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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TAUROS: COLONY: LABYRINTH BOOK ONE (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Demelza Carlton
All Tauros wanted was a wife. The Intergalactic Dating Agency’s speed dating night — farmers’ edition — was meant to be a laugh. A night out with his brothers, a few drinks, low expectations. He didn’t expect to wake up married to a Human girl who doesn’t remember saying I do. Or to hear her ask for a divorce on the first morning of their life together. Pasiphae came to the Colony running from a cheating ex-husband who took everything and gave nothing back. She has a new job, a whole system to disappear into, and every reason to go. So Tauros asks for one week. Seven days to show her what being loved is supposed to feel like. Seven days to prove that an alien Highland cow minotaur dairy farmer with a soft heart who makes the best strawberry ice cream in the galaxy is worth staying for. He’s never wanted anything this much. He’s never been so frightened of getting it wrong. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
VS Note: Just a reminder of my new release last week!
DERIUS: SOLDIERS OF THE ARDANNAN BOOK FOUR (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY by Veronica Scott
Ordered by his planet’s government to enter this year’s round of dating as arranged by the Intergalactic Dating Agency Derius Tate reported to the resort planet with low expectations. He’d never been able to get over the mystery woman he’d had a passionate one night stand with prior to his last, disastrous deployment as a Special Forces operator. Leonie Bradnum signed up for the five day date trip hoping to get over her feelings once and for all for the handsome soldier who’d seemed like her dream man and then cruelly ghosted her three years ago. The IDA’s infallible algorithm paired her up with…Derius, the very man she’d been pining for and hating equally since the morning she woke up to an empty bed and no way to contact him. Will five days and nights on the luxurious IDA Resort Planet be enough for the two of them to resolve the events of three years ago and find their way back to each other? And when danger strikes can Derius do what has to be done to save Leonie? Fate has given them a second chance.
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SPAWN (COMPANIONS TO THE LEVIATHAN BOOK SIX) by Deiri Di
A wrecked restaurant. A deadly alien flora. And a giant, nerdy alien male who quotes space pirates. Noelle’s life is in ashes. After losing everything, she’s stranded on a strange spaceship that lands on a bizarre alien world with one job: figure out which local plants are edible before everyone starves. She doesn’t have time for distractions…especially not the tall, wildly eager alien assigned to help her. Sherlock is brilliant, absurdly sweet, and hopelessly obsessed with pop culture. But beneath his charming exterior lies a hidden biological urge…one that makes his attraction to Noelle both intoxicating and unpredictable. As forced proximity turns up the heat in the kitchen, Noelle realizes Sherlock isn’t just her assistant; he’s her anchor. But on a living spaceship that could kill them at any moment, surrendering to their bond might be the most dangerous risk of all. AmazonKU
STRIPPED BY THE ALIEN (BROOD MATES BOOK ONE) by Calista Skye
Nora Ellis crashes through an alien minefield and wakes aboard a living warship, rescued by the most dangerous creature she’s ever met: a Chief Harrower who commands armies, strips worlds bare, and has never once been told “no.” She tells him “no” constantly. She’s a stranded space pilot who’d rather die than reveal Earth’s location. He’s a giant alien warlord who needs that location to save his own life. And she’s no longer sure whether she’s his guest… or his captive. The lightning that crackles between them every time they touch is a complication neither can explain. His people have a word for it: Marankz. Fated. Bonded. Doomed. It burns through both of them — raw, electric, and far too intense to ignore. Now an ancient and deadly Queen wants answers, a missing friend needs rescuing, and the most powerful warrior in the Brood has to decide what matters more — the throne that could make him legendary, or the small, stubborn, completely unarmored Earth woman who’s already ruined him for anything else. AmazonKU
AFTERSHOCK: MM ALIEN X HUMAN (AFTERLIGHT BOOK TWO) by Tana Welsummer
In theory, life shouldn’t get much harder than fighting for survival on galactic broadcast. Unfortunately for Sashen Solar, his difficulties have only just begun. The aftermath of the Galactic Tournament has left Sashen with a lot to untangle, including his fraught relationship with the alien prince Araxis of Creche Thiel, who courted Sashen and let him in on his secret plans – just not the ones involving Sashen. Now Sashen is determined to live by one rule he can’t allow himself to forget: he needs to take care of himself first, because he can’t rely on anyone else to have his back. Sashen has agreed to continue playing the part of Araxis’s devoted consort – for now, at least. But there’s more to being a declared virra than taking language lessons: murky political factions, secret agreements, and inter-creche conflict make Sashen’s role all the more difficult, and each time Sashen tries to forge his own path, he discovers that everything he does reflects on Araxis and Creche Thiel, for good or for ill. The Concord moves against Araxis, and the stakes for Creche Thiel, and for Sashen, couldn’t be higher. When Sashen’s tenuous position in abayan society becomes even more evident under the threat of violence, he’ll have to determine which path to take: to reach for Araxis once again, knowing he’s been betrayed before, or to pull away and guard his heart, this time for good. Aftershock is a slow burn second chance mm human x alien romance that picks up directly after Afterlight. Amazon
ENSLAK: THE ALLIANCE RESCUE SERIES by Annie Lucas
Niki Nguyen died in Hell’s Kitchen. Shot by dealers, broken by captivity, sold to aliens who saw her as nothing more than inventory. But the Alliance pulled her back from the edge of oblivion, and now they’re offering her a second chance. A dangerous one. They want her to become the first human operative for Asad Intelligence, and they’ve got one mission in mind: infiltrate a criminal planet, extract the tortured son of the Alliance Prime from his captors, and bring him home. Enslak has been a prisoner for a century. The Ulkommenian experimented on him, broke him down piece by piece, left him so fractured that his own family believes he’s already gone. They’re ready to grant him the koa ukufa, a mercy death. But when Niki looks into his gold eyes, she sees something the Alliance missed. She sees a man still fighting to survive, buried so deep under trauma that no one else thought to dig. She can’t let them kill him. So she steals him. On a hidden paradise world, something unexpected happens. In the quiet moments between heartbeats, in the careful way he learns to touch her and the fierce way she refuses to let him disappear, two broken people begin to heal. They build something real. Something that feels like home. Something that feels like forever. But the Ulkommenian are still hunting. And the Alliance will never accept what Niki and Enslak have become to each other… especially if they’re still determined to kill him. AmazonKU
TALL, DARK AND SPICY (SENTIENT OBJECTS ADVENTURES BOOK EIGHT) by Skye MacKinnon
VS Note: At this point I’m giving the side eye to every object in Skye’s house!
She’s spent all autumn serving pumpkin spice. Now pumpkin spice wants to serve her. Sophie is sick of pumpkin spice. After making hundreds of the bloody things, she still doesn’t understand the obsession. Then one careless wish beneath the harvest moon brings an abandoned PSL to life. Hot, creamy and eager to please, he has a tentacle that knows exactly where to touch her. He can change his temperature, make his own whipped cream and grow a second appendage when one isn’t enough. Sophie only wanted to understand the obsession. She didn’t expect to become attached to the drink she’d planned to throw away, or to wonder whether one night with him could ever be enough. Tall, Dark & Spicy is a filthy, funny sentient object romance for fans of monster romance and nonhuman love interests. It features a touch-starved café owner, an eager-to-please nonhuman hero, multiple tentacles, temperature play, whipped cream and a guaranteed happy-for-now ending. AmazonKU
ALIENS AND APPLE PIES by Angelica Grymm
Jessie Jones doesn’t believe in fate. It wasn’t fate that got her stuck in traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge. It wasn’t fate that caused an unprecedented earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone to simultaneously trigger San Andreas and the Hayward fault lines. It wasn’t fate that made her seatbelt get stuck when her car plummeted into San Francisco Bay. It wasn’t even fate that the Coast Guard AST swimmer who saved her was one of the Aniki’ah, the fearsome aliens who had shown up in orbit eighteen months ago, offering to repair Earth’s imminent ecological collapse. And it certainly wasn’t fate that made her fall in love with him. So, isn’t it lucky that retired Aniki’ah starship commander Bain’dec Maktor does? AmazonKU
REVOLUTION IN THE HEART: STORIES INSPIRED BY URSULA K LEGUIN by Various
VS Note: Not romance but an SF&F release of note.
15 brand-new short stories inspired by and in honour of legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Featuring Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Ai Jiang and many others.
Ursula K. Le Guin was a master storyteller and one of the most beloved and respected writers the science fiction and fantasy field has known. An SFWA Grand Master, World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement recipient, and Science Fiction Hall of Fame Recipient, she created work that touched hearts, changed minds, and inspired generations. With Revolution in the Heart award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan asked fifteen of the most celebrated writers working in science fiction and fantasy today to create new and urgent works inspired by Le Guin’s work and words. Stories that breathe life into new worlds of their own – venturing beyond Earthsea and the tales of the Hain – and that answer the challenge that Le Guin raised in 2014 when she gave a speech at the National Book Awards: Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers who can remember freedom – poets, visionaries – realists of a larger reality. Hard times have, indeed, come and the fifteen writers whose stories make up Revolution in the Heart are all realists offering us unique glimpses of different and larger realities that we need right now. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
THEXAN: MY ALIEN MONSTER by Christine Myers
He came to her bleeding. He stayed because her touch was the only thing keeping him alive. Brynn Ellison has treated every kind of injury the struggling human settlement can throw at her. Then a massive, scaled alien warrior appears at her infirmary door with a wound that refuses to heal—and enemies close behind him. Thexan should be dangerous. Instead, the hunted warrior responds to Brynn in a way neither of them can ignore. Her touch steadies his failing body. Distance makes the damage worse. And Thexan knows exactly what it means. His body has recognized her as necessary…as his. But Brynn refuses to let alien biology decide her future for her. Unfortunately, the soldiers hunting Thexan have no such reservations. If they discover where he is hiding—or what Brynn has become to him—they will eliminate everyone standing between them and their target. Now Brynn must decide how far she is willing to go for the alien warrior she saved. And Thexan must choose between protecting his mate by leaving her… or trusting that she has already chosen him too. AmazonKU
BORROWING TIME (SOMEWHERE IN TIME BOOK ONE) by Nina Collins
VS note: From AUG 13.
She’s running from death. He’s sworn to deliver her to it. Clara Miller’s greatest scientific breakthrough began as a snack emergency. One minute, she was microwaving a frozen pizza pocket. The next, she’d accidentally invented time travel and a terminal illness with her name on it. With her body deteriorating and the present offering exactly zero cures, Clara makes the only rational choice. She runs to the past. While she’s there, she’ll find a cure, cross a few items off her historical bucket list, and prove this whole dying thing has been one terrible misunderstanding. Even if it means a devastatingly handsome angel of death, with killer sarcasm, tags along. Silas has collected souls for centuries, but never one who fled the premises before he arrived. Tracking Clara down is one thing. Convincing a stubborn, dying woman to return to the present and politely expire is another. Since Clara refuses to cooperate, Silas is forced into his least favorite assignment yet. Cosmic chaperone. His job is simple. Keep her from changing the past, stop her from dodging death again, and avoid falling for the woman who treats rules like optional guidelines. The more time they spend together, the harder it is to pretend Clara is just another assignment. And the trouble with borrowing time is that eventually, someone comes to collect. When Clara’s final moment arrives, she and Silas will have to decide what’s more dangerous: changing fate, or accepting a love that was never supposed to happen. AmazonKU
THE GLASS MOTH by D Lieber
Her magic comes naturally. His is synthetic. Their different approaches could get one of them killed. Wisconsin, 2050. Kallista Marquis doesn’t expect much anymore. When poor air quality and undrinkable water are everyday problems, the pessimistic gardener is just glad to have a roof over her head. But when a handsome glassblower informs her she’s a natural witch, she eagerly learns the illicit craft as she discovers her ability to finally impact the world. Fort Meade. Evan Wells should be thrilled with his special assignment. Desperate to keep taking the wish-granting drug that makes him feel invincible, the Army specialist focuses on hunting down naturals and avoiding the snarky yet attractive private who hardly gives him a moment’s peace. But when his lack of progress again threatens a court-martial, his spiraling anxiety endangers more than he’s willing to risk. Trapped by the economic, governmental, and environmental pressures of their time, these opposing sides believe magic is the only glimmer of hope either of them has. But is that power worth it? Is it worth dying for? Is it worth killing for? Uncertainty, love, secrets, and sorcery tangle the threads of fate in this slice-of-life dystopian fantasy. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
LOVE AMONG THE STARS by S E Smith
Two lost souls. One searching for the wonders of the universe. The other searching for a place to belong.Crom left his world behind with one promise: protect the enchanting mates of the Ha’darra brothers. He never expected those delicate humans to capture his curiosity. Their courage, their emotions, their impossible determination to survive had awakened something inside him—a hunger to explore the universe beyond everything he had ever known. What he never expected was to discover another human aboard the Curizan warship. Or to feel an instant connection that defied all logic. Rosita Sanchez escaped Colombia with one goal: find the mythical El Dragon—the creatures who freed her from a life of servitude under a cruel drug lord. But freedom comes with a price. The people who now seek her former boss’s power believe Rosita is the key to finding his hidden vault rumored to contain billions of dollars. As the only survivor, she is their last lead—and their next target. Her only hope lies with the legends she once thought were impossible. The dragons. Instead, she finds Crom. A Moniker warrior from a distant world. An alien who sees beyond her past, beyond her fears, and beyond the scars she carries. Among the stars, Crom and Rosita discover that love does not care where you come from, what you have survived, or how different you are. Love is not blind. It sees everything. Discover what happens when you find love in the most unexpected place of all.
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VS: My scifi romance retelling of the Anastasia legend! Is she the long lost princess or is she an imposter? Of course there’s an HEA and I do answer the question…
STAR CRUISE MYSTERY DANCER
First published in the Embrace the Passion: Pets in Space 3 anthology…Tassia Megg is a woman on the run after the death of her elderly guardian. She needs to get off the planet in a hurry when chance directs her to an open dance audition for the luxury cruise liner Nebula Zephyr’s resident troupe. One thing Tassia can do is dance. Security Officer Liam Austin is suspicious of the newest performer to join the Comettes. She shows all the signs of being a woman on the run and seems to fit the Sectors-wide broadcast description of a missing thief, accused of stealing priceless artifacts. As he gets to know Tassia during the cruise, he starts to wonder if she’s something more – a long vanished princess in hiding from deadly political enemies of her family perhaps? And what’s the story with the three eyed feline companion other crew members swear Tassia brought aboard the ship? Does the animal even exist? As the ship approaches its next port of call, all the issues come to a boil and Liam must decide if he’ll step in to help Tassia or betray her. F’rrh the alien cat is the key to the mystery and Tassia’s fate. A science fiction romance take on the Anastasia tale…
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SMITTEN PUCKING ORC by Ava Ross
He’s a seven-foot goalie with a career on the line. She’s the team’s new physical therapist—and the woman he’s wanted from the moment he met her. I tried to flirt with Brashe Kedish at a team picnic last year. The seven-foot orc hockey goalie shut me down so fast I’m pretty sure I left scorch marks on the grass. Now I’m the Purple Punishers’ new physical therapist, and his groin strain just landed on my treatment table. He balks at first but then starts showing up early. Follows every instruction. And looks at me like I’m the only person in the room. I’m starting to think I got that rejection very, very wrong. Then I found out Brashe never thought I wasn’t enough. He thought he was the one who came up short. Which would be romantic if he’d actually talked to me. And if he wasn’t my brother’s best friend. And if playoffs weren’t starting in six days. Now I have a week to get him healthy enough to play. And keep myself from falling for an orc who thinks he’s only worth what he can do on the ice. AmazonKU
KISS OF THE BLACK FLAME (BOOKBINDER’S BARGAIN BOOK ONE) by Helen Scheuerer
Saige Grayson has always believed stories could heal—even when her own body refuses to. As the most promising bookbinder in the capital, she’s learned to work through chronic pain and crushing debt, restoring other people’s treasures while trying not to fall apart herself. But when the man she owes decides her rare talent is worth more than her payments, Saige is traded to the Azkari—an immortal race forged by the gods for war—and imprisoned in their ancient stronghold. Her only chance of survival lies with Archer, a fallen Azkari general imprisoned beside her —cursed, dangerous, and impossible to ignore. He offers her a way out, and in return, Saige must help him retrieve and restore an ancient book. But the book is made of living magic, powerful enough to stop a great evil—or unleash it. And as Saige works with Archer, the tome begins to awaken something dark and dangerous—both in the realm and within her. As their enemies close in and buried memories resurface, Saige and Archer must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice: their freedom, their fragile trust…or the spark that could ignite the world. AmazonKU
WITCH SUMMONED (HOUR OF WITCHES BOOK FOUR) by Krista Walsh
I really need to run when the past comes knocking. Just when I thought my troubles were behind me, who should invade my pub but the same fae duchess who accused me of murder? Now she needs help, but I trust her about as much as I do an unlabelled bottle behind the bar. She wants Trace to use his stolen souls to save the wall that divides the mundane world from the supernatural. On the surface, her plan benefits everyone. Trace needs a safe place to release the souls, and if the wall falls, we’re talking diplomatic disaster. But the risks are high, and failure could mean Trace’s death. Not that she’s giving us a choice. Although the realm is an incredible place, it doesn’t take long to realize there’s more going on than the duchess claimed. Something is following us, I have no idea if we can trust our guide, and the amount of magic everywhere we go is testing Trace’s control over his guests. Our window for success is closing quickly, and if we fail, we’ll face a magical rupture that could change the world forever. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
WRONG NUMBER, RIGHT GRAY WOLF: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE (DIAL M FOR MATES BOOK 10) by Lorelai M Hart and Colbie Dunbar
Sometimes the wrong number is the exact one you need. I teased my bestie often about wanting to have someone accidentally call me, the way his mate did him. But they tell you to be careful what you wish for. The wrong number finally came. But instead of a hottie alpha swooping in to make all my romance dreams come true, there’s a little girl on the other end and she’s sobbing, asking me to find her daddy. My fox goes into super protective mode, and thanks to a work friend with hacking skills, I get her location in minutes. She’s still there, still sobbing, but no longer alone. By her side is a wolf, only scents don’t lie. He’s not any gray wolf, he’s my gray wolf with his child. My beast begs me to claim him. I want that too, but this man has a family. Fated or not, he’s made his choice and picked his partner in life. I’m never going to mess with someone’s relationships, no matter how much it hurts. That happened to my father and I vowed never to be that guy. I leave with only a smile and a small wave to the little girl. They are better off without me. But if that’s the case, why does it hurt so bad? AmazonKU
SINGING, SLANDER AND AN INCUBUS COWBOY by Alora Quinn
VIOLA – The one thing that my small town of Goldenside Springs doesn’t need is another entitled cowboy roaming about—and Silas is just that. Like all the others, he arrives for our annual Cowboy Competition, but when it’s time to leave? He sticks around. He says he finds it quite quaint and that he’s thinking of taking up permanent residence here. He even has the audacity to say my singing was a deciding factor. My hometown is not some quaint thing for any cowboy to try to take over, and my singing isn’t for him. I’m going to do everything in my power to drive him out. All I have to do is make sure I don’t fall in love in the process, which should be easy except he’s so damn charming. SILAS –
Cowboy competitions aren’t something I normally partake in. Since I’m better than most, it isn’t fair to them. This year, though, something stirs within me, and I sign up. Goldenside Springs is a small town in the middle of the desert where the cacti outnumber the people. It’s not the noisy big city that I’m used to, but it’s a rather nice change. The nicest part? The beautiful and enchanting blonde singer, Viola, who’s full of spunk and spirit. She wants me gone, and that only makes me want to stay more. She claims to hate me, but the way her cheeks flame says otherwise. All I have to do now is find a way past her prickly exterior and into the softness of her heart AmazonKU
SECLUDED WITH THE SATYR (SPICE-TEMBER) by Alora Quinn
WYNONNA – All I wanted was to run away from the perfect—but arranged—life that had been set out for me. I don’t need perfect. I need to be able to make my own decisions for my life. Turns out that running away is harder than I anticipated, and one tumble down a hill lands me in front of the most charmingly cocky satyr I’ve ever met. Also, the only satyr I’ve ever met. He offers me to stay with him as long as I’d like, and it’s the easiest yes of my life. But the coziness of his cabin is threatened as my past creeps up on me, and at the worst timing—Eldrin’s rut started prematurely. After all the help he’s given me, it’s only fair I help him with his problem. But I have a new problem to deal with…I don’t want to run any further. AmazonKU
BE-DJINN AT THE BEGINNING (SPICE-TEMBER) by Kit Fox
As mischief and spices fill the air and the barrier between worlds grows thinner, an ancient creature takes a break from answering the wishes of greedy men to join the festivities in a small English village. Sahar is looking for a party and some irresponsible behavior before he returns to servitude and trickery as a Djinn, but instead he finds a lonely young girl offering a gift and letter. Well, why not? It could be amusing to scare her. But Beatrix is not scared – in fact, the mystery of her new friend only draws her in deeper. Every year, for the three days where creatures from the other side can touch her world, Bea exchanges letters with what she calls Jack O’ the Tree, her dearest friend who never shows his face or tells her where he’s been. Maybe they both would be happy to continue in this way forever, but children grow, feelings change, and before either of them know it, Beatrix is grown, and engaged to be married to someone she hardly knows. Now Sahar is caught. He can’t lose her, but there are some rules even he can’t break. If only there were some words she could say to make him help her before the clock runs out on All Soul’s Day. AmazonKU
IT’S NOT FUNNY – A VAMPIRE COMEDIAN by Danielle Sibarium
VS Note: From AUG 20.
A man has to make a living, especially when he lives forever. How hard can stand up comedy be? There aren’t a lot of career options for vampires. You need to move every twenty years so that people don’t catch on to the fact that you don’t age. Work is also tricky when you’re references go back a hundred years or so and you don’t want to show proof of your age or education. But hey, how hard can it be to make people laugh? Most days Poppy feels like she doesn’t belong. Anywhere. When she finds out that her hot, quirky new neighbor is doing stand-up at a local club, she can’t help but go and see what he’s all about. She never expects for him to call her on stage, or to be the only one that seems to appreciate his humor. Can a human survive the attention of a vampire for more than one night? AmazonKU
PURRFECTLY HAUNTED: MM PNR by Mell R Bright
Haunting #412: Lynch Hostel – Number of ghosts: 5. Possibly more? Location: Lynch Hostel, Old Town Edinburgh, Scotland. History: Five ghosts have been reported on site for the past century, since Earl Fergus Lynch, the original owner of the house, summoned them during his seances. So far, the residents have tolerated the ghosts, and they became part of Edinburgh’s paranormal history. Apparitions, whispers, drops in temperature… But lately, they have been more active, showing poltergeist-like behaviours and damaging parts of the house. Wanted: An immediate expulsion of the ghosts on site with limited damage to the building and the customer experience for the guests on location. The ghost hunts are to be conducted late at night, when everyone is asleep. The ExorSquad Team: James Sato and Ewan Hamilton (new recruits). Additional notes: The owner of Lynch Hostel asked firmly that our team respect her seven cats living on site. The team can stay for free at the hostel for the duration of the mission. Accommodation has been prepared. What do a timid rugby player, a tattooed short king, and seven cats have in common? AmazonKU
THE GHOST WHEEL (SPICE-TEMBER) by Danielle Sibarium
He’s a ghost, and the former managing owner of the Erie Amusement park. He lost his life while working on the ferris-wheel. She recently won the lottery, not the jackpot, she’s not that lucky. But she has more than enough to invest well and not have to worry about finding a job right away. There’s something about the abandoned amusement park that calls to her, lures her in. Will the park be the key to her future or the catalyset to her end? AmazonKU
BENJAMIN AND THE THIEF (SCANGUARDS VAMPIRES BOOK 20) by Tina Folsom
Vampire Benjamin LeSang, a Scanguards bodyguard, lives by a simple code: protecting his clients, trusting his instincts, and never letting a stranger get under his skin. But when a chance encounter with fiery Catalina ends in a scorching one-night stand, Benjamin finds himself breaking every rule in the book for a woman he knows nothing about. Catalina is a woman on a mission. Her brother, Santiago, is rotting in prison for a crime he didn’t commit—the theft of a priceless necklace from the powerful Preston family. Desperate to clear his name, she infiltrates a high-society gala as a caterer, determined to find proof that will set her brother free. When Benjamin catches Catalina mid-heist, his protective instincts war with his professional duty. To help her and her brother, Benjamin must go rogue, pulling his Scanguards family into a dangerous gamble. But will saving Catalina and her brother from injustice be enough for her to accept the beast that slumbers beneath Benjamin’s skin, or will he lose her once she discovers the insatiable vampire who is prepared to risk everything for a chance at a future with her? Amazon Apple Books Kobo
WINGS OF RUIN DARKNESS ASCENDING VOLUME II by Various
Heaven cast them out—now they walk among us. In Volume II, fallen angels trade halos for hunger and redemption for obsession. They haunt ruined churches and city shadows, striking desperate bargains sealed with blood, desire, and damnation. Some crave forgiveness. Others crave revenge. All burn with a love twisted sharp enough to cut. For fans of dark romance, horror romance, suspense as well as thriller, this multi-author anthology delivers seductive monsters, forbidden bonds, and nightmares that refuse to loosen their grip. Grace was only the beginning. Now the fallen want something far more dangerous—you. New Tales by: Sienna Rae – R. Summers – M.A. Savino – YD La Mar Amazon
AUTUMN PRINCE: MM FAE ROMANCE (DELANEY’S SEASONAL FAE COURTS BOOK FOUR) by Delaney Rain
Zalman Darcy was simply indulging his best friends in their outdoor pursuits when they each fell through a fairy ring. Now he has to follow them and single-handedly save the world or something. At least the Autumn Prince is there to keep him company and give him someone to do. Except there’s a curse that might have something to do with the prince working too hard…and being single? And it seems like everyone knows all about the curse, except Zalman. Well, once he knows what’s really going on, he’s going to take charge, get what he wants, and fix a whole realm while he’s at it. And though Zalman’s never been in love, when Prince Incendis takes his advice, really listens to him, and then goes and saves his life, falling in love seems like a real possibility. Which means barriers will fall, secrets will be revealed, and… Hold on. Who the heck is Lars? Zalman solves that mystery, too. The Autumn Prince is the final in a series of four books about the princes of the Seasonal Fae Court who’ve been locked away until they can become better men and earn the love of another. AmazonKU
A THRONE OF BLOOD AND BETRAYAL (THE WINDTORN CHRONICLES BOOK THREE) by Brenda Trim
Thorne walked into a rupturing veil to save us. That was how I found out what I was worth. The resistance thought we had time. We were wrong. Someone reached the sacred site before us and took the fragment we came to recover. Then Thorne sacrificed himself to close the rupture before it destroyed everything around it. He left me an access badge and one final order: rebuild the crown. Until then, I hadn’t known the crown was made of separate pieces. My name is Mara, and I grew up believing I was an orphan who didn’t matter. Now I know I’m the last heir of House Vaelthorne, the bloodline Cassian tried to wipe out. That apparently makes rebuilding the crown my responsibility. After the Civil War, three anchors were removed from the base and hidden with different bloodlines and resistance houses. The separation was meant to keep one ruler from controlling the crown’s full power. I have one of the anchors. No one knows where the other pieces are. The search leads us to Aldren, my grandmother’s closest friend and one of the people who helped hide the crown. She disappeared after the massacre and has spent years searching for the pieces. Some records make her look like a traitor, while others suggest we don’t know what really happened.Then there’s Kael…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
FORSAKEN FATE PART ONE (FORSAKEN FATE TRILOGY) by Kimber White
His fated mate is about to belong to another wolf. Theo Dorran has spent years without a pack or a home, keeping his distance from the powerful family that cost him almost everything. A funeral finally brings him back to New York and to the land his father once ruled. Then Theo meets Brynna Carrington. She’s promised to his stepbrother Grayson. She’s also the woman every instinct in Theo recognises as his. Brynna has spent years preparing to get close to the Dorran family. Grayson believes she loves him. He has no idea she intends to use their mating bond to uncover what happened to her father and destroy the people responsible. Theo was never part of her plan. Neither was the bond pulling them together. Every moment Brynna spends with Theo makes it harder to remember why she came. Every step towards Grayson takes her closer to the answers she needs, but also closer to accepting a mark that should never have been his to give. Fate chose Theo, but revenge requires Brynna to choose someone else. AmazonKU
MATED TO THE GARGOYLE: AFRICAN AMERICAN MONSTER ROMANCE by Melody Lynch
VS Note: From AUG 30.
I never claimed to be an angel. So when I witnessed something evil… I ran. Not to be a hero. Just to survive. Now I’m hunted, running out of places to hide, and praying I can outrun the men closing in. Then the storm hits. The abandoned mansion seemed like a refuge—until I realized I wasn’t alone. He looks like a monster. He acts like the devil himself. And he’s offering me a way out: Be his mate, or face the monsters waiting outside. The choice is easy. AmazonKU
FAMILY FOUND: MONSTER APOCALYPSE BOOK FOUR by Alexa Piper
VS Note: MM PNR.
Since he’s found his mate, Rory had to make a lot of adjustments. His new family is from a different world, and there are some cultural differences, but he’s learning to fit in. In fact, fitting in has become one of Rory’s life goals. He’d be a lot closer to achieving those if it weren’t for his own magic, the human mages out to get him, and the monster mages who threaten not just him but the people he cares about. Rory is going to have to do something about it, whether he wants to or not. But no matter where the fight takes him, there’s one thing he can rely on: his family will never be far behind. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
MARKETS AND MOONCAKES (FALHAVEN CASTLE) by Laura Greenwood
A new arrival at Falhaven Castle brings unexpected challenges to the kitchen. With a new ambassador taking residence in the castle, Evie is given the responsibility of making sure his daughter is welcomed. While she’s not convinced she’s the right person for the job, she soon discovers that she has more in common with the ambassador’s daughter than she first thinks. But new arrivals aren’t the only change in the castle, and Evie finds herself thinking about things she hasn’t before, and has to figure out what that means for her relationship with Nate…Markets & Mooncakes is book four in the Falhaven Castle series, a cozy fantasy with a baking dragon, a princess who wants to be in the kitchen over the throne room, and the baker who wants to be there with her. There is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance, with a pinch of steam in later books, and an ace heroine.
ESCAPING MY DRAGON (DRAGOCRACY CHRONICLES BOOK SIX) by Eve Langlais
It’s goodbye world when an ancient dragon awakes. It was the opportunity of a lifetime for this podcaster when I was invited to McMurdo Station, situated in Antarctica, to debunk all the conspiracy theories surrounding that barren wasteland of ice and snow. I’m not a fan of the cold—or the grim captain in charge of babysitting me—but I’m determined to give loyal supporters of my show what they want. The truth. It turns out Antarctica does have a secret. A big one. I mean, massive, with a tail large enough to knock down mountains and teeth several times the size of me—all the better to satisfy its appetite for flesh. The dragon that has awoken isn’t the cute and cuddly kind, but rather the nightmare version hellbent on destruction, and it’s claimed me as its unwilling servant. Stranded in Antarctica, there is no escaping my dragon, even as my steely-eyed soldier tries his damnedest. Are we doomed to be amongst its first victims, or will the arrival of four hatchlings and their sire somehow prevent the coming massacre? Given their plan is to try and reason with their very ancient relative, I’d say grab what pleasure you can now because humanity is screwed. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
WOLF TRIAL (LUNATIC ACADEMY BOOK ONE) by Leigh Kelsey
I’ve been sold to a violent academy of werewolf slayers. Thanks a lot, Gran. Hope your tequila and cabana boys are worth it. Werewolves are real, and I’ve been shipped off to a supernatural academy in an entirely different world to kill them. I’ve never hurt anyone before, even if working in retail tested me, but my vampire tutors don’t care about that. When I make an enemy of the queen bee, I’m left on the brink of death. But I’m found by Lainsz, Verne, and Leander, three wolf shifters who save me by doing the worst thing possible—they make me one of them. Verne and Leander claim I’m their soulmate. But Lainsz rejects me on the spot. Now I’m not sure what’s worse—the killer clique, the classes that end in murder, or the three wolves who stalk my every move. These people are all lunatics. Emphasis on the luna. AmazonKU
RUFFLED FEATHERS by Kay Leyda
VS Note: FF PNR.
Welcome to Pumpkin Hollow! This little witchy town hidden away from humans in the White Mountains National Forest, situated directly in between New Hampshire and Maine, belongs to neither. It’s home to supernatural creatures of all kinds, but mostly witches of every variety. Fern Appleton is a cozy cottage witch who runs the town bookstore with her adorable tuxedo cat, Bramble. While some might say she’s lonely after her parents moved away, Fern believes that it’s hard to be lonely with a talking cat for a familiar. For the first time, it’s entirely on Fern to decorate Petals & Pages Bookstore for Pumpkin Hollow’s annual Pumpkin Festival, and she’s terrified of disappointing her parents. Sparrow Blackburne and her twin, Lark, are dream witches. It’s about the only thing they have in common – Sparrow has ebony hair, while Lark is ginger. Sparrow works at the town library while Lark is a botanist. After saving Fern from falling off a ladder while decorating the bookstore, Sparrow begins to notice the pretty young witch all over town, even in her dreams. Bramble requests Sparrow & Lark to help get the bookstore ready for the festival, and the close proximity stirs up plenty of feelings. In a town this small, it’s impossible to keep secrets. Will these two fall for Lark and Bramble’s matchmaking scheme? AmazonKU
GUARDED BY MY GARGOYLE (FAIRHAVEN FALLS) by Honey Phillips
He returned to Fairhaven Falls with a fortune and a plan. Falling for the widowed plant nursery owner next door was not part of it. But her little boy sees him as a guardian. And she sees the softness beneath the stone. And once a gargoyle puts down roots… nothing will move him. Guarded by the Gargoyle is a cozy, protective small-town monster romance about second chances, chosen family, and a hero who finally decides to stay. AmazonKU
THE KRAKEN KING’S CURSE by Charlotte Swan
What was supposed to be a chance to find love on the high seas soon becomes a nightmare…Eve Quinn has never been lucky in love. After one particularly disastrous first date, she decides to take a chance and board the maiden voyage of Love on the High Seas—a singles cruise promising to find every passenger their perfect match. The crew is charming and the wine never stops flowing. For the first time in years, she thinks her luck may finally be changing. Until the sirens sound. A violent whirlpool swallows the ship, and creatures with scales and tentacles rise from the depths. They take every woman aboard and leave the men for dead. Dragged beneath the waves, Eve realizes there are fates far worse than being single at twenty-seven. A curse only she can free the Kraken King from…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
OLD FASHIONED MAGIC (A SHOT OF MIDLIFE MAGIC BOOK FIVE) by Tegan Maher
Running a tiki bar on the Gulf Coast should be a breeze—except it doubles as headquarters for a crew of seventeenth-century pirate witches, an Oracle, and other magical beings trying to save the world one shot of rum at a time. I, Jules Cavanaugh, Mistress of Balance and owner of the Tipsy Flamingo, was really hoping we’d wrap up the whole coin thing in one go. Instead, Vexon is still one step ahead of us, and Lila’s encounter with the Coin of Time has left her slipping in and out of the present. And because I apparently have spare time between living my life, running my bar, and saving the world, visitors to Dolphin Key are suddenly getting glimpses of the island’s past. A haunted-history tour becomes a little too historical, and my formerly undead pirate houseguests swear they heard a siren that hasn’t been seen in these waters for centuries. Now I’m hunting a villain who’s learning exactly what he can do with Time while figuring out whether Dolphin Key has developed an entirely different supernatural problem. It’s fine. I raised two boys, kicked a cheating man-child to the curb, and catered to elitist Southern socialites for thirty years, so I’ve got this. AmazonKU
DANCE IN THE STONES (HELLHOUND COLLAR BOOK EIGHT) by Lisa Oliver
VS Note: MM PNR.
What kind of person inherited a castle – or bought one, maybe – and then just…left it to crumble?
Damon, one of the original Hellhounds, has been living in a rental cottage in the shadow of a ruined castle for the past three years. His peace and quiet is threatened when he receives notice that the owner of the property – who Damon has never met – was coming to do renovations with a view to selling the property. Little did Damon know that the owner’s arrival meant a lot more than thinking about somewhere else to live. Meanwhile, what on Earth was going on with his hound? He doesn’t know what we are to each other. We need to figure out what he is first and then find a way to tell him without scaring him away. We’ve got the time. Redford Stone, a gargoyle who ran the FBI taskforce related to paranormal crimes is suffering from burnout. Needing something to do with his time off, he decides to head to a castle he’d inherited five years before, planning to do some renovations and probably sell the place. His plans are thrown into complete disarray when he arrives at the castle to hear…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)
ANGUISH (THE VIKING TALES BOOK 10) by W J May
Beware the pitted snake, who often strikes when one’s asleep…As the realm dissolves into chaos following the death of the Viking king, Liv finds herself at a crossroads. She could leave her father’s sunlit jungle and fulfill her twisted destiny, placing a crown atop Erik’s head at the cost of her own life; or she could remain in a magical bubble, brewing up potions and blissfully living out the rest of her days. The choice is clear, at least, if cruel. Yet prophecy is a double-edged sword, and those fateful words come with a hidden bite. Crowns attract all sorts of things, and rarely do they come with good intentions. There are secrets buried in the jungle beyond anything she could imagine, blades dipped in shadow and curses whispered in the dark. Two futures lie ahead of her. But only one of them ends with her breathing. The land is desperate for a good and rightful king, and a single girl stands in between. Will she cast her future aside and fulfill her great destiny? Or has the choice already been taken away? They say some people are favored by the gods. Others need to make their own luck.
QUEEN OF WAR AND RUIN (SNAKE AND CROWN BOOK TWO) by Meredith Hart
Zarek spent his entire life being useful. To King Malrik. To the court of Vsenrog. To the lie that kept him alive. He knew exactly what he was: a weapon in prince’s clothing, with no kingdom, no name, and no future worth claiming. Then he married Lilias, the princess of Marion. And everything he knew about himself started to unravel. Lilias survived her arranged marriage to the assassin prince. She survived poison, kidnapping, and the powerful men who pulled the strings behind every dark scheme. But falling for the man she was forced to marry? That she might not survive. Now Lilias is a fugitive, riding hard for a kingdom that no longer exists. And the man at her side, the husband she tried not to care about, is changing in ways neither of them understand, unlocking something dangerous in his blood. Marion has fallen. Malrik’s armies are on the march, helped by an ancient elf who wants to turn Zarek into something even more dangerous than the assassin snake he once was. And the careful distance Lilias and Zarek kept between them for so long is gone. There’s nowhere left to hide. From their enemies, from the war closing in around them, or from the explosive connection growing between them. AmazonKU
ROARING SPELL (MISTVALE FILES BOOK TWO) by Milly Taiden
Sakura Tempest is done with being a disaster. After her unanchored magic flooded one town too many, she’s moved to Mistvale to prove she can run a crystal studio without causing a catastrophe. While she tries to keep her stormy emotions from manifesting as literal thunderstorms, she can’t ignore the way the town’s newest “monitor” makes her magic vibrate with a hungry, electric energy. Keeping her cool—and her umbrella—becomes a losing battle as her instincts recognize the very man the Protection Network sent to investigate her. Torin Weylin has spent thirty years building a life of stoic solitude in the mountains. The steady bear shifter and Elder of the Protection Network is haunted by a space in his chest he didn’t know was empty until he saw her. When he’s assigned to monitor the new weather witch, his predator instincts scream that she’s his mate. While he tries to maintain a professional distance, he can’t ignore the way her scent of rain and lightning settles his restless bear. Keeping his hands to himself from the beautiful, sassy witch becomes impossible the longer they are near each other. While Sakura tries to ignore the fact that her crystals are playing matchmaker with her and her new bodyguard, the bad guys are busy shattering her shop and draining the town’s ancient defenses. They must navigate a web of betrayal before the final device shatters Mistvale’s peace for good. They aren’t just outrunning a conspiracy; they’re proving that the most violent storms are best weathered in each other’s arms. AmazonKU
BOUND BY BLOOD AND BONE: VAMPIRES OF BLOOD AND BONES VOL 23 by B A Stretke
VS Note: MM PNR.
An ancient evil threatens the town of Mt. Pleasant, but the greatest surprise is the undeniable Fated bond between a haunted vampire and the last living Necromancer. For centuries, Atticus Nasir has existed in isolation as the final surviving member of the ancient Cultus Mortis. Called upon by the powerful Master Louis DuCane, Atticus arrives in the town of Mt. Pleasant to destroy a deadly blight that is draining the souls and life force of the local human population. Armed with ancient magic and a protective cloak adorned with talismans, Atticus is fully prepared to face the monstrous revenants and the underworld entity controlling them. What he isn’t prepared for is the handsome coven guard assigned to protect him. Wyatt Price is a stoic vampire warrior burdened by the tragic slaughter of his former coven years ago. Assigned as Atticus’s personal bodyguard at the Palace of DuCane, Wyatt instantly recognizes the breathtaking mystic as his Fated beloved. But haunted by past failures and feeling unworthy of the Necromancer’s immense power and status, Wyatt hides his fierce, possessive instincts behind a wall of professional distance. When a treacherous assassination attempt targets Atticus in the coven’s watchtower, Wyatt’s tightly leashed control shatters into a violent, protective rage. Forced to confront their intense connection, the two men surrender to a passionate and undeniable bond. As the demonic blight swells and a horrific underworld entity breaks free from the shadows in the Pine Ridge Cemetery, Atticus and Wyatt must fight side-by-side. Together, they will either banish the darkness to hell, or lose the fragile, perfect love they have finally found. Amazon AB
MY VAMPIRE DOES MORNINGS by Sabrina Sin and Milly Taiden
Nothing I protect is supposed to be visible. So why does her camera keep finding it? Two hundred years turning people around at that tree line. Nobody ever comes back. She came back four times.
Dark curls. A beanie. A camera bigger than her head. Six in the morning, every morning, in the one place I told her she couldn’t be. Two hundred and eighty-seven years old, and I’ve started arranging my life around a sunrise. She doesn’t know what I am. She doesn’t know she’s my mate, either. It snapped into place the night I pulled her out of the dark. I’ve said nothing since, because a bond isn’t a choice and I want her to choose me. Something under this forest is waking up. It wants her. I’ve been ready to die every autumn for two centuries. Then she started bringing me coffee. Now I want all of it. The years. The mornings. Her. AmazonKU
ALPHA CHARMED (MISTVALE FILES BOOK THREE) by Milly Taiden
Anouk Darkwater is the queen of the airtight updo and even tighter emotional restraint. As Mistvale’s coven leader and premier apothecary, she has spent years channeling her grief into perfectly labeled jars and potions that—usually—don’t explode. But since her familiar died, her magic has become a wild, unanchored thing that pulses like a bruise. She is determined to ignore the cracks in her facade, even as the town’s most infuriatingly patient Alpha haunts her shop with a gaze that sees far too much. She has to keep him at arm’s length, even if it means ignoring the way her body heats up whenever he’s near. Caius Sternwolf has spent ten years in a state of “professional pining,” shadowing Anouk through the mist. The stoic wolf Alpha and head of the Protection Network is a man of few words and a very long memory. When a fellow elder is murdered, his predator instincts scream that Anouk is the next target—and his wolf demands she be his to defend. While he tries to maintain a disciplined distance, he can no longer ignore the way her scent of lavender and sage settles the restless beast beneath his skin. Disciplined boundaries incinerate the moment their long-suppressed attraction fuses with a raw power that sets the very air on fire. Professional boundaries between them? Not when a public claiming brands them both in front of the entire coven. While Anouk struggles to stay objective, her once-broken magic is finally stabilizing—but only when she’s within reach of the man she’s spent years avoiding. Together, they must navigate a web of poisoned tea, burned journals, and a conspiracy that’s been erasing their history for centuries. They aren’t just hunting a killer; they’re following a trail of ancient breadcrumbs that leads straight to a dragon’s lair—and to a bond that refuses to stay buried. AmazonKU
I DON’T DO WITCHES by Kala Aster and Milly Taiden
She fights me on every rule. I fight myself on every look. The Crowe family offered me triple my rate to guard the one witch I couldn’t afford to hate: Serenity. Just one problem…I hate her so much.
Reckless, sharp-tongued, and marked for death by a blood cult that wants to crack open her bloodline like a vault. My job is simple — keep her breathing. My wolf has other plans. Because somewhere between the safe house and the estate under siege, “client” stops being a word that fits either of us. But the cult that’s hunting her isn’t finished, and the truth about who put me in her path is worse than either of us imagined. Someone built this. Someone wanted a wolf who hates witches standing guard over the most powerful one alive — and I walked right into it. They think they can come after her. They’re wrong. I don’t care how many of them I have to go through. She’s mine. And I don’t lose what’s mine. AmazonKU
TWIST OF FATE: MATED TO THE FAE by Macy Blake
VS Note: MM PNR.
Connal is a Fae warrior on a secret mission in the human realm, where his magic barely works, the customs make no sense, and the locals apparently keep enormous water-spewing monsters as emergency vehicles. He is not having a good time. Then he finds his mate. Luke is a highly trained human spy with a mission of his own—and absolutely no intention of letting the gorgeous lunatic he just met derail it. He has secrets to protect, a dangerous assignment to finish, and no reason to believe Connal’s claim that fate has bound them together. Unfortunately, leaving his newly discovered mate behind isn’t an option as far as Connal is concerned. Taking Luke somewhere safe seems like the only reasonable solution. Luke would like the record to show that Fae and humans have very different definitions of reasonable. Especially since Connal’s version involves kidnapping him to the Unseelie Realm. Luke’s mission may be connected to the very threat Connal was sent to find. Now Luke and Connal have to untangle what’s happening between their worlds while figuring out something even more complicated: each other. Fate may have made them mates. Falling in love? Well, that’s on them. AmazonKU
CHARM OF THE WITCH (WITCHES OF KEATING HOLLOW BOOK 18) by Deanna Chase
Dutton Williams has dreams of living a simple life, restoring classic cars, and finding the stability he never had growing up. When he arrives in Keating Hollow to reconnect with his brother, it looks like his dreams are in reach. But when he helps a cursed runaway bride escape her wedding, suddenly life Is complicated. He knows he should stay away from her, but when his heart gets involved, all bets are off. When Dahlia Day finds out on her wedding day that her fiancé is a cheater, she can’t run fast enough. Thankfully, there’s a handsome knight in shining armor willing to help her escape. Dutton Williams seems to be the man she’s been waiting for. But when there’s a string of arsons in Keating Hollow, her dead fairy god mother points the finger at Dutton through magical journal entries. Now with everything on the line, Dahlia has to decide who to trust—Dutton or her fairy god mother? Can Dutton prove he’s innocent and win the heart of his runaway bride? Or will he lose everything… again? AmazonKU
SHIELD OF THORNS (VANDELEUR TRILOGY BOOK THREE) by Fleur DeVillainy
The kingdom is on the brink of ruin. The unicorns are trapped. And Sybil Vandeleur may be the only one who can stop it. Hunted, betrayed, and bound to a fate she never asked for, Sybil must journey across Craeweth to unlock the ancient magic buried deep within her blood. The power to save her kind exists, but wielding it may cost her everything. At her side stands Prince Aramis, her once-enemy turned fated mate. Their bond is undeniable. As war looms and the queen tightens her grip on the kingdom, allies begin to fall and secrets unravel. Because not every enemy wears a crown. And not every betrayal comes from the shadows. When the battle for Shadowvale begins, Sybil must rise, not just as a survivor, but as something far more dangerous. A force the world has never seen. Amazon
EX-PRESSO by Johnna Dee
Marigold “Goldie” Thorne once believed in forever—until the man she loved accused her of bewitching his heart. Shattered and determined to start over, she poured her soul into Enchantresso, a cozy coffee and tea shop where every brew carries a touch of magic. But when Lucian Duskbane, the jackal shifter who broke her heart, walks back into town, old wounds stir and sparks fly. He claims he’s back to care for his sick father and run the family repair business, but Goldie can’t ignore the way his eyes still linger… or how her heart still races. One sip, one look, and they’re both reminded—some loves are brewed too strong to fade. AmazonKU
GHOST MAKER: HAUNTED SOULS BOOK 27 by Pandora Pine
VS Note: MM PNR Mystery.
I am a ghostmaker. A bringer of death…When a new psychic arrives in Salem, Copeland Forbes is eager to meet him. But Jonas Crawford isn’t looking for friendship. He’s looking for something far more dangerous: the death spell, a closely guarded secret of the Devereaux coven that Cope has spent years trying to escape. Meanwhile, the Cold Case team is fighting for its survival. With the mayor threatening to cut their funding, Fitzgibbon suggests they make a good impression on the auditor sent to determine whether the unit is worth saving. Jude is onboard with the plan until he learns West Strickland has spent fifteen years blaming cold case detectives for failing to solve his mother’s murder. West wants nothing to do with psychics or the detectives who promise they can finally catch his mother’s killer. After fifteen years of disappointment, he has no reason to believe this team will be any different. Then, days after Jonas Crawford arrives in Salem, people connected to the mysterious psychic begin turning up dead. Is Jonas responsible for the murders? Is he using the death spell to eliminate his enemies? Because the killings have only just begun. And whoever is next may be closer than anyone thinks. AmazonKU
THE ICE BEYOND (EMPRESS OF THORNS BOOK ONE) by Olivia Wildenstein
I had two childhood dreams: to shift into a wolf, and to win Nordin Stormsson’s forbidden heart. My first dream shattered the day my mother confessed I wasn’t a shifter, but a valkyrie—stranded in a land far from my people. My second was crushed when Nordin rejected me…only to claim another as his mate. Heartbroken, I crossed beyond the wards in search of my birth clan. My freedom came at a cost. Dragons, vampyrs, and enemy wolves stalked me through the dark. They weren’t the only ones who came after me, though. Nordin came too. He seized me before they could, stealing my body and then my heart. For a time, I dared to dream once more, to imagine a future with Nordin in the land of ice and wolves. Until I uncovered my beloved’s most closely guarded secret. A truth about my past. One that ruined us all. AmazonKU
ALE STORM (TALES FROM THE DRAGON DINER BOOK FOUR) by Lindsay Buroker
Now that her business partner, the dragon and award-winning chef Jildarin-grozanarav, has realized he has feelings for her, Rylana looks forward to going on a date with him. The elven queen has departed and the troll-god curse has been resolved, so it’s the perfect time for a moonlit walk and a kiss. Or so Rylana thinks. But dwarven thieves show up, ransacking the diner and looking for an antique hunting horn she recently found. Even worse, Jildarin has unearthed a centuries-old book on the proper protocol for courting a human woman. Now, he’s determined that he needs permission from Rylana’s father before they can go on a date. Lastly, the female dragons that want Jildarin to mate with them have returned and are threatening Rylana. Why can’t life ever go according to plan? AmazonKU
A CURSE FOR CHRISTMAS PAST: A NOVEL by Morgan Lockhart
Hayleigh Gray is cursed. For real. After losing her job, her savings, and her relationship, it’s the discovery of a lump on her beloved horse’s neck that finally sends Hayleigh looking for solutions. And she knows where to start: Elk Ridge, Washington, a seemingly innocuous small town with a cliched winter festival and a whole lot of witches. There, she crosses paths with Stephan Midwinter, an animal-rescuing artist with a reputation a mile long and a whole lot of magic that Hayleigh wants nothing to do with. Adamant that his coven wasn’t involved in the curse, he offers to help her find the real culprit and break the curse before Christmas Day. As Hayleigh and Stephan face ancestral secrets, mischievous holiday spirits, and being snowed into the world’s kitschiest holiday train B&B, Hayleigh finds her heart opening to magic, and to Stephan. But Stephan and his way of life are in direct opposition to everything she’s been taught to want. With the curse amping up and time running out, will Hayleigh embrace a new kind of holiday magic, or will she be trapped in the patterns of Christmas past? Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
ICED OUT MATE (WOLVES OF BURLINGTON BOOK TWO) by Max Walker
VS Note: MM Shifters.
Dylan Briggs knows exactly who he is on the ice. Off it, things are a little messier. He bounces from hook-up to hook-up and tries not to overthink what comes next. But when he meets Miles Reed, the Burlington Bobcats’ new athletic trainer, there’s nothing to overthink. Miles is his fated mate. Dyl is sure of it. Except Miles is a shifter too, and he doesn’t feel the same pull. Something’s wrong. Still, the attraction between them keeps growing, along with Dylan’s hope that maybe fate matters less than the fact that Miles keeps choosing him. But getting closer to Miles also means getting pulled into the danger he came to Burlington trying to escape: a stalker who has spent years watching and threatening him. And now they’ve noticed Dylan too. With the season heating up and the threat escalating, Dylan and Miles will have to figure out what’s real between them before someone else decides their fate for them. AmazonKU
DAMNED IF I DO by Alexandira Bellefleur
The devil’s right-hand woman must convince her long-lost husband to renounce their vows so she can wed a prince from Hell. Effie MacLeod is no stranger to making desperate decisions, but making a deal with Lucifer himself—sacrificing her soul to save a loved one—has got to be her most monumental. Several hundred years into her tenure as a demon, Effie’s found herself engaged to Belphegor, a handsome, seductive, and successful Prince of Hell. It’s not a love match, but it’ll do. There’s just one teensy-tiny little problem: She’s still bound to her sixteenth-century Scottish husband. While Effie has completely cast her human life aside, Finn has been reincarnated through several lifetimes. Effie must convince Finn to renounce their age-old vows in order get the Office of Infernal Internal Affairs off her back. The kicker? When she finds him in this lifetime, Finn doesn’t remember anything, but he refuses her request for a divorce. Annoyed to be stuck with him in small-town Georgia until she can persuade Finn to abandon their marriage, Effie must convince him that yes, she does want to get on with her devilish shenanigans despite the physical pull she feels toward him. As they get closer in hopes of recovering his lost memories, Effie can’t help but notice murmurings of her deeply buried feelings resurfacing. But while all’s fair in love and war, that’s not the case in Hell—and Lucifer may have his own reasons for wanting to keep Finn and Effie apart for the rest of eternity.
FAERY QUEEN (REALM IMMORTAL BOOK TWO) by Michelle M Pillow
At first sight, Queen Tania of the Faeries knows that Hugh, Earl of Bellemare, is her one true love. Yet a year has passed since he promised to return, and now she knows he never intended to come back. With her mood darkening and her castle tarnishing, Tania vows to teach Hugh a lesson he’ll never forget. That no human should dare deceive a faery queen. In her despair, she turns to King Lucien of the Damned, and swears a blood vow that risks the fate of all the faeries―and Hugh’s soul. Suspicious of the magical world, Hugh wishes he’d never discovered the truth of what was beyond the mortal realm. Noble duty consumes his time―but not his heart. He lost that to the seductive Queen Tania, who surely wanted him only as her plaything. Despite his vow to forget the teasing nymph, she haunts his every thought. When he finds himself kidnapped by the demon king and back in Tania’s arms, Hugh cannot resist her charms. But with his family’s safety at stake and the land at war, he must return to his home. Even if it means destroying Tania’s life. In a war-ridden land, destiny rides on the wings of a faery queen and on the will of an earl who refuses to acknowledge their love. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
HARBINGER by Geneva Lee
Arden Icaros was never supposed to matter. From the poorest of five noble bloodlines, she prefers life on the family farm with dirt under her nails over the fine dresses at court. She just needs to get through one boring ceremony, inherit her earth magic, and return home. Instead, she’s handed a dagger and with it, an impossible choice. Now Arden is branded an omen of war, half the nobility wants her dead, and assassins are tracking her every move. Her only chance of survival lies with the most feared man in Antares. They call him Bishop. No one remembers the name he had before he dedicated his life to his order. Empowered to execute first and question later, Bishop is ruthless, terrifying, and utterly loyal to the kingdom that wants Arden dead. He should kill her. Instead, he offers her sanctuary. But the longer Arden stays under Bishop’s protection, the more dangerous he becomes. Because Bishop has secrets powerful enough to topple kingdoms…and a need for Arden that could ruin them both.
TIGHTS AND TAIL: MM FANTASY ROMANCE (HOTTER THAN HELL) by Callie Colby
I’m a fake warlock at a Renaissance Faire. I accidentally summoned a critic from Hell. I get paid minimum wage to wear tights, wave a plastic staff, and recite nonsense Latin from a fantasy paperback. It was supposed to be a show for the tourists. It wasn’t supposed to actually work. Now I have Belial, a five-hundred-year-old demon lord, following me around the fairgrounds. He’s not interested in my soul; he’s offended by my historical inaccuracies. He spends his days critiquing the blacksmith’s technique, threatening to incinerate the “abominable polyester” costumes, and winning sword tournaments with terrifying, supernatural ease. He’s the most authentic thing at the Faire, and the crowds love him. I should banish him before he burns down the funnel cake stand, but there’s a problem. Belial is fascinated by the modern world. Specifically, he’s fascinated by me. He wants to know how zippers work, why I smell like “cheap mead and desperation,” and exactly what it takes to make a fake warlock scream for real. I’m trying to keep him from murdering the patrons, but it’s getting hard to focus when he drags me into the changing tent to show me exactly what that very real, very sensitive tail can do. AmazonKU AB
LUKE: THE BEARS (KING LAKE SHIFTERS BOOK FOUR) by R E Butler
Bear shifter Luke likes his life simple: work hard with his den, help where he’s needed, and never miss a burger of the week at The Amber Howl. Then he catches Valley’s scent in the line outside the tavern, and his bear knows the truth in an instant. She’s his mate. Valley is supposed to be leaving Mill Creek in a week for a new bakery job and a fresh start two hours away. Falling for a gorgeous, protective bear shifter was not part of the plan—and neither was discovering that fated mates and magic burgers are very, very real. Luke won’t ask her to give up her future. If Valley goes, he’ll follow. But the more time she spends in King Lake, the harder it is to tell whether leaving is still what she wants… or if everything she’s been searching for has been waiting across the bridge all along. In King Lake, fate doesn’t always arrive quietly. Sometimes it shows up with a protective bear and a love worth changing plans for. AmazonKU
CURRENTS OF DESIRE: A MONSTER BRIDE ROMANCE by Lilliana Rose
She’s the ocean’s most lethal predator, and she has just claimed him as her mate. For ex-rescue worker, Jack Ford, the ocean is a graveyard. Haunted by the tragic ghosts of his past, he lives a solitary, brooding existence on the edge of Deception Point, a paranormal small town where the storms are fierce, and the shadows hide secrets. But when a catastrophic Category 4 cyclone batters his home, the floodwaters wash up something that defies all logic. Nerida isn’t a helpless, fairy-tale mermaid. She is a bioluminescent apex predator from the crushing, freezing depths of the Mariana Trench. Lethal, alien, and dying in the dry air, she is completely at Jack’s mercy. Against his better judgment, Jack saves the monster. In return, the monster claims him. Bound by a sudden, primal, fated mating bond, Jack and Nerida are forced into intimate proximity as the storm rages outside. But Nerida is a deserter from a brutal deep-sea war, and the ruthless trackers of the trench have caught her scent. They think Jack is just a fragile human. They are about to learn that Nerida will slaughter anything that threatens what is hers. Jack thought the water only took things away. Now, he’s about to discover that being claimed by the most dangerous creature in the sea is the only way to survive. AmazonKU
THE SWEETEST FIEND: A NOVEL by Raven Kennedy
VS note: Pied Piper reimagined.
It’s time to pay the Piper. Our world cracked open like an egg. Power burst out, and with it, nine monstrous Banes ready to destroy everything. The powerful Core fae finally slayed them all, but each Bane left a Plague to punish us. But that’s not the only thing they left behind. I’m half Bane, half fae, and wholly hated. Survival means enduring every vicious glare and cursed outbreak. Until one day, a Plague descends upon my city that means certain death. Then he comes. The Pied Piper. He rids my city of the Plague, but it comes at a cost. One hundred and thirty people are taken as payment. Including me. I don’t know what he’s going to do to us, but I know I have to get home. My family’s lives depend on it. But the Piper won’t let me go, and something wicked stirs between us. The sweet scent in my veins beckons him, while the seductive lure of his magic sinks under my skin. I have to escape before it’s too late. Because if I don’t, it’s not just my heart at risk…But the entire world. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
WELCOME TO THE KOKORO CAT CLINIC (WE’LL PRESECRIBE YOU A CAT BOOK THREE) by Syou Ishida, E Madison Shimoda Translator
When you are lost, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul will find you. Dr. Nikké and his clinic are always ready to offer their unconventional approach to healing. Although one never quite understands how they ended up there, each person who has walked through the door has left with a cat and a deeper understanding of themselves. Every time, the clinic reaffirms that the unbreakable bond between cats and people has the potential to heal and transform lives. With Dr. Nikké as the constant that weaves each of these stories together, we meet a woman anxious about an upcoming competition, an overwhelmed young father, an illustrator questioning her career, and a young woman burdened with guilt. Digging ever deeper into the complicated minds of humans—and the love of their feline companions—this poignant, episodic novel provides something richer and more challenging than mere comfort: compassion. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
THE WRETCHED DIVINE by Adalyn Grace
Aurelie Chantelune was born to serve. Raised as a knight in a kingdom ravaged by demons, she’s spent her life honing her blade, driven by the memory of the monsters who tore her family apart and by the knowledge that she’s one of the few who can stop them. If Aurelie can claim her first kill, she’ll inherit a legacy passed down through the Chantelune bloodline: a soulbond with Yuriel, an angel whose power is vital to her kingdom’s survival. But when those she loves begin turning into the very monsters she’s sworn to destroy, Aurelie is forced to seek help from the last place she ever imagined. Desperate, she forges a second and far more dangerous bond with Severin, a demon she can hardly trust, but who claims to know how to end the war for good. With their lives and fates entwined, Aurelie, Yuriel, and Severin must team up to hunt down a cure capable of turning demons back into humans. But the more they learn about one another and the deeper their relationships grow, the more Aurelie begins to question the war and her place in it. With both of her bonded on opposing sides, she’ll have to make a choice: continue to stand with the angels, or risk everything by trusting a demon.
YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I HAUNT: A NOVEL by Katie Jung
Libby Lakoski has two major problems. First, she’s secretly in love with her best friend, Carter Coldwell, and second, he’s marrying someone else. Carter’s the only person who has ever made Libby feel chosen, and sure, his fiancee is a British diamond heiress, but Carter and Libby have years of shared history and longing looks between them. Not to mention, Libby is the only person Carter trusted enough to tell about the dark magic that plagues his family. But then a third and related problem presents itself—or, himself. Trip Coldwell is Carter’s handsome, smart, flirtatious cousin who also happens to be… a ghost. Trip’s “unfinished business” is to break the Coldwell curse, but the solution hinges on Libby encouraging Carter to allow his wedding to proceed. Unfortunately, Libby is the only person who can see Trip, and her objective is the exact opposite. Can Libby put aside her pining for Carter and work with his hot and not-quite-living cousin to save both men? As they follow a trail of clues across New York City, Libby finds herself questioning just how much Carter reciprocated her friendship, feeling perplexed by a growing attraction to Trip, and fantasizing about actually touching him. With the countdown to the wedding in full swing, Libby must choose between saving the Coldwells and holding tight to her own happily ever after. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
ETCHED IN INK (THE VOLLMAGUS AND THE ETCHED BOOK TWO) by Corinne Price
Everything Sybil Wyntres believed is a lie. The rune etched into her body, the magic she can’t control, even the order she once trusted. None of it is what it seems. Forced back into the Bastion she barely escaped, Sybil is sent across the fractured lands of Crae Vost with an ancient enchanter whose motives are as obscured as the truth she seeks. As whispers of the Void spread and their horrors grow less containable, Sybil begins to uncover a terrifying possibility: the enemy may not be what she was taught to fear. Far beneath the world above, Raekin has lost everything. Dragged back into the Alpstraum by the noose he thought he had loosened, he is once again bound to the wire that broke him. All because he chose her. Now, marked by failure and forced into obedience, Raekin is sent to hunt the one person who may be able to unleash the nightmare of the Void onto the continent. As their paths pull them toward the same unraveling mystery, Sybil and Raekin race against each other and the forces that control them to uncover the truth behind the tome that tore them apart. But in a world built on control and cruelty: knowledge is dangerous. And choosing the wrong side may cost them not just their lives, but the lives of those living on the surface. AmazonKU
THE LAST KNIGHT (BLOOD KNIGHT CHRONICLES BOOK SEVEN) by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
He was the last Knight of seven the Makers at Castle Broceliande made immortal. And not in a good way. Once a famous member of the Round Table, and used to quests, Griffin escaped the Castle, and has lived endlessly on — his task in the 21st century is to protect humans from the monsters that came out of Broceliande after him and the six other Knights he considers his blood brothers. Scotland… Young vampire Slayer Hadley isn’t ready for a meet-up with a gorgeous stranger who is so much more than he seems. Will she believe his story, or not? Can Griffin prove himself worthy of her love?
LITTLE COURT OF STARS: MMF MONSTER ROMANCE (CREATURE CAFE SERIES BOOK 19) by Clio Evans
Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the tricky fae, Crux and Andromeda. After waiting for Bell to be ready, Crux and Andromeda have finally come to the Barista for his son. The Barista is reluctant to interfere with fate, but decides to set up them up at Creature Cafe. As the first of the Barista’s children to take a fated mate bond, Bell faces the unknown. The scales starting to show up on his body? That’s…normal, right? Despite all the changes happening in his life, Bell is ready for his first date. But is Bell ready for love? AmazonKU
CHASING DAWN (BLACK MOUNTAIN MATES BOOK TWO) by Grace McGinty
Dawn fell in love in a day. When she met two teenage twin bear shifters at the Shifter Gathering, she let herself dream of a world filled with sunshine and happiness. Then she grew up and realised love wasn’t meant for Omega wolves. Omegas were made for hard fists, not soft feelings. But when her Alpha goes too far and then leaves her for dead in the woods, there’s only one place Dawn knows she will be safe, and it was in the arms of two bears who were no longer boys but men, and under the protection of their Alpha, who they promised was kind and safe. She had no other choice but to follow her heart and hope it wasn’t the next thing torn out. AmazonKU
DRAGON IN DISTRESS by Brigitte Ann Thomas
Mila has been locked up for her entire life. She’s not a princess, though; she’s the dragon–and she’s been locked away to keep everyone around her safe. Or at least that was her parents’ reasoning.
When Fulton sees the beautiful girl sitting in the window night after night, he makes it his mission to get to know her. He doesn’t care that she’s a dragon. He’s not afraid of her fire. But she is. Can she learn what it means to be free in a world she’s never experienced before? Can she love him without burning everything to the ground? AmazonKU
IMPRISONED WITH THE VAMPIRE KING (FATED MATE BONDS BOOK FIVE) by Lola Glass
I walked into prison to free a vampire king, and now I have to pretend to be in love with him. The magic I created this place with is messed up in ways I never expected. Half of the cells are full of deadly, psychotic immortals. The other half are full of innocent people who were trapped here by someone who exploited the mistakes in my prison’s magic. The only thing they all have in common is that I’m their only ticket out. If they knew, they would kill me. But they don’t. And they won’t, if the vampire king I’m here to save has anything to say about it. He does. Or at least, he’s pretending he does. Because acting like we’re obsessed with each other is the best way to get out of here, and we’re both willing to do whatever it takes to walk out alive… even if what it takes is a mate bond. AmazonKU
THE DOLL SQUAD (BUREAU OF CURSED OBJECTS BOOK ONE) by Hailey Edwards
Danger in the line of duty is a given, but Officer Samantha Tiegs always figured her death would come in the form of a heart attack in her golden years after a lifetime of researching the age-old question— Can it be fried? Sadly, death has less delicious plans in store for her. When she’s called to intercept a hijacking in progress, her world gets turned upside down. The thieves aren’t human, and whatever’s in the delivery truck they looted, they want it bad enough to kill for it. Except her death isn’t their end goal. It’s only the beginning of a twisted plan orchestrated by the person she loves most. Everything she believed about her life, her family, was a lie. The truth is, she’s a pawn in a deadly game she can’t win alone. Enter the Bureau of Cursed Objects. The supernatural agency has a vested interest in her survival, and they make her an offer she can’t refuse. Come work for them, and they’ll guarantee her safety, but her new partner is a man who poses the greatest threat to her yet. As long as she remains valuable, he’ll protect her from everyone. Including himself. But should her returns diminish, he won’t make any promises. Warning: Contains one manga obsessed heroine with an anime addiction, more fried food than a fairground on opening night, one hero with a reputation for killing his partners and a compulsion for labeling what he considers his, and a whole lot of family secrets, drama, and evil hiding where you least expect it. AmazonKU
NO BONES ABOUT IT: A HALLOWEEN SENTIENT OBJECT ROMANCE by Cassandra Elizzabeth
This Halloween, Tori Graves is celebrating her divorce by finally buying the one thing her ex-husband never let her have. The viral twelve-foot skeleton. The HOA promptly loses its collective mind and declares war. When Tori’s desperate plea to save her beloved Halloween decoration goes viral, she’s forced to get creative. Suddenly, Mr. Bonejangles becomes the best thing that’s ever happened to her photography business. And her heart. Somewhere between pumpkin carving, horror movie marathons, and pumpkin porter beneath the autumn stars, Tori falls for the skeleton. And somehow, he falls right back. But Lois, the self-appointed queen of the HOA, is determined to get rid of Mr. Bonejangles once and for all. As Halloween approaches and the feud spirals into something far more destructive, Tori realizes that loving him is the easy part. Keeping him may be impossible without a Halloween miracle. AmazonKU
ASHBORNE FORGED (EMBERQUELL ORDER BOOK TWO) by Aimee Lynn
He surrendered his heart. Now he battles demons to keep it. Voski finally yields to the bond and opens his heart, ushering Grace into a thrilling world of love and heat. But even as he lets her light in, the specters of his past still hover in the shadows. Just as the bond cements, and their souls entwine, the life Grace fled rises to claim her. And when the twin traditions of bloodline and kingdom collide to threaten everything they’ve built, Voski is desperate. He finds himself forced to do the one thing he swore he never would: Go back. Back to the people who shaped him with fear and false gods. Back to a childhood built on control disguised as devotion. Back to dark power, and the even darker man they molded him to become. AmazonKU AB
MY BIG FAT SHIFTER WEDDING by Roxie Ray
Olivia Rizoli is the daughter of a wolf-pack alpha, the fifth of seven kids, and the family’s unpaid fixer: the one who unclogs the toilets, smooths over the drama, and never gets asked what she actually wants. At thirty, she finally does something for herself. She quits the family business and signs up for a beginner woodworking class off a random community flyer. She wasn’t expecting to fall for the instructor. Keith Insrym is enormous, bearded, and surprisingly gentle for a guy built like a lumberjack. He proposes to her in a chicken shop, ring in his pocket for months, and Olivia says yes without a second of hesitation, then immediately starts panicking about the one thing she still hasn’t told him: that she can turn into a wolf. That her whole family can. That the “monthly hikes” she keeps disappearing for are actually pack runs during the full moon. What Olivia doesn’t realize is that Keith’s already noticed more than he’s letting on: the strength she can’t quite hide, the growling in her sleep, a pattern he can’t fully explain. He proposed anyway. With three Rizoli weddings already crowding the family calendar and Keith getting closer to the truth every time he sits down to dinner with her family, Olivia has to decide how much longer she can keep loving him without actually letting him in. AmazonKU
FATED TO THE WICKED KING by S L Breaker
Can she redeem the man she used to love? Or is she fated to ruin with the world he burns? Once upon a time, Allie saved the life of a most notorious assassin. How was she supposed to know he was the rightful heir to the most powerful throne in the land too? If only she hadn’t fallen for him. If only he hadn’t abandoned her nearly a year ago without a single word. Because the man she once knew is now the most feared and ruthless ruler of all kingdoms. Corrupted by the power of his crown, he has turned his back on his past. With her heart still bound to his, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with the one man she should never trust again. Compelled to abet his tyranny. Even if it means crushing all who defy him. Displaced from her own world, Allie has enough problems. For her forgotten past now threatens her existence. And only the Wicked King holds the key to finding her way home. Can Allie resist the sizzling attraction that still exists between them? Is the Wicked King’s soul too far gone or can Allie restore his heart before he destroys them all? AmazonKU
PUMPKIN SPICE SPELLS (WITCHCAKES BOOK ONE) by Sara Bourgeois
Welcome to Harvest Hollow, where the pastries are sweet, the magic is real, and murder is always bad for business. Ivy Merriweather never planned to come home. But when life in the city goes up in flames, she returns to Harvest Hollow to help save her family’s bakery, Witchcakes, just in time for the town’s busiest season… Halloween. Between pumpkin spice cupcakes, enchanted recipes, and a chonky orange cat named Nutmeg who is far more trouble than help, Ivy already has enough on her plate. Then a member of the Halloween festival committee is found dead behind the bakery, and suddenly all eyes are on Witchcakes. The police chief is more interested in keeping the peace than solving a murder. The town rumor mill is working overtime. And Ivy’s kitchen magic keeps warning her that the wrong person is about to get away with it. To clear her name, protect her bakery, and keep Harvest Hollow’s spookiest season from turning deadly, Ivy will have to follow the crumbs, trust her instincts, and hope Nutmeg does not destroy the evidence first. AmazonKU
THE WISHING GATE (GRACETOWN BOOK 10) by Cindy Kirk
The gate opens three times. The final choice is hers. Liliana Parks doesn’t believe in wishes—until an iron gate carries her thirty-seven years into the past. In 1989, Holliday House is still filled with life, its gardens are in bloom, and David Holliday is still dreaming of the future. Lily knows that future will never come. David is destined to die young, and the beloved estate will be left to slowly fall into ruin. With each journey, Lily is drawn closer to David, his family, and a life that feels more like home than anything she has ever known. Soon, she must choose between the life she has built and the unexpected one waiting for her on the other side of time. AmazonKU
VEIL OF NIGHT AND FLAMES (DREAMBOUND SERIES BOOK TWO) by J Kenner
Some promises are stronger than prophecy. Cora Lyte paid the price to save the man she loves. Now she’s bound to another. Betrothed to Adric, the immortal King of the Nightmare Realm, Cora returns to the Real believing she can keep her impossible bargain without surrendering her heart. But the barriers between worlds are weakening, ancient enemies are moving in the shadows, and everything she thought she knew is beginning to unravel. Chase has kept devastating secrets. The past refuses to stay buried. And the bond tying Cora, Chase, and Adric together is becoming impossible to deny. As nightmares bleed into the waking world, Cora must decide who she is before she decides who she loves. Because if the prophecy is wrong……then the greatest threat to the realms isn’t her forbidden desire. It’s the lie that has shaped them all. The barriers are weakening. The realms are colliding. And between night and flame, desire burns dangerously bright. Amazon
ASH FALL: FRACTURED by Reese Rivers
The moon cracked, magic flooded in, and now the sky is falling. Luna finally has the people she loves back under one roof, but the changing world isn’t done with them. New threats keep them running, new powers keep surfacing, and the disasters don’t stop coming. Survival means leaving everything behind to find somewhere strong enough to outlast whatever hits next. The world isn’t the only thing shifting. Friendship, loyalty, love, and want are blurring into something Luna can’t ignore, and the five men circling her are done pretending they don’t feel it too. She keeps bracing for the moment she has to pick one of them. Now she’s starting to wonder if she has to pick at all. AmazonKU
THE REAPING ROSE (REALM OF BEATING HEARTS BOOK TWO) by Eva Simmons
Elorie has returned to Alyssium, separated from her mate after the Rite of Blood ceremony and forced to face the consequences of binding with Wilder. Hope runs thin as the realm crumbles, magic falters, and her home slowly succumbs to death and decay. She failed her people once, but to find Wilder and heal her realm Elorie is determined to try again. Even if it means venturing to the depths of the Fae prison where it all began. A place of nightmares and torment. An endless maze that hides her mother and the truth to unlocking her magic. But deep in the darkness, secrets wait. In the past, lies linger. And in Elorie’s blood, an unsettling truth stirs. Fate has a way of fixing that which is broken. But what if the break began with her? AmazonKU
THE FANGED ONE: RAGNAROK BOOK ONE (THE FAE UNIVERSE 16) by Alessa Thorn
A bound wolf. A doomed völva. A trip to hell to save a god. Linnea is a völva with a bossy wolf locked inside her, and for months her job has been singing lullabies to the Great Wolf to keep him bound in his enchanted sleep. When Fenris wakes ahead of schedule, the gods decide she’s the one to help him find his father. It’s her wyrd, her destiny, and good luck arguing with the Norns about it. Fenris was never the monster the world claimed. He was the sacrifice, bound in the dark so the Nine Realms could keep turning. Now he wakes to a world that calls him a villain, and to a fated mate he won’t claim in order to keep her safe. Linnea has never been chosen by anyone, so naturally, the universe hands her the one man who wants her and won’t have her. Figures. Doomed or not, they have to find Loki if the world (and their love life) is going to survive Ragnarök. Luckily, a small band of warriors (and Von) is coming along, because the only thing chaotic enough to find the god of chaos is family. AmazonKU
THE ACADEMY OF BLOOD AND SHADOW by Oceanne Rheaume
For centuries, the Academy of Varethia has trained the heirs of the Six Great Families—vampires, fae, wolves, sirens, medusae, and dragon riders—to master their power and preserve the fragile peace between their kingdoms. Eirea Vaelith has spent her entire life preparing to survive its halls. She never expected her first year to become a fight to survive them. From the moment she arrives, something beneath Varethia seems to stir. Ancient wards falter. Students disappear without a trace. Dragons grow restless. And whatever is happening inside Varethia seems to keep pulling Eirea into its path. Her search for answers brings her dangerously close to Rhyven Corvell, a third-year Chief Wings Officer and one of the Academy’s most formidable dragon riders. Blunt, infuriating, and impossible to intimidate, Rhyven has secrets of his own—and far too many reasons to tell Eirea to stop asking questions. Because something is hunting beyond the Academy’s wards. Something Varethia was built to keep out. And as Eirea, Rhyven and their friends are drawn deeper into secrets their families have kept buried for generations, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: What if the Academy isn’t protecting them from the truth? What if it’s protecting the truth from them? AmazonKU
HEARTBREAK PRINCE by Rebecca F Kenney
On Syth’s very first night as a bodyguard for the kingdom’s naughtiest prince, tragedy strikes. The ensuing political upheaval sends Syth on the run with the prince she’s supposed to protect. Vawn is a playboy, careless and lecherous, with a pretty face and a teasing tongue. He’s also pathetically incapable of protecting himself. As the two of them flee from enemies and try to decide whom to trust, they become entangled in more ways than one… and they team up with a very intelligent, occasionally irritating magic carpet. Prince Vawn is an artificient, gifted with the ability to paint special glyphs on fingernails, a technique that enables a person to harness their living energy for magical purposes. Without his gift, Syth doesn’t stand a chance of surviving the journey ahead, and neither does he. To reach safety and reclaim what has been taken, Syth must trust the prince not only with her potential magic, but with something much more precious. AmazonKU
BETRAYED (UNTAMED) by Lucy Thorne
Three nights ago I hit a wolf with my car, and found a naked man bleeding in the snow. I dragged him back to my secret vet clinic and stitched him up on the exam table. Three days later, the wound is almost gone. Tonight my ex kicked in the front door, still in his suit from the wedding I ran out on. He grabbed my arm and backed me into the counter, telling me I was coming home to fix what I did to him. Suddenly, the man I hit with my car came out of the exam room behind him. He didn’t say a word, he just closed one hand around my ex’s wrist and lifted him clean off the ground. My ex’s feet were kicking six inches off the floor when he finally choked out, “Who the hell are you?” He set him down, stepped in front of me, and growled, “Someone who saw the bruise.” AmazonKU
OUTLAWED (THE WICKED WEST BOOK THREE) by Candice Wright
I’ve hated Austin for a lifetime and loved him for just a moment, but that moment was enough to make me lose my mind. I made excuses for him, believed his lies—I trusted him with my heart, and he eviscerated it. How do you come back from something like that when the betrayal cuts so deep it hits bone? The answer is you don’t. Some hurts you just can’t heal from. If it weren’t for Shepard, Riggs, and the little makeshift family we built, I don’t think I’d have survived. Sadly, evil doesn’t rest when we’re grieving, so when my father sees that I’m vulnerable, he makes his move, striking out at my little family and landing a deadly blow. But being vulnerable doesn’t make me weak; it makes me determined. I take all the pain I endured, all the years of torment and abuse, and I let it fuel me. Now the man I went to jail for murdering is going to find out exactly what it feels like to die at my hands For hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. AmazonKU
HEX AND HOMICIDE (FAE AND FELONIES BOOK ONE) by Kim Richardson
Half fae. Half witch. Full-time troublemaker. I came to Boston to start my own supernatural detective agency. Instead, I got a trashed office, a missing witch, and a case leading straight into Twilight Row—a hidden magical district full of secrets, dangerous creatures, and people who really need to learn how to mind their own business. I’m Freya Davenport, rookie supernatural investigator and proud owner of enough questionable magic to make most witches nervous. My first real client wants me to find her missing sister. Three days gone. No explanation. No trace. How hard could it be? Yeah. I really need to stop thinking things like that. Because the deeper I dig, the less this looks like a simple missing-person case. Someone in Twilight Row is hiding something worth killing for, and apparently asking the wrong questions is a great way to end up dead. Now I’ve got dangerous magic, powerful enemies, and one very good reason to keep digging: someone doesn’t want this witch found. Too bad I’ve never been particularly good at doing what I’m told. Magic. Murder. Mayhem. And one half-fae detective about to discover that her first case might also be her last. AmazonKU
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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!
VS Note: Happy 60th Anniversary to Star Trek! I’vr updated this 2016 post a bit and added the 2016 USA Today HEA post about my experience (and who my “co-stars were” at the end of this post. 
