is her greatest protector… or her ultimate betrayer.   AmazonKU

WEIRD MAGIC (LIA DE CROISSETS BOOK TWO) by Karen Chance

Someone is trying to kidnap the leader of the Were world, Sebastian Arnou, and it’s not hard to figure out who. The powerful Clan Rand just lost their chieftain, who challenged for the top spot and lost—both the fight and his life. Now his clan is out for revenge and has split the Were community in two. To make matters worse, Rand has allied with the dangerous mages of the Black Circle, who have already plunged the magical world into war. One of the organization’s leaders has taken an interest in Lia de Croissets, a newly turned werewolf. As a member of the War Mage Corps, the police branch of the world’s leading magical organization, the Silver Circle, she stands against the dark, but the mage’s interest appears to be more personal. In fact, the kidnapping attempt on Sebastian and later moves against Lia’s new little clan all appear to be geared toward getting something from her. But she has no idea what the mage wants, or why she and her clan of former outlaw wolves should be of such interest to the dark. And once she finds out, the answer could change not only Lia’s own life, but the course of the entire war.

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SPARKLING WATERS (AN ENCHANTED WATERS MYSTERY BOOK  13) by Jenna St James and Stephanie Damore

A Midlife Sea Witch Used to Working Alone  – A Handsome Demigod with a Penchant for Trouble – An Island Full of Secrets as Deep as the Ocean – ***A crossover from the A Witch in the Woods Mystery Series! Fourth of July in the Bermuda Triangle is supposed to be a day of fun—games for the kids, a baking contest full of sweet rivalries, and a community picnic leading into a glow-in-the-dark parade. As fireworks light the night sky, the celebration promises to be unforgettable. But when Isla discovers the dead body of a mermaid in the midst of the festivities, the holiday takes a chilling turn. With the suspects blending into the patriotic chaos, PADA detective Isla Ceartas and demigod Jace Solari are on the chase…with the help of Glo, of course. Can they figure out who wanted the mermaid dead before the fireworks fade into the night?       AmazonKU

COLLEGIATE VAMP (MISFITS OF DEMETER UNIVERSITY BOOK ONE) by Evelyn Lederman

He can’t control his thirst, but Santos wanted something more from the girl in his vision. After two years of debauchery and feeding on the innocent, Santos Mederios arrives at Demeter University a starving wretch. The scent of virgin blood could lead him to his true death if he can’t control his hunger. More responsibility is thrust upon him by the University’s president, including the safety of the woman he craves. Cleo has been victimized by a powerful vampire since she was twelve. Now, she’s sent to a university in the Arctic Circle populated by the undead. Her only hope is to find a champion who will help her break the chains of servitude. Two unlikely allies come together to break the bond Cleo’s parents inflicted upon their daughter. The connection between them may prove soul mates can be victorious a battle that can’t be won.     AmazonKU

FORSAKEN HEARTS (HEARTS OF AVALAR BOOK SIX) by Faedra Rose

Zade is an outcast—a scarred wolf shifter without a pack. There could be no worse fate for a beast bound by nature to find their Fated Mate. But Fate can be as cruel as she can be kind … and Zade’s path inevitably crosses that of the ancient, and embittered vampire, Elizabeth. Will fur fly, and blood paint the forest red? Or will the two forsaken souls find common ground, and a way to overcome the prejudices of their kinds to create their very own bloody Happily Ever After?         Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

DARK ALPHA’S HUNGER by Donna Grant

VS Note: A re-release.

One melody shattered his silence… and claimed his soul. I am a Reaper—an elite assassin bound to Death. I follow the command. I take the mark. Nothing stops me. Not even the darkness that finally dragged me under. I should have been lost to it forever. But one sound pulled me back—her music.
Thea is a Half-Fae, cautious yet fierce, and her music awakens a hunger I’ve never allowed myself to feel. Every note pulls me closer. Every breath around her tests the control I swore never to break.
Her melodies cut through the void, and pull me into the light, leading me back to my brethren…and into a rising war. Whoever hunts her may be the key to uncovering the enemy stalking us all. For her, I’ll shatter my vow of silence. For her, I’ll face the shadows still clinging to my soul. For her…I’ll risk everything.     Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

ORC ME OUT by Zora Black

He’s loud, green, and built like a fantasy. I should evict him. Instead, I let him orc me until I forgot my own name. The noise from 4B isn’t normal. It’s rhythmic. Deep. Like he’s chanting ancient mating spells straight into my ovaries. I file a complaint. He delivers muffins. Then reads me a love poem in six languages and fixes my shower shirtless. Now I’m the one making noise. I don’t do flings. Or neighbors. Or men who growl when I stop touching them. But this orc? He recites Shakespeare like a sin and kisses like a damn apology. I wanted peace. I got primal vowels and a tongue that ruins me. Technically, he broke the lease. Also technically…The bed.      AmazonKU

GODDESS OF DEATH (DEATH SERIES BOOK EIGHT) by Penelope Barsetti

I knew Callum would come for me. I leave the treacherous underworld behind and return to life with the man I love — finally. But when I ask him to marry me, there’s a heaviness in his silence. He admits that he’s kept something from me…and he finally tells me his truth. A secret I wish he’d taken to the grave. A secret that changes everything. Callum had earned the respect and acceptance of everyone in my life, but then he destroys it in just the span of minutes. I’m not sure where this leaves us, but the situation only gets worse when Leviathan returns. The God of the Underworld says if I don’t return to the underworld, the covenant will destroy the portal between our realms…and everyone I love will die.   AmazonKU

THE DARKNESS WITHIN (TWISTED THORN BOOK TWO) by Ang T Dalton

Magic is cursed. Fate is a game. And love is the deadliest price. Scarlet Thorne thought she was done playing with the cards she was dealt. But life has thrown her back into the ring. Waking up in Hollow Summit wasn’t all that bad—until she met Fallon, the twin sister she never knew existed. Fallon Fitzroy is everything Scarlet is not: disciplined, calculating, and seemingly determined to hate her. And with their father, General Arrow Fitzroy, Scarlet is forced to navigate not only a fractured family but a destiny she never asked for. To defeat the Grim, the sisters must work with the Wylder brothers. Fallon is forced to ally with her sworn enemy—Shayde—the one she’ll never forgive for the role he played in Scarlet’s capture. Meanwhile, Scarlet has given her heart to Rhodes, even as the curse entwining his fate threatens to tear them apart. Humankind has one last chance to reverse the Mareki’s Curse. And Scarlet and Fallon are the ones bound to fulfill the prophecy… but at a devastating cost. To restore their world’s magic, the Forgotten Realm must fall. And when it does, Scarlet will be forced to give more than her power—she may have to surrender her heart. As loyalties fracture and the Grim closes in, Scarlet must face her darkest truths, the enemies at her side, and a fate that could cost her everything.      AmazonKU       AB

LUCENT ACADEMY: TRINITY AWAKENS by Alex Bright

Every Manaborn of the Invicto Empire is claimed at adulthood and shipped to the Academy—to master their power and call forth their fated mate from the Pacted Realms. A beastkin mate is common. A vampire, rare. A dragon? That’s the kind of legend nobles brag about for generations. But highborn or lowborn, everyone knows the unbreakable rule of our Empire: You summon exactly one Bonded Mate. Rules exist to be broken. As the daughter of lowborn gardeners, I never dreamed I’d awaken Mana. I’d have been grateful for an imp. A kobold. Anything that let me keep my head down and avoid the notice of the elite. Then my Summoning happens. An Abyss Dragon who offers me his hoard and his heart. A Blood Lord promising eternal devotion and immortal nights. A Fae Prince vowing to make me his Queen. Three Bonded Mates. One terrified girl. And a prophecy come to life. Suddenly I’m declared a Trinity—the first in recorded history. A living legend destined either to save this world…or make it burn. Now the Empire watches. The Pacted Realms stir. Priests, kings, and monsters argue over whether I’m a miracle or a catastrophe. All I know is I’m trapped between three equally irresistible, equally dangerous suitors who don’t understand the meaning of “share”—and who are ready to take extreme measures to get what they claim as theirs. The problem is, I’ve never been good at choosing. And if the prophecy is right? I might not have to.        AmazonKU      AB

BOND OF SOULS AND NIGHTMARES (FATED TO THE SUN AND STARS BOOK FOUR) by Zara Storm

To save Trova, she must defy death itself—even if it damns her soul. Ana Angevire was never meant to survive. Tortured and driven into exile, she has fought too hard to watch Trova fall into the hands of Marek Caledon. The hour of reckoning approaches. If Caledon gets his hands on the last artifacts of Ethira, he will become a god—and no one will be able to stand against his vengeful wrath. Now Ana must sacrifice more than she’s ever had to before, defying the laws of life and death to save the prince she loves. But meddling with fate comes at a cost, and her choice will bind her and Leon in ways they never imagined. As Leon’s magic unravels, his mind fractured by nightmares he cannot escape, Ana begins to fear that the price she paid to save him might have changed her forever. With a kingdom on the brink of ruin and her own humanity hanging in the balance, Ana must learn to trust herself and the love that binds her to Leon in order to face the ultimate test…Can she defeat a monster without becoming one herself?       AmazonKU

ORGANIZING THE ORC (MONSTERS OF THE LABYRINTH BOOK TWO) by Lilith Stone

Sheriff Otis Cane may have big orc shoulders, but right now he’s drowning under paperwork and problems. The monsters of the labyrinth are at grave risk from humans up in Sparkle City, who are busily stockpiling munitions and using evil magic against them. He needs help, but he’s way too stubborn to admit it. Enter pint-sized human dynamo, Clem Summers, practical, sassy and way too pretty for Otis’s liking. He hasn’t dated in years and frankly the sight of her bending over his desk is bringing up feelings he thought he’d buried forever. As for Clem, she’s not exactly indifferent to her orc employer. He may look fierce, with those huge tusks and bright red eyes, but whenever he’s close, her knees go weak and her heart (and other places) light up. As the danger grows and Clem and Otis are thrown together to unravel an ancient magic system that could stop the humans from destroying the Labyrinth, they also face the minor problem of how to keep their hands off each other.   AmazonKU

THE DEMON’S DOMAIN (THE DEMON PRINCES BOOK FOUR) by L Alexander

Nobody is supposed to know who I really am, but he sees right through my disguises. Coveted. idden. Protected by a Demon Prince. Angels are hunting me, and I need to stay invisible. Left by my parents in the care of a priest they trusted, I’ve been sequestered at a church in a tiny village for more than a decade. But I haven’t seen them since, and after several angels show up looking for me, staying there is no longer safe. A demon offers to take me to the crossroads to keep me hidden, and while hesitant, I can’t help but accept his offer. I quickly fall in love with my new life … including the scholarly demon prince. The longer I stay, the more I learn how sheltered I’ve really been, and that everything I sacrificed to keep myself safe might not have been necessary at all. The angels looking for me are never going to stop, but running from them may lead to a revelation beyond anything I could have ever imagined.       AmazonKU

BLACKTHORNE ACADEMY YEAR ONE by Zoe Dunn

Bechora has always lived life on the edge, surviving day by day as a twenty-three-year-old stripper, with no memories of her past before the foster homes she was placed in at age two. Her world is one of poverty and struggle, until a mysterious night changes everything. Taken from the club’s parking lot, Bechora finds herself thrust into the enigmatic Blackthorne Academy, a school for the supernatural. At Blackthorne, Bechora is initially classified as a fire mage, but it doesn’t take long for her to realize her powers are unlike anything the academy has ever seen. As she navigates the perils and wonders of her new life, she forms deep, unexplainable connections with several intriguing individuals who seem to hold the keys to her destiny. In a world where ancient powers are awakening, and dangerous secrets lie in wait, Bechora must uncover the truth about her origins and embrace a power that hasn’t been seen in millennia. With her heart and the fate of the supernatural world hanging in the balance, Bechora’s journey is just beginning.      AmazonKU

GOLD FLAME: DRAGONS OF OBLIVION by Lily Archer

A mortal sacrificed to the creatures of Oblivion, I won’t live to see the sunrise …A DragonKin crosses the border and arrives at my village to claim me, its terrible teeth and claws promising a painful death. I’m carried away from my home, from the people who willingly gave me up to fulfill the Bargain, from my mother. I somehow survive the journey, only to find that the DragonKin are more than primal beasts that rule the skies. They’re men, too, of a sort, and I’m captive to the most vicious one of all—Vander, the crown prince. By claiming me in the Bargain between the mortal and immortal realms, he seeks to break the curse that shadows the DragonLands. But Oblivion isn’t meant for mortals, the land teeming with magical foes of every sort. Staying out of danger means staying close to the monster who breathes golden flame. So close that I know his voice, his touch, and the soul-scorching warmth he hides beneath his stony exterior.      AmazonKU       AB

HER POLAR (SHIFTED LOVE SERIES BOOK 15) by Fiona Davenport

Rowan Cooke only came to Timber Ridge to sell her late grandmother’s cottage. But Bexley North caught her scent and instantly knew she was his mate…except Rowan had no idea shifters existed. Then a stormy night stranded them together with only one bed, and Rowan’s first real taste of desire hit like wildfire. By the time the roads cleared, she wasn’t sure she wanted to leave.   AmazonKU

CRAVE ARENA: SUPERNAUTRAL BATTLE (FRMON PEAKS BOOK ONE) by Kelly St Clare

Five years ago, my entire family was murdered, and I became mated to the demon king. One moment on Earth, and the next moment in a foreign realm filled with ruthless creatures and a savage society I didn’t understand. Four years ago, I loved my king with everything I had. Until one fateful dusk he confessed to murdering my twin, mother, and grandmother. In a single breath my love turned to hate. Three years ago, I escaped the icy demon king and his sinister fortress atop the peak. But in doing so I merely swapped one type of terror for another. Two months ago, I discovered my twin was alive and locked in his dungeon… this entire time. Guess he decided to confess to cold-blooded murder and leave that part out? One month ago, I relinquished the idea of freedom to enter Tiers—the brutal and deadly game only the most desperate demons play. A single winner will survive the Crave Arena to make their demand of the demon king. That winner will be me. It’s the only way to kill him, even if I kill myself in the process.
Because three years ago another life became more important than mine. That life belongs to my son.   AmazonKU

FLIGHT RISK (DRAGONS OF WINGS END) by Lia Drake

The divorce papers are signed, my RV is packed, and I’m finally ready for a quiet midlife renaissance. What I wasn’t ready for was a dragon claiming me as his. My plan was simple: hit the road and figure out who I am. It didn’t include six-and-a-half feet of brooding muscle with an intense stare that almost makes me forget my vow of independence. I thought I could keep things casual—until a moment of exhilaration turns into a deadly freefall, and Kade exposes his true nature to save my life. He claims I’m his mate, but after twenty years of keeping my wings clipped, being a mate sounds an awful lot like a cage. He’s a dragon shifter who has finally found his treasure. I’m a woman who just learned how to fly. Now I have to decide if his possessive fire will keep me warm… or burn my newfound freedom to ash.      AmazonKU

CLAIMED UNDER BLOODLIGHT by Sabrina Sin and Milly Taiden

I smell her before I see her. Blood. Winter. Power that doesn’t belong in a human body. She crosses my land on the Longest Night, and the second I catch her scent, my Wolf makes the choice for both of us. I should send her back to the Crypt. Instead, I drag her to my cabin and lock the door. She heals me with her blood. I claim her with my teeth. Now the Pack calls her queen—and I call her mine. They want her dead.They want her throne. They want her power. They brought an army. I brought my teeth.       AmazonKU

BITTERSWEET VAMPIRE CURSE SERIES BOOK ONE by Jade Christy

Annie and Lucas Redington were the couple everyone envied—mornings tangled in sheets, afternoons on the South Carolina beach, evenings filled with experimental pasta sauces, dancing and laughter. And the future plans? Perfect. Lucas had just landed his dream blood research position; they were finally building the future life they always wanted. Just two weeks orientation in California and then he’d be back in South Carolina leading a team. Until he vanished. When he stops answering her calls and texts, Annie flies across the country, terrified. She finds him … but he’s not the man she knows. Not anymore. Lucas has been turned to vampire against his will. Now the sun and beach is poison. Food is ash in his mouth. And the woman he loves more than life has the blood he craves most. He begs her to run before he rips her throat out—but Annie has never run from Lucas. Helping him means embracing a world she never wanted and maybe dying for it. Loving him means risking her life every time he breathes her in. Their marriage survived everything…Can it survive this?   AmazonKU    AB

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