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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RETURN OF THE ALIEN WARRIOR (TREASURED BY THE ALIEN BOOK 15) by Honey Phillips
She chose to become a mother. He never expected to be a father. When Dr. Melissa Desai chose to become a single mother, she expected challenges. She didn’t expect to be stolen from Earth and sold to a secret facility on an alien world. Now her body is a resource. Her child is a prize. And trust could cost her everything. Surrounded by enemies, can she believe the massive alien warrior who promises to save her? Captain Becsul nak’Larentar knows the Cire race is dying. When he volunteers for a classified research program, he believes he’s helping secure his people’s future. He’s wrong. When he sees a beautiful, defiant female and her child, and discovers the truth behind the program, everything changes. Because a Cire warrior never turns away from what is his to protect. As danger closes in, Becsul must choose—remain loyal to his world… or claim the family he never expected. AmazonKU
THE PORTAL (DRAGONLINGS OF VALDIER BOOK NINE) by S E Smith
The first full-length Dragonlings novel is unfolding in The Portal: A Dragonlings of Valdier Adventure! They were just looking for an adventure… Now they’re lost across an unknown world.
Boredom is a dangerous thing when you’re a Dragonling. With a two-week break, their dads busy renovating the underground amusement park, and their moms on a trip with their younger siblings, the teenage Dragonlings have time on their hands. When Phoenix shares her brief travel to a world far away, the teens decide it is time for a new adventure! But when their simple plan turns into chaos, the dragonlings are scattered across the mysterious new realm. With no way to communicate and no clear way home, the Dragonlings will have to rely on their wits, strength, and a whole lot of luck to reunite. One thing is certain—this is no longer just an adventure. It’s a quest to find each other… and hope the Seven Kingdoms can survive their visit. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
VEGA: GALACTIC CYBORG HEAT SERIES bu Jessie Rose Case
VEGA. His men on a long-range mission. Sent to another world to explore. The world inhabited by humans, found on a dead database from old Earth Corp files, once corrupted, now working once more. It held knowledge the Empire needed. New worlds no one knew about. Worlds that might have their brothers lost to space. Sent out by Earth Corp to wage war, defend their interests, secure worlds for them. What he did not expect was to find a possible Mate. None of them did. And this world held hope. Hope that there might be an end to the malaise for the Cyborgs in the Empire. Hope for a future….Sienna – The ER was busy. They’d been a multi-vehicle crash More stretchers rushing in only these ones were different. Carrying large men the trollies struggling with the weight. They had to be heavy. 2 more being assisted, by more medics. Rushing up. “What we got?” “Crashed off-worlder….” (more excerpt on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
RESCUED BY THE ANCIENT CHINESE WARRIOR PRINCE (TIME TRAVELING MEN IN LOVE BOOK ONE) by CD Rachels
VS Note: MM SFR.
Our missions are simple: go back in time, retrieve an anomaly, come back in seven days, and don’t change the past. There’s certainly no room to interact with, hook up, or catch feelings for someone outside of my time. But when my latest mission takes a frightening turn, I’m saved by the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. He’s not only skilled with swordplay, but he’s sweet and understanding.
Oh, and he’s totally into me. Still, I need to ignore him and go back to my century. There’s too much at stake if I get involved with him. Now I need to convince my heart and body to get on board with that plan. Life as a time-travelling secret agent just got a lot more complicated. Amazon
SEAS THE DAY (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 103) by Milly Taiden
VS Note: Takes place on another planet.
Navira Amaryllis used to own the water—Olympic gold medals, record-breaking speed, and enough competitive fire to boil a pool. Then one injury and one cheating ex-fiancé turned her into a woman who teaches others to chase dreams she stopped believing in. Then Gerri Wilder offers her an off-world coaching job along with a pink ocean, elite sea wolf swimmers, and one dangerously hot Alpha who makes Navira want to dive headfirst into trouble. Alpha Thalric Orrivax needs a mate, a battle plan, and maybe a vacation from pretending he has everything under control. His sea wolf pack is on the edge of war with a ruthless pirate fleet, and a former Olympic swimmer sounds like the perfect trainer to sharpen his warriors. What Thalric doesn’t expect is Navira—fierce, stubborn, gorgeous, and absolutely not interested in being anyone’s “perfect mate.” Too bad his wolf takes one look at her and decides she’s his. Between steamy swims, sea wolf training, pirate attacks, one very inconvenient mate bond, and Gerri’s usual “oops, did I forget to mention destiny?” matchmaking chaos, Navira and Thalric are in deep water fast. Can a wounded champion and a too-controlled Alpha learn to trust love before enemies drag his pack under? Or will this off-world romance sink before they finally admit they were made to seas the day together? AmazonKU
BENEATH THE STORM (FATED STARS BOOK TWO) by Candice Gilmer
Brellen Storm is a mercenary, a ghost, a woman who survives by never being seen clearly. When a contract lands on her table — extract one scientist from a government holding facility — it looks like any other job. It isn’t. Senator Khol Tavish is building a case that could bring down the most powerful man in the galaxy. He doesn’t need a complication like Brellen. He especially doesn’t need the feeling that he already knows her. He doesn’t. He can’t. She’s made sure of it. But this contract is unraveling thirty years of careful silence, and the senator’s body remembers something his mind has buried for a very long time.
ROWAN’S LOVERS (REBELLIOUS SLAVE BOOK FOUR) by Mikala Ash
VS Note: Post apocalyptic.
Rowan has a bounty on her head. Will her lovers get to her before a bounty hunter can collect the reward? Rebellious slave Rowan is heading for the walled city of Iseky to find her lovers Ky and Chin Lau. She also need to discover who wiped her memories and why. Soldier of fortune Kepel Dev is forced to hunt her by any means necessary. When Ky rushes to Iseky to try to find Rowan, he meets the flirtatious Hetta along the way. Meanwhile Chin Lau has escaped the Skolls and their new leader, Tamin Gutra, but on his way to find Rowan he falls into the hands of cannibals. Little do they know slave master Ganwe din Kopese holds the key to all their futures. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
CAPTIVE OF THE BUG GENERAL: MM MONSTER ROMANCE (OFFWORLD MEAT MARKET BOOK FIVE) by Morrigan Black
He’s supposed to kill me. Instead, he keeps me. They branded me, hand me a rifle, and ship me to a jungle planet to die. I’m a conscript. A throwaway. Then the shuttle crashes. And he finds me in the wreckage. Kreell is seven feet of living armor; chitin black as deep space, wrist blades that snap out like switchblades, wings that buzz the air dead silent. He commands an army. His soldiers drop to their knees when he walks past. Now I’m on mine. He puts me in restraints. In his office. In his bed. His voice takes me apart and his hands put me back together but twisted. When he brands me, his mark burned right over the old one. I stop pretending I want to be saved. I’ve been owned my whole life. By the mines. By the corporation. By the war. He’s the first owner I chose. Captive. Claimed. His. AmazonKU
SIGNAL LOST by Onyx Sullivan
For two hundred years she slept, only to emerge in a galaxy still suffering. But she would carve a path of ruin through it all to keep him safe. Davik is a practical, gentle man, but surviving in Tau Ceti by only working legal jobs is nearly impossible. Springing his brother from cryoprison is just another job, one that goes off with only one hitch—his brother isn’t in the cryopod. He has accidentally rescued a hungry and lost 6’3” Icthian, and she is smitten with his cooking. Leucifia expects familiar faces and battleship bays when her pod opens. She does not expect a rusty cargo hold and a warm-eyed human engineer with a million questions and one singular, precious dimple. Working with Davik in the seedy underbelly of Tau Ceti is her best option to uncover the fate of her slumbering squadron. But when their late-night coffee chats turn from cordial to carnal, she faces a complicated choice of allegiance. He wants to bring his family back together, to forge a stable life for them. One that has room at the table for her. But as she pieces together her fragmented past, what she finds might shatter his peace. Amazon
THEIR LITTLE ANZERINE (ELEADIAN MATES BOOK 15) by Paige Michaels
After living most of her life sequestered away, berated, and mistreated, Mercy finds herself in an arranged marriage that reeks of disaster. Is it too late to become a runaway bride? Skarg and Kafran, two friends who arrived at Club Zoom together, aren’t surprised to find themselves scenting the same mate. They are shocked, however, to find her sitting in Zack’s office wearing a gaudy wedding dress. Years of verbal abuse have caused Mercy to have severe body-image issues. It’s difficult for her to trust that no one on Eleadia will treat her so disrespectfully. If she can just find a way to be brave, she’ll discover the rest of her life will be filled with happiness. AmazonKU
CRIMSON SHORE (BLUE ARROW ISLAND BOOK TWO) by Brenda Rothert
VS note: Post apocalyptic.
Power. Betrayal. A love that could save them all—or destroy everything. Briar Hollis made her choice, but Blue Arrow Island doesn’t forgive. It doesn’t forget. And it sure as hell doesn’t let you leave unscathed. The war for control of the brutal island is escalating, and now that Briar has allies at her side, the stakes have never been higher. A new player has entered the game. When a new prisoner arrives on the island’s blood-soaked shores, the fragile balance of power shatters. The rules have changed. Survival now demands impossible choices. Briar is still learning to wield the power the island gifted her—but time is running out. He shattered her heart. Now she’s all that stands between him and oblivion. The war between the island’s ruthless leaders has turned personal, and Briar stands at the center of a storm whose destruction won’t end at the shore. The man who destroyed her—whose lies cut deeper than any blade—harbors a power so volatile it could consume everything. But it’s killing him from the inside out. To defeat the darkness rising from the island’s depths, Briar must do the impossible: trust the beautiful, broken man who taught her that love and betrayal are two sides of the same coin. AmazonKU
ELYSIAN EXTRACTION: STEAMY MM ALPHA/OMEGA CORPORATE DYSTOPIA ROMANCE (MANUFACTURED MATES BOOK TWO) by Gale Ian Tate
Welcome to the Incorporated States of New America, where spiritual growth comes with a service agreement, and Cass represents the absolute worst return on investment in corporate missionary history. His performance metrics are genuinely impressive: zero successful conversions, negative territorial expansion, and a concerning tendency to get stabbed by his own recruitment targets. Elysian Dynamics has given him two weeks to prove he’s not completely hopeless before subjecting him to Project Chrysalis—a process that definitely voids the warranty on his personality Enter Riot: a corporately modified Alpha-turned-Berserker whose emotional support animal is apparently his own barely controlled rage. He smells like strawberries and cream, which violates several known laws of biology, and he keeps interfering with Cass’s recruitment efforts by preventing people from murdering him. Every time Cass asks something innocent—which is constantly—Riot’s carefully managed suppressants stage a full rebellion. Watching someone this genuinely kind blame himself for a system designed to exploit him triggers every possessive instinct his corporate programmers tried to bury. Together, they’re about to discover that some corporate policies are worse than death, some rescue missions require more than good intentions, and some bonds form despite every rational objection. Because apparently, the heart wants what it wants, even when what it wants makes absolutely no sense. AmazonKU
RADIANT EXCEPTION by AJ Wynn
The mission seemed simple: Step One: Find the Phoenix. Step Two: Kill the Phoenix. Step Three: Collect insane bounty. Step Four: Live happily ever after. In the depths of space, Lark Sterling has one mission: bring down the Phoenix, the elusive leader of a criminal syndicate responsible for the tragic loss of her family. After years of relentless pursuit, a covert opportunity arises—one that could provide her with the revenge she seeks. But it comes with one condition: she’ll have to pose as the wife of Captain Damian Vaughn, a decorated military hero with a brooding past, a strict preference for working alone, and secrets of his own. With the Phoenix in their crosshairs, Lark and Vaughn must put their differences aside to navigate through a maze of secrets, lies, and their own burning chemistry, putting their reluctant partnership to the test. But in the shadows of their deadly mission, will their undeniable attraction ignite something more, or will their hidden scars and personal demons tear them apart before they can bring the Phoenix to justice? AmazonKU
THE MAJOR’S STUBBORN ALIEN CAPTAIN (LOVE AT HOT MESS STATION BOOK SIX) by Mina Goodwin
Inspector Amelia Ruben has one job: evaluate failing outer-rim station Kepler-896 and recommend whether it deserves to survive. Sent by her legendary general father, Amelia is expected to deliver a flawless, by-the-book report—and shut Hot Mess Station down for good. Captain Norsten has spent eight years fighting to save his grandfather’s dream. Between failing systems, constant disasters, and a crew who treats chaos like a normal workday, he knows this inspection could destroy everything he’s sacrificed for. But Hot Mess Station isn’t just systems and spreadsheets. It’s a found family. A meddling AI with terrible timing. Sentient plants. And a stubborn captain who carries far too much alone. As attraction sparks and loyalties clash, Amelia must choose between duty and desire. Follow orders—or protect the place and man who’ve shown her what home really means. Because Hot Mess Station isn’t a lost cause. It’s love, chaos, and family—and Amelia might be the only one who can save it. AmazonKU AB
UNTANGLED by Kennedy Rhodes
Danger has a way of turning enemies into something else. Surviving a planet that wants you dead is hard. Surviving with someone you love to hate? Even harder. Especially when it means learning to trust each other. Sabaak is a planet where the sand stretches on forever and every second is a reminder of your terrible life choices. Not the ideal location for the adventure Bri has always dreamed of. But she’s not one to let a lack of resources, a disturbing cult, and unruly pack animals stand in the way of a good time. Plus, the best adventures are the ones where everything goes wrong. Right? It’s also a place Tai swore he’d never step foot on again. Now he’s forced to deal with his past, something he’d rather keep buried. On a planet he hates, on a rescue mission he never wanted, he’ll do whatever it takes to get them home. The fight for survival brought them closer, but is it enough to keep them together? AmazonKU
HOW ATLAS DREAMED (AFTER THE SINGULARITY BOOK TWO) by
Anna is seven months pregnant with a dead man’s child. She’s on a spaceship with androids taking her to a new life, a new chance, on a perfectly terraformed Mars. But is she just a refugee to the androids? Or a convenient opportunity? Atlas, the chief medical android, is conflicted with her there. Humans are not to be trusted, even if they bake questionable cookies and make awkward jokes. And Anna? How far is she willing to go to protect her new life and baby? AmazonKU
ROPING HER ALIEN RANCHERS (THE UFOMEGAVERSE BOOK ONE) by Zoe Nash
One heartsick cowgirl. Three aliens who think horses are Earth’s primary life form. All Tammy Tucker has left is a broken-down, nearly bankrupt stud farm. She’s got one chance to make it work—and it all rides on a stallion named Mystery and a million-dollar broodmare named Sassafras. The only problem? Mystery and Sassafras hate each other. Tammy needs a solution, and fast. But maybe not in the form of a trio of colorful aliens crash-landing their ship into her supply barn. Before she can scream, one of the tentacled oddities sprays Tammy with an inky, stinky substance and she passes out. When she wakes up, her unwanted guests are in the pasture trying to talk to her elderly Appaloosa. Despite her best efforts, the aliens refuse to believe that human beings, not horses, rule the planet. They do, however, find Tammy’s anatomy… enticing. Cyro. Kalith. Vantor. They traveled 124 light years to collect Earth ocean samples, and they have no idea why they landed in some place called Kansas. Their mission training only prepared them for a stealth operation—land near the undersea trench, fill the ship tanks, and leave. It definitely didn’t prepare them for dealing with land life forms… or how intoxicating an Omega-classified biped could smell. Tammy’s scent makes all three forget duty and discretion. Because the only thing they want now? Is a sample of her. With the help of a universal translator, a ton of sitcom reruns, a little cephalopod shapeshifting, and an endless string of hilarious misunderstandings, Tammy might just save her ranch and gain three—pretty weird—ranch hands. AmazonKU
KELAN (TALONIAN WARRIORS) by Celeste Raye
She’s trapped with a monster… until a more dangerous one claims her. Michelle hides bruises behind a perfect smile, praying her abusive boyfriend won’t go too far—until one brutal night changes everything. When her powerful boss, Kelan, steps in, he doesn’t just save her… he reveals a terrifying secret. Kelan isn’t human. He’s a dragon warrior from another world, sent to Earth on a mission that could decide the fate of two planets. Protecting Michelle wasn’t part of the plan—but now she’s his. And he’ll burn the world before he lets anyone hurt her again. AmazonKU
FATEBOUND (DRUADAN LEGACY BOOK FOUR) by Amelia Cole
The Druadan Legacy series is an adult romance set on a distant Earth, where centuries of rising seas have transformed the land masses into a scattering of islands. In a world where the sea has claimed most of the land, the once-mighty druadan faces extinction. Genetically engineered for ancient wars, these loyal horses are telepathically bonded to a single rider. Centuries after the final battle, their numbers are dwindling, and the few remaining are kept in stations and used for demonstrations only. Venovia is gone. The air’s too toxic to breathe. ITM took everything—our cities, our homes, our future. What’s left of us fled to the sea on ships, waiting for a salvation that won’t come. I thought it was over. That all I had left was Oriana, my riders, and the weight of everything we failed to save. Then Marshal told me that my father was alive and might know a way to save us. He’s on Canna Canna, a remote island no one talks about. Where the air is clean, and tribes of druadan riders have ruled and clashed for centuries. We go, chasing a whisper of hope. There, I learn a druadan’s bond holds untapped power that could tip the odds in our favor. But nothing comes without a cost, and to unlock it, my riders and I must survive a gauntlet of brutal trials. Each one will test our strength, our loyalty, and above all, the love that binds us. This is our last chance. If we fail, Venovia falls… and the rest of the world won’t be far behind. FATEBOUND is the final book in a series where the main character will end up with multiple love interests. AmazonKU
THE AERONAUT’S HEIR (LADY GEORIGIA BRUNELL MYSTERIES BOOK FOUR) by Shelley Adina
VS Note: Steampunk.
A woman’s worst fear is conquered only by the strength of her love…For the first time in her adult life, Georgia Brunel is surrounded by those who love her. Buoyed by happiness, she, Aunt Millie, and her son, Theodore, home from Oxford for the summer, take flight in the airship Helena for Cornwall. Along with their friends aboard Foresight, they are to attend the greatest scientific symposium of the decade. Hosted by the Earl and Countess of Falmouth, they will meet engineering luminaries from all over Europe and England. But on the first day of the symposium, the infant Falmouth heir is discovered missing from his bed. Worse, Teddy Brunel is missing from his. Are the two disappearances connected? Was Teddy attempting to save the child or was he the target? And what does a Venetian assassin’s coin found at the scene mean—other than certain death for someone at the estate? The house is full of the talented and famous. The reporters shouting at the gates must not get wind of this disaster. And the Prince Consort must be prevented from coming to award the prize for best invention. It is up to Georgia and Millie to swallow their fear for Teddy and the baby, and marshal their wits to help locate them. Along with a pair of Texican gentlemen with skills gentlemen shouldn’t possess, they must work in the shadows to find the missing boys before time runs out … and takes the most precious person in Georgia’s life with it.
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SATISFIED BY THE SLIME: A MONSTER MATES ROMANCE by Ivy Sparks
I thought I ordered a “massage wand.” You know, the kind that’s delivered in discreet packaging? Instead, I received an eight-foot-tall slime monster. The listing said “Pulsating Relief” and “Satisfaction Guaranteed.” Sounded good to me after a bottle of wine and another long night alone in my soap-making studio. But what I got was a crate the size of a refrigerator and a shapeshifting slime who technically still matches the product description. His name is Oz. He’s been living in a cave for eighty years, he wrote the listing himself, and he put “no returns” in the fine print. His body shifts. Adapts. Any shape, any pressure, any texture. I should send him back. Instead, I’m letting him help me save my business while his “deep-tissue technique” ruins me for anything battery-operated ever again. But the longer he stays, the harder it is to keep him a secret. To make matters worse, a mysterious creature has been haunting the town…And Oz perfectly matches the suspect’s description. AmazonKU
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VS: This week I’m highlighting the box set of the first three books in the Badari Warriors series. It’s only $.99 – special price only at Amazon!
Welcome to the interstellar civilization known in the far future as the Sectors! This Badari Warriors box set gathers the first three science fiction romance novels from this award winning series into one collection. Featuring genetically engineered soldiers of the far future, the Badari were created by alien enemies to fight humans. But then the scientists kidnapped an entire human colony from the Sectors to use as subjects in twisted experiments…the Badari and the humans made common cause, rebelled and escaped the labs. Now they live side by side in a sanctuary valley protected by a powerful Artificial Intelligence, and wage unceasing war on the aliens. Please note each novel has been previously published on its own and all are standalone tales. No new material has been added, aside from a brief Author’s Note about why I wrote each novel. AYDARR: Jill Garrison, a maintenance tech at the Sectors Amarcae 7 colony, goes to sleep one night as usual only to wake up in her nightgown stranded in the middle of a forest on an unknown world. There’s no time to think as she’s stalked by carnivorous predators and rescued by genetically engineered warriors calling themselves the Badari. Turns out they and she, along with her whole colony, are now prisoners of the Khagrish, a ruthless race of alien scientists. Working for enemies of the Sectors, the Khagrish have created the Badari to be super soldiers. Aydarr, the Badari alpha, isn’t sure he can trust Jill but his attraction to her is undeniable. He impulsively claims her as his mate to prevent her death at the hands of the Khagrish.
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CYRUS (SEVEN DEADLY SINS BOOK TWO) by N J Walters
Werewolf and bounty hunter Cyrus Sin lives by few rules. One of them is humans and werewolves don’t mix. When Vinnie Grant, the woman who has haunted his dreams, the one he left behind sixteen years ago, turns up on his doorstep claiming they have a son together, everything changes. Now they must work together to find their missing son before it’s too late. Loyalties are tested, an enemy is determined to destroy them, and secrets are exposed, leading them down a path that could end in tragedy … or love.
PLAY DEAD, STAY DEAD (MURDER IN MOONBURROW BOOK TWO) by Sarah Spade
When Honey asks me to watch over Dough You Believe in Magic so she can go on a out-of-Moonburrow honeymoon with Sheriff Max, I reluctantly agree. We’re kind of, sort of friends now, and I don’t want to mess up her bakery, but the positive opossum insists that I can’t… I knew better, but I said ‘yes’ anyway. I’m regretting that now. It was a silly mistake. I tossed the keys into the garbage, then threw it out in the dumpster. Good thing raccoons don’t mind digging through the trash because, once I jump in, I go searching—and find another dead body behind Honey’s charmed bakery. Only the gorgeous blond-haired, purple-eyed preppie opossum shifter isn’t dead dead… though tell that to the ghost that steps out of the shadows right as I scramble out of the dumpster. He’s Ashton Morgan, Honey’s cousin and an opossum who played dead and, somehow, his soul left his body. Now he wants to know who ‘killed’ him and tossed him in the trash, how to break the curse that’s keeping him from returning to his body, and why I’m the only one who can see him (besides Gus)—and he seems to think that I’m going to do everything I can to help him. And, well, considering he’s my fated mate, I think I’ll have to before Ash goes from playing dead to staying dead. AmazonKU
NIGHT MAZE (CAT LADY CHRONICLES BOOK FOUR) by Helen Harper
It’s one thing to be dealing death. It’s quite another to deal with the undead. Kit McCafferty has never been fond of vampires but she can’t refuse the opportunity to learn more about their kind. When she is invited into the clandestine underground world of the Understream to investigate the mysterious disappearance of some giant worms, she soon discovers there is far more to the fanged creatures than she’d ever realised. Danger, secrets and mysteries abound in every dark, twisting tunnel. Is there anyone in the depths who Kit can trust? Or will she have to rely on her wits – and her cats – alone? AmazonKU AB
REALM OF WINTER AND ROSES: A GENDER SWAPPED BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLING by Katherine Macdonald
In the Realm of Eternal Spring, nothing is ever as it seems…When Prince Beau and Queen Juliana are stranded in the icy wilds of Winter, Juliana sets off in search of help—but never returns. Determined to find her, Beau ventures out… only to find himself trapped in the Realm of Eternal Spring alongside a fearsome beast. But the beast—Caoimhe—is no ordinary monster. Fierce, sharp-tongued, and hiding more secrets than truths, she’s not what Beau expected… and not someone he can afford to mistrust. To survive, Beau must ally with this strange, shape-shifting girl and confront the dark forces that have ensnared them both. Meanwhile, far from Spring’s deceptive beauty, Princess Aislinn uncovers a terrible truth: the ancient Mirror in the Dwarven vault of Avalinth is a fake. With her brother and mother missing, Aislinn and her father vow to bring their family home—no matter the cost. But as old powers stir and forgotten bloodlines are revealed, Beau may learn that monsters are made, not born—and that sometimes the real danger wears a familiar face. AmazonKU
WRONG NUMBER, RIGHT KOALA (DIAL M FOR MATES BOOK NINE) by Colbie Dunbar
VS Note: MM PNR.
Sometimes the wrong number is the exact one you need. I’m just trying to confirm a delivery with a client. One quick call, that’s it. But thanks to my co-worker’s horrible handwriting, I spend days leaving messages at the wrong number instead. Finally, the number calls back. I expect them to be pissed. Their furniture is still in our warehouse and not in their living room as promised. Instead, I discover my mistake as Remy, the man I harassed all day, explains why it took so long for him to return my calls, ones not meant for him. He’s never heard of our store, much less ordered from us. I want to keep talking to him, but the customer I’ve been attempting to contact barges into the store and our call is cut short. They are livid. A week goes by, and I can’t stop thinking about Remy. I want to call him, talk to him more, and listen to him ramble on about his day, but that would be wrong. He never gave me his number. I got it by accident, and that isn’t the same. It’s best to let it go. If only it were that easy. I’m about to cave, to give in to my need to hear his sweet voice again, when he walks into the store. The second I see him, I know he’s mine. It doesn’t make any sense, but when has love ever made sense? AmazonKU
WAITING FOR A GHOUL LIKE YOU: HARMONY GLEN by AC Ruttan
Cursed by mistake? A thousand years ago, a landlocked witch cursed Sven and his twin brother. Although she blamed Magnus for her troubles, Sven got zapped too because he wanted to help his brother. Would he do it again? Yep. All because he loves fiercely. So much so, his curse was almost broken a century ago when he fell in love with a bootlegger’s daughter. And she loved him right back. He prepped for mortality, but on the night she was going to run away with him, she vanished, leaving him brokenhearted. When his twin’s main squeeze, the maid at their successful dead-and-breakfast, reveals Sven’s missing love is at their home and also cursed, he has hope again. There are two problems, though. One, he can’t see her because she’s sort of undead too. Two, she doesn’t remember him. After a wonky seance zaps him, he suddenly he can see dead people. Including her. Can Sven convince his cursed revenant true love to give him a chance again? Can a love between two cursed spectres actually save them both, or is he doomed to immortality knowing the woman he once loved doesn’t remember him? It takes ghosting to a whole other level. AmazonKU
SHADES OF LOVE: HARMONY GLEN by Alora Quinn
CARSON – Art is my sole purpose in life. I paint memories, I paint emotion, I paint souls. The problem is, even with all of these things, I feel like my art lacks depth. My pieces may be beautiful, but what are they really displaying? What I need is a muse—the one who will own my heart, body, and mind. I’ve travelled the world, somehow ending up in Harmony Glen, a town where monsters and humans live in harmony. My muse is here somewhere. I can feel it. Just when I think I’ve found her, she disappears—literally. I spot her in the shadows of the forest, only to think I’m losing my mind when I blink and she’s gone. When I stumble across her in the town, relief hits me. Not only is she real, she’s really gorgeous. There’s only one problem—she wants nothing to do with me. Somehow, I’ve got to get through to her, or I may lose more than just my muse. ORIE – As a shadow demon, I’ve struggled to find my place in this world. Monsters joining society is one thing, but even monsters judge me on occasion. Not in Harmony Glen, though. Everyone here has accepted that I’m not the monster I used to be. That’s why I call it home. Everything is normal and fine until… (more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
BLOODREIGN: A DRAGON SHIFTER VAMPIRE ROMANCE (THE BLOODBORN SERIES BOOK EIGHT) by Sydney Winward
He lost everything, and now he must ascend the vampire throne to keep from losing what little remains. The Ichor Knell Zoran Degore awakens to is nothing like the one he left behind centuries ago. Trapped in a bubble of time and stripped of everyone he loved, he must now rule a kingdom in a modern world that has moved on without him. But when an alluring dragon shifter storms into his court, his resolve begins to unravel. Katarina Ardelean is the last of her kind, a dragon shifter bound by the instinct to protect. Drawn to the wounded vampire king and the city teetering on the edge of ruin, she refuses to stand aside. Even when Zoran demands it. But danger shadows every new reign. To survive, Zoran must trust the one woman he swore to keep at a distance, and Katarina must do what dragons do best. To protect what’s hers. AmazonKU
BREAKING THE SURFACE (LEGENDARY SHIFTERS BOOK 15) by Catherine Lievens
VS Note: MM PNR.
Running was supposed to save his life. Staying might give him a reason to live. Peter has spent years hiding his secret—and enduring his abusive boyfriend, Lou. But when the violence escalates, he runs to the one place he’s always known is safe: the Rosewood pack. There, he finds more than shelter. He finds his mate. Braden is a protector by nature, but nothing prepares him for Peter—fierce, wounded, and wary of trusting another human. As Peter struggles to believe he deserves safety, let alone love, Braden is determined to prove he won’t break him. But Lou isn’t ready to let go. When the past comes hunting, Peter must choose: keep running, or fight for the life—and love—he’s only just begun to believe in. Sometimes the mate bond isn’t just about finding your other half—it’s about finding yourself.
VACATION WITH THE VOID DRAGON by Leslie Chase
Writing a review of a mysterious island resort sounded like a dream job, until I fall off a cliff and into the arms of the island’s even more mysterious owner. Varyx is gorgeous, dangerous, and completely unfair to look at. Tall, broad-shouldered, with a voice that would make an angel swoon and lips that should come with a warning label. He’s also not even remotely human. His eyes glow violet, his tattoos move, and when his control slips, so do his wings. Beneath all the grumpiness and gorgeousness is something ancient and powerful: a twenty-foot-long void dragon who insists I do not belong here. Too bad the bond snapping into place between us says otherwise. I should run. Get back to my normal life, forget about this place. That would be the safe, sane option. But the longer we’re together, the harder it is to ignore the force pulling us closer. And I really, really want to find out about his lips. AmazonKU
VACATION WITH THE KRAKEN SURFER by Luna Wren
I took the wrong ferry and ended up on a black sand beach with no luggage, a mysterious rum drink, and him. Maro. Kraken Shifter. Ancient. Blue. Alone for longer than I can imagine. The kind of man who hasn’t expected anyone to stay in two hundred years. And I’m starting to think the wrong ferry might have been exactly right. What happens when a curvy girl ends up in the wrong tropical resort and meets the kraken-shifter man of her dreams? AmazonKU
CULLEN (DIXON TROOP BOOK SIX) by Kathi S Barton
Cullen Dixon has spent years keeping his distance—from people, from peace, and especially from the idea of love. Haunted by nightmares he can’t escape, he’s convinced that no woman should have to live with the darkness he carries. A mate? That’s one thing he’s sure he’ll never have. When Emmie arrives in town for what should have been a simple visit, she doesn’t expect to find herself drawn to the quiet strength of Cullen—or the tight-knit Dixon family that seems to take her in as one of their own. What starts as a casual date quickly turns into something deeper, something neither of them saw coming. But Cullen’s world isn’t as simple as it appears. The work he does still carries risks, and the life he’s trying to build comes with responsibilities that could put everything he’s found with Emmie in jeopardy. As their connection grows, so does the question neither of them can ignore—can love truly take root in a life filled with danger, duty, and the unexpected? Amazon Apple Books Kobo
MOON BITE (HEXVERSE) by Clio Evans
Opposites attract in this small town paranormal omegaverse romance when Morgan Foxglove discovers the grumpy werewolf contracted to be her bodyguard is also her fated mate. The family curse was supposed to just be a story. But after returning to her quaint home town for her grandmother’s funeral, Morgan discovers that not only is the curse real—her inheritance has been signed over to an alphahole werewolf in exchange for his protection. Sylvan is bound to be Morgan’s bodyguard by a contract no amount of magic can unravel. It’s too bad he cannot stand the helpless witch. Her spells are useless. She whines about the fur he leaves around the house every time he shifts. She’s constantly running into things and injuring herself. The little witch is bound to drive him wild. But now, Morgan and Sylvan have no choice but to spend nine months in the same gothic manor together to complete the terms of the deal. Nine months of protection, nine months of being knotted together by fate. To make matters worse, the longer they live together, they discover a problem more concerning than the danger lurking around town or their ridiculous arrangement. The grumpy werewolf and wicked witch just might love each other. AmazonKU
EGO’S GUIDE TO LOVE BITES AND VAMPIRES (THE DREAMWALKERS BOOK THREE) by Sammi Cee
VS Note: MM PNR.
Ego wasn’t supposed to survive his first death. Waking up with fangs, a relentless hunger, and a maker who taunts him from the Dreamveil was never the plan. Escaping to Willowhope, Ego plans on hiding in his mini-castle until he figures out how to handle being a popstar and a bloodsucker at the same time. Instead, he’s trapped in a new reality he doesn’t understand, where the rules are different, the stakes are higher, and control feels just out of reach. Willowhope has a way of collecting the broken, though. Surrounded by a found family that refuses to let him fall apart, an ancient vampire determined to teach him the rules he doesn’t want to follow, and grumpy, no-nonsense Scotty, who challenges him at every turn, Ego finds more support than he’s ever experienced before. Especially by Scotty. Scotty, who doesn’t just see what Ego has become but pieces together the broken man who’d been hiding behind flirty banter and innuendo. It should be simple to keep his distance. It always had been with Scotty’s distrust in him, but the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the sharp, inconvenient, and impossible to control pull between them. What started months ago as friction turns into something neither of them is prepared for. As the Dreamveil begins to shift and something darker stirs beneath the surface, Ego realizes his transformation is tied to more than just blood. His maker is coming, the danger is closing in, and the fragile control he’s fighting for might not be enough to keep the people around him safe. AmazonKU
HERE BE DRAGONS (LEGENDARY BOOK FOUR) by Christine Pope
Some sacrifices demand everything. Some guardians become the fire that saves them all. Sidney Lowell might have saved Silver Hollow from shadow stalkers and DAPI’s weaponized physics, but the cost of victory has shattered the balance she fought to protect. The portal network — stable for more than 150 years — no longer obeys the lunar cycle. The veil between dimensions has worn paper-thin, and something vast is stirring beneath the town. Ignis Aeturnus. The Dragon. Ancient, powerful, and waking after centuries of sleep. When billionaire Julian Gregory arrives with drilling rigs and electromagnetic weapons, intent on harvesting the Dragon’s energy for profit, Sidney realizes her telepathic abilities and merged phoenix nature have made her a beacon for forces she can’t control. The Dragon sees humanity as an infection rotting the dimensional network — and he’s given Sidney until the winter solstice to prove otherwise, or he’ll cauterize the wound by destroying everything she loves. With Ben’s conduit scars tying him to her survival, her father Finn returning after seventeen years of surveillance and secrets, and her mother and grandmother still trapped beyond the portal, Sidney faces an impossible choice. She can gather an international council of guardians and attempt diplomatic solutions while Gregory’s mercenaries lay siege to her home…or she can do what guardians have always done: become the sacrifice that protects everyone else. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
ORC’S THRONE (THE VEIL LANDS BOOK SIX) by Cyn Blade and Milly Taiden
Fable: I came to Ashkar Keep to catalogue dust and serve out my exile Instead, I found a forged signature on a king’s death certificate. Now, I’ve seen too much and my death is imminent. But I need Prince Zorath. He’s the monster of every court whisper—a creature of raw fury and jagged tusks. He moves like a predator through the shadows of the archives. I’m no warrior, but I have a scholar’s memory. I’m about to set a kingdom on fire with a single piece of parchment. I was sent here to be silenced. Now, I’m the only one who can name the killers. Zorath: For three years, I’ve been sharpening my hate until it’s the only thing left of me. I planned to reclaim my father’s throne with the blood of everyone who betrayed us. Then a small, pale human appeared in the dark with a satchel full of secrets. She thinks justice is stronger than vengeance. She looks at me and sees a man who could be a king. I was prepared to seize my crown through a massacre. She’s teaching me how to take it with the truth and giving me a reason to survive. AmazonKU
WOLFED UP by Sabrina Sin and Milly Taiden
I knew the second her scent hit the wind — she was mine. Eliza Bishop rolled into Silver Ridge looking for a place to hide. Instead she woke the wolf that’s been starving for her since the first breath I stole of her. One warning. One look. And my beast decided she wasn’t leaving these mountains without my mark on her neck and my claim between her thighs. She thinks she can run back to her safe little life once the danger’s gone. She’s wrong. Every hybrid hunting her only makes me more feral. Every time she fights the pull, I drag her closer. She’s in my cabin, in my territory, in my blood now. The bond is snapping tight, and when it finally locks… she’ll be screaming my name while I ruin her for anyone else. I’m not the hero she wants. I’m the wolf she’s never getting away from. She ran from monsters. She just found the one who’ll keep her forever. AmazonKU
MATE BAIT by Vixen Voss and Milly Taiden
I felt her before I saw her—my mate, bleeding and broken on my mountain. One second I’m patrolling the ridge, the next the bond rips through my chest like lightning. She crashed her Jeep straight into my territory, chasing a monster she’ll never understand. Now she’s in my cabin, wrist wrapped in my hand, fire in those hazel eyes, daring me to keep her. I don’t ask. I claim. She thinks she can fight the pull. She thinks she can walk off this mountain with her camera and her secrets. But every time she pushes, the bond pulls harder. Every time she defies me, I want to pin her against the wall and show her exactly who she belongs to. Hunters are coming. The clan is watching. And I don’t care. She’s mine now. Body, soul, and that smart mouth I’m going to kiss until she forgets every reason she tried to leave. She ran onto the wrong mountain. Too bad I’m never letting her off it. AmazonKU
I ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED DOWN A WITCH (ACCIDENTS HAPPEN) by
VS note: FF PNR.
Who has time for crazy ex-girlfriends and witches from new worlds when you’re trying to build an empire? Shontae Carter has built her fitness sanctuary from the ground up, armed with protein bars, sass, and zero tolerance for diet culture nonsense. She’s not just helping women lift weights, she’s helping them lift each other up. And with a big TV spot to drum up new business, everything is right on track… until a mysterious (and absurdly gorgeous) new client named Likosa walks through the door with killer cheekbones and an energy that crackles…literally. Likosa isn’t your typical gym-goer. She’s a witch from a shadowy realm known as The Bane. Her plan? Cozy up to Shontae, tap into the strange power hidden in her aura, and use it to break open a portal home. But nothing in her ancient practices prepared her for protein smoothies, cardio class, or the devastatingly cute way Shontae blushes when Likosa flirts with her. As the two women team up for “personal training” (emphasis on personal), sparks fly, spells misfire, and hearts get caught in the crossfire. With demons from The Bane tracking Likosa’s every move, and Shontae discovering secrets about her own power, they’ll have to decide: fight for their separate homes, or build one together? AmazonKU AB
BOUGHT BY THE FAE SAVAGE by Sue Mercury and Sue Lyndon
He’s a savage fae lord… and he just bought me. Taken captive by the fae, I already fear the worst, but my nightmare deepens when I’m whisked to a distant village and put on the auction platform. I see no friendly faces, only leering males, until a deep, thunderous voice rises above the crowd. Finally, I lock eyes with the massive fae lord who placed the winning bid. Impossibly tall, muscular, and with huge black wings, he’s the deadliest creature I’ve ever beheld. Then I hear his voice in my head: Be calm, human female. I am Lord Merak Blackthorne, and I won’t hurt you. I will protect you. Always. Sent to investigate my disappearance, he has already punished the slavers who tried to profit at my expense. Desperate for freedom, I try to bargain with him… but he refuses to let me go. His voice keeps echoing in my mind, and I’m also able to sense his emotions: frustration, disbelief, and longing. Whenever he looks at me, I feel the tender warmth that belies the winter magic he commands. At first, I think it’s only his fae magic playing tricks… until I discover the truth. We are mates. Our lives are fated to be entwined. But can I really find happiness with the savage fae lord who now owns me? AmazonKU
HER BEAR BUILDER: A GOLDILOCKS RETELLING (FATED MATES OF MIRROR ACADEMY ROMANTASY SERIES BOOK FIVE) by Demelza Carlton
Auren would do anything to cure her fear of anything with teeth and claws. What kind of nature tourism influencer can she be when wildlife sends her running for cover? So she starts hiking through the woods around town…until a wrong turns takes her face to face with not one, but three bears. She runs for her life…only to get lost, taking shelter at an isolated cottage. Arc thought he’d be friends with Orson and Jian forever…until his best friends discovered they were fated mates, and Arc…wasn’t. Undeterred, Arc makes it his mission to make sure his two best friends get to realise their dream, of owning a bed and breakfast in a patch of picturesque Scottish forest. Nothing can get in the way of his friends’ happiness. Until he meets the one woman who could upend everything…asleep in his bed. Amazon
WHAT DARKNESS BRINGS by Jenna Wolfhart
The gods are dead. The stars have vanished. And the Order controls all magic. Angharad Morgan has served them for as long as she can remember. She raises the recently dead to steal their secrets, a skill that has earned her a coveted place within the castle walls and the trust of the inner circle. Until she reveals a hidden power no one knew she had: she can kill by touch. Now they see her as a threat. To earn back their favor, Angharad travels to the windswept coast to hunt a dangerous exile, learn his secrets, and use her power against him. But he’s seen her in his dreams, and he’s been expecting her. He takes her captive in his tower just as it comes under attack. Bound by mysterious magic, they’re forced to work together against an unknown enemy, racing to find a relic that could heal the broken sky and awaken the dead gods. She wants to trust him—and surrender to the irresistible pull between them—but believing him might be the most dangerous choice she can make. Now the Order is coming for them both. Angharad must choose between the only world she’s ever known…and the man who makes her want to break it. AmazonKU
BROMANTASY by Maire Roche
VS Note: MM Fantasy.
Juniper O’Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn. But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line. But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.
A RIDDLE OF WIZARDS (RAVENCROFT HALL BOOK TWO) by
Cloud castles, curses, and cinnamon cakes. With its mercurial lord back at Ravencroft Hall, England’s most faerie-infested village is safe once more. After a lonely upbringing as the ward of a non-magical earl, Richard Ravencroft has finally embraced his wizard heritage. He’s found his true love, Kitty Boot, and just wants to live the quiet life of a country doctor-slash-amateur sorcerer. So when he’s summoned to the Riddle, a conclave of the most powerful wizards in Western Europe, his first instinct is to refuse. Richard’s spells still go wrong more often than not—sometimes with disastrous results. Besides which, he doubts anyone has forgotten his parents’ embarrassing treason to the Crown. And yet…The Riddle might be the only chance to break the enchantment on his friend Layla’s father—and redeem the Ravencroft name. It’s held at a remote alpine castle, culminating in a grand ball on Feenacht, when the doors to the Otherworld open wide. Layla insists on coming too, along with Kitty and Richard’s charmingly rakish cousin Adrien. Together, they find new hope, surprising allies, and excellent German pastries. But when the Riddle comes under attack by a malevolent force, Richard’s own bargain with the Court of Silver Shadows is threatened—along with the fate of the woman who holds his heart. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
BEFORE IN KNEW I LOVED YOU: A NOVEL (BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD SERIES BOOK SIX) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you’re offered something irresistible – not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love…In Before I Knew I Loved You, Toshikazu Kawaguchi takes us back to the warm heart of the mysterious Funiculi Funicula Cafe, with another four guests whose luminous stories of love, lost and won again, will reaffirm your belief in its eternal potential. In this book, we meet: The girl who couldn’t call her mother, and yearns to reconnect with her – The man who waited for a reply from his girlfriend, and never heard from her – The woman anxious to travel ahead to know what her future holds – The student who travels back to meet his father again, who passed away many years before. Yet the same rules always apply – you must return before the coffee gets cold. And while it does, memories are revisited, people are changed for ever, and the enduring power of love transcends the boundaries of time. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
NOT ALL TREASURE by Sophie Stern
A pirate slated for greatness – A stowaway desperate to escape – Their lives destined to become entwined – Nathaniel is destined to sail the seas searching for a treasure he knows he can never find. Reeling from his lost marriage, he throws himself into his ship, his crew, and his future at sea. Pirates never last long, not really, but he’s determined to seek his fortune no matter what it costs. Alice is being forced into a marriage with a man who hates her even more than her family does. When she finds herself face-to-face with a handsome pirate in a pub the night before her wedding, she realizes she must choose the future she wants. Alice can either go through with the wedding, or she can hide away on Nathaniel’s ship. He might hate her, but he’ll be just and fair when he discovers what she’s done. Together they fight monsters, defeat pirates, and hunt for treasure, but Nathaniel knows Alice is hiding something. And unfortunately, he’s got a few secrets of his own. As they get closer to finding the jewels he’s searching for and their pasts collide with their futures, Nathaniel realizes he’s forgetting something very important: Not all treasure is silver and gold. AmazonKU
EDGE JUMP by A A Fairview
VS Note: MM Fantasy.
A CURSE OF BEASTS AND MAGIC (BEAUTIFUL AND BEASTLY BOOK ONE) by Jeaniene Frost
Raine Stone is living a nightmare. Ever since she survived the attack that killed her family, she’s been hiding a terrible secret–and a Beast inside her. It feeds on violence and chaos, but she restrains its urges by playing vigilante on the city streets. Until one night, Raine uses the Beast’s energy to heal an elderly gentleman from a seemingly random attack and discovers a new world of danger—literally.
Remington “Remy” Byrne knows the wall between a realm of deadly mythic creatures and our own world is very fragile. After all, he’s the Warden who guards the gateways between them. Raine’s Beast contains power that could tip the scales in a sinister plot against Remy’s rule—if she allies with him. Will they be friends or foes…or will their dangerous attraction turn into something else? And can our world be saved by their explosive alliance?
CURSES, KEYS AND SECRET SOCIETIES: A NOVEL (SISTERS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW BOK TWO) by Breanne Randall
Dark secrets. Deadly choices. A destiny that can’t be outrun. Welcome to Shadowcraft Academy. Eléa Deniz dreads going home to the French countryside after leaving four years ago. Upon her return, she finds the estate has become host to the Shadowcraft Academy, an elite graduate school where a world of mysteries and power plays await. What’s worse, her father is the enigmatic and ruthless headmaster with an agenda of his own. And then she discovers a prophecy about her magic that could change everything. As her power is tested, Eléa becomes torn between Alex, her stoic first love whose loyalties are as murky as his past, and the brash, irreverent Logan, who challenges her to see herself in new ways. Faced with family secrets, a secret society, and the weight of her own magic, Eléa must reclaim her power and forge her own path. Destiny is calling . . . and it demands a price.
A DARK AND WILD WOOD by Sarah Nicole Lemon
Ever since she was a child, Salomé has been plagued by visions of spirits and dangerous powers she can’t control. After watching her foster mother burn as a witch, she and her beloved sister Rochelle are raised together in a convent, a grim and dreary existence. Until one day, Rochelle vanishes. Determined to find a way to save her, Salomé runs: first to a brothel, and then, after a terrible accident, away from the village and into the woods. Deep amongst the trees of the wild Black Forest, she comes face-to-face with Lord Death. Rather than taking her life, he brings her to his home at the heart of the woods, a strange manor full of locked rooms and mysterious corridors, crumbling one moment, magnificent the next. He promises to make her his apprentice and teach her how to harness her mind and magic. His words are as seductive as his presence—but should one trust Death? A swirling mirage of gothic fairy tale and historical fantasy, A Dark and Wild Wood is a novel best devoured all at once. But proceed with caution, as everything is not what it seems.
THE FAKE DIVINATION OFFENSE (A MAGIC AND ROMANCE NOVEL BOOK TWO) by Sara Raasch
VS Note: MM PNR.
Orok Monroe: Half-giant. Rawball defensive tank on the Philadelphia Hellhounds. Follower of Urzoth…only Orok’s tired of following the god of aggression. Alexo Warden: Cheerleader. Human? A dancer with a stadium’s worth of secrets. When Orok saves Alexo at a bar, fans go feral for the star athlete protecting the pint-size dude-in-distress. The Hellhounds propose that Orok and Alexo start a PR relationship to put a positive spin on Orok’s god. Orok is set to refuse and renounce Urzoth—but that wouldn’t let him see Alexo again. So, like a sap, he agrees. As Orok tries to drop the fake part of their fake-relationship, Alexo’s dangerous truths emerge. To save him, Orok will have to sacrifice far more than his divine association. AmazonKU AB
A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH by Anuja Varghese
Nandapore is a city of secrets and spellcasters where seduction reigns and a power-hungry king is never satisfied, plotting to unleash a weapon that has only lived in myth … until now. To stop him, an ancient goddess seeks out a newly crowned queen, a heartsick prince, a common thief, and a courtesan with magic in her blood. Together, they chart a course through brothels, temples, taverns, and palaces, setting a trap for the empire’s most powerful men. Linked by desire, destiny, and a dangerous foe, they each must decide … What will they risk for a weapon worth dying for, and a love worth staying alive?
THE RAINSHADOW ORPHANS (THE RAINSHADOW SERIES BOOK ONE) by Naomi Ishiguro
Life is hard for the inhabitants of Rainshadow City, a place where poverty and corruption are rife and where they are terrorized by an underground criminal organization known as the Lucky Crows.
Toshiko, Jun and Mei Kawakami are a family, bonded through loyalty if not blood, who live outside the increasingly corrupt law and who are seeking revenge for the murder of their beloved “aunt” Reiko by the Lucky Crows. Haru is the son of the Emperor, destined to one day rule over the Archipelago and uphold his mother’s ignoble legacy, but he is more interested in making friends with the magical Sun Spirits it seems only he can see. Theo, forced to leave his homeland, is a reluctant foot-soldier for the Lucky Crows. He doesn’t want to be a gangster, but as an illegal immigrant to the city, his choices are severely limited. When Toshiko steals a dragon pearl from the leader of the Crows, it sets them all on a thrilling path which will determine the future of Rainshadow City. Tightly set across two days and peopled with unforgettable characters, The Rainshadow Orphans blends the anime fantasy of works like Pokémon and Studio Ghibli and the anime science fiction of revolutionary cyberpunk like Akira to explore what it means to stand up to corruption and take charge of destiny. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
BOUND BY FIRE (DRAGON TRIBUTES BOOK 11) by Charlene Hartnady
Robyn – I never told anyone about my one-night stand with a gorgeous shifter, not even my best friend. I don’t do things like that. It’s not me. Who cares, since no one will find out about it? It’s not like I’m ever going to see him again. Then he walks into my office, claiming to be the head of Draig Security. He’s here to upgrade security at my hospital, as well as to assess my personal safety. In order to do it, he needs to shadow my every move and dig into my entire damn life. I’m still attracted to him, still affected by him, which I hate. Who can blame me, though? He’s all hard muscle, dark tattoos, and has that same brooding stare that ruined me in the first place. I don’t mix business with pleasure, which means he’s off the table. The trouble is, every time he’s in the same room, I forget exactly why that is. Ridge – It wasn’t supposed to be her. The female I can’t get out of my head is now the prime suspect in a treason investigation that could rip this island apart. I’ve been told that I need to get close, dig deep, assume she’s guilty, and then find the proof to back it up. That I need to make it happen by any means necessary. Robyn Keller is a distraction I can’t afford. A complication I sure as hell don’t want. I’m a male who follows orders. Who does the job, no matter the cost. Even if that cost is to myself. AmazonKU
SUN-KISSED FANGS: A STEAMY SAPPHIC VAMPIRE ROMANCE by Rawnie Sabor
It’s a dangerous thing, being bonded to a monster. Two years ago, Harper lost her closest friend. Everyone insists Evie is just missing, but Harper knows better than to entertain pointless hope. Besides, she doesn’t have time to grieve. The club she’s working at is a safety hazard, and her ex refuses to leave her alone, no matter how creatively she snaps at him. A hard life. One she has accepted will never change. As the world’s only day-walking vampire, Maya produces terror in everyone around her. When the Court of Chains sends her to retrieve the chosen family of a beloved Court member, she’s relieved to get away from the constant staring. But the job isn’t as simple as first assumed. A wolf is stalking her charge, having marked her as his. A feeling Maya shouldn’t understand, but which is echoed in her own body. The strange woman is sharp, snappy, and so entrancing that any threat pointed her way makes the world turn red. Though Maya never lets her fangs extend, every time she looks at Harper Montgomery, she is dying to have a taste. AmazonKU
WINGS OF LIFE (DRAGONBOUND CHRONICLES BOOK ONE) by Meghan Le Fay
They cast me off to Rihtlond as a bride. They don’t care if I come back alive. Too sharp-tongued and too curious, I am my mother’s greatest lament and my father’s constant frustration. Unwilling to bow to their will, I’ve become expendable, worth sending on a mission doomed to fail. Armed with nothing but a coded journal, a quill, and my wits, I’m thrust into the kingdom of our oldest enemy—a land of storms and warriors—to wed their high dane’s son. Trapped on their ruthless continent, I am no blushing bride. I’m a spy sent to unlock Rihtlond’s weaknesses… a cuckoo in the robin’s nest. But my heart still bleeds red when the weaponmaster of these strange people steals it away. Through him, I learn to unlock their secrets. What I uncover is more dangerous than I ever imagined: magic thrumming in the roots of Rihtlond, a dragon hidden in plain sight, and a love I was never meant to feel. Holding this knowledge, I am meant to return home and bind myself to a future I was given long ago. Now, as war rises and alliances crumble, I must choose between duty and desire, between the family who cast me aside and the bond that awakens who I truly am. To protect what I’ve found—and who I become—I must risk everything. Even if it brands me a traitor. Even if it costs me my life. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
ESCAPE WITH MIDLIFE ROYAL (ESCAPING MIDLIFE HOTEL) by Lisa Daniels
I have never known true love. I am not the one people choose. I am invisible, second best, always optional until someone better comes along. So it makes sense the power I gain while in this accursed place is invisibility. Ironic, really. Prince Rufus sees me, though. At first, because of the invisibility, as it serves his purposes well. Then, beyond those powers, he sees me. I don’t know what a dragon shifter royal finds so worthy in me, for he could have anyone he wants. Yet for all those options, the one person he wants is me. AmazonKU
FAKE DATING THE GRUMPY WEREWOLF NEXT DOOR (MONSTERS OF MOSSWOOD BOOK ONE) by Ami Wright
Would you fake date the grumpy werewolf next door, even if he was your dad’s best friend? Fake dating grouchy army veteran, Gryff Evans, might be the best chance I have at keeping the rest of the monsters of Mosswood off my doorstep. As a half-succubus, I attract trouble, even when I don’t mean to. My parents whisked me away from our small-town home when I hit puberty and the problems began. Now I’m back, temporarily, and I’m going to need my growly neighbor to help keep everyone in town safe from me. The best part? Gryff is immune to my succubus powers! He’s not interested in me at all. Not even a little bit. So why is he always watching me? And why does his touch light me on fire, even when I know he’s faking? Mosswood is a small town and word gets around fast. Now everyone is talking about the fact that he’s too old for me, too grumpy, too damaged… Too bad Gryff is the only guy I’ve ever had real feelings for. But why would anyone want anything real with the girl who causes trouble wherever she goes? And what happens when my father finds out his best friend helped me through my first heat? AmazonKU
DEAD RATTLED (COLD CASE PSYCHIC BOOK 43) by Pandora Pine
VS Note: MM PNR Mystery.
Stolen babies. Buried secrets. Mothers demanding justice. When psychic Tennyson Grimm meets a grieving woman desperate to contact the daughter she was told died at birth more than fifty years ago, he expects another tragic reading. Instead, he finds only silence. No spirit. No trace of death. Then Ten realizes the impossible—the child is still alive. Urging the woman to take a DNA test, Ten unknowingly sets off a chain of events that reaches back decades to St. Agnes House, a home for unwed mothers shuttered in 1975 under a cloud of rumors and shame. Detective Ronan O’Mara digs into the institution’s dark history and uncovers a horrifying pattern: over fifty infants were reported stillborn during the home’s operation, yet none of the children are buried where church officials claimed. As more families come forward searching for answers, Ten and Ronan uncover evidence of a long-buried conspiracy involving stolen children, falsified deaths, and secrets powerful people will kill to protect. AmazonKU
ALCHEMY AND ALLEGORIES (AGNES HALE BOOK CLUB COZIES BOOK ONE) by Diana Xarissa
Meet Agnes Hale: retired librarian, reluctant sleuth, and a witch trying very hard not to use magic. All I wanted was a better book club, not for someone to wind up dead. I moved to Greymoure Glen for a quieter life, somewhere far from Salem and its complications. With my cat Rover at my side, I was hoping for peace, a good library, and a fresh start. Starting a new book club seemed like the perfect way to settle in. Then the woman running the rival club was found dead in the library parking lot. Unfortunately, I was the one who found her. Now I’m at the center of a murder investigation in a town where the victim had a remarkable talent for making enemies. The more I learn about Patricia Farmer, the harder it is to find anyone who didn’t have a reason to dislike her. I’m not supposed to use magic. The Council made that very clear. But I’m also not the sort of person who can ignore a problem like this. Which means Rover and I are going to start asking questions. AmazonKU
THE KING’S LIST (THE NEVER LIST BOOK TWO) by Jade Presley
They said the trials were over. They were wrong. I survived the Choosing. I claimed my mates. I became immortal. But the kings weren’t finished with us yet. Four princes. Four thrones. And a final season designed to decide if we’re worthy to rule. Every task is a test. Every smile is a lie. The people judge. The council votes. And the kings are waiting for us to fail. I was never meant to be queen. I was an Ashlander who broke into a palace searching for her sister. Now I stand beside the Legends of Chaos, holding power the kingdom fears and love fierce enough to burn it all down. To win the crowns, we’ll have to survive the Kings’ List. Failure isn’t an option. Because this time, we’re not just fighting for the throne—we’re fighting for each other. AmazonKU AB
LUCENT ACADEMY 2: TRINITY AWAKENS by Alex Bright
Everyone knows the unbreakable rule of Invicto Empire: You summon exactly one Bonded Mate. Until I happened…I went from a gardener’s daughter to the most powerful Manaborn in history… potentially. Now classes have started at Lucent Academy, and nothing is what I expected. My power is enormous, but my control is at the bottom of my class. I can barely light a candle without setting myself on fire. The princess who wanted to be the Trinity watches my every failure. And the world outside the Academy can never know what I really am — so I’m hiding two of my mates from everyone I meet. I just wanted a simple life. A husband. A garden. A house full of children. Instead, the world’s fate may lie in my hands… it sure doesn’t feel like that just yet. AmazonKU
DEVILS AND DEADLY DEALS (HUNTERS HOLLOW BOOK FOUR) by Arden Steele
VS Note: MM PNR.
Everyone in Hunters Hollow has a story. Some are running from a past that won’t stay buried. Others are searching for a new beginning. For Sammy Leeds, the truth resides somewhere in between. Opening a bakery in the bayou was supposed to be the first chapter of his happily ever after, and for a while, it worked. Until a single phone call reminds him that family is complicated and his freedom is only a temporary reprieve. Maybe trying to start a new life on the smoldering ashes of his old one hadn’t been the best idea. Dominic Rivas doesn’t make promises, and he damn sure doesn’t make mistakes. Yet the moment Sammy enters his life, he’s suddenly in danger of doing both. Alpha to a pack of hardened outcasts, he’s built a reputation on a foundation of bad ideas, but falling for a changeling with trusting eyes and a sweet smile might be his worst one yet. Callous. Remorseless. Savage. He knows what people say about him, and frankly, they aren’t wrong. While gentleness and mercy don’t come naturally, things like loyalty and integrity run as deep as his magical roots. Nobody messes with the people he loves and lives to talk about it. Sammy needed a hero. Instead, he got a wolf with trust issues and violent tendencies. But with fear mounting and time running out, he’s just desperate enough to make a deal with the devil. AmazonKU
THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE (CROSSROADS COUNSEL BOOK ONE) by Brenda Trim
I thought I was having a breakdown when I started seeing glowing contracts written on people’s skin. Turns out, I was just coming into my inheritance—and uncovering a conspiracy two centuries old.
My name is Margot Kane, and at forty-three, I was one of the best attorneys in Chicago. Then my grandmother died and left me the truth: I’m a crossroads demon, born to negotiate deals between desperate mortals and the gods who’ve been exploiting them for sport. My first cursed client? A jazz musician who sold his talent to Baron Samedi. Now the death god wants his six-year-old daughter as payment, and I’m supposed to facilitate this nightmare. Then I find my dead mother’s research hidden in my grandmother’s things, and everything changes. Crossroads demons weren’t meant to be facilitators. Our purpose is enforcement. We once had the power to…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
VEILED COURT (LEGACY OF AVALON BOOK ONE) by C N Crawford
Join the Trials. Fake a Romance. Kill the King. Ex-assassin Syn Malleore hates kings. The last one poisoned her sister, leaving her to slowly die. Now that the monarchy has fallen, Syn can finally leave London and return to the Fey realm to search for a magic cure. But the Fey nobility are already plotting to restore the monarchy. In a hidden court, aristocrats fight to the death in brutal trials to claim the throne. Syn won’t let another tyrant rise. Disguised as a baroness, she infiltrates the trials as a spy. Her first goal: steal a sacred relic to save her sister. Her second: destroy the monarchy. But the greatest danger is Rion du Lac, a lethally seductive warlord. When he discovers she’s an imposter, he forces her to pose as his lover to win the crowd’s favor. If he exposes her secrets, she’ll burn for treason. And if she fails, a new tyrant will rise. AmazonKU
SPICILY EVER AFTER: A PRIZE FOR THE KING NOVELLA (CRUELLY ARRANGED) by Layla Fae
This is an extended bonus epilogue to Prize for the King, that is Caliane’s, Magnar’s, Khay’s, Arvi’s, and Raduna’s Spicily Ever After – “Do you want to have a baby with me?” Now a mother of two, Caliane decides it’s time to get to work making the third heir. But which of her four men will be the father—her husband, the king, or one of their knights? Also, how’s well-endowed Arvi faring in the bedchamber? Is Magnar planning another war? And why is Idrina, Caliane’s cantankerous mother-in-law, so under the weather? This is a spicy, domestic slice of life with a hint of cozy mystery and all the good feels—for those who miss Prize for the King characters and world. AmazonKU
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ORDER OF THE BLACK TAPESTRY by Suzanne Wright
Survive the tryouts. Join the Order. Defeat the darkness. Heed the Calling. The time has again come for the kingdoms to offer sacrifices to the corrupt Sovereigns as proof of loyalty. Among the sacrifices is Anara, a human Sayer—anointed by the primordial gods at birth to be a divine instrument. After being taken to Deimos, the Isle of the Sovereigns, she’s thrust into deadly tryouts for the Order of the Black Tapestry. Led by Talon, a living legend—a dragon soul trapped in the form of an immortal man—the Order protects Deimos from all threats. Each trial is a lesson in pain and perseverance that takes Anara closer and closer to the final test—surviving the Labyrinth of the Minotaur. As powers awaken within her and the growing heat between she and Talon sparks a fragile bond to form, Anara must aid the Black Tapestry in defeating enemies who would otherwise claim Deimos for their own. A dangerous undertaking for godkin. A seemingly impossible task for a human. But perhaps the divine Calling of a Sayer. AmazonKU
THE HOUSE OF NOW AND THEN: A NOVEL by Edward Underhill
VS Note: MM Fantasy.
Harlowe could use a break. With his academic future over, just like his relationship with his long-term boyfriend Jackson, a suspiciously cheap summer rental on the Cape feels like just the escape he needs. But when he arrives at the picturesque seaside cottage, he’s alarmed to find his discouraging former professor in the living room. His father making coffee in the kitchen. And a handsome young repairman fixing things in the bedroom. Worst of all, Jackson is in the bathroom. None of them will leave. No one else can see them. And they won’t leave him alone. The house isn’t magic only for Harlowe, and as the summer grows hot and thick with tourists, old wounds and fresh secrets—both in and outside its walls—begin to transform him. It’s clear the house is trying to tell him something, and he’s sure it has to do with the mysterious repairman who suddenly seems to be everywhere he looks… But can Harlowe let go of the past long enough to listen? Evoking all the windswept dunes and Fourth of July fireworks of a perfect Cape Cod day, The House of Now and Then asks who you would find, if all your unfinished business was just behind one door.
DARKENED DAWN (WAY OF WINGS BOOK TWO) by E J Mellow
Cādra is on the brink of war. With their king in a coma and rebellion spreading across the lands, the winged Volari and horned Süra gather for tense peace negotiations. But beneath the momentary fragile truce simmers unrest—the mixed-blood Mütra rise, demanding the freedom denied them for centuries, as the gods themselves seem poised to intervene. Tanwen—now a known Mütra and fugitive of the crown—and Zolya, a prince on the precipice to inherit his father’s broken kingdom, find themselves caught in a web of betrayal and divine reckoning. When their forbidden bond is exposed, they risk far more than their love—their lives, their families, and the fragile hope of peace. Together they must decide whether their love is worth the ruin it may bring to their fractured world…or perhaps be the only key to healing it. AmazonKU AB
THE DRUIDS OF ST WINIFRED (THE MORRIGAN BROTHERHOOD) by Roxie McClaine
South Boston, 1959. Thomas Coffey wears the collar of a Catholic priest. But behind closed doors, he is a wielder of magick, and an appointed protector of the old way. He is a druid, ally to the Irish goddess of war and her growing army of vampires. Future war with other pantheons is the least of Tommie’s problems. He needs to find himself a wife- someone worthy of the Druids and their ancient traditions that have endured for thousands of years. But Tommie has eyes for only one woman. When he spots Molly Shea at the local jazz club, he’s determined to secure her heart. Family approval be damned. With her brother deeply indebted to the wrong people, Molly is running out of options. Working at the club is a short-term solution, and she’s barely scraping by. She never expected Tommie, her childhood friend, to walk into her life again. Tommie is all grown up and incredibly off limits, until his daring rescue opens her eyes to a vast, supernatural underworld ruled by vampires and old gods. Molly can’t go back to a normal life. But maneuvering St. Winifred’s cloistered world of druidic intrigue, suspicious family members, and sacred teachings is no easy task. When the time for ritual comes, can Molly gain the favor of the druids and claim the man she loves? AmazonKU
SAME ONE by T S Joyce
Tabian Garr has a secret life outside of the Rogue Pack. He’s been hiding what he does for a career, and for a very important reason. But when a beautiful human in a coffee shop talks to him, he thinks it might be time to expose what he really is. She’s mysterious in ways that call to his wolf and makes him want to find out everything about her. She’s dragging a lot of baggage, but for Tabian, the hard parts of her life are right up his alley. A little damage on a gorgeous woman is so sexy to a man like him, and especially if he can rise to the challenge of earning her trust. Tru has some big secrets of her own though, and they could change the make-up of Tabian’s entire Pack. She’s dragging danger with her, and now Tabian has to figure out where to take them from here. Tru is at rock bottom and trying to dig out of a hole that her ex put her in. Tabian is the exact creature she has been searching for, but not for herself. She needs a werewolf to help the boy she’s been raising. When Tabian sets his sites on her, however, she is equal parts excited and terrified. He is a monstrous werewolf and …(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU AB
KRAKEN’S CLAIM: SPICY MM PNR SHIFTER TENTACLE ROMANCE (BATHHOUSE BEASTS BOOK 12) by Blake R Wolfe
Zeke is a blue-collar guy whose entire life revolves around construction. When a torn shoulder benches him for six agonizing weeks, he’s losing his mind from the pain and the boredom. Desperate for relief, he visits an exclusive, monsters-only bathhouse to soak his aching muscles in the steam. After a deeply relaxing encounter with the bathhouse’s werewolf owner, Zeke is offered a permanent, magical solution to his injury down in the basement. He expects a massage. He doesn’t expect to wade into a bioluminescent pool and meet a massive, ancient kraken with a gorgeous humanoid torso and dozens of hypnotic tentacles. The sea monster has a very specific, highly unconventional method of treatment: healing through mind-bending pleasure. As the kraken binds him and pumps him full of restorative magic, Zeke’s pain completely dissolves. Suddenly, going back to work early is the last thing on his mind. He still has five weeks of medical leave left, and he plans to spend every single second of it getting wrecked by the beast. AmazonKU
BEAUTIFUL REDEEMER (ORIGINAL SINNERS BOOK THREE) by Kim Ballenger
I never asked to be the queen of Hell, but now the crown burns against my skin—and every choice drips with sin. Lucifer, my devil of a husband, feeds me power kiss by kiss, lash by lash. Azrael, Death incarnate, tempts me with the brutal devotion only he can give. They both worship me. They both ruin me. And I can’t get enough. I won’t be made to choose. But indulgence has its price. The apocalypse is splitting the sky. The Righteous hunt us with holy fire, and New York drowns. On the eve of my unholy wedding, all the armies of Heaven descend and all-out war begins. My greatest weapon is the impossible child growing inside me: the secret that could save or damn us all. To protect humanity and seize my dark salvation, I’ll fight. I’ll bleed. I’ll burn. And when the last seal shatters, I’ll rise again…or stay on my knees forever. AmazonKU AB
BETRAYED (CURSED HEARTS BOOK TWO) by R L Mathewson
For more than one thousand years, the MacNéill brothers and their soulmates have been at the mercy of a curse, trapped playing a game that they could never win. Until now. After they found a way to save their youngest brother and his soulmate from the curse, it shifted to Shayne, leaving him with no choice but to find a way to destroy the curse once and for all. He needed to make this work. He needed to make her fall in love with him. He needed…To remember why they were cursed in the first place. She never should have agreed to work with him, but Ashlyn didn’t have a choice, not if she wanted Detective Black’s help. Now, she was stuck working with the incredibly handsome man who refused to stop glaring at her, wondering why every glance, touch, and kiss left her feeling like she was about to…Break. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
THE FIRST SCAR (HEIRS OF THE SHATTERED VEIL BOOK ONE) by Celeanne Dorrington
“One mark decided everything. Where you slept. What you ate. Whether anyone would mourn you when you disappeared. But it was not destiny. It was division weaponized. And we were told to thank the blade that split us.” The day the Veil shattered, the world broke—and every soul was marked. Every fae now bears a soulmark. Luminar or Shadowmarked. Revered or enslaved. But our fae heroine was born with both. And he was forged to destroy her. Some say their bond is prophecy. Others call it a curse. Either way—if it completes, it could end the war…or end the realm. Amazon
ORC COMMANDER’S CLAIM (FATED MATES FOR THE BASTION MONSTERS BOOK ONE) by Lena Grey
Welcome to the Bastion. Here, you are safe from the Wastes. But you belong to the monsters. When a fierce but tiny human disrupts the sacred Lineage Lottery and is sentenced to Recycling, my job as the Bastion’s High Commander is to ensure justice is served. Until her scent calls to me, and justice no longer matters. There’s only one thing I can do to save her. Claim her as MINE. AmazonKU
MARKED BY THE MONSTERS (SPRING EQUINOX MATES BOOK ONE) by Texa Volt
VS Note: From APRIL 30.
I thought I was human. I was wrong. One minute I’m doing my job. The next, I’m drugged, caged, and thrown into a secret Syndicate breeding program where monsters aren’t just real—they’re owned. Weaponized. Broken. They call them feral. The four in the cells around me aren’t supposed to think. They aren’t supposed to feel. They definitely aren’t supposed to want. But they do. And worse? They want me. Thaw—the alpha who burns hot enough to destroy everything in his path. Harek—the steady one who holds the line when the others start to break. Crull—the silent wall of muscle and violence. Fen—the beautiful, unstable one who looks at me like he remembers something he shouldn’t. The Syndicate thinks they’re running an experiment. They think I’m just another test subject. They’re wrong. Because something inside me is waking up—something that calls to them, pulls at them, binds them. And the more the monsters come back from the edge of feral…The more dangerous we all become. Now I have to survive the program. Survive the monsters. Survive what my own body is starting to want. Because if we don’t break out soon—The Syndicate won’t just own them. They’ll own me too. AmazonKU
A PRAYER TO NO GOD (GODLESS WORLD BOOK ONE) by Nicole A Sterling
In a village ruled by rituals and gods who never answered, Lyssena had always obeyed. She was prepared for the marriage her family arranged, until the man she was promised to revealed himself as cruel and eager to break her. Cornered and alone, Lyssena lit the fifth flame. The one that should never burn, the one for the god with no name. And something answered. Erevos was not a god of mercy. He was the dark beneath the altar, the shadow in the silence, the monstrous thing the other humans refused to worship. He heard her scream, and now she belonged to him. But claiming her was not so simple. Because Lyssena was a songbird who learned long ago how to sing behind bars. AmazonKU
THE NIGHTMARE KEEPER by Vienna James
Azalee Saunders is a dream wielder whose wellness magic calms a troubled night’s sleep. Her enemy since childhood, Gabriel Ford, is the grandson of the High Witch, Salem’s honored protector, and was raised to distrust all who share Azalee’s powers. But when Azalee saves Gabriel’s life, the life debt makes him a dream wielder too—a secret that could cost him succession to his grandfather’s reign. For Azalee, fighting the dangerous myth that dream wielders stalk, unchecked, through strangers’ dreamscapes is vital. Especially as the public’s fears and bigotry escalate amid a string of murders in Salem. Azalee knows this is the work of Nightmares, whose mutated magic frightens people to death in their sleep. To prove it, she needs the help of an adversary. After all, Gabriel owes her big-time. As the death toll rises, Azalee’s sacred gift and future are at stake, and she and Gabriel must work together. But for both of them, uncovering the truth and vanquishing the real evil in Salem will be a nightmare. AmazonKU AB
DELIVERED TO MY FLUFFY ALPHAS i(MAIL ORDER MATINGS BOOK 24) by Mazzy J March
I’ve never felt safe in my life. Not in my wolf pack, where my parents are shifters who picked up a human baby on the side of the road. Not with other humans. Nowhere. I’m tolerated here. Not pack. Too ingrained in shifter ways for human men. An anomaly. So I download the Mail-Order Matings app, hoping there is someone who will take me in. A chosen mate. I would never expect anything more since my entire life skirts the line between humans and shifters. I simply want somewhere to belong. Someone to call me theirs. AmazonKU
THE GHOSTS OF PEMBERLEY (PRIDE & PREJUDICE VARIATIONS) by Catherine Bilson
Elizabeth Bennet sees dead people. She always has. With the help of her family, and the firm conviction that the dead are mostly just people who need a little patience, she has managed her gift in secret her whole life. Marrying Fitzwilliam Darcy is the greatest joy of her life, and her greatest risk. Pemberley is ancient, grand, and very, very haunted. Elizabeth knows she will have to face whatever is waiting for her there, and she knows she cannot hide her secret from her husband forever. She just needs to find the right moment to tell him. She does not get one. Pemberley is teeming with centuries of opinionated spectral residents, headed by a formidable great-grandmother who has very specific requirements for the new Mrs Darcy. And before Elizabeth can even begin to navigate her new household, living and dead, she meets the one ghost she never expected. Her father-in-law. And he has something terrible to tell her. George Darcy was murdered. Poisoned by his own godson, George Wickham. The same Wickham who is now married to Elizabeth’s youngest sister. And George cannot rest until his killer is brought to justice. Elizabeth cannot reveal what she knows without risking everything. In 1812, a woman who claims to see ghosts could lose her marriage, her freedom, and even her life. She cannot prove George was murdered without evidence no court would accept. And Lady Catherine de Bourgh has just arrived at Pemberley, sharp-eyed and hostile, watching Elizabeth’s every move. AmazonKU
CHOOSING AARON (WINTERMOON AVADEMY BOOK ONE) by Tessa Stone
She waited fifteen years. He didn’t even know her name. Mara of Solaris Pride has carried a secret for fifteen years. Her lion scented her fated mate the moment she stepped onto Wintermoon Academy grounds. A warlock who never even learned her name. Aaron Blackwood is one of the most powerful warlocks on Wintermoon. A professor at the academy, respected, controlled, and completely unaware that the lioness who just enrolled is the woman his magic was always meant to claim. Mara returns to the academy, she tells herself it isn’t for him. But her lion knows better. The pull is immediate, devastating, and impossible to hide, especially from a man whose dark eyes see everything except who she really is to him. The rejection that shattered Mara left no mark on Aaron at all. He has no memory of her name, no understanding of why his magic hums different when she’s near. Only a raw, unexplainable instinct screaming at him to protect a woman he just met. But the mate bond doesn’t care about what Aaron knows. It only cares about what he chooses. Mara already chose him once. Her lion claimed him and he shattered her for it. Now she’s choosing him again. This time, Aaron has to prove he’s worth it — to her lion, to her pride, and to the woman who almost didn’t survive loving him the first time. AmazonKU
ALLIED IN THE MIDLIFE (FANGED AFTER FORTY BOOK 14) by Lia Davis and L A Boruff
VS Note: I thought I had seen a full blurb for this on Facebook but was unable to find it.
Join Hailey and her friends as they travel to the realm of dragons. AmazonKU
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